When we first conceived of our Film Friday series, we had a few different motives in mind. The first was that we had long noticed that some black and white films were more popular than others with our customers. We sold a lot more Kodak Tri-X than we did Ilford XP2, for example.

So, we wanted to use Film Fridays to try and shine a spotlight on some of these films that we felt photographers, in general, overlooked. But even we were not immune to such tendencies,

Zhongyi Optics, known as Mitakon, has announced a series of ultra-fast T1 cinema prime lenses for full-frame cameras.

The new Zone T1 Cine Lens Series is a “soul-stirring” trio of fast T1 lenses in PL- and EF-mount for full-frame and VistaVision cinema systems. The debut set of three lenses includes 35mm, 50mm, and 75mm primes, each with a super-fast T1 maximum aperture.

Zhongyi Optics says it has

The Sigma Foundation has announced its third book, Trevor Key , which it says is the first to honor Key’s processes and prescience and is an enduring visual love letter to the future of image-making.

As a recap, the Sigma Foundation was established by Sigma, the lens manufacturer, last July as a dedicated initiative to support photography as both an artistic and cultural practice.

“The Sigma Foundation was founded by Kazuto Yamaki, president of Sigma Corporation, to support and promote photography as an art form. Sigma

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot (@soph_astro) was recently treated to incredible, dazzling aurora displays in space while aboard the International Space Station (ISS). While Adenot and the ESA shared photos last month, Adenot just shared an incredible video of auroras from space on social media today.

A week ago, Adenot posted a series of eight images of an aurora on day 127 of her first space flight, which began in February 2026. Adenot, who remains in space today, has been

Hot on the heels of Insta360’s Luna and Luna Ultra launching, Insta360’s founder JK Liu explained his long-term ambitions for cameras, namely that users will forget they even exist.

Earlier this week, PetaPixel reported about an interview Liu did with Japanese imaging website, DC.Watch . In the interview, Liu spoke about the lengthy development process for the Luna, why the cameras needed a detachable display-slash-controller, and the extent of Leica’s involvement with

Staying focused is hard. Mira Dial is a new physical dial that promises to lock all of a user’s screens to keep them on task, ensuring they get their photo and video editing and business management work done faster, leaving more time to do the things they actually want to do.

“You sit down to work, but somehow the afternoon just slips away. A check here, a scroll there, and nothing gets done. It was never your fault, you just never had the right tool. Until

In May, 7Artisans announced the Max AF 135mm f/1.8 full-frame portrait prime, but only for Nikon Z mount. Now Sony E-mount and L-Mount cameras are getting some love.

The brand-new 7Artisans AF Max 135mm f/1.8 prime is now available for E- and L-Mount cameras, arriving with the same relatively affordable and aggressive $689 price as its Z-mount counterpart.

In the case of

While the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P has only been officially unveiled in China, PetaPixel has been testing the device ahead of embargo and can exclusively share some key details about the dual-lens gimbal camera, including its brand-new, cutting-edge LOFIC image sensor.

Unlike the standard Osmo Pocket 4 that DJI unveiled in April, which has a single camera, the oft-teased Pocket 4P sports a pair of cameras on its moving gimbal head. This is not just a matter of adding a second, longer