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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team sits down together in La Serena, Chile to talk about Sony's FX2 announcement and what it might mean for the company's next camera.

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• 00:00 - Hey everyone, we screwed up

• 02:38 - Intro

• 14:51 - Sebastiao Salgado has died

• 16:49 - The Ricoh GR IV is FINALLY coming

• 22:10 - The Reto Pano 35 can swap between panoramic and standard 35mm film

• 23:36 - Light Lens Lab P. Angenieux is coming in June for $1,099

• 27:57 - How badly does Sony need the a7 V right now... and how badly does it have to be really good?

• 42:15 - Why are we in Chile?

• 47:37 - Tech support

• 1:07:45 - Feel good story of the week

• 00:00 - Intro
• 9:33 - You need to watch Sarah's video about photographing Iraq
• 22:49 - Nikon was the best selling camera brad in Japan for the first time in the mirrorless era
• 25:29 - Voigtlander lens lets you adjust aberration and bokeh
• 29:07 - Blazar's new anamorphic lenses can rotate
• 31:19 - The DJI Mavic 4 Pro was kinda sorta available in the US for a short time
• 35:30 - Reduction of Chinese tariffs sees immediate decrease in price for some Leica products
• 37:13 - If tariffs hold, Nikon expects to lose $70 million
• 37:29 - Sony expects to lose $682 million
• 37:41 - Sony raised the price of many cameras, lenses, and accessories
• 39:11 - Let's talk X half... and what we would do differently
• 1:05:35 - What have you been up to?
• 1:11:52 - Tech support
• 1:32:49 - Feel good story of the week

• 00:00 - Are we too hard on dentists?
• 11:15 - TTArtisan's new 35mm T2.1 has two different bokeh options
• 15:40 - Viltrox has a new compact flash
• 19:15 - Adobe opens the gates for any AI models to work in Creative Cloud
• 22:15 - Logitech MX Creative Console now supports Final Cut and Resolve
• 24:33 - Our friend Hugh made a grip for the Sigma BF
• 28:05 - Canon confirms tariffs are going to increase prices
• 32:26 - Are there limits to what a lens can be anymore?
• 1:03:49 - What have you been up to?
• 1:08:17 - Tech support
• 1:26:02- Feel good story of the week

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• 00:00 - Intro
• 12:14 - Pulitzer Prize announcement
• 15:05 - Tamron plans to announce six lenses this year, 10 next year
• 18:39 - The DJI Phantom is dead
• 21:14 - Sony reportedly considering spinning off its sensor business
• 25:49 - Canon announced a "new" 75-300mm that just looks like a remount of a lens from 1999
• 29:47 - So, we have to talk about tariffs again...
• 30:52 - Leica raises prices in Canada because of the US
• 34:04 - The DJI Osmo Pocket costs $800 now, if you can find one
• 36:12 - Clever Supply's take on the tariffs: https://petapixel.com/2025/05/05/how-trumps-tariff-chaos-impacts-small-american-photo-companies/
• 39:29 - Photographer's often forget how good they've got it.
• 1:10:51 - What have you been up to?
• 1:15:37 - Your crazy lens ideas (and if they're viable)
• 1:20:00 - Never read the comments
• 1:23:40 - Tech support
• 1:28:52 - Feel good story of the week

• 00:00 - Are we too hard on dentists?
• 11:15 - TTArtisan's new 35mm T2.1 has two different bokeh options
• 15:40 - Viltrox has a new compact flash
• 19:15 - Adobe opens the gates for any AI models to work in Creative Cloud
• 22:15 - Logitech MX Creative Console now supports Final Cut and Resolve
• 24:33 - Our friend Hugh made a grip for the Sigma BF
• 28:05 - Canon confirms tariffs are going to increase prices
• 32:26 - Are there limits to what a lens can be anymore?
• 1:03:49 - What have you been up to?
• 1:08:17 - Tech support
• 1:26:02- Feel good story of the week

• 00:00 - Intro
• 07:25 - Insta360 announced the X5 360-degree camera
• 13:02- Synology wants you to buy its official drives and restricts many features to them
• 15:41 - Light Lens Lab is remaking the rare P. Angenieux Type S21 50mm f/1.5
• 19:48 - Fujifilm finally priced the new Instax mini 41
• 21:31 - Fujifilm teases a "half" camera
• 22:57 - Viltrox announced a new 35mm f/1.2
• 13:35 - Sorry, but we have to talk about tariffs again...
• 25:48 - Blackmagic was going to build a US factory, but tariffs made it untenable
• 26:51 - Harman is raising film prices in the US
• 30:26 - Japan has no idea what the US wants
• 33:21 - Fujifilm confirms it has paused shipments of some cameras amid trade disarray
• 35:28 - Nikon's vending machine mini cameras have arrived in the US
• 39:01 - Severance's Jessica Lee Gagné on Cinematography, Directing, and More!
• 1:13:22 - What have you been up to?
• 1:18:16 - Tech support
• 1:31:38 - Feel good story of the week

• 00:00 - Intro, from the floor of NAB!
• 06:11 - So we have to talk about tariffs
• 07:29 - Sony a1 II shortage is getting worse
• 12:54 - DxO quietly pulls back on X-Trans 5, apologizes for "misleading" messaging
• 14:15 - Don't hold out hope for native leaf shutters on GFX
• 17:26 - DJI is begging the US government to do its job
• 18:39 - Fujifilm film prices in Japan are going way up
• 22:54 - DaVinci Resolve adds more than 100 new features
• 26:54 - We got more details on the GFX Eterna cinema camera
• 32:54 - The stuff at NAB that caught our eye
• 51:39 - Curtis Judd drops by
• 52:25 - Never read the comments
• 55:37 - Tech Support

• 00:00 - Intro
• 09:40 - Why no Canon V1 or R50V launch video?
• 13:45 - Canon's PowerShot V1 is $900 and coming next month
• 16:19 - The Canon EOS R50V is a compact cinema-focused camera
• 19:54 - The RF 20mm f/1.4 L is Canon's widest-ever f/1.4 prime
• 23:48 - Sony's announcement is a very expensive add-on for the Venice
• 26:03 - The Nodus Obscura watch has an analog exposure gauge in the bezel
• 29:50 - The GR III successor will definitely come... at some point
• 32:48 - Apple should have actually sold this computer
• 35:22 - Would you take the Z5 II or ANY equivalent from each competitor?
• 1:03:10 - What have you been up to? (Looking at some B&W film shots Chris took)
• 1:10:04 - Never read the comments
• 1:14:50 - Tech support

• 00:00 - Intro
• 08:50 - GoPro's Anamorphic lens mod is finally available
• 12:15 - Tamron will make more prime lenses if that's what photographers want
• 15:18 - Canon is developing 3D dual photo tech powered by Dual Pixel
• 20:15 - Sirui is the ninth member of the L Mount Alliance
• 23:06 - Sony and Canon tease new video cameras
• 27:54 - The very good smartphone cameras you aren't considering
• 1:05:20 - What have you been up to?
• 1:14:59 - We are going to Las Vegas
• 1:15:41 - Never read the comments
• 1:20:29 - Tech support
• 1:31:51 - Feel good story of the week