Nikon’s Wild New Lens Isn’t for Your Camera, It’s for Your Car

Nikon’s latest innovation breaks the mold. It’s not a lens you can hold but a new in-vehicle system making its debut inside a truck at the upcoming CES 2025 event in Las Vegas.

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Fujifilm in 2024: 6 Cameras and 4 Lenses Propel Fujifilm to Superb Year

Fujifilm was prolific this year, launching four new digital cameras, including the hyper-popular X100VI, a pair of new Instax instant cameras, and four new lenses (although it's more like three).

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Photographer Captures Frozen Prairie Lands in Minus 30 Degrees

For many photographers, when the weather outside hits negative cold temperatures it's a sign to stay indoors and hope that conditions improve.

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No Camera Has Received Better Free Firmware Than the Nikon Z9

With firmware version 5.10 launching earlier this month, Nikon has made its flagship Z9 mirrorless camera, released in late 2021, even better. The new firmware is the latest in a long series of free post-launch updates that have made the Z9 even better and much more versatile. Many camera companies believe strongly in post-launch support, but arguably, no camera has benefited more from free firmware updates than the Z9.

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The Canon EOS R1 vs. R3 Dynamic Range Showdown

The Canon EOS R1 and R3 set new benchmarks for flagship cameras, but a dynamic range comparison by Photons to Photos hints at one taking the edge, and it isn't the newest flagship.

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Leica in 2024: One of Leica’s Busiest (and Most Profitable) Years Ever

While Sigma absolutely earned its title of PetaPixel's Photo Company of the Year in 2024, legendary German photo company Leica was not far behind. Leica was not only prolific across multiple camera system segments, but the company posted the highest revenue in its 110-year history.

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The Upgraded Leica M2Pi Boldly Digitizes an Analog Camera

The Leica M2Pi starts with a question few dared to answer: What if the analog purity of a Leica M2 met the experimental, digital world of a Raspberry Pi?

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NASA’s Images of the Year 2024 Shine a Light on the Cosmos

NASA has shared some of its top images of 2024 featuring faraway galaxies, leaf peeping from onboard the International Space Station (ISS), and the space agency's ongoing mission to make interplanetary travel a reality.

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eKids Bluey Camera Review: This Nightmare Puts the Eww in Review

My editor-in-chief, Jaron Schneider, tasked me with a Christmas challenge to review a camera unlike anything I had reviewed before. On my doorstep shows up a Bluey-themed kids' camera with the worrisome "eKids" branding on the bottom. I had a family vacation coming up in Alberta's capital city of Edmonton, so it was the right opportunity to put the camera through a rugged baptism of fire. We planned on shooting at the Royal Alberta Museum, which would give us bright and dark


Poker Players Are Cheating With Tiny Hidden Cameras

Poker players are allegedly using tiny hidden cameras to cheat in high-stakes games.

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