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Samyang's $1,099 AF 60-180mm f/2.8 completes its trio of full-frame pro zooms and weighs 730 grams, lighter than its Tamron and Sigma rivals, but our review found it skips in-lens stabilization and focuses noticeably slower than the competition. petapixel.com/2026/11/07/sam…
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Kate Garibaldi explains why an elk with clearly defined antlers or a fox with its ears raised makes a stronger wildlife silhouette than an animal facing the camera, which can lose its recognizable shape. petapixel.com/2026/11/07/wil…
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Violette Cornelius forged identity documents for the artists' resistance in WWII Amsterdam, and the thousands of negatives found in suitcases after her death go on show for the first time at the Nederlands Fotomuseum on November 20. petapixel.com/2026/11/07/vio…
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Motorola's $1,599 Signature 27 pairs a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto with the first dedicated event vision sensor on a smartphone, built to freeze fast action. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/mot…
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Meike's new 58mm f/1.2 Mix is a $449 APS-C portrait prime for Sony, Fujifilm, and Nikon that acts like an 87mm lens on full-frame. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/mei…
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Fujifilm Instax Mini has been an ISO 800 credit-card-sized instant film since 1998, developing sharp prints in minutes that fit in a wallet. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/sma…
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NANPA LIVE streams free this Saturday from 3:00 to 6:00 PM PT with thousands of dollars in giveaways and a silent auction of signed prints from Art Wolfe, Joel Sartore, and Thomas D. Mangelsen. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/nat…
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Land artist Saype paints murals up to 18,000 square meters with 100% biodegradable paint, documenting them by drone before they fade in one to two weeks. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/say…
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DaVinci Resolve 21.2 adds full support for Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro and is a free update for Resolve 21 users. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/dav…
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Enough's Kickstarter for a 5.3-inch phone with a user-removable 3,500mAh battery has raised nearly $130,500 of its $250,000 goal, with early bird units at $449. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/the…
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B&H's Holiday Deal Zone has the SanDisk 2TB Portable SSD V3 at $299.99, $149 off, plus deals on memory cards, Macs, lenses and cameras. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/bhs…
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Canada's proposed Budget 2026 would let artists, including photographers, avoid tax on up to $45,000 of income from their creative work, with details still to come in the Spring Economic Update 2027. petapixel.com/2026/11/06/can…
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South Korean startup Lutra's HOA A1 has neither a viewfinder nor a screen — the rectangular frame itself is the viewfinder — and its first 100 numbered units launch December 21 for $289. petapixel.com/2026/11/05/sta…
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Sony and Tamron both released financial results today without a word about Sony's reported 200 billion yen (nearly $1.3 billion) proposal to make Tamron a wholly owned subsidiary, which both companies acknowledged in July. petapixel.com/2026/11/05/its…
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As the U.S. weighs delisting gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act, Nat Geo filmmaker Bertie Gregory — who has followed the same Hudson Bay pack for seven years — calls that move "just so dumb on so many levels." petapixel.com/2026/11/05/nat…
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PetaPixel's review gives Wandrd's Magnetic Camera Strap System an 8.5/10, praising its plastic, non-clanging CoreLock hardware while noting some photographers may not want magnets near their cameras. petapixel.com/2026/11/05/wan…
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After more than two and a half years of development, Wandrd's Magnetic Camera Strap System is available from $39, with CoreLock connectors that stay on each body so one strap can move between cameras one-handed. petapixel.com/2026/11/05/wan…
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