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Rode’s New Wireless Micro Camera Kit Is More Powerful and Easier to Use

A black wireless microphone kit is shown in a charging case on the left. On the right, a woman in pink athletic wear is being filmed outdoors, wearing a clip-on mic while talking to the camera.

Rode has announced the Wireless Micro Camera Kit, the successor to the current Wireless Micro system that promises to be more powerful, significantly more flexible thanks to universal camera compatibility, and easier to use thanks to an improved receiver unit with an integrated display.

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How I Upgraded My Camera Gear Through MPB

Various digital cameras and camera lenses from brands like Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Fujifilm are arranged on a colorful background with blue, red, and yellow sections.

From clearing out cameras to upgrading lenses, MPB supports photographers and videographers at every stage of their creative journey. It offers a trusted hub for buying and selling high-quality used gear. It is a safe, reliable, and straightforward way to sell gear you don't want and score great deals on the gear you do.

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Nature’s Best Photography Awards 2025 Winners Showcase Wonderful Wildlife and Landscapes

Three panels: left, two young gorillas touch hands in a green forest; center, two emperor penguins face each other with a chick between them; right, a humpback whale swims underwater in blue ocean.

Nature's Best Photography has unveiled their winning photos for the Nature's Best Photography Awards 2025 competition. This year marks the contest's 30th anniversary. The grand-prize-winning photo shows a pair of Emperor penguins looking down at their fluffy chick amid a snowstorm.

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Sabrina Carpenter Spotted Using a Gorgeous Contax G2 Camera

A woman with blonde hair, wearing a black coat and plaid scarf, smiles while holding a vintage film camera outdoors. There is a close-up inset of the camera in her hands. The background is blurred greenery.

It is becoming more common to see celebrities and pop stars using classic cameras as the vintage aesthetic continues to burn white hot. However, most tend to stick with digital -- Taylor Swift and Selina Gomez both really like the Olympus EM-10 Mark IV, for example. Sabrina Carpenter is going even further back in time though as she has been spotted sporting a beautiful Contax G2.

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This One-of-a-Kind Lens Was Disney’s Biggest Gamble

A camera mounted on a tripod is positioned in front of a large aquarium tank, with a shark and several fish swimming in the blue water background.

Photographer and YouTube creator Mathieu Stern saw an incredible piece of cinematic and optical history show up on an auction site. While it was outside his price range, it was not beyond the reach of Atlas Lens Co., known for its Orion and Mercury series cinema lenses. The lens in question was a Bausch + Lomb CinemaScope anamorphic lens attachment, which could turn a traditional cinema lens into a then-groundbreaking anamorphic optic.

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Atlanta Film Co. Has Just 350 Rolls of This Gorgeous 120 Format Cine Film

Seven film canisters on a wooden surface next to a scenic photo of a rocky desert landscape with a large rock formation, sparse vegetation, and a cloudy sky. The photo has a film strip edge at the top.

Atlanta Film Company has a very limited quantity of 250D 65mm motion picture film that has been hand respooled to fit 120 format for stills photography. Due to a change in motion picture film availability, this is a very limited run that probably won't be back once it's gone.

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The Most Interesting Items in the 44th Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction

A vintage Leica camera with a lens cap beside it sits in front of a red Leica-branded case on a white surface.

The influential Leica I 35mm camera turns 100 years old this year, and Chicago-based Tamarkin Camera, a premier Leica specialist, is celebrating Leica's centenary in style with a Leica-heavy Rare Camera Auction on November 15. Bidding is open now, so here are 10 of the most interesting lots Tamarkin has up for grabs, some of which are expected to sell for as much as $35,000.

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Moment Launches New Line of Ultra-Light Camera Bags and Brings Back the Photo Vest

A variety of bags and packs in neutral colors, including a large beige backpack, a black vest-style pack, a green crossbody bag, and two smaller pouches in beige and black, arranged on a plain light background.

Moment has introduced a wide range of new carrying solutions for photographers today, including a 23-liter camera backpack, small and lightweight slings, and the glorious return of the photographer's vest.

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This Explainer on How a Rangefinder Camera Works Is The Best We’ve Seen

A diagram shows the internal optical path of a camera’s viewfinder system, with colored lines illustrating light passing through various lenses, prisms, and mirrors inside the camera body.

Photographer and technology expert David Imel recently published a video discussing why Leica got rid of the most iconic part of its M series cameras in the new M EV1: the rangefinder. But to do that, he first had to explain what a rangefinder is and how it works, and in doing so created the best modern breakdown of the technology that is very easy to understand.

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Adobe’s End-Of-Year Updates Are All AI, and Sometimes Not Even Its Own AI

A split-screen shows Photoshop editing a person in a pink coat, Premiere Pro selecting a dancing person, and Illustrator displaying a cartoon key character with arms, legs, and clouds.

Adobe MAX kicks off this week and, historically, that has meant a large drop of updates across the company's portfolio of apps. That is technically true this year too, but everything is revolving around AI -- and sometimes, that doesn't even mean Adobe's own technology.

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Ethical Wildlife Photography: A Field Guide to Photographing Animals with Respect

Two bear cubs stand on hind legs playfully sparring in a grassy field, while a bald eagle perches calmly on a branch against a blurred forest background.

A crew working for an unnamed wildlife photographer fed and used cellophane paper to lure a fox for the 'perfect shot' in Grand Teton National Park. Since the fox was conditioned to human food, park officials euthanized it. The photographer got his shot. The fox paid with its life. Learning about this event became the North Star for Arthur Lefo, an OM SYSTEM Ambassador who has spent almost a decade photographing iconic wildlife. Lefo believes that ethical wildlife photography isn't just about rules, but respect.

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The Best Video Cameras to Take On Long-Distance Backpacking

A hiker with a large backpack walks toward a scenic mountain vista, framed by a tree and a large rock, under a partly cloudy sky.

It was sunset on top of the tallest mountain in the continental United States, and I had two immediate priorities. One was dinner. As a long-distance backpacker on the Pacific Crest Trail, I was burning between 4,000 and 6,000 calories a day, and losing too much weight was a constant concern for myself and my friends. The other priority was 32.4 ounces of metal and glass clipped to the shoulder strap of my backpack: my camera. And as the sun sank towards the horizon, I kept neglecting my dinner in favor of keeping up with the ever-changing lighting.

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How a Ladder Company Turned Louvre Heist Photo Into a Viral Ad Campaign

A Böcker cargo lift is positioned against a historic stone building, reaching an upper window. Two police cars and orange cones block the street. Text overlay promotes the lift’s speed and electric motor.

As the saying attributed to P.T. Barnum goes, "There is no such thing as bad publicity." German company Böcker certainly subscribes to the view after turning a press photo of one of its ladders used in the daring Louvre Museum heist into a viral marketing campaign.

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City Fines Homeowner $300,000 After Using Drone to Spot Illegal Fireworks

Aerial view of a residential neighborhood at night with fireworks shooting up from the street, illuminating houses and trees while city lights glow in the background.

A week after Fourth of July celebrations, PetaPixel reported that multiple California police departments had used drones to surveil and spot people illegally shooting off fireworks. Promised fines have been rolling out since, including a new $300,000 one levied against an Orange County homeowner who claims they were not even home on July 4.

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