Canon will soon announce a new WM-E1-R wireless mic and transmitter. Here are some additional images taken from a recent government filing:
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Here is an updated list of the latest/upcoming/rumored Chinese lenses:
Here is an updated list of photo gear promo codes you can use during this holiday shopping season
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Here are the first leaked pictures of the previously rumored two new lenses Sigma will announce for the 2026 CP+ show next week:
Sigma 15mm f/1.4 DC DN | Contemporary lens
Sigma 15mm f/1.4 DC | Contemporary key features:
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG II | ART lens
Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG II | ART key features:
Here are the rumored lenses Sigma is expected to announce on February 26th for the 2026 CP+ show
Sigma to announce at least two new lenses on February 26th for the 2026 CP+ show
Source: camerainsider
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Crop of an image not included in the sample gallery. Click through for full image. Sony a7 V w/ Sony FE 24-50mm F2.8 @ 27mm | F8.0 | 1/320 | ISO 100 |
A central part of our review process is to use the camera extensively in the real world. The sample galleries we put together let you assess the camera, and provide Raw images that you can put through your own workflow. But, just as importantly, they show that we aren't making all our assessments from our test chart.
We've been using the a7 V for a while and, ahead of our full review tomorrow, here are the images we shot with it. We tried to use it in a range of circumstances and with a number of different lenses, and we hope that some of the shots will, to at least some degree, be analogous to the shots you might want to take.
Read our full review of the Sony a7 V
The gallery includes two images processed in Adobe Camera Raw as HDR JPEGs, as this might be one of the ways users might choose to exploit the camera's impressive dynamic range. For the best results, please download these images and view them on an HDR-capable device.
Please do not reproduce any of these images on a website or any newsletter/magazine without prior permission (see our copyright page). We make the originals available for private users to download to their own machines for personal examination or printing; we do so in good faith, so please don't abuse it.
The new Voigtlander SEPTON 40mm f/2 Aspherical lens for Nikon Z and Sony E mount is now available for pre-order:
Additional information on the new lens can be found here.
Cosine announced a new Voigtlander SEPTON 40mm f/2 Aspherical lens for Nikon Z and Sony E cameras
Via NikonRumors
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PolarPro released a new lens filter that can recreate the look of Kodak Portra 400 film. You can buy it from B&H Photo and soon from the PolarPro Amazon store.
“The Portra Filter embodies the color profile of the classic PORTRA 400. The glass delivers a soft, organic Portra style look and feel straight out of camera. The glass combines a custom color tone, white mist diffusion, and chroma polarizer, which creates warm highlights, natural skin tones, and controls unwanted glare.”
Additional information can be found here:
PolarPro created a new lens filter that simulates the look of Kodak Portra 400 film
Via Leica Rumors
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A new LM-CR ME adapter with Helicoid EXIF/focus support has been released (for Leica M-mount lenses on Canon RF cameras). You can purchase it on eBay for $249. Additional information:
The SHOTEN LM-CR ME is a mount conversion adapter that allows Leica M-mount lenses to be used with Canon RF-mount mirrorless cameras. It features electronic contacts that support EXIF recording and focus guides, transmitting various information to the camera (AF is not supported). Furthermore, a 4mm helicoid extension shortens the lens’s minimum focusing distance, allowing you to get closer to your subject.
Features:
| Compatible lens mounts | Leica M | Compatible camera mounts | Canon RF |
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| function | With helicoid | Feed amount | Approximately 4mm |
| Features | Mount conversion, EXIF/focus guide support | Size/Weight | Approx. Φ66 x 9mm (excluding mount and protrusions) / Approx. 97g |
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ON1 announced a new Photo Studio – their most complete photography subscription, designed for photographers who want everything ON1, working together seamlessly. You get all the AI tools in Photo RAW MAX, individual ON1 apps as standalone software or plugins, 1TB of Cloud Sync to keep photos and edits connected across devices, and automatic access to any new ON1 software product release in the future – all in one plan.
What’s Included in Photo Studio – everything ON1 makes:
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Skylum is celebrating Luminar’s 4th anniversary this month, and they are running a special offer that will end on March 1, 2026:
Luminar Neo Pricing: New Users
Existing Users
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Here is what else is new:
The Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome camera is listed as discontinued at B&H
Sony BURANO, FX6, VENICE 2, FR7, and a7SIII Firmware Updates Explained
New “Tamron Link” accessory and “Lens Utility Mobile” app released
SmallRig released a new HawkLock Cage Kit for the Nikon ZR camera
A new version of the Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-75mm f/2.8 lens coming soon?
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Modern camera tech lets me, an occasionally decent photographer, get a photo like this (and 20 others before and after it that are just as in-focus). Canon EOS R1 | Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM Z | 200mm | F4| 1/1000 sec | ISO 3200 |
People much smarter than I have long noted that the creative ideas that make for great art often come from limitations, be they budgetary, technological, or otherwise. But as photography gear advances, some of the limitations we've previously had to work around have been lifted, raising the question: Is it time to start thinking about what limits we impose on our own photography?
