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We are proud to announce the results of the fourth-annual PetaPixel Awards where we are able to honor the best new photography products released in the last year. 2024 was a heck of a year for photography and the results showed that: it was the closest batch of voting in the awards’ history. 

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In This Episode:

 • 00:00 - Into (explaining all our upcoming gear shows) 
 • 08:24 - Samyang announced 
a new 35mm f/1.4 P lens • (and brought 
a 12mm f/2 lens to Canon RF mount APS-C • ) 
 • 13:22 - 
Microsoft discontinues the Surface Studio 2+ • 
 • 18:48 - 
Canon USA brought back Rudy Winston • 
 • 21:07 - The PetaPixel Awards (About, Methodology, Categories) 
 • 26:00 - Accessory of the Year 
 • 29:27 - Desktop Software of the Year 
 • 21:11 - Smartphone App of the Year 
 • 33:51 - Computer of the Year 
 • 35:18 - Smartphone of the Year 
 • 41:13 - Zoom Lens of the Year 
 • 47:36 - Prime Lens of the Year 
 • 56:48 - Camera of the Year, People's Choice Award 
 • 59:47 - Camera of the Year 
 • 1:07:36 - Photo Company of the Year 
 • 1:09:51 - What have you been up to? 
 • 1:12:14 - Tech Support 
 • 1:29:56 - 
Feel good story of the week •

The PetaPixel Awards: The Best of Photography in 2024

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Excire’s photo-management software harnesses AI to make tedious tasks 10x faster, easier, and more fun. Thanks to Excire, you can easily get your images organized, stay on top of culling, and instantly find any photo in your catalog—so you can spend less time managing your images and more time doing what you love! To purchase an Excire lifetime license or to download a 14-day free trial, visit excire.com/en/shop! PetaPixel viewers can receive 15% off their purchase with the special discount code PETAPIXEL.

This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, the team says goodbye to 2024 with the most important of traditions: the airing of grievances. Thanks for joining us for season three of the PetaPixel Podcast! The show will be back in January for the episode 76 and the start of season four. 
em>Support Chris and Jordan directly with a PetaPixel Membership!

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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 - Intro, it's the season finale! 
 • 07:37 - 
Blackmagic's Ursa Cine Immersive is coming early next year for $29,999 • 
 • 11:10 - 
Panasonic has a new point and shoot and G97 • 
 • 16:07 - 
Nikon added shutter angle and custom zebras to the Z9 • 
 • 21:59 - 
Kodak and Huf Team have a neat collab • 
 • 24:07 - 
Adobe's reflection removal tool looks super neat • 
 • 25:37 - The Annual Airing of Grievances 
 • 48:57 - Are we monsters? 
 • 1:13:10 - Never read the comments 
 • 1:19:52 - Tech support 
 • 1:37:21 - 
Feel good story of the week •

The Annual Airing of Grievances (Season 3 Finale)

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With smartphone cameras coming to a plateau on quality -- especially on zoom lenses -- there is a distinct spot for point-and-shoots. Compact cameras certainly have value and the team thinks there is definitely a place for them in the market today, but also thinks there is a "right" and "wrong" way for manufacturers to jump in on this popular trend. Sure, these kinds of cameras need to be affordable but it's often not quite enough to just slap a USB-C charging port on a compact camera design from 8 years ago and call it good. 

That said, there are a few compact cameras that the team thinks would be okay to just re-release with minor upgrades to start serving the market right away. 

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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 - We're back! Welcome to SEASON 4! 
 • 06:09 - 
Getty and Shutterstock are merging • 
 • 08:05 - 
OM System promises new camera and lenses are coming "shortly" • 
 • 10:34 - 
Fujifilm doesn't say "never" to a new film camera • 
 • 18:39 - 
Yashica is getting in on the point-and-shoot craze • 
 • 20:31 - This isn't the compact camera revival we asked for 
 • 42:55 - New gear we've picked up lately that we really like 
 • 28:20 - Never read the comments 
 • 1:02:19 - Tech support 
 • 1:29:19 - 
Feel good story of the week •

This Isn't the Compact Camera Revival We Asked For

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The Leica L-mount was created in 2014. The L-mount Alliance was formed in 2018. While there has been a steady release of cameras for this mount since then, considering the number of companies involved, it is a bit thin – especially for still photographers. 

