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Photography Awards and Recognition this week: AFP photographer Luis Tato won the Visa d’Or prize for news photography at the Visa Pour l’Image festival in; and BAFTA Cymru has announced the four nominees for Photography & Lighting…

Joel Sartore’s National Geographic Photo Ark turned 20 this year, reaching its 18,000th animal, a critically endangered red handfish.

Photography contests and awards highlights this week: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has launched six distinct scientific and technical investigations; and The final National Photographic Portrait Prize was awarded to…

Shutter+, a third-party camera remote app for iPhone/iPad, now supports Fujifilm cameras and offers features not available in Fujifilm’s own X App, including waveforms, zebras, Apple Watch control, and an intervalometer.

Photography & Cinematography this week: HONOR has launched the Robot Phone, the first device to carry ARRI’s ‘co-engineered with ARRI’ designation; and Fujifilm has released two GF-mount cinema zooms, the 19-35mm and 32-90mm T3.

Photography & Cinematography this week: Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld the invalidation of RED’s compressed RAW patent (JP 5231529), a; and Videndum’s H1 2026 results show flat like-for-like revenue of £110.

Photography & Cinematography this week: ARRI and HONOR have detailed the imaging system for the upcoming Robot Phone, integrating ARRI LogC3, Wide Gamut 3; and Thomas Riedel’s acquisition of ARRI is now official, uniting the German camera…

Photography & Cinematography this week: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is the first feature shot entirely on IMAX 15-perf/65mm film, using the new Keighley; and Sony has announced the FX5, a full-frame Cinema Line camera that brings…

Photography & Cinematography this week: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ opening July 17, is the first feature shot entirely on IMAX film, a feat achieved; and Riedel’s acquisition of ARRI signals a structural shift in which cameras are…

Tamron announced its popular 17-70mm F/2.8 zoom lens will become available for Canon RF and Nikon Z cameras starting July 2.