It feels like it's an idea that's been swirling around me for a while, as I've covered new cameras that intentionally impose limited shooting styles onto you, either with software like the X half's Film Camera mode, or physically, like with the colorless sensors in the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome and Leica Q3 Monochrom. It's also shown up in the countless videos I've seen in my recommendations from people who have gone out shooting with older cameras.
"They know you can do anything. So the question is, what don't you do?"
What brought it to the front of my mind was a video discussing the dos and don'ts of videography, where the host talks about the trap of shooting everything on a gimbal at high framerates and sorting it all out in post. It reminded me of a quote from acclaimed filmmaker David Fincher that was included in one of Every Frame A Painting's videos: "They know you can do anything. So the question is, what don't you do?"
It's a sentiment that's understandable in filmmaking, where advancements in CGI mean you can put anything imaginable on screen (and where doing so has become so ubiquitous that some audiences are getting tired of it). But I'd argue that, to a certain extent, the same applies to cameras. With how capable modern mirrorless cameras are in terms of image quality, dynamic range, and autofocus, many casual and hobbyist photographers can now reliably capture images that would've previously required immense luck or years of practice.
Asking "what don't you do" is essentially coming at limitations from the other direction.
The result of this, combined with the interconnectedness that social media allows, is that we get to see more incredible images in a week than we'd once have seen in our entire lifetimes*. While that's undoubtedly useful for those of us seeking inspiration, it also makes it difficult to distinguish yourself. There's little more heartbreaking than thinking you've had an original idea and working hard to realize it, only to find out that someone else has already done it. (It's even worse if you discover they've done it better.)
That brings us back to the idea of self-imposed limitations. Now that almost everyone can take incredible photos of fast-moving athletes, birds in flight, or breathtaking landscapes, stripping things down to their essentials can help hone your skills and take photos that will stick with those who see them.
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I often find myself exclusively taking photos of inanimate objects; buildings, landscapes, out of place items. What would I learn if I decided to not take a picture of something unless it had a pulse for a few weeks? Sony a7R V | Sigma 200mm F2 DG OS Sports | F2 | 1/400 sec | ISO 100 |
There are so many ways to do this that, ironically, you're limited only by your imagination. It's essentially coming at limitations from the other direction. You could challenge yourself to only take pictures of things that other photographers would find boring, forcing yourself to find something interesting in the mundane or everyday. You could shoot with an antiquated camera and process, or maybe only a cell phone, refrain from using zoom lenses, let go of technical perfection, avoid using a flash (or just relying on available light), try to get everything perfect in-camera without any need for editing or, sure, choose to only shoot black and white. You can shoot anything, but what will you choose to shoot?
I don't want to imply that everyone should immediately get rid of their do-anything cameras, or that you always need to shoot in a totally minimalist mindset. But I do think it's worth occasionally exploring different restrictions, perhaps by taking on a photo project.
Doing so won't guarantee that you'll end up with breathtaking photos, but at the very least, it'll give you something new to think about and sharpen your basic skills, helping make your photography even better if you go back to the latest and greatest. Because while everyone may be able to access gear that lets them shoot anything, it still takes skill to capture memorable moments and to frame the scene in a way that tells the story you want to be told.
* Brought to you by the Department of Probable Made-Up Statistics
Moment is running a closeout sale this weekend – use code EXTRA10 at checkout for 10% off (mainly Fuji gear). This offer ends on February 22nd at midnight.
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This month, DxO Labs released new DxO camera and lens modules for the Sony A7 V camera and the latest lenses from Sigma, Viltrox, and Samyang.
You can get 10% off DxO products with code RUMORS.
Here is the full list of new profiles:
Cameras:
Lenses:
The new DxO Modules can be found in the following DxO software:
Additional information:
With this month’s update, DxO expands its industry-leading library of DxO Camera and Lens Modules to 111,475 supported camera and lens combinations, adding 1,245 new Modules tested and optimized in DxO’s laboratories.
February’s release brings full DxO Modules support for Sony’s highly anticipated A7 V, enabling photographers to take full advantage of the camera’s latest sensor and imaging pipeline with precise optical corrections applied directly at the RAW level.
This update also delivers optimized performance for a selection of standout lenses from Sigma, Viltrox, and Samyang. Highlights include Sigma’s fast primes and versatile zooms, such as the Sigma 135mm F1.4 DG A, renowned for its exceptional sharpness, and the Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG II A, prized for its impressive light-gathering power and distinctive rendering. Also included is the Sigma 20–200mm F3.5–6.3 DG C, a compact all-in-one zoom designed for everyday flexibility.
Photographers using third-party autofocus lenses will also benefit from bespoke DxO corrections for the Viltrox AF 35mm F1.2 LAB FE, a high-resolution fast prime built for Sony full-frame cameras and designed to deliver striking subject separation.