With the recent announcement of the Leica SL3-S -- which feels like it's not the best value for the dollar in ways that go beyond even typical expectations of Leica cameras in the past-- we found ourselves asking: if you were coming in fresh to mirrorless and were thinking of investing in a system, is L-mount worth it over the alternatives? If not, why? What is missing? Chris Niccolls, Jordan Drake, and I dig into it.

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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 - Intro 
 • 12:08 - 
DJI's new Flip • looks like a nice balance between good quality and ease of use 
 • 20:08 - 
Nikon's custom Z9 and thermal blanket are headed to the Moon • 
 • 21:53 - Canon warns that some 
SanDisk SD cards will corrupt with the R5 Mark II • 
 • 26:02 - Canon may follow Nikon, 
move manufacturing out of Japan • 
 • 29:41 - 
Adobe's generative AI in Lightroom and Photoshop is doing some weird stuff • 
 • 37:40 - 
Leica announced the SL3-S • 
 • 43:26 - Is L-Mount worth investing into in 2025? 
 • 59:43 - What have you been up to? 
 • 1:04:00 - Never read the comments / Tech support 
 • 1:32:27 - 
Feed good story of the week •

Is L-Mount Worth Investing Into?

While many of the creator-focused additions to the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra are direct responses to what Apple is doing with the iPhone (digital aperture adjustment and log video are prime examples), it is perhaps Google that Samsung should be most wary of. Because it relies so much on what Google develops when it comes to AI enhancements, it might be harder for Samsung to meaningfully stand out to Android users. The PetaPixel Podcast team discusses!

Do you ever get tired of manually organizing, searching for, tagging, and culling your images? We do, too - and that’s where Excire can help!

Excire’s photo-management software harnesses AI to make tedious tasks 10x faster, easier, and more fun. Thanks to Excire, you can easily get your images organized, stay on top of culling, and instantly find any photo in your catalog—so you can spend less time managing your images and more time doing what you love!

Best of all, Excire can be integrated seamlessly into your current workflow, either using the standalone image organizer, Excire Foto 2025, or the Lightroom Classic plugin, Excire Search 2024. 

To purchase an Excire lifetime license or to download a 14-day free trial, visit www.excire.com/en/shop! 

(PetaPixel viewers can receive 15% off their purchase with the special discount code PETAPIXEL.)

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 - Intro 
 • 06:36 - 
One-of-a-kind Nikon fisheye lens costs $250,000 • 
 • 09:27 - 
Pentax discontinues the K-3 III in Japan... but not in the US • 
 • 13:08 - 
Tamron adds 120FPS support to 50-400mm on Sony E-Mount... with a caveat • 
 • 16:23 - 
Sony adds content authenticity to a1, a1, and a9 III • 
 • 19:39 - 
Fujifilm's new Instax Wide Evo • 
 • 22:26 - Did Samsung do enough to stand apart from Google? 
 • 41:49 - What have you been up to? 
 • 46:15 - Tech support 
 • 1:14:30 - 
Feel good story of the week •

Did Samsung Do Enough To Separate From Google?

Do you ever get tired of manually organizing, searching for, tagging, and culling your images? We do, too - and that’s where Excire can help!

Excire’s photo-management software harnesses AI to make tedious tasks 10x faster, easier, and more fun. Thanks to Excire, you can easily get your images organized, stay on top of culling, and instantly find any photo in your catalog—so you can spend less time managing your images and more time doing what you love! Best of all, Excire can be integrated seamlessly into your current workflow, either using the standalone image organizer, Excire Foto 2025, or the Lightroom Classic plugin, Excire Search 2024. 

