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Cross-sectional image of conventional Back Side Illumination (BSI) CMOS sensor compared to Panasonic's Organic Photoconductive Film (OPF) sensor. (Image courtesy of Panasonic.)

Panasonic has announced that it has developed a new sensor using Organic Photoconductive Film (OPF), developed by Fujifilm, that is capable of recording a much wider range of tones (up to 3 EV greater dynamic... more

Want to shoot underwater photos with your Leica M camera but don’t want to use those bulky underwater housings out there? Subal has a perfect, albeit pricey, solution for you.

The company recently announced the Subal Leica M, an underwater housing for Leica M rangefinders that looks just like a giant Leica M rangefinder.

While the company hasn’t revealed much in the way of technical details, it did say that the housing “allows you to use Leica... more

Brides magazine recently published an article titled “Which Vendors Do You Have to Feed at Your Wedding?” In the piece, wedding planner Sandy Malone gives brides advice on which vendors they’re... more

GoPro just announced the financial results of its latest quarter, and things aren’t looking very good for the flagging camera company. Investors were already bracing for the worst after GoPro slashed 7% of its workforce in January and announced a huge drop in camera sales.

Quarterly revenue has dropped ~31% from a year ago to $436.6 million, and the... more

Nikon shooters have waited a long time for a D300S replacement, and it appears that they're going to have to keep waiting a little longer. Nikon Japan has released a statement (in Japanese) pushing the D500's initial March release back to late April 2016. Nikon cites high demand for the camera as the cause of the delay. It seems that the D500's battery grip and WT-7A wireless transmitter are also delayed.... more

If you have a mirrorless camera that lacks a viewfinder but has a tilting LCD screen, here’s a neat “hack”: you can give your camera a pseudo-viewfinder by mounting an old waist-level viewfinder to the screen.

That’s what photographer Dmitri Popov did recently with... more

Heres episode 44 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast. You can also download the MP3 directly and... more

After Sony showed off its a6300 and trio of new lenses, our staffers were able to grab an a7R II and start shooting. Above we've put together a small selection of images taken with Sony's new 85mm F1.4 GM portrait lens. 

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Katerina Plotnikova is a photographer based in Moscow, Russia, who creates beautiful dreamlike portraits of models getting up close and personal with all kinds of animals, from snakes to wolves to giant bears.

And here’s what’s amazing: Plotnikova uses real animals for... more

Hands on with Sony's a6300 and GM lenses

At a press event in New York City, Sony unveiled a new mirrorless camera and three new lenses but not just any mirrorless camera, and not just any lenses. The Sony a6300 is the much-anticipated followup to the very successful a6000. And for its full-frame range, Sony introduced a new lens class: G Master. The company has placed the FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS, FE 85mm F1.4 GM and FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM in a category unto themselves, with an emphasis on... more

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