DxO PhotoLab 10 adds Lightroom-grade AI masking, depth masks, per-person and per-feature face selections, on a pay-once perpetual licence. Here’s what’s new, the honest caveats, and why the timing lands squarely on Adobe.

Three DJI stories landed in one week: a Neo 3 that can’t be FCC-authorized, an Osmo 360 II that skipped the US again, and a drone tariff now live. Here’s the honest breakdown, three different problems, not one ban.

Canon’s EOS R8 Mark II is official: 24.2MP full-frame, up to 7.5-stop IBIS, 40 fps, and uncropped 4K/60p, for $1,899 body-only. Here’s what changed, and why the $400 price jump matters.

OpenAI’s GPT Image 2.5 promises precise, subject-preserving photo edits. We tested it on real SampleShots photos, season swaps, relights, day-to-night, and background isolation. Here is the verdict.

Apple’s first foldable, the iPhone Duo, has a very good dual 48MP camera, just not Apple’s best. Here is the honest verdict for photography enthusiasts, and who should actually buy it.

Nikon’s turnaround is a video-first bet built on RED. The ZR shipped, a leaked APS-C flagship (the Z70) is overdue, and Japan just reshaped the RAW-video patent map.

Optical firm Starman is buying GoPro for about $285 million. Existing cameras and subscriptions are supported, but the company’s future is defense and AI optics.

GoPro just opened pre-orders for the Mission 1 Pro ILS, its first interchangeable-lens camera: a 197g, 8K, Micro Four Thirds cinema body for $700. Here’s the huge manual-only catch, and the company risk behind it.

Anthropic is the third major AI lab to mark its own output, adding a new axis: invisible text watermarking alongside image C2PA. Here’s what it changes for photographers, and what it pointedly doesn’t.

Apple’s new Mac mini is here with the M6 ($899) and M5 Pro ($1,699) chips. Here’s the honest verdict on which one photographers and video editors should actually buy, and where the base model is already enough.

The Viltrox AF 75mm f/1.8 EVO is a $329 APS-C portrait prime that reviewers rank among the sharpest lenses in its class. Weather-sealed, light, and available for Sony, Fujifilm, and Nikon, with a near-identical 90mm f/2.2 twin.

A UK government booklet told asylum seekers that photographing people in public could get them arrested. It’s legally wrong. Here’s what you can actually, legally photograph in public in the UK and the US, and what to do if someone tries to stop you.

TTArtisan’s new AF 85mm f/1.8 Neo is a full-frame autofocus portrait lens for just $99, undercutting Sony, Nikon, and even Viltrox by a wide margin. Here’s what the price does and doesn’t buy.

A new Japanese survey has Kodak overtaking Fujifilm as the most-used film brand, 71% to 68%, reversing 2024, as Fujifilm’s price hikes reshape the analog market.

Weeks after a 7.1 quake halted the Kumamoto sensor plant, Sony and TSMC are reportedly planning a $6.3B joint venture to mass-produce next-gen image sensors there from 2029.

Trump signed tariffs of up to 100% on imported drones. Consumer DJI models like the Mini 5 Pro and Air 3S face 25%, effective September 3, and buyers pay it.

A new FCC proposal would pull already-approved DJI drones like the Mini 5 Pro and Air 3S from the US market. It’s not final, and the comment window closes September 2.

Mondo Robotics’ Beni is a real two-wheeled camera robot that follows and films you. It’s charming and verifiably real, but early, and it’s a Kickstarter pledge, not a finished product.

The Insta360 X6 (model CINSABXA) cleared full FCC certification in the United States on July 3, 2026, matching the grant-to-announcement pattern that landed the X4 and X5 within eight weeks. What the filing actually confirms, what the 8K/60 and 1-inch-sensor leaks look like, and how the timing fits into the ongoing DJI-Insta360 patent fight.

iOS 27 beta code points to ‘Apple Reference Image,’ a way to prove an iPhone photo is real. The catch: it may not use the open C2PA standard.

The 3.2-gigapixel LSST Camera released EDP2, its first science data, with a COSMOS field image holding more than 500,000 galaxies.

Sony’s new FE 100-400mm f/5.6-8 OSS is a 654g, $849.99 super-telephoto zoom, less than half the weight of the GM. Here’s the catch, and who it’s for.

HoverAir’s new Versa is a pocket gimbal camera that clicks into a caged drone body to become a self-flying drone, one device taking on DJI and Insta360.

Sony has made a non-binding proposal to buy all of Tamron for around $1.2 billion and take it private. Here’s what a Sony-owned Tamron would mean for Nikon, Fujifilm, and L-mount shooters, with the honest proposal-stage caveats.

The FTC granted early termination of the antitrust review for Adobe’s Topaz Labs acquisition on July 29, clearing the biggest hurdle. Here’s what it means for the standalone Topaz license you already own, and your buy-hold-wait move.

A 7.1 earthquake hit Kumamoto, Japan’s camera-sensor manufacturing hub, on July 28. Sony’s Kikuyo fab, which makes up to 4 million sensors a day, is offline with damage under assessment. The 2016 precedent is the real warning.

7Artisans just announced the AF 10mm f/2.5 MAX, a 185-degree full-frame fisheye with autofocus, in three mounts at once. It’s the clearest sign yet that third-party glass is out-innovating the OEMs into the niches they abandoned.

Canon’s shutter-less EOS R6 V shipped with no flash at all. Firmware v1.1.0 finally adds Speedlite support, but a 1/60s sync cap and no 5-pin hotshoe are the catch.

The EU adopted its final Article 50 AI-labeling Guidelines on July 20, twelve days before the rules apply. Here is the line every photographer needs: which edits stay unlabeled, and which now count as AI-manipulated.

Apple’s late-2026 lineup, decoded for shooters: the iPhone 18 Pro’s rumored variable-aperture camera, the iPhone Fold, M5 MacBook Pros that are already here, and what to buy now versus wait for.

A German court (OLG Dusseldorf, April 2026) ruled that restyling a photographer’s image with AI was not infringement, and found the AI copy belongs to no one. What it means, and how to protect your work.