Sports photography is a game of split-second timing and never-to-be-repeated moments, so to be at the top of your game takes no small amount of skill. The best of the best in this demanding genre has just been recognized with the winning frames from the World Sports Photography Awards.

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Tilta announced an improved version of its Khronos ecosystem for iPhone filmmakers. Designed for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, the revised system combines a protective case, modular design, and enhanced physical controls.

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“I’m in the midst of it right now,” said veteran fire photographer David Swanson Wednesday morning from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California.

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This week, Getty Images and Shutterstock announced an intent to merge, bringing together two of the top three largest stock photography companies together. It's just one more step down the road to rock bottom.

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AI-generated pictures of people have started appearing in their Instagram feeds and it's alarming folk.

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It’s 4:37 PM Friday at a long-range planning meeting in Leica offices in Wetzlar. Attendees want to get on with their weekend. Fritz is talking.

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While imaging companies rarely use CES as a platform to launch new consumer cameras and lenses anymore, the major electronics tradeshow remains a great place for camera makers to show off interesting technology. Sony unveiled the mocopi Pro Kit this week in Las Vegas, a groundbreaking motion capture solution for creating animation, gaming, virtual reality, and live streaming content.

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The PetaPixel Podcast is back! This week, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and I discuss the return of point-and-shoot cameras, but with the first of their "revival" being the Panasonic Lumix ZS99, we have thoughts.

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Relatively new Hong Kong-based lens maker Artra Lab, which launched a not-so-subtle Nikkor knockoff a few months ago, is back with another heavily-inspired lens, this time a 35mm f/1.4 M mount lens that looks an awful lot like a legendary Leica Summilux Steel Rim lens.

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The New Orleans terrorist who killed 14 people on New Year's Day wore Meta Ray-Bans to surreptitiously record the city streets months before the attack.

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