As always, every DxO Module is created using DxO’s exclusive laboratory-based measurement process, correcting distortion, vignetting, softness, and chromatic aberrations with unrivaled precision. With each monthly update, DxO continues to ensure photographers get the very best image quality from both the latest releases and their existing gear.
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Few photographers are as synonymous with richly saturated color as William Eggleston, but the complexity behind making his prints is often underappreciated. In this behind-the-scenes look, longtime collaborators and master printers Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli walk through every stage of his dye-transfer process, revealing just how much work goes into each print.
Eggleston discovered the dye-transfer process in the 1970s, a crucial step that enabled him to move from black-and-white to color photography. Stricherz and Malli have been printing his photographs for the last 25 years, and the video reveals their meticulous workflow that turns a single transparency into three color-separation negatives and, ultimately, one luminous final print.
Over the course of the video, you see how laboratory immersion oil, spotless glass, and carefully controlled enlarger exposures give way to Kodak Matrix film, darkroom processing, and delicate gelatin reliefs that hold each dye. From there, Stricherz and Malli move into inking, rinsing, and rolling the magenta, cyan, and yellow layers in sequence, relying on timing and chemistry adjustments to fine-tune density, contrast, and color balance. The result is a fascinating view into the analog process that powered Eggleston’s shift into the deeply saturated color work that helped redefine art photography.
For the 2026 CP+ show in Japan, 7Artisans will soon announce a new AF 135mm f/1.8 lens for Nikon Z, Sony E, and Leica L mount:
Here is the translation:
The 7Artisans 135mm F1.8 AF is a large-aperture prime lens compatible with full-frame sensors. Planned mounts include Sony E, Nikon Z, and L, making it compatible with mirrorless cameras of all these systems. The combination of a 135mm focal length and an F1.8 aperture maximizes the subject’s focus with a shallow depth of field and a compression effect that accentuates the subject. It’s ideal for portraits and other scenes where you want to highlight the subject. The minimum focusing distance of 0.68m, relatively short for a 135mm lens, allows for close-up shots. The aperture ring allows for intuitive aperture control. The AF/MF switch allows for smooth focus control depending on the shooting situation. Furthermore, the camera’s function button can be assigned to various functions, allowing for customization to suit your shooting style. This lens combines the expressive power of a large-aperture prime lens with a practical operation system.
My guess is that this lens is based on the existing Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 lens ($899):
Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 LAB lens for Nikon Z-mount now available
The Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 LAB FE lens for Sony E-mount is now available for pre-order
Via Asobinet
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You can now get a free Panasonic Lumix S 85mm f/1.8 or 50mm f/1.8 lens with the purchase of a Panasonic Lumix S5IIX/S5II/S9 camera:
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M16 – the so-called Eagle Nebula with the 3 Pillars of Creation in its center – is one of the most iconic images we know from the Hubble Space Telescope. Photo: Michael S. |
From photographing high‑energy sports events to hours focused under the stars, DPReview community member Michael S. (Astro Tafelberg) has spent more than 30 years chasing moments that combine precision, light and timing. Based in Austria’s Burgenland region, he now devotes most of his nights to astrophotography, revealing distant worlds few ever see through their own eyes.
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Home base: Burgenland, Austria
Favorite camera and lens: Leica SL3 with Leica 90–280 mm F2.8–4 or Nikon D810a paired with a 14‑inch telescope for deep‑sky imaging.
Typical photo scenes: Wildlife walks in national parks by day, lunar and planetary sessions from his observatory by night.
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Michael's camera bag with camera, lenses and other accessories. Photo: Michael S. |
"For daytime nature work, I rely on my Leica SL3 and a mix of Leica glass 24–90 mm, 90–280 mm, 50 mm F1.4, and 90 mm F2, plus a Sigma 150–600 mm L‑mount with a 1.4× teleconverter. My trusty Leica Digilux 8 serves as a compact backup.
For astrophotography, I use the Nikon D810a and specialized cameras from ZWO and Player One Astronomy mounted on a 14‑inch telescope inside my backyard observatory."
"For daylight photography, I prefer my Leica SL3 with a 24-90mm, 90-280mm, 50mm F1.4, 90mm F2.0 and the Sigma L mount 150-600mm lens. And if the weather allows it, I'm sitting for hours in my 2.7m diameter observatory and use lucky imaging for the Moon, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn."
"For daylight photography, I prefer my Leica SL3 with a 24-90mm, 90-280mm, 50mm F1.4, 90mm F2.0 and the Sigma L mount 150-600mm lens."
"Using 'lucky imaging,' I capture hundreds of frames of planets like Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn, then stack only the sharpest. On moonless nights, I switch to deep‑sky mode with a 0.7× reducer, bringing my setup to F7.7 for longer, more detailed exposures."
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Jupiter – a detailed image of the gas giant with the famous Great Red Spot – again imaged with the planetary setup, high-speed camera with color sensor, and the best images, most stable ones out of a 2-minute video recorded and stacked. Photo: Michael S. |
A sturdy Manfrotto tripod is essential. I also use neutral‑density filters for smooth water shots on hikes, and always carry a bottle of still water because imaging sessions can run for hours.
