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The Exceptional Winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2026

16 April 2026 at 21:00

A collage of three photos: a person in a metallic suit stands on a volcanic landscape; a woman with braids holds her belly and looks up; a person in water holds a bunch of colorful inflatable fish balloons.

The Sony World Photography Awards announced the four overall winners of its 2026 competition, including the prestigious “Photographer of …

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  • The DaVinci Resolve 21 Photo Editing Tools Show Promise but Are Imperfect Jeremy Gray
    Blackmagic Design unveiled DaVinci Resolve 21 this week and alongside the expected types of improvements, like more AI-powered video editing features, Blackmagic shocked the creative world by adding RAW photo editing and organization features to Resolve 21. I've been trying Resolve 21's new photo editing features since it arrived on Monday, and there's a lot to like. There's also quite a bit that isn't quite up to snuff, is just a bit too different for my tastes, or is outright confusing. [Read
     

The DaVinci Resolve 21 Photo Editing Tools Show Promise but Are Imperfect

16 April 2026 at 18:50

Large white text reading "ALMOST THERE" is overlaid on a blurred screenshot of DaVinci Resolve software, with the DaVinci Resolve logo centered below the word "ALMOST.

Blackmagic Design unveiled DaVinci Resolve 21 this week and alongside the expected types of improvements, like more AI-powered video editing features, Blackmagic shocked the creative world by adding RAW photo editing and organization features to Resolve 21. I've been trying Resolve 21's new photo editing features since it arrived on Monday, and there's a lot to like. There's also quite a bit that isn't quite up to snuff, is just a bit too different for my tastes, or is outright confusing.

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DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Has 4Kp240, Better Photos, and More Dynamic Range

16 April 2026 at 13:54

A compact handheld camera with a built-in gimbal stands upright. Its screen displays a landscape with mountains at sunset. The device has several buttons and a joystick on the front. The background is softly lit and minimalistic.

After teasing the Osmo Pocket 4's slow-motion video capabilities last week, DJI has fully unveiled its new pocket gimbal camera. Although the upgrades are relatively small, they may prove very useful for some creators.

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Canon’s New Industrial Camera Literally Sees in the Dark

15 April 2026 at 22:04

A compact, black Canon camera with a cube-like shape, textured sides, a prominent lens, and the Canon logo on the top right side, set against a plain white background.

Alongside the exciting new Cine-Servo 40-1200mm T5.0-10.8 video lens, Canon also unveiled the MS-510 Multi-Purpose Camera at NAB 2026. This highly specialized new camera is not built for typical consumer use, but it's still worth checking out thanks to its impressive technology.

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  • Why 2025 Was the Right Time for the Sony RX1R III’s Long-Awaited Arrival Jeremy Gray
    Last July, Sony surprised the photography world by unveiling the RX1R III, arriving so many years after the RX1R II that many RX1R fans had all but given up hope of a new model ever coming. Sony even released two more A-mount DSLRs after the RX1R II, to put the wait into perspective. So what took so long? Sony told PetaPixel that it needed to develop the right technology to make a new RX1R camera worth it, and that tech took time. [Read More]
     

Why 2025 Was the Right Time for the Sony RX1R III’s Long-Awaited Arrival

15 April 2026 at 17:10

A Sony RX1R camera with a Zeiss lens is shown centered against a dark background with white specks resembling falling snow or stars.

Last July, Sony surprised the photography world by unveiling the RX1R III, arriving so many years after the RX1R II that many RX1R fans had all but given up hope of a new model ever coming. Sony even released two more A-mount DSLRs after the RX1R II, to put the wait into perspective. So what took so long? Sony told PetaPixel that it needed to develop the right technology to make a new RX1R camera worth it, and that tech took time.

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The New Voigtländer APO-Skopar 75mm f/2.8 VM Is Ridiculously Small

15 April 2026 at 14:54

Two camera lenses are displayed side by side on a black surface, one in silver and one in black. Both lenses have similar designs, with aperture and focus markings and the number “75” visible on the front.

Less than two months after unveiling the Voigtländer Nokton Vintage Line 75mm f/1.5 Aspherical lens for Leica M-Mount cameras, Cosina has revealed yet another 75mm VM lens, the ultra-compact Voigtländer APO-Skopar 75mm f/2.8.

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Sony’s Cutting-Edge XYN Spatial Capture Solutions Arrive Very Soon

15 April 2026 at 14:00

A smartphone mounted on a camera is displaying a cityscape with a digital overlay of hexagonal guides. Both devices are set up on a balcony with tall glass buildings in the background.

When PetaPixel editor-in-chief Jaron Schneider saw Sony's cutting-edge XYN immersive display technology at CP+ 2026 in Yokohama, Japan, he described it as being like seeing through an Apple Vision Pro, but without any of the headgear. But XYN goes far beyond a single display device; XYN is an end-to-end spatial capture solution.

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Adobe Premiere’s New Color Mode Is a ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Color Editing Experience

15 April 2026 at 13:46

A car with red wheels and roof gear speeds down a dirt road in a desert landscape, shown on a video editing interface with color adjustment tools. Thumbnails of a woman appear on the right side of the screen.

Adobe Premiere, which torpedoed the "Pro" in its name earlier this year, has a new "first-of-its-kind" color grading system, dubbed Color Mode.

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Canon’s Cine-Servo 40-1200mm Is a Fresh Take on a Legendary Lens

15 April 2026 at 13:00

A professional Canon video camera with a large, detachable zoom lens and a wide, square lens hood, shown on a white background. The lens features ridged focus and zoom rings with a red accent near the base.

Canon has unveiled the Cine-Servo 40-1200mm T5.0-10.8 lens, a new version of the company's extremely popular Cine-Servo 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 lens.

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  • This New Medium Format Film Camera Can Change its Frame Size on the Fly Jeremy Gray
    "One of the best things about medium-format photography is the variety of frame sizes available," says a new Kickstarter campaign for the VZ-6617 variable frame medium-format film camera. The camera aims to take full advantage of this aspect of medium format, enabling photographers to swap between different framing and aspect ratios at any time, even within the same roll of film. [Read More]
     

This New Medium Format Film Camera Can Change its Frame Size on the Fly

14 April 2026 at 20:06

A black, rectangular panoramic film camera with a wide-angle lens and a metal frame mounted on the front, shown against a plain white background.

"One of the best things about medium-format photography is the variety of frame sizes available," says a new Kickstarter campaign for the VZ-6617 variable frame medium-format film camera. The camera aims to take full advantage of this aspect of medium format, enabling photographers to swap between different framing and aspect ratios at any time, even within the same roll of film.

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Songdian Signals it Wants to Be Taken Serious in the Camera Industry

14 April 2026 at 19:15

A black Micro Four Thirds logo on the left, and the word "SONGDIAN" with a red camera icon for the letter "O" and Chinese characters below it on the right, all on a white background.

When Shenzen Sonida Digital Technology Co. Ltd. joined the Micro Four Thirds system in February, it was easy to wonder about the quality of Sonida's future products. However, the company has publicly expressed a strong desire to make high-quality new imaging products.

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