Thanks to Audiio for sponsoring this episode! If you sign up for Audiio's lifetime music plan in the next 24 hours, you’ll also get the opportunity to add on lifetime access to the Audiio Pro mobile app (typically only available to audiio pro members!)! We offer these lifetime upgrade very seldomly, so you won't want to miss out! Visit http://audiio.com/petapixel or use promo code "petapixel199" to take advantage of this stellar deal today!This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team chats about the state of the "midrange" camera and how it might not be in the place it was just a few short years ago. Come to think of it, what even is every brand's "midrange" option right now? The team debates!Check out PetaPixel Merch: store.petapixel.com/ We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.In This Episode:00:00 - Intro12:32 - The Bild Expo was HUGE, and we had a blast16:19 - The largest camera ever made took its first photos (and we were there to see it)17:29 - Thypoch has a new 21mm f/1.4 for Leica M-mount20:43 - Panasonic Lumix cameras are getting a nice firmware update and S1R II photographers will be especially pleased22:58 - Magic Lantern for Canon cameras is back25:20 - It's been two years, but still no Abode28:43 - Leica announced a new film and it's a black and white 50ISO emulsion. 33:45 - Yashica adds a version of the FX-D that has a viewfinder 38:01 - What is the state of the midrange camera? 1:10:33 - What have you been up to?1:15:28 - Tech Support (and Never Read the Comments)nce)
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The PetaPixel Podcast LIVE from the BILD Expo!
This week on the PetaPixel Podast, Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and Jaron Schneider are here with a special episode as they took to the Photography Stage at the BILD Expo in New York City for a live recording! The trio discuss every camera brand's 2024 so far and what the new camera releases say about how they see the industry now and into the near future. Plus, they take questions from the audience including questions about their favorite cameras ever, what the future of HDR is, and the status of the "promised" PetaPixel BBQ sauce.Check out PetaPixel Merch: to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, .In This Episode:00:00 - Intro03:29 - What every camera release in 2025 says about the brand's industry views 40:55 - Tech Support (from the audience)
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The Camera Store’s Founder Talks 2025 Pricing and Camera Popularity
With a PetaPixel Membership, not only can you support original PetaPixel reporting and in-depth reviews, but you can also remove ads from the website and gain access to some seriously great perks, too. Members get $15 off the Moment Store, 25% off the PetaPixel Merch Store, and now can download full-resolution RAW files and JPEGs from the latest cameras and lenses. It costs just $3 per month or $30 per year. Join today.Running a camera store is hard enough as it is, but add the complexity of the 2025 economic environment, and The Camera Store's founder Peter Jeune has his work cut out for him. This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, he joins the team to give an update on navigating the fluctuating pricing and product popularity so far in 2025.Check out PetaPixel Merch: store.petapixel.com/ We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.In This Episode:00:00 - Intro12:49 - Firstly, no the Kyu review wasn't sponsored content15:13 - Fujifilm moved manufacturing for four X series camera to Japan just for the US market18:41 - We got a ton of new info about the GFX Eterna23:20 - iPadOS is finally getting the update Chris desperately wants27:55 - The SmallRig x Potato Jet tripod is now available in a more compact version31:36 - 31:36 - 7Artisans Cine Primes promise pro quality for $80038:25 - Omnar Lenses made the 5cm f/2 MC FLB lens42:04 - The Camera Store's Peter Jeune talks 2025 pricing and camera popularity1:19:31 - What have you been up to?1:26:16 - Tech support1:36:41 - Feel good story of the week
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Sigma's CEO Talks Cinema, Autofocus, BF Sales, and More!
With a PetaPixel Membership, not only can you support original PetaPixel reporting and in-depth reviews, but you can also remove ads from the website and gain access to some seriously great perks, too. Members get $15 off the Moment Store, 25% off the PetaPixel Merch Store, and now can download full-resolution RAW files and JPEGs from the latest cameras and lenses. Join today! It costs just $3 per month or $30 per year. This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is in Burbank, California at the Sigma west coast headquarters to meet with the company's CEO Kazuto Yamaki and discuss the company's new set of Aizu Prime cinema lenses. Check out PetaPixel Merch: store.petapixel.com/ We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.In This Episode:00:00 - Intro08:45 - George E. Smith, co-inventor of the CCD sensor, has passed away11:37 - Yashica made a digital camera with a film advance lever15:42- Lenovo made a camera... for some reason17:25 - 400 photographers sign letter demanding the return of Nick Ut's credit on the 'Napalm Girl' photo21:18 - David Lynch's camera collection is up for auction24:48 - Interview with Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki 47:02 - What have you been up to?50:19 - Tech Support1:10:27 - Feel good story of the week
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How Badly Does Sony Need to Release a GREAT a7 V?
<em>With a PetaPixel Membership, not only can you support original PetaPixel reporting and in-depth reviews, but you can also remove ads from the website and gain access to some seriously great perks, too. Members get $15 off the Moment Store, 25% off the <em>PetaPixel</em> Merch Store, and now can <a href="https://petapixel.com/sample-galleries/">download full-resolution RAW files and JPEGs from the latest cameras and lenses</a>. Join today! It costs <a href="https://petapixel.com/members/">just $3 per month or $30 per year</a>. </em><br/<br/>This week on <em>The PetaPixel Podcast</em>, the team sits down together in La Serena, Chile to talk about Sony's FX2 announcement and what it might mean for the company's next camera.<br/<br/>Thanks to the the lovely <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hotelterradiaguita/">Terra Diaguita Hotel Boutique</a> for allowing us to podcast from your patio!<br/<br/><em>Check out PetaPixel Merch: <a href="https://store.petapixel.com/">store.petapixel.com/</a> <a href="https://creators.riverside.fm/Petapixel"><br/<br/>We use Riverside</a> to record <em>The PetaPixel Podcast</em> in our online recording studio.<br/<br/>We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on <em>PetaPixel</em>, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/petapixel">you can do so through SpeakPipe</a>.</em><br/<br/><h2>In This Episode:</h2><ul><li>00:00 - <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/05/28/hey-folks-we-screwed-up/">Hey everyone, we screwed up</a><li>02:38 - Intro<li>14:51 - <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/05/23/iconic-photographer-sebastiao-salgado-has-died/">Sebastiao Salgado has died</a><li>16:49 - <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/05/21/the-highly-anticipated-ricoh-gr-iv-is-in-development-and-coming-this-fall/">The Ricoh GR IV is FINALLY coming</a><li>22:10 - <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/05/23/the-reto-pano-35mm-film-camera-switches-between-standard-and-pano-modes-mid-roll/">The Reto Pano 35 can swap between panoramic and standard 35mm film</a><li>23:36 - <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/05/22/light-lens-labs-remade-p-angenieux-lens-arrives-in-june-for-1099/">Light Lens Lab P. Angenieux is coming in June for $1,099</a><li>27:57 - How badly does Sony need the a7 V right now... and how badly does it have to be really good?<li>42:15 - Why are we in Chile?<li>47:37 - Tech support<li>1:07:45 - <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@anhudy/video/7457999044363832622?lang=en">Feel good story of the week</a></ul>
A photography podcast. Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake join PetaPixel's Editor-in-Chief Jaron Schneider for a weekly discussion on current events in the photo industry, camera equipment, technology, culture, and more.
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