

What is the State of the 'Midrange' Camera?
Jun 25, 2025
01:30:08
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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team chats about the state of the "midrange" camera and how it might not be in the place it was just a few short years ago. Come to think of it, what even is every brand's "midrange" option right now? The team debates!
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This week on The PetaPixel Podcast, the team chats about the state of the "midrange" camera and how it might not be in the place it was just a few short years ago. Come to think of it, what even is every brand's "midrange" option right now? The team debates!
Check out PetaPixel Merch: store.petapixel.com/
We use Riverside to record The PetaPixel Podcast in our online recording studio.
We hope you enjoy the podcast and we look forward to hearing what you think. If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing, liking, commenting, and reviewing! Every week, the trio go over comments on YouTube and here on PetaPixel, but if you’d like to send a message for them to hear, you can do so through SpeakPipe.
In This Episode:
- 00:00 - Intro
- 12:32 - The Bild Expo was HUGE, and we had a blast
- 16:19 - The largest camera ever made took its first photos (and we were there to see it)
- 17:29 - Thypoch has a new 21mm f/1.4 for Leica M-mount
- 20:43 - Panasonic Lumix cameras are getting a nice firmware update and S1R II photographers will be especially pleased
- 22:58 - Magic Lantern for Canon cameras is back
- 25:20 - It's been two years, but still no Abode
- 28:43 - Leica announced a new film and it's a black and white 50ISO emulsion.
- 33:45 - Yashica adds a version of the FX-D that has a viewfinder
- 38:01 - What is the state of the midrange camera?
- 1:10:33 - What have you been up to?
- 1:15:28 - Tech Support (and Never Read the Comments)nce)