Photography News

The cherry blossoms at the University of Washington are a hugely popular attraction every spring in Seattle. Weekends during the peak of the blossom bring in crowds of people to the Quad, all hoping to capture the blooms with everything from professional cameras to tablets and selfie sticks. Rather than... more

Readers' Showcase: Nikhil Shahi

The setting sun backlights the blowing sand during a sandstorm in Death Valley National Park, California. Photo by Nikhil Shahi

Travel and photography have a close relationship. Photographers are often keen travelers, and in turn traveling can inspire non-photographers to pick up a camera for the first time. Nikhil Shahi falls into the latter category. His travels with the Merchant Marines inspired him to learn... more

Heres episode 61 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directlyand... more

Think Tank Photo has announced the new Production Manager... more

The $6,500 Nikon D5 DSLR and $3,200... more

When your photo sharing app is used by hundreds of millions of users around the world, there are a lot of sad and angry people when your service goes down. Instagram crashed for about 15 minutes yesterday — coincidentally April Fools’ Day — and people freaked out.

The outage struck at about 3:08AM EST, causing the app and website to be... more

If you ever need to soften your flash in a pinch, you can go the MacGyver route and fashion a diffuser for yourself using an ordinary piece of paper. They usually cost about $0.01 per sheet, so this is one of the cheapest diffusers you can make.

A photographer who goes by... more

Canadians Canon users woke up yesterday to some unfortunate news. The gear price hike confirmed by Canon at the beginning of March... more

Week in Review: Spring Fever

There was excitement in the air this week around the office. Was it the unseasonably warm weather? The arrival of a new flagship DSLR? A smattering of product announcements mid-week? It's hard to say. Whatever it was, it was a week in which Sony supersized its RX10 series, we took a peek at the Nikon D5's ISO 3 million and learned how to make beer with stinging nettles. Catch up on everything you may have missed in the past seven days.

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iFixit disassembles the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II

Taking apart a camera isn't for the faint of heart, but if you've chosen to do so you don't have to go alone. Our friends at iFixit publish disassembly guides to empower owners of electronic devices to make some fixes themselves. And who hasn't wanted to see what's underneath the plastic shell of Canon's top-of-the-line compact camera? Take a look at what lies beneath the surface of the Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II.

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