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Lighting & rigs · 25 stories, +16 vs last week

Lighting & rigs: 25 stories in seven days, +16 on the week before.

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Post PerspectiveVideoEditor Brady Betzel’s Fall Product Ideas for Work and Play By Brady Betzel I’ve spent the last few months testing out new gear to cover you — from color calibration to humidifiers to hard drives and things to use in your everyday life.

September 29

ePHOTOzineReviews4 Top Arboretum Photography Tips In our busy modern lives, it is often complicated to find the time to shoot great autumnal images , considering the amount of research, walking and perseverance that is often involved.

September 29

ePHOTOzineReviews8 Key Graphic Design Trends for 2027 - Partner Content - What to Expect from Graphic Design in 2027: Key Trends and Predictions In anticipation of the new year, we all dream of what we hope to achieve in the coming months, both…

September 29

ePHOTOzineReviews70% of our photos are never seen again - Popsa launches Memories to rediscover forgotten photos The new AI feature curates smartphone photos automatically and privately into albums, helping people rediscover their buried camera roll moments No generation has documented life this thoroughly, yet…

September 29

PetaPixelReviewsImagen Adds Full Manual RAW Editing to Its AI-Assisted Photo Workspace Imagen has launched a brand new post-production workspace, Intelligent Studio, that promises to adapt to a photographer's individual workflow.

September 29

L-RumorsRumoursNew Artizlab Classic-M 50mm f/1.4 lens for M-mount coming in November 2026 Funleader will release a new Artizlab Classic-M 50mm f/1.4 lens for Leica M-mount in November 2026. The lens is inspired by the classic Leica E43 Summilux 50mm f/1.4, featuring a compact…

September 29

DPReviewReviewsOM System PEN studio scene: see how much image quality you can carry with you Studio images and Raw analysis back up the performance we saw when out shooting. Richard Butler With the release of Adobe Camera Raw 18.7, we now have Raw support for the OM System PEN, bringing us…

September 29

Smartphone photography (GSMArena)TechHMD Vibe2 Pro debuts with a 64MP rear camera, 6.78-inch display The phone is powered by the Dimensity 6300 chipset. HMD has debuted its latest Vibe series smartphone in India. The new Vibe2 Pro comes with features such...

September 29

Y.M.CinemaCinemaCanon’s Legendary EF 50mm f/1.2L Is Now $829 on Amazon Renewed Canon’s EF 50mm f/1.2L USM is one of those lenses that never really disappeared. It comes from the DSLR era, uses the EF mount, and has long since been surpassed by newer RF optics in areas such as…

September 29

Camera DecisionReviewsCanon EOS R8 Mark II vs R6 Mark II: $100 Apart, and Readers Still Pick the Older R6 II The Canon R8 Mark II costs $1,899. The R6 Mark II, now replaced by the R6 III, sells for about $2,000. Same 24MP, both stabilised. The R8 II is smaller and lighter.

September 29

Digital Camera WorldReviewsThe Sony A7 V has topped Japan’s best-seller charts yet again – but this three-year-old mirrorless steals TWO spots for its long-loved compact design The Sony A7 V has dominated best-seller charts since its launch late last year – but while the A7 V leads the latest best-seller list from a major Japanese camera retailer, another Sony hogs two…

September 29

PetaPixelReviewsThis Film Photography-Inspired Camera is for People Experiencing Digital Fatigue Modern life is overwhelming many people and analog pursuits are on the up. Enter Await, a camera made by Swiss-based electronics company Rolling Square. [

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