If the skies are clear, I spend the night at the observatory capturing the cosmos. When the weather turns cloudy, I hike in nearby parks to spot wildlife. My goal remains the same: to capture scenes as authentically as possible.
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| M33 – one of our neighbor galaxies, about 2.8 million light-years away. Imaged using my 14-inch telescope + Nikon D810a. Photo: Michael S. |
Michael believes that mastering the fundamentals, such as equipment stability, precise focus and patience, is what separates a good shot from a great one, whether you’re freezing a fast‑moving athlete or stacking photons from a galaxy.
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The winners of the Female in Focus 2025 competition have been announced, showcasing exceptional work on this year's theme, On the Cusp. The contest, which is hosted by the British Journal of Photography in partnership with Nikon, aims to amplify the voices of women and non-binary photographers worldwide.
This year's edition awarded two projects and 21 single images that explore concepts of transition, whether personal, cultural, environmental or technological. The winning images were selected from thousands of submissions. They will be exhibited at the 10 14 Gallery in London from April 24 to May 29, followed by the International Centre for the Image in Dublin from September 10 to October 25.
"We’re thrilled to celebrate this year’s Female in Focus winners, whose work brilliantly captures the spirit of being 'On the Cusp,'" said Ruby Nicholson, Senior Communications Manager, Nikon Northern Europe. "I’ve been particularly struck by the playful rebelliousness threaded through so many of the images, each one offering a bold and thoughtful perspective on liminality. It’s a privilege for Nikon to support an award that spotlights the extraordinary talent of female and non-binary photographers, and we’re incredibly proud to help amplify their voices on a global stage."
You can see the entirety of the winning series, along with all of the winning images at the contest website.
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Photographer: Giya Makondo-Wills
Series title: New Scramble
Project details: In 2017, data overtook oil as the world’s most valuable commodity. The work sits in the void between departure of information and arrival in a server. The space between night and dawn, the air that falls between the lips of the storyteller and ear of the receiver, the abyss that we must cross when the old world is dying and the new one is not yet born.
South Africa’s tech industry is booming. New Scramble documents the proliferation of data centres by global giants, including Microsoft and Google. Partly set in Gauteng, it documents how these centres, symbols of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, strain local infrastructure and natural resources, provoking ecological and ethical crises. Every day, 6-8 million people go without electricity, and 14 million have no safe drinking water. One data centre can consume as much daily water as 3,000-6,000 people and the equivalent energy of 400,000 people. Water to entire neighbourhoods stops at 7 pm, including those where my family lives. A data centre is cooled. Hundreds go without power. Centres keep running.
Extraction also grabs the intangible – thoughts, feelings, likes, dislikes, habits – as we search, scroll. Once, stories helped us make sense of mystery and disaster. Today they're stored, commodified. In this work, I reference ancestral practices, folklore, and creation stories, consider how narratives transform in fibre optic sub-sea cables and over-heating servers - travelling from the intangible to the physical and back.
It spotlights data mining as fuel for modern capitalism, replicating historic colonial appropriation, extracting value, erasing origins. It shows that data sovereignty and ownership are critical. How we communicate is changing - if we don’t own the channels we use to communicate, we don’t own the stories, language, identity, culture. What are the implications of this in 100 or 200 years? Could it erase our history, culture? The work is narrated by a letter to my Gogo (grandmother) where I share these concerns.
Female in Focus 2026 © Giya Makondo-Wills
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Photographer: Laetitia Vançon
Series title: The Other Battlefields
Project details: "The Other Battlefields" explores the profound imprint of war on Ukrainian youth, offering a glimpse into what it means to grow up and live in a country at war, more than three years after the Russian invasion.
The years of youth are normally synonymous with widening horizons, the weaving of friendships, and the promise of adventure. But for many young Ukrainians, those expectations have been shattered, replaced by fear, loss, depression, and exile.
This visual narrative unveils fractured lives and dimmed dreams, yet also a fierce resilience that pushes back against the surrounding darkness. Each image is a fragment, part of the many individual stories I have been following over the long term. These stories themselves are part of a broader mosaic, reflecting the hopes and realities of a wounded nation.
It was in June 2022, in Odesa, that I fully realized the importance of documenting this sacrificed generation. Young graduates, deprived of their commencement ceremony for obvious security reasons, transformed their frustration into a spontaneous art performance, later sharing it on social media to show the world what they had lost and what they were enduring. That poignant moment revealed the urgency of bearing witness and preserving their stories.
The visible scars are only part of the narrative. Beneath the surface lie other wounds, invisible yet profound, that testify to a war also fought within the soul. These battles, whether close to or far from the frontlines, are those of freedom, dignity, reconstruction, and hope. Together, they draw the many contours of a conflict that is irreversibly shaping Ukrainian youth and its future.
