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Sony MDR-7506 Headphones: The Standard to Which All Others Are Measured

9 June 2026 at 21:04

A pair of Sony headphones rests on a wooden surface. The image features "PetaPixel Reviews" text in the bottom left corner, partially overlapping the headphones.

PetaPixel is expanding its coverage into headphones, but specifically their use through the lens of how a videographer would use them. In the field, at their desk, and while traveling, every videographer and editor has them, and the standard by which they all should be judged is the Sony MDR-7506.

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β€˜Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson On Using Tried-And-True Formula To Inject New Blood Into His Cast: β€œA Lot Of It’s Instinctual”

10 June 2026 at 21:00
When Euphoria premiered in 2019, Zendaya was still a burgeoning Disney Channel star; Sydney Sweeney was still searching for her stepping stone from guest and recurring actor to leading lady; Jacob Elordi was known as the heartthrob from The Kissing Booth; Hunter Schafer had never acted professionally; Alexa Demie was flying under the radar on […]

Film Friday: Kodak Portra 800 Is High-Speed, Color Perfection

12 June 2026 at 16:28

A split image: on the left, a young person with shoulder-length hair looks thoughtfully into the distance; on the right, a bride and groom walk hand in hand down a wooded path, the groom in brown and the bride in white.

If you were to ask us what the perfect color film is, we’d tell you it is Kodak Portra. Exactly which speed of Portra matters only a little as the whole family of films is pretty amazing.

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β€˜The Muppet Show’ At 50: From Rudolf Nureyev To Dale Evans & Roy Rogers – The Top 10 Guest Stars

13 June 2026 at 21:00
The original incarnation of The Muppet Show lasted five seasons and 120 episodes, from 1976 to 1981, and in that time some of the biggest names in show-business lined up to take the stage alongside Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear. A notable exception was the late Elizabeth Taylor, who, perhaps realizing her […]

Film Friday: Optik OptiColour Is a New Color Film (That Goes By Many Names)

5 June 2026 at 16:24

A box of Opti Colour 35mm film sits on a yellow paper, surrounded by other colorful Opti Colour film boxes on a blue background. The central box shows icons for weather conditions and "36 EXP ISO 200.

With this Film Friday Review we are shining a light on a new color film that seems to love traveling the world under a multitude of aliases. While we first met this film as Optik Oldschool OptiColour, you might have crossed paths with it under the ORWO Wolfen NC200 or KONO Color 200 monikers.

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The Partnership: How Vince Gilligan And Rhea Seehorn Rekindled Their β€˜Better Call Saul’ Magic For β€˜Pluribus’ & A Season 2 Update

13 June 2026 at 16:00
Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn, the creator and star of Apple TV drama series Pluribus, have the kind of easy camaraderie that comes from logging over a decade of prestige television together. Their rapport first sparked back in 2015, with the follow-up to Gilligan’s Breaking Bad β€” Β the crime series Better Call Saul, which he […]

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  • Twenty Years, One City: What Tokyo Taught Me About Patience and Glass Jeff Austin
    Most photographers I know are in constant motion. New cities, new continents, new visual problems to solve. There's truth in it. Unfamiliarity forces you to look. Familiarity gives you permission to stop. But there's another, less-discussed school of practice that works in the opposite direction: stay. Return. Go back to the same streets until the strangeness burns away and something else appears in its place. [Read More]
     

Twenty Years, One City: What Tokyo Taught Me About Patience and Glass

6 June 2026 at 12:00

Black and white photo split in two: left side shows a man in a sunlit street holding a can, looking at the camera; right side shows an older man indoors hanging up a backpack, viewed in profile.

Most photographers I know are in constant motion. New cities, new continents, new visual problems to solve. There's truth in it. Unfamiliarity forces you to look. Familiarity gives you permission to stop. But there's another, less-discussed school of practice that works in the opposite direction: stay. Return. Go back to the same streets until the strangeness burns away and something else appears in its place.

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How It Was Shot: The Triangle Shadow of Mount Hood

6 June 2026 at 13:30

Snowy mountain peaks frame a dramatic triangular shadow cast over a valley at sunrise, with pink and purple tones illuminating the distant landscape and sky.

Towering 11,249 feet above sea level, Mount Hood is the tallest mountain in the state of Oregon. The mountain is so large that on a clear day, it can be visible from over 100 miles away.

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