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Manfrotto has announced the Uncover bag series, which it refers to as a range of carry solutions designed for creators and urban travelers whose daily routines are in constant motion between work, content creation, and weekend trips. The Uncover range is made up of two backpacks and two crossbody messenger options: a 30L backpack and a 24L backpack, alongside a 12L messenger bag and a compact 7L sling.

Apple has introduced a series of new updates to Apple Creator Studio, the collection of creative apps the company unveiled earlier this year. The updates bring new features and functionality to Apple’s photo-editing app, Pixelmator Pro, its video-editing app, Final Cut Pro, and more, across Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Looking first at Final Cut Pro, arguably Apple’s most widely used professional creative application and the app with the biggest updates for visual creators.

This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, Godox became a camera manufacturer with the introduction of the C100, a very weird, screen-less point and shoot camera. Also, Adobe acquired Topaz, Samyang finished its “holy trinity,” and Nikon did something it has never done before. PetaPixel‘s Matt Growcoot joins the podcast as he got humbled by the gauntlet that is a camera press trip. With that in mind, he explains what he was expecting and what actually happened.

Reflx Lab, makers of analog film and camera accessories like light meters, has launched a new experimental color film, Diablo 100 redscale film. As spotted by Kosmo Foto, this new film is based on Lucky C200 film stock. This standard color film is loaded backward, Reflx Lab explains, so that light passes through the film’s transparent base layer before it reaches the light-sensitive emulsion.

A New Jersey middle school has recalled its yearbook after a photo of Adolf Hitler snuck into the student baby photos section. The photo shows Hitler when he was a baby and prompted a sorrowful response from the East Brook Middle School principal.

Delkin has announced the Valor Pro CFexpress Type B memory card, a 1TB capacity high-speed option that is designed, assembled, and tested in the United States and is emblazoned with the American flag. The company says that the card is designed, assembled, and extensively validated in Delkin’s Poway, California facility to “world-class workmanship standards.” The packaging and card itself are visibly proud of this, with the flag of the USA visible on both.

Just over four months after a UK watchdog raised concerns about the merger between US photo agencies Getty Images and Shutterstock, Getty Images announced plans to terminate the $3.7 billion merger agreement.

Annie Leibovitz Perhaps no photographer in the world gets their work critiqued quite like Annie Leibovitz, and yesterday’s Instagram post showing images from her latest exhibition was no exception. As part of Leibovitz’s show about soccer at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, Leibovitz shot images of players from the three host nations of this year’s World Cup: Mexico, the United States, and Canada. It was these three photos that Leibovitz shared on her Instagram page yesterday.

The 2026 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) has announced the winners of its 20th annual competition. This year, thousands of photographers from more than 140 countries showed just how powerful an iPhone can be in the right hands and how great photos don’t always require high-end, dedicated camera equipment. This year’s overall winner is Robyn Jensen from the Cayman Islands for an incredible shot of a volcanic eruption shot on an iPhone 15 Pro using its main camera (24mm equivalent).

Today is Canada Day. 159 years ago, the modern-day provinces of Ontario, Quebec, as well as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick formed a single political entity called the Dominion of Canada. While Canada did not become fully independent from the British in 1867, it took its first steps toward becoming a self-governing nation. And July 1 is the day Canadians choose to celebrate. What Did Canada Look Like in 1867? Fortunately, the young medium of photography was just taking hold in the 1860s.