Female in Focus 2026 © Laetitia Vançon
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Photographer: Ada Marino
Image title: Paterfamilias
Caption: This image is part of Paterfamilias series. Paterfamilias is an autobiographical project, exploring the theme of oppression in the domestic sphere, bringing to light the consequences of deteriorated relationships in male-dominated families. The project narrative stirs memories by virtue of its rawness. Feelings and resentments, as the fruit of this experience, work to raise awareness of a deviant cultural aspect that continues to demean the dignity of women. The images are wrapped in a form of surrealism that elevates and makes tangible the sense of conflict, frustration and tension of an unsafe refuge. The project aims to capture manifestations of female sentiments such as resilience, awareness and the desire to emerge, commenting on silent social phenomenon yet one of destructive and disruptive forcefulness.
Female in Focus 2026 © Ada Marino
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Photographer: Ana Flores
Image title: Claudia, Darleine, Marthe, Victorie and Maryline
Caption: This image is from my series called "Je te connais de demain" (I know you from yesterday). I photographed Claudia, Darleine, Victoire, Marthe, and Maryline during my recent trip to Togo in May. It was a special moment; these women are part of the community that my dearest friend and photographer Delali Ayivi supports through her work, and being welcomed into her world, her homeland, was a rare and meaningful experience.
This series is an exploration of intimacy: of the profound love, care, and empowerment found within female relationships. It speaks to the spaces where vulnerability is shared freely, and where collective care becomes a force for survival and transformation. It is a tribute to those bonds, nurturing spaces we build for one another, and the quiet gestures and rituals that sustain us and lay the groundwork for growth. Love, in this context, is an act of deep presence and mutual recognition. It’s about holding space for one another’s full selves, for pain and healing, confusion and clarity alike. This series highlights the quiet strength of care, the depth of companionship, and the resilience that emerges in safe spaces. It sees love as something active and lived, not abstract or idealised, but present in the smallest details of our connections. The title evokes a sense of timeless, intuitive connection. It speaks to recognition beyond time, a connection so strong it feels predestined. In this context, it reflects how deep friendships or sisterhoods feel both familiar and forward-carrying, as if we’ve always known each other, and will continue to.
This image represents the care we offer one another, the small moments of love, support, and shared growth. We’re all in transition, moving from one version of ourselves to the next. As friends, as women, as chosen sisters, our evolution is shared. The space we hold for each other is a gift. It allows us to question, unlearn and heal.
Female in Focus 2026 © Ana Flores
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Photographer: Andrea Marti
Image title: Crush
Caption: Crush is the second chapter in a larger body of work composed of staged images of couples kissing. The series adopts a pseudo-documentary approach, blurring the boundaries between reality and construction. Through stylized compositions and character-driven narratives, Crush explores the intersections of intimacy, identity, and performance, drawing inspiration from fantasy, fleeting encounters, and desire.
Female in Focus 2026 © Andrea Marti
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Photographer: Angela Cappetta
Image title: Unbraiding
Caption: Glendalis' sisters unbraid her hair as she does her homework.
Female in Focus 2026 © Angela Cappetta
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Photographer: Anna Zeigler
Image title: Mama´s rebirth
Caption: My mother, a couple of months after her stem cell transplantation procedure. She suffers from PPMS. After trying numerous other treatments, her last hope to hold off the deterioration of the nerve cells for as long as possible was to undergo an autologous stem cell transplantation. And as spring hit, I thought it was the perfect time to celebrate her new birth with a portrait shoot to celebrate her bravery, perseverance and will to fight.
Female in Focus 2026 © Anna Zeigler
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Photographer: Cybele Malinowski
Image title: Deep Fake - Cher
Caption: Annika, a Swedish singer and dancer, has constructed an entire career around inhabiting Cher–transforming her voice, body, and identity into one of pop culture's most enduring icons. In this frame from DEEPFAKE, we encounter her on all fours outside a suburban Las Vegas house, a position of vulnerability that strips away the goddess-like power Cher embodies. The image confronts us with uncomfortable questions: Who is performing for whom? What psychological space does Annika occupy when she's neither fully herself nor fully Cher?
This moment captures the profound displacement at the heart of celebrity
impersonation. Annika has dedicated her life to perfecting another woman's voice,
mannerisms, and image–a cultural labor that simultaneously erases and elevates her own identity. The suburban setting amplifies this dissonance; Cher exists in our imagination as glamorous, untouchable, yet here she kneels on ordinary pavement in anonymous American sprawl.
DEEPFAKE interrogates how identity becomes transferable currency in late capitalism. Annika's body is both canvas and commodity–she has monetized her ability to disappear into someone else. The work asks: what remains of the self when your livelihood depends on its erasure? In documenting these performers, DEEPFAKE reveals the psychological cost of living as perpetual simulacrum, where authenticity becomes increasingly elusive.
Female in Focus 2026 © Cybele Malinowski
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Photographer: Esther Nsapu
Image title: The heirs of silence
Caption: In Burundi, many women keep their hair naturally curly, not because it is fashionable,but out of necessity, simplicity, and loyalty to who they are. They tell me that all they have to do is wake up, comb their hair, put on a little pomade, and the day can begin. Whether they go to the market, home, or the fields, their hair accompanies them like an extension of themselves, without artifice.