To purchase an Excire lifetime license or to download a 14-day free trial, visit www.excire.com/en/shop! (PetaPixel viewers can receive 15% off their purchase with the special discount code PETAPIXEL.)

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team catches up on a huge pile of news and dives into a discussion on what Micro Four Thirds still needs to do in 2025 even with the release of the new OM System OM-3.

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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 - Intro
09:45 - The PPA is having a crisis of leadership (Update)
14:14 - Yashica's new point-and-shoot cameras have confusing specs
19:51 - Treyarch co-founder is the one who hit a 'Super Scooper' firefighting plane with a drone
23:38 - Aperture Priority keycaps are sweet
27:29 - Kodak is "cracking down" on dishonest motion picture respoolers
31:26 - Canon claims sweeping victory
33:52 - Despite strong camera sales, Canon missed profits projections
37:57 - Canon recommits to compacts, will scale production to meet demand
40:40 - What ELSE does Micro Four Thirds NEED in 2025?
58:57 - What have you been up to?
1:05:01 - Tech support
1:26:02 - Feel good story of the week

What Else MUST Micro Four Thirds Do in 2025?

Do you ever get tired of manually organizing, searching for, tagging, and culling your images? We do, too - and that’s where Excire can help!

Excire’s photo-management software harnesses AI to make tedious tasks 10x faster, easier, and more fun. Thanks to Excire, you can easily get your images organized, stay on top of culling, and instantly find any photo in your catalog—so you can spend less time managing your images and more time doing what you love! Best of all, Excire can be integrated seamlessly into your current workflow, either using the standalone image organizer, Excire Foto 2025, or the Lightroom Classic plugin, Excire Search 2024. 

To purchase an Excire lifetime license or to download a 14-day free trial, visit www.excire.com/en/shop! (PetaPixel viewers can receive 15% off their purchase with the special discount code PETAPIXEL.)

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 - Intro
 • 11:03 - 
Apple's acquisition of Pixelmator is complete • 17:00 - 
Capture One shut down its community forum • 21:53 - 
Western Digital and SanDisk are divorcing • 26:33 - 
Harman Red 125 is a new redscale color negative film • 30:20 - 
Lucky Film is making a comeback and distributors are fighting over it • 33:14 - 
Content Credentials on Samsung's Galaxy S25 don't work on real photos, only AI • 36:02 - The Nikon block
 • 46:33 - 
PetaPixel members get access to full-resolution RAW and JPEGS from new cameras and lenses • 49:71 - What do you want to see from the CP+ Photography Exhibition in Japan?
 • 1:11:07 - Never read the comments
 • 1:16:55 - Tech support
 • 1:31:22 - 
Feel good story of the week

What to Expect From CP+ 2025, the World's Biggest Photo Expo, Feat. Ted Forbes

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This week on the PetaPixel Podcast, Sigma's CEO Kazuto Yamaki sits down with Chris Niccolls to talk about the newly-announced lenses, the Sigma BF camera, and -- of course -- the state of the full-frame Foveon sensor. 

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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 - Intro from Japan!
 • 07:38 - 
OM System has a new lens roadmap • 08:00 - Chris derails us
 • 10:25 - Chris brings us back
 • 12:47 - 
Leica has a new 50mm f/1.4 • 13:53 - 
Canon announced the PowerShot V1 • 17:24 - 
Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 • 20:22 - Sigma's big week
 • 34:58 - One-on-one with Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki
 • 54:39 - What have you been up to?
 • 56:27 - Tech support
 • 1:08:25 - Feel good story of the week: https://youtu.be/V5MwWcixA6I

Sigma's CEO Talks BF, Foveon, and More

Do you ever get tired of manually organizing, searching for, tagging, and culling your images? We do, too - and that’s where Excire can help!

