NASA released a panorama ofMiraflorestaken by the Curiosity rover on Mars from 11 images captured by its Mastcam system. It matters because it shows that a readable landscape does not come from a miracle sensor, but from a precise sequence, well-planned coverage, and a clear decision about color.Miraflores is a butte a...
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Kodak closed the second quarter of 2026 with its fourth straight year-over-year increase in revenue, gross profit, and operational EBITDA. The company reported US$311 million in revenue, up from US$263 million a year earlier, and posted net income of US$17 million. For photography, the relevant figure sits inside AM&am...
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Fujifilm announced that its imaging segment generated ¥627 billion (~$4.18 billion USD), an increase of 15.7% year-over-year, driven by new cameras like the GFX100RF and X-T30 III. The problem is not in the sales: it's in what it costs to make them.The financial report reveals something uncomfortable. While Fujifilm se...
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Japan's Intellectual Property High Court dismissed Nikon's claim against Panasonic Holdings on June 30, 2026. That left in place the invalidation of twenty claims in Japanese patent 5231529, originally held by RED. For people who shoot video, this matters because it affects one specific legal barrier to in-camera compr...
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The FCC added foreign-made uncrewed aircraft systems and their critical components to its Covered List in December 2025. This can limit new authorizations, imports, and sales in the United States. The official documents reviewed do not name the DJI Mini 5 Pro or set March 2027 as the date of a ban on that model.The dis...
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Leica removed Valery Melnikov from the 2026 shortlist of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and left the official list at eleven series. For photographers, the fact matters because a documentary award also legitimizes context, access, and provenance, not only visual force.The correction is already visible on the prize’s off...
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Nikon’s Investor Relations documents published on August 6, 2026 leave a fairly clear signal. The Imaging division did not have a comfortable quarter. Revenue fell. Profit fell. And camera and lens volume fell as well.The concrete figures matter. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, Imaging Products came in at 72....
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The Godox C100 is not trying to compete with a serious compact camera or with a modern phone. It is trying to sell something else. It wants to sell the feeling of shooting again without a rear screen, without a complex menu, and without too much real-time correction.On paper, the idea is easy to understand. It is a 65-...
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CIPA data for June 2026 does not show a collapse, but it does not leave a comfortable picture either. Global volume fell. And once you look at the detail, it becomes clear that not every segment is holding up the same way.The main figure is simple. In June, 713,059 cameras were shipped worldwide. That is 14.6% less tha...
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The possible acquisition of Tamron by Sony should not be read as a simple financial story. For photographers, the issue touches something more concrete: how independent a lens maker can remain when a camera brand wants to bring it inside its own group.What has been confirmed so far is limited. Tamron received a non-bin...
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