In a country where poverty affects the majority of the population, maintaining natural hair becomes a way of living within one's means. Hair relaxers, wigs, and salons are often too expensive or inaccessible. But it's not just a question of money: it's also a way of staying close to traditions, showing simplicity, and honoring beauty in its truest form.
Female in Focus 2026 © Esther Nsapu
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Photographer: Fran Rowse
Image title: Rae - 'Cornish Maids'
Caption: The project Cornish Maids is an ongoing photographic series by photographer Fran Rowse. Offering a window into the lives and dreams of women and girls in the Southwest, her work confronts social constraints, feminism, and new contemporary ideas of Cornish culture. Rooted in both documentary and dress-up, she begins conversations about female ambition and empowerment in a county that quietly suffers from poverty, financial crisis, and marginalised rural communities.
"Cornish Maids" – a local phrase for women and girls – presents a series of intimate
portraits. Rowse explores her own sense of lost girlhood, growing up in a fishing and
farming family typical of Cornish communities. The ball gowns and tiaras create a
striking contrast against the stark Cornish backdrop, revealing the tension between
aspiration and reality for Cornish women.
By combining visual glamour with social realism, Cornish Maids reimagines
contemporary Cornish womanhood. It challenges stereotypes of rural life, offering a
powerful narrative of empowerment, pride, and belonging – deeply rooted in female experience and forging a sense of sisterhood in a historically male-dominated county.
Female in Focus 2026 © Fran Rowse
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Photographer: Jip Schalkx
Image title: 4ever &ver &ver
Caption: This work is part of my ongoing research into how young people navigate a world where the boundaries between online and offline are constantly blurring, and explores how young people navigate a new social reality shaped by visibility, performance, and platform logic. Communication today is no longer just about connection, it's deeply influenced by revenue-driven platforms and the commodification of self-expression.
A group of teenage girls lie side by side in a large bed, each wearing headphones.
While they share the same space, each seems absorbed in her own world – caught
between closeness and distance, self and others. The scene reflects the paradox of
our time: constant connection paired with quiet isolation.
Rather than critique, the work seeks to understand. It drifts through this emotional in-betweenness, observing how intimacy and solitude coexist in a generation that lives through images, sound and commerce. The soft gestures and muted tones create an atmosphere that feels familiar yet slightly detached – a reflection of how it feels to live in a world that is always visible, always performing, and still searching for
something real.
Female in Focus 2026 © Jip Schalkx
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Photographer: Karen Paz Gonzalez
Image title: Damián y el espejo del lago
Caption: In the Xochimilco wetlands, Damián floats on the water in a moment of calm. He lives among the chinampas, where daily life blends with the rhythm of the lake. As his reflection envelops him, his body seems to become part of the landscape. The image seeks to portray the connection between childhood and nature, and the stillness that exists in territories where water remains a symbol of memory.
Female in Focus 2026 © Karen Paz Gonzalez
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Photographer: Kinga Wrona
Image title: Mariscadoras - humans of the sea
Caption: Mariscadoras – mostly women over 40 who work as shellfish gatherers, carrying forward one of Spain’s oldest coastal traditions. For decades, they have harvested clams and cockles from the Galician estuaries (North of Spain), their rhythm bound to the sea’s ebb and flow. But the tides are shifting. Rising water temperatures, disrupted salinity, and invasive species brought by climate change are altering the balance of life in the estuaries. What once nourished their communities now demands painful adaptation and resilience.
The Mariscadoras find themselves on the cusp of transformation. Some stays and
keep working at the sea, some have left the profession, unable to sustain the growing hardships, another part of them created the collective Amar Carril and became "silent activists," turning their daily labor into acts of resistance and education. Through their work, they fight not only for survival but for recognition – of their craft, their knowledge, and the fragile ecosystems they protect.
Female in Focus 2026 © Kinga Wrona
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Photographer: Kseniya Halubovich
Image title: Reflection of the Past
Caption: Ukraine, Kharkiv, 20 km from the frontline. Alla lives in a hospice for displaced people from occupied or dangerous areas. She is already struggling to stay oriented in reality, but she loves to talk about her family.
Female in Focus 2026 © Kseniya Halubovich
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Photographer: Laila Seiber
Image title: Gaza remains in our hearts
Caption: Ahmed, Aseel, Samar and Joudi, four siblings from Gaza City, have found refuge in Cairo. Since the outbreak of the Gaza war, more than 100,000 Palestinians have fled to Egypt. However, without residency status, the siblings cannot attend school or work. As they try to cope with this new situation and learn online, their thoughts are often with those left behind in Gaza. They miss their home and have lost loved ones due to attacks from the Israeli military. More than 70.000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7th 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. It is estimated that 80% of them are civilians.
