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Heres episode 80of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directlyand... more

Netherlands-based photographer and videographer Chung Dha made this quick 2-minute video showing how he fakes the look of drone shots using a light stand and action camera.

“Drones are expensive and flying them low over a crowd is dangerous and prohibited, so this video I am going to show... more

Facebook launched its new Moments photo-sharing app back in June 2015. Now the social networking giant is pushing hard to get users onto the new app… by threatening the deletion of auto-synced photos.

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While shooting a wedding back in December 2014, New Jersey-based wedding photographer Tom Harmon strapped a GoPro to his camera to show what the experience is like. The footage and final shots were turned into the 4-minute video above.

“I strapped a GoPro to my camera for an entire... more

Professional Photographers of America, the world’s largest pro photography non-profit trade group, is launching a big lobbying campaign in order to see the creation of a copyright small claims system in the United States, something that’s “vital to your photography business,” PPA... more

I finally have a chance to write a few thoughts down on the new Nikon D500. Were you (like me) one of the thousands of Nikon photographers who waited seven years for the successor to the... more

The compact Cambo Actus view camera is popular among photographers using Sony A7 series cameras. Clyde Butcher migrated from large format film to an Actus and Sony a7R. Admittedly, I am an oddball photographer: I use the Actus with an Olympus Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera.

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Earlier this year, NASA released a 360-degree image from the perspective of the Curiosity Mars Rover. The scene is made up of a combination of multiple exposures taken with the rover's 2MP 'Mastcam' camera, which we wrote about back in 2012.

The resulting image is pretty incredible, and if you have access to a Google Cardboard viewer you can experience it... more

Inside the Olympus PEN E-PL7

The Olympus PEN E-PL7, like its Micro Four Thirds peers, is a pretty impressive little piece of engineering. It houses a 16MP Four Thirds sensor and a 3" LCD that flips up 180-degrees. It accepts Micro Four Thirds lenses and ships with a pocket-sized external flash. Being curious types of people, we wanted to know how Olympus squeezes everything into a camera of the E-PL7's size. Thankfully, there's iFixit. Their disassembly guide gives an up-close look... more

Phil Grishayev is an LA video producer with an interesting hobby: he revisit iconic locations from his favorite films and recreates the same shot to show the location “then and now.”

The resulting photos are shared through... more

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