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Fujifilm Will Offset 100% of its Electricity Usage in the US and Canada With Renewable Energy

21 April 2026 at 21:13

Rows of solar panels in a large field under a bright sky, with the word "FUJIFILM" in bold white letters overlaid across the center of the image.

Fujifilm has announced that it will offset 100 percent of its group companies' electricity usage in the United States and Canada using renewable energy certificates (RECs) from a new Texas-based solar energy project.

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Photographers Are Testing the New WideluxX F10 Panoramic Camera Now

21 April 2026 at 20:04

A person wearing a black cap holds a Widelux panoramic film camera up to their face, preparing to take a photo outdoors.

The reborn WideluxX camera is inching closer to market, as SilverBridges has now revealed that the first WideluxX production run is in the works and that fully working prototypes are in the hands of photographers right now.

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Insta360’s New Wireless Mic Refuses to Stay Hidden

21 April 2026 at 17:16

A black digital device with a screen floats against a yellow background, surrounded by two round smiley face buttons and a small rectangular device with a display and red buttons.

Alongside teasing the Insta360 Luna Pro and Luna Ultra at NAB 2026, an upcoming competitor to DJI's popular Osmo Pocket series cameras, Insta360 also previewed a new wireless microphone, the Insta360 Mic Pro.

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Thypoch’s AF 24-50mm f/2.8 Arrives Next Month and Is the First of Six New AF Lenses

21 April 2026 at 15:58

Side-by-side images: left, a Thypoch 24-50mm f/2.8 camera lens on a blue background; right, a person holding a Sony camera with the Thypoch lens attached at an event.

Late last month, Thypoch teased the new AF 24-50mm f/2.8 lens, not only the company's first zoom lens and first lens with autofocus, but also the first full-frame zoom lens for mirrorless cameras manufactured by a Chinese company. Thypoch brought its new AF 24-50mm f/2.8 to NAB 2026 in Las Vegas, and PetaPixel got some welcome hands-on time with it.

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  • I Hope Canon’s Newest Lens Patents Become Reality Jeremy Gray
    Canon's latest patent applications in Japan outline three very interesting, exciting lenses. The patents describe 130mm f/1.8, 300mm f/2.8, and 500mm f/5.6 prime lenses. The usual disclaimer applies: just because a company files patent applications for products does not mean it will ever actually make them. That said, if Canon did make them, the EOS R system would be decidedly stronger. [Read More]
     

I Hope Canon’s Newest Lens Patents Become Reality

21 April 2026 at 14:15

A camera lens is shown next to a technical diagram illustrating its internal lens elements and their arrangement.

Canon's latest patent applications in Japan outline three very interesting, exciting lenses. The patents describe 130mm f/1.8, 300mm f/2.8, and 500mm f/5.6 prime lenses. The usual disclaimer applies: just because a company files patent applications for products does not mean it will ever actually make them. That said, if Canon did make them, the EOS R system would be decidedly stronger.

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DxO Nik Collection 9 Has AI Masking, More Filters, and New Blending Modes

21 April 2026 at 13:00

A triptych image: left, a desert landscape tinted red at sunset; center, a person in red stands on rocky mountains, with graphic editing marks; right, a portrait of a person in an orange hood, with a digital glitch effect.

DxO is rolling out Nik Collection 9, the latest version of its suite of eight photo editing plugins, with the biggest changes coming in AI-driven selection tools. In addition, there are three new creative filters, a color grading tool, and blending mode support across its filter library.

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