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Tech News: The Sony RX10 V Shows How Far Cameras Have Come in a Decade

DP Review   Monday July 20, 2026

First released in 2017, the Sony RX10 IV proved itself to be the best bridge camera on the market with its a new stacked Type 1 20-megapixel sensor and a Zeiss-engineered 24-600mm f/2.4-4 equivalent Vario-Sonnar T* built-in lens. Its successor, the RX10 V, brings these familiar features alongside some requested updates and looks poised to help Sony keep its crown, notes PetaPixel. The updated model is built around the same 20MP sensor and  24-600mm equiv, F2.8-4.0 stabilized zoom lens but adds newfound processing power, notes DP Review. Tech Radar calls the RX10 V a "wonderfully polished" all-in-one camera but pricey at $2,300.   Read the full Story >>

Honor Roll: 2026 Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest Winners

Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest   Monday July 20, 2026

Richard Rothstein is the  Judges’ Choice Winner of the 2026 Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest for his image “Walrus Nursing," a portrait of two female walruses and young calves. “There’s such tenderness in this Arctic moment—two adult walruses framing the calf nursing between them, all mirrored in the glassy meltwater below. That reflection doubles the impact and gives the composition a beautiful symmetry,” said  Angela J. Farmer, 2026 Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest Judge and a two-time winner.   Read the full Story >>

Legal Brief: Chicago Photographer Accuses Artist Mickalene Thomas of Copyright Infringement

HYPERALLERGIC   Monday July 20, 2026

Chicago-based photographer Barbara Karant is suing multidisciplinary artist Mickalene Thomas for alleged copyright infringement, claiming that Thomas “appropriated more than a dozen” of her images without her consent or proper attribution. The dispute revolves around Karant’s series “820 Ebony/Jet,” a collection of 250 photographs taken at the vacant former headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company, one of the largest Black-owned media companies in the United States, notes Hyperallergic. Karant also named several galleries in the suit.   Read the full Story >>

State of the Art: An All-New Pixel Could Turn Screens Into Cameras

By David Schonauer   Monday July 20, 2026

Pixels (short for "picture elements") are everywhere. But there are pixels, and then there are pixels. Some you encounter on TV screens, computers screens and smartphone screens. (You're looking at pixels right now.) Such pixels display light. In cameras, however, pixels record light. Until now, pixels could do one or the other. But researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an all-new type of pixel …   Read the full Story >>

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