Female in Focus 2026 © Laila Seiber
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Photographer: Laila Sieber
Image title: Anna
Caption: Even though Anna can't speak, you can tell when she's relaxed. My niece Anna loves to be bathed. In this photo, she is four years old, but she will always need round-the-clock care, more than a baby would. Six weeks after her birth, an infection damaged large parts of her brain, meaning she will never be able to see, hear, eat, talk or walk like other children. My sister and her family integrate her into every part of their lives, which is often a difficult journey requiring all their dedication, and sometimes isolating them from society. Any illness can be life-threatening for Anna, so they try to protect her while also taking care of their other two children's needs. Anna's story reminds us daily of the fragility of life. Above all, however, it demonstrates the power of unconditional love and how it can make life worth living, even when it is very different from what we might expect.
Female in Focus 2026 © Laila Sieber
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Photographer: Lina Maria Sanchez
Image title: Ilhan
Caption: This photo was taken from my project "Ilhan", in which I portray Ilhan, a non-binary Muslim person in Buenos Aires, who kindly and respectfully allowed me to photograph them wearing their mother’s wedding dress and their trans hijab on an autumn day. I feel a deep affection for this project because it allowed me to connect and see another way of looking at the world.
Female in Focus 2026 © Lina Maria Sanchez
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Photographer: Nayra Aly
Image title: Baba - ﺑﺎﺑﺎ
Caption: This photograph is part of my hybrid memoir, "Longing for belonging," which reflects my evolving relationship with my father. His long absence during my childhood left me grieving a presence I feared losing altogether, shaping a distance between us. Today, we're learning to rebuild as two adults. His traditional Egyptian thawb contrasts with my jeans and white t-shirt, embodying generational divides: between tradition and modernity, presence and absence, and the complex ways love is understood
Female in Focus 2026 © Nayra Aly
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Photographer: Oda Fjellang
Image title: Whale belly in ice
Caption: This whale died in the fjord of Oslo and floated up to the surface just at the same time as the ice trapped it. It stayed in that position for months. In pre-industrial times, whales in the fjord were normal and a big source of food for humans, but these days it´s almost a death sentence when big animals enter the fjord because the fjord itself is slowly dying, so there is less and less food there for the animals to eat, and more and more pollution, noise and ships.
Female in Focus 2026 © Oda Fjellang
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Photographer: Olivia Morgan
Image title: When It's All Said N Done II
Caption: There is tension, there is ease, there
are these moments in between where
time is lost and the word masculinity
and femininity don’t easily exist,
there is only gentility and care
moments where we feel bare and full
all at the same time! When it’s all
said and done we just screaming and
reaching to be felt, reaching for
some sense of our unbiased selves,
pure and enthralled in love
Female in Focus 2026 © Olivia Morgan
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Photographer: Paloma Gonzalez
Image title: Kid's Birthday Party
Caption: The image is part of an ongoing series about memories, personal history and grief. My mom died a year ago and the series was born as a way to process the loss and grief, while celebrating our shared history by constructing characters using familiar objects.
Female in Focus 2026 © Paloma Gonzalez
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Photographer: Rayna Carruthers
Image title: A Mother’s Care
Caption: In their tent in the informal settlement of Amsha camp, Bushra takes trash from her son, who helps her prepare lunch for the family. The shelter was built by Bushra and her husband, with help from other camp residents. Bushra had worked for the past 12 years at a local refugee educational centre, a job that allowed her to provide for her family. But as Syrians are now being encouraged to return and the centre has shut down, she has lost her income. With rising challenges to pay for food, rent, and other essentials, the family is preparing to return to Syria soon.
Female in Focus 2026 © Rayna Carruthers
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Photographer: Teva Cosic
Image title: Untitled (tillsammans och isär/together and apart)
Caption: A portrait of my mother and me. Together and apart, obscured by the paper that we are also breaking through, a small gesture to the hidden and the visible.
From my ongoing body of work, Tillsammans och Isär (together and apart), which contemplates the nature of home and how our cultural inheritances shape the ways we navigate what it means to belong. Responding to my own mixed Swedish heritage, the work negotiates between memory and fabulation. It seeks to address the intimate strangeness of being both at home and removed from it.
Female in Focus 2026 © Teva Cosic
The previously reported Tamron 35-100mm f/2.8 DI III VXD lens for Nikon Z and Sony E-mount cameras is now officially announced, along with a new Tamron Link accessory for wireless lens control.
The post New Tamron 35-100mm f/2.8 DI III VXD lens announced (Z/E) appeared first on Photo Rumors.
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| The Tamron Link is a tiny accessory that attaches to your lens and lets you connect to it wirelessly. It only adds 2g to your setup's weight. Image: Tamron |
Tamron has announced an update to its Lens Utility app, along with a new accessory that will give users of its lenses more ways to customize their lenses with less hassle. The update adds new features and brings the app to iOS; previously, it was only available for desktop operating systems and Android.
The new accessory is called the Tamron Link, and it connects to the USB-C port on supported lenses to let you communicate with them wirelessly via Bluetooth, rather than having to use a cable. From there, you can customize the lens with the Tamron Lens Utility on your phone. The company says it can currently only be used in Japan, the United States, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and China.
