PetaPixel’s Bold Camera Predictions for 2026 (Feat. DPReview’s Richard Butler)

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Now for the fifth year in a row, PetaPixel has gathered its team together to gaze into the future and see the facts, the truths, that will come to pass in the camera industry in 2026. As always, we are prepared to be very wrong.

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In This Episode:

• 00:00 - Intro (were you naughty or nice this year?)
• 09:53 - No, Sony did not intentionally brick third-party lenses, Viltrox confirms
• 13:17 - Sony a7 V dynamic range is really good
• 15:41 - Ironically, The Stringer used photos from Dave Burnett without permission or attribution
• 17:37 - About that 7Artisans Floral Bloom lens
• 21:06 - Japan railway pleads with photographers to stop being dangerously dumb
• 25:51 - Z9 got yet another firmware update
• 26:38 - The CP+ Photo Show in Japan will be the biggest ever
• 29:35 - BOLD Predictions for 2026, feat. DPReview's Richard Butler
• 1:28:14 - What have you been up to?
• 1:37:02 - Feel good story of the week