Excire’s photo-management software harnesses AI to make tedious tasks 10x faster, easier, and more fun. Thanks to Excire, you can easily get your images organized, stay on top of culling, and instantly find any photo in your catalog—so you can spend less time managing your images and more time doing what you love! Best of all, Excire can be integrated seamlessly into your current workflow, either using the standalone image organizer, Excire Foto 2025, or the Lightroom Classic plugin, Excire Search 2024. 

To purchase an Excire lifetime license or to download a 14-day free trial, visit www.excire.com/en/shop! (PetaPixel viewers can receive 15% off their purchase with the special discount code PETAPIXEL.)

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by Emily Lowry, the face and brains behind the YouTube channel Micro Four Nerds. Given that Panasonic hasn't supported photographers specifically in many years, there is a lot to discuss about the new camera specifically for taking photos.

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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 - Intro: Say hello to Emily, from 
Micro Four Nerds • ! 
 • 10:01 - Rejoice: 
Nikon fixes the Z6 III N-log flickering issue • 12:02 - 
TTArtisan's debut camera is a retro folding Instax • 16:20 - 
Technicolor shuts down abruptly • , leaving 10,000 workers in the lurch
 • 18:50 - 
Xiaomi wants to make modular magnetic smartphone lenses • 23:26 - 
Chris reviews the Peak Design Carry-On Roller • 27:23 - 
Sigma wants to make a "serious" camera • 34:24 - 
A new 35mm f/1.2 Art is coming? • 37:54 - 
Sigma can make just nine BF cameras per day • 43:35 - Did Panasonic Finally Give Photographers a Camera?
 • 1:01:46 - What have you been up to? (
Join Emily's mailing list • )
 • 1:18:28 - Never read the comments
 • 1:24:46 - Tech support
 • 1:33:50 - 
Feel good story of the week

Did Panasonic Finally Support Photographers? Feat. Micro Four Nerds

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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team is joined by Waveform Podcast co-host David Imel to talk about the Sigma BF and why Chris Niccolls -- who laments the many things cut out to make it "radically simple" -- might be wrong.

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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 - Intro
 • 07:30 - 
Apple's new computers are really good • , but the M4 Max is all photographers need right now
 • 13:40 - Canon won't do the alternate versions of the 1 series, 
won't do a high resolution version of the R1 • 16:54 - 
Canon is cautiously ramping compact camera production back up • 20:03 - 
Viltrox made six pro-level AF lenses for the DJI Ronin 4D • Thypoch is moving away from its infinity lock switches: https://petapixel.com/2025/03/06/thypoch-is-moving-away-from-its-polarizing-focus-lock-switch/
 • 29:11 - Is Chris wrong about the Sigma BF? 
 • 1:04:02 - What have you been up to? 
 • 1:09:38 - Never read the comments
 • 1:18:12 - Tech support
 • 1:27:30 - 
Using anamorphic lenses for still photography • 1:29:43 - 
Feel good story of the week

Is Chris Wrong About the Sigma BF? Feat. David Imel

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Jaron, Chris, and Jordan chat about Apple's wild launch day at WWDC23, Nikon's (alleged) crackdown on third-party batteries, the ongoing saga of Outdoor Photographer (and other photo publications acquired by Madavor Media), the Leica Q series' wrong specifications, Photoshop Generative Fill, and more.

00:00 - Intro!
05:52 - Nikon hates third-party batteries?
10:36 - What is going on with Outdoor Photographer?
15:29 - Leica's Q series specs have been wrong for years
19:15 - Ring cameras are spying on you?
22:35 - Adobe Photoshop Generative Fill
29:59 - Where is Chris and Jordan's Fujifilm X-S20 Review?
34:18 - Apple's huge launch week
52:53 - Never Read the Comments

Apple's $3,500 Headset and Nikon's Battery Crackdown

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