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Sony’s latest mirrorless cameras are much improved when it comes to shooting with adapted lenses from other manufacturers. To test just how well it works, photographer Manny Ortiz... more

Portrait Mode on the Google Pixel 2

Google's Pixel 2 comes with one of the best-rated smartphone cameras in the world, and is one of very few single-lens devices to offer a background-blurring, fake bokeh portrait mode. Unlike dual-lens setups,... more

The other night I couldn’t sleep (too much coffee at 5 pm) and was in bed scrolling through my Facebook feed, when this ad for the Samsung Gear 360 camera came up (below), with the instruction to “capture more of the moment.” Through my groggy state of semi-consciousness, it hit me in a new way. We don’t need to capture more, we need to hone a vision. If anything, we need to capture less. More wheat, less chaff.

We’ve hit a point with media where... more

Take a look inside Hasselblad's camera factory in Sweden

Hasselblads factory is located in Gothenburg Swedens second largest city. The company has operated in Gothenburg since 1841, but it only became a camera manufacturer in 1941. Today's HQ, down the river from the city centre, is where the company makes both the H-series cameras and the newer X1D... more

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We recently spent some time in Moab, Utah with seasoned adventure photographer Scott Rinckenberger. The area's incredible landscapes and wide array of outdoor activities made for a very photogenic few days here are some of the still images Scott captured along the way. For the full story behind the... more

Episode 242 of thePetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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December brings with it colder weather and early much-too-early sunsets (at least here in Seattle), as well as a chance to look back on the last twelve months. 2017 saw the continued rise of the smartphone coupled with uncertainty in the interchangeable lens and compact camera market. Will there be fewer camera manufacturers a year from now? We'll find out soon enough.

As you might imagine, December a quiet month for camera announcements. Information about the next generation of... more

2017 is coming to a close. As we close out the year, here’s a look back at the top 10 posts that received the most attention on PetaPixel.

#10. TSA Requires a Separate Screening of Cameras in Airports Now

The TSA... more

Photographer Zev Hoover has... more

Wildlife photography often requires a great deal of patience, and one photographer who has mastered the art of waiting is Belgian wildlife photographer Michel d’Oultremont. Here’s an 11-... more

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