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| The Tamron Lens Utility app can give you advanced control over your lens' focus, as well as access to customization settings. Image: Tamron |
As for what you can do when you're connected, the Tamron Lens Utility has previously allowed you to change settings like what the custom switch and focus set button do, and to fine-tune how the focus ring works, changing between linear and non-linear control in manual focus mode. You can also use it as a "Digital Follow Focus," telling the lens to focus to pre-set distances at customizable speeds.
With the 5.0 update, the utility gains several new features. The Digital Follow Focus feature also lets you control your aperture setting as well as your focus, and gains a virtual stopper so you can't over- or under-adjust from your selected focus point. You can also set the rotation angle for the focus and aperture rings, so you can customize how much you have to turn them, depending on whether you're prioritizing smooth transitions or fast, one-handed control. The app also supports a virtual astro-focus lock and lets you shift the lens's focus during interval shooting.
The new iOS version of the app only supports connecting to lenses wirelessly via the Tamron Link
The new iOS version of the app only supports connecting to lenses wirelessly via the Tamron Link, despite newer iOS devices having built-in USB-C ports. The Android version can connect either with Tamron Link or with a Tamron Connection Cable.
The new version of the Tamron Lens Utility is available to download for free on iOS and Android, starting February 19th. Tamron Link will launch the same day and will retail for $50. The company warns that it won't work with every Tamron Lens Utility-compatible lens at launch; the Z-mount 28-75mm F2.8 Di III VXD G2 and E-mount 35-150mm F/2-2.8 Di III VXD will need firmware updates, coming this spring, before they can be used with the accessory. Since the Tamron Link only works with the mobile apps, which don't support firmware updates, those lenses will have to be updated with a desktop computer when the times comes.
Press release:
February 19, 2026, Commack, NY – TAMRON announces the launch of the TAMRON-LINK™ (Model TL-01), an accessory that enables wireless communication control of the TAMRON Lens Utility™ Mobile version, TAMRON's proprietary application supporting video and still photography. The TAMRON-LINK is scheduled for release on February 19, 2026 at a retail price of $50.00 USD / $69.99 CAD.
In conjunction with the launch of TAMRON-LINK, TAMRON Lens Utility will now support iOS devices.
Overview
By connecting the TAMRON-LINK to a compatible TAMRON lens, users gain the ability to wirelessly operate various lens functions from a smartphone via Bluetooth. This innovation eliminates the limitations associated with cable connections to enhance operational efficiency on location and provide users with a more flexible and streamlined shooting experience.
The use of TAMRON-LINK also extends operational support to iOS devices, in addition to existing Android device compatibility. This expansion of compatible platforms allows a greater number of users to benefit from the functionality offered by TAMRON Lens Utility.
Download TAMRON Lens Utility™ Ver. 5.0
For iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6746462774
For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.tamron.lensutility.mobile
SPECIFICATIONS
| Bluetooth Version | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Bluetooth Class | Class2 |
| Communication Range | Max. 16.4’ (5m) |
| Product Size | Depth 0.28” (7.1mm) x Width 1” (25.3mm) x Height 0.26” (6.6mm) (Excluding connector) |
| Weight | Approx. 0.07oz. (2g) |
| Operating Temperature | 32-104° F (0-40° C) |
| Operating Humidity | 85% or less (Note: if condensation occurs, it may not function properly) |
Specifications, appearance, functionality, etc. are subject to change without prior notice.
Notes on Using TAMRON-LINK
To ensure stable and optimal performance of this product, please observe the following points:
1. Operating Environment
2. Connection and Firmware
3. Others
Press release:
February 19, 2026, Commack, NY – TAMRON announces an update to its proprietary application TAMRON Lens Utility™ (Mobile/PC version) that supports video and still photography.
This update introduces a variety of new functions and enhances existing features to support a more comfortable and creative shooting experience.
The software version will be updated from the current Ver. 4.0 to Ver. 5.0 and will be available for download starting February 19, 2026.
| Application Name | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tamron Lens Utility | ||
| Download Start Date | Compatible OS for Mobile Version | Compatible OS for PC Version |
| February 19, 2026 | iOS 16-18, 26 Android OS 6.0-16 |
macOS 13-15, 26 Windows 11 64-bit |
New Functions Added to TAMRON Lens Utility Ver. 5.0 for Mobile Version
Download TAMRON Lens Utility Ver. 5.0
For iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6746462774
For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.tamron.lensutility.mobile
For PC, visit the following page for download and installation instructions: https://www.tamron.com/global/consumer/support/download/lensutility/
Notes on Using TAMRON Lens Utility
1. Connection and Usage Environment
2. Firmware Updates
3. Compatible Lenses
If the above product is connected to the Ver. 5.0 application before the corresponding firmware is released, only the functions available up to Ver. 4.0 will be accessible. Additionally, for some functions, there may be discrepancies between the function display on the application screen and the content in the help screen.
Connexion