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Sports Photographer Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison Over Hidden Cameras

13 May 2026 at 09:26

Close-up of a professional video camera focused on an indoor sports arena with empty red and beige seats visible in the blurred background.

A professional photographer -- who shot sports as well as weddings -- has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over multiple hidden camera offenses.

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Apple’s iOS 27 May Let Photographers Fully Customize the iPhone Camera App

13 May 2026 at 08:26

Close-up of a smartphone screen showing the Camera app icon, Safari browser icon, and part of another app, with the phone’s edge and speaker holes visible on a light-colored surface.

Apple’s next iOS update could bring major changes to the Camera app, giving “professional” photographers more control and customization over how they shoot.

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Really Right Stuff’s All-New Cheaper Carbon Fiber Tripods Are Still Pricey

12 May 2026 at 22:13

Two carbon fiber tripods with black legs are shown standing side by side against a white background. Each has a different style of tripod head mounted on top.

Really Right Stuff has announced a new “Core Line” of carbon fiber tripods, introducing the Benchmark and Benchmark Inverted support systems alongside several bundled kits aimed at photographers, videographers, and precision shooters.

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What Happened to the ‘Cameras of the Future’?

12 May 2026 at 19:15

A woman with curly brown hair, wearing a red blazer and patterned scarf, stands indoors holding a black electronic device. The background is yellow with a blue vertical column. BBC Archive logo appears in the bottom left corner.

A newly resurfaced archive clip from the BBC’s long-running technology program "Tomorrow's World" offers a fascinating snapshot of what people thought the future of photography would look like and why certain surefire ideas ultimately failed.

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NiSi’s Newest Filters Promise Dreamier Starry Skies

12 May 2026 at 17:54

Close-up of a camera lens on the left; on the right, a star-filled night sky with the Milky Way above rocky coastal formations and gentle waves.

NiSi has announced the new JetMag Pro Star Soft magnetic filters, a pair of diffusion-style filters aimed specifically at astrophotographers and night landscape shooters looking to add a softer, more atmospheric rendering to the night sky.

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Forget RoboCop: This Wild Camera Rig Turns You Into RoboPhotographer

12 May 2026 at 17:37

A man wearing sunglasses and a futuristic black and gray exoskeleton suit holds and operates a large camera with an oversized telephoto lens in a white studio setting. The suit has mounted camera gear on his shoulders.

If you've ever dreamed of becoming one with ultra-stabilized cameras, DJI today shared a wild-looking camera support system that makes you look more like RoboCop than a photographer or filmmaker.

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Apple Has Acquired Popular Web-Based Color Grading Tool Color.io

12 May 2026 at 17:05

A collage of moody, artistic portraits: a person in a dark coat and bucket hat, a person in a field at sunset, a woman in a tunnel, a blurred double-exposed woman, plus two graphs overlayed on the images.

It has been revealed in European regulatory documents that Apple acquired a one-person software company, Patchflyer GmbH, in January. Patchflyer, or rather its sole employee, Jonathan Ochmann, created the web-based color grading tool Color.io.

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Photographers, This Industry Survey Wants to Hear Your Voice

12 May 2026 at 16:34

A group of photographers stands in a circle, aiming their cameras downward, capturing a shot from above on a sunny day with a tall building in the background and blue sky overhead.

The State of the Photo Industry Survey is returning for 2026, with organizers hoping to build on last year’s extensive dataset to create a clearer picture of how professional photographers are navigating an industry that continues to evolve rapidly.

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The Lumix L10 is a New Fixed-Lens Compact in the Spirit of the LX100

12 May 2026 at 16:00

A silver and black Lumix digital camera with a large lens facing forward, positioned against a plain white background.

Panasonic has announced the Lumix L10, an updated take on the company's fixed-lens, compact zoom lens camera that is very much in the spirit of the LX100 series.

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