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The D3400 is a very modestly updated version of the D3300. It's an entry level DSLR targeted toward first-time... more

 Graham Nash, photographed by Amy Grantham.

From Lancashire to California, Graham Nash's journey has been a long and winding one, both as a musician and a photographer. 

As he prepares for his keynote talk at this week's Photo Plus Expo in New York, we spoke to Graham Nash about his career as a photographer, and his role in developing modern digital photographic printing.

Graham most people probably know you primarily as a musician, but when did... more

The Pentax 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE is a new variable aperture ultra telephoto zoom that is the first Pentax lens to use their new 'Pulse Autofocus Motor'. Although it is a bit darker than the old 55-300, autofocus is much faster and virtually silent. Take a look at our samples to see how sharp this handy new zoom is.

See our Pentax 55-... more

Episode 116 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Sony's RX100-series has always been a capable machine for video as well as stills, and the Mark V version is no exception. With the addition of phase-detection autofocus and oversampled 4K footage, we've been impressed with what we've seen so far. In this video, you'll be able to check out 4K footage, 1080p footage (scaled to 4K), high frame rate footage, and more. Note that for the image stabilization demo, no attempt was made to smooth the camera motion - just normal walking with... more

Photographer Felix Hernandez was recently commissioned by Audi to create a set of photos of the R8 sports car. Hernandez used his signature technique of creating realistic photos using... more

Want to learn about product photography editing techniques? A small trove of helpful video tutorials has been found in an obscure YouTube channel that had previously gotten no attention.

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Canon is planning to launch a miniature satellite into orbit, and onboard will be a space camera that’s based on the... more

A backpack filled with extremely rare and valuable Soviet camera prototypes was recently stolen at the Berlin Central Station in Germany.

Collector Ilya Stolyar says his backpack was stolen by someone back on October 3rd, 2016, and that the bag contained a lot of equipment, including some prototype cameras he was able to acquire during his last trip to Europe.

How valuable are the stolen cameras? Some of them are the kind that are sold at international... more

Gary Fong is famous in the photo industry for inventing the Lightsphere diffusion... more

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