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May 12
- Xinbaohong Selfie Ring Light AJ-19: an affordable way to enhance your smartphone selfies
- Lumix celebrates 25th birthday with a new premium compact camera and it's got a proper viewfinder!
- Nikon’s incredible 400mm f/2.8 pro sports lens just dropped by a massive $2,000
- DSLR camera deals: Up to $600 + free accessories on full-frame models
- Film photography gave me romance, but digital photography gave me the image I actually wanted
- Court case strikes back! Lawsuit over Annie Leibovitz’s Star Wars photos resurfaces
- Annie Leibovitz launched a new prize for emerging photographers, and it's already producing remarkable work
May 11
- Lexar's new USB flash drive has every base covered
- Cheetahs gatecrash South African bird hide – too close for comfort (and lenses!)
- Save up to $98 on Canon photo printers – from budget picks to pro-quality prints
- Sony signs deal to produce sensors with "Physical AI" at scale with TSMC – this could be the future of imaging sensors
- Nikon publishes huge losses, but camera sales are solid. This is why dire financial results shouldn't cause alarm
- Ilford just gave large-format photographers the black-and-white film they have been begging for: Pan F Plus now comes in 4x5in and 8x10in sheets!
- pCloud’s lifetime family storage deal saves you up to 65% - and includes free encryption
- The world's largest photography competition is now open – and it's FREE to enter!
- I tried the Looki L1 AI camera – and I might just have signed my brain away
May 10
- ZY Optics looks set to announce bargain new medium format prime
- Cheat sheet: Lightroom Classic's Distraction Removal tools at a glance
- The Sony A6400 and Fujifilm X-T3 are classic, cheap APS-C cameras – but which should you choose?
- Japan's most popular compact cameras are years old but outsell newer releases – and start at just US$99 / £79 with retro style
- APS-C compact cameras like the Fujifilm X100VI and Ricoh GR IV have gone viral. But are photographers about to get another option?
- Polaroid Hi·Print 3x3 Photo Printer review: Square photo prints on the go, direct from your phone, in a minute flat
- More expensive than a Nikon F: The rise and fall of the "Bullseye" camera
- Peak Design Mobile Crossbody Strap review: a premium strap for compact cameras, with one frustrating flaw
- These 19 cameras have built-in storage, enabling you to beat the memory card crisis
- Sony's image sensors drive record US$9.6 billion profits, as electronics division slumps
- Compact cameras make up 7 of the top 10 trending cameras at this retailer, as a viral PowerShot dethrones Sony’s most popular mirrorless
May 9
- Cheat sheet: Lightroom Classic's masking tools explained
- Even Marvel artists aren't immune to being replaced by AI – and I believe Disney is on the cusp of another ‘Dark Age'
- I REALLY want one of these hand-painted film cameras inspired by the Gundam anime. They’re affordable, too!
- HP FilmScan 7” Touch Screen Film Scanner review: scan your negs, transparencies and slides with touchscreen simplicity
- 70% of photos on your camera roll are forgotten – and many photographers will relate to "digital photo overload"
- This photographer took the iconic Oppenheimer portrait using his exclusive Manhattan Project access
- Mous Flap Backpack with AiroFoam review: a stylish backpack with extra gear protection
- A mirrorless Nikon D500 successor infused with Red tech?
May 8
- Why the AI ick means retro-style photos, videos and cameras are here to stay
- DJI teases date for premium Osmo Pocket 4P – there will be a dual-camera upgrade to the bestselling video camera after all
- Owl photo dethroned from wildlife comp amid backlash: GenAI paranoia is ruining photography contests
- CMOS camera sensors will become obsolete. Revolutionary color LiDAR threatens to rewrite EVERYTHING we know about photography – even the concept of a grid of pixels!
- BREAKING: A new Sony Alpha camera is coming next week – and there is a big clue as to what it will be
- The trending kit that converts film to digital finally shoots more like a film camera as I’m Back Roll approaches US$1 million mark
- I’m a US drone pilot devastated by the FCC ban, but there is finally a way I can make my voice heard
May 7
- Sony says “APS-C is growing,” but I don’t think any major cropped-sensor Alpha upgrades are coming, despite prosumer speculation
- I'm a modern Sony photographer, but I'm fascinated by these 8 historic cameras from Sony, from twisting lenses to recording to floppy disks
- Two years with the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR: Still a wildlife or sports enthusiast’s dream lens
- Stunning lakes, rugged mountains, and quaint villages – this is the UK’s most photographed national park
- DJI’s Osmo Mobile 8P is its biggest mobile gimbal upgrade ever – here’s what’s new
- From Victorian portraits through Nazi archives to NYC in the 70s: these photo works just earned major recognition
- BREAKING: A new Canon camera is coming next week!
- Saher Alghorra picked up his first camera less than a decade ago – but his Pulitzer-winning photos stopped me in my tracks
- Ugreen Revodok Maxidok 10-in-1 review: A great solution for photographers but there are compromises
- Nikon is developing a 120-300mm f/2.8 with a built-in teleconverter, and I can already see pro photographers queuing up for one!
- Trail camera films exceedingly rare jaguar encounter in southern Arizona
- Rare Leica cameras with serious history are heading to auction — and one could reach nearly a $1 million!
- Feelworld P6XL review: a budget-friendly on-camera monitor that ticks a lot of boxes
May 6
- OWC is the latest memory card brand to announce yet another price hike
- Honor 600 Pro review: questionably familiar looks, undeniable performance
- For over one year, this camera has been No.1 in Japan – breaking sales records
- Manual exposure won’t make you a better photographer – want to get off auto? Do this instead
- PolarPro’s new lens filter has half the glass missing – but that’s the point. This new camera filter keeps two things in focus at the same time
- Fujifilm pro-grade hybrid camera just became a better buy thanks to $200 off
- An “achingly beautiful” photo series of life and death has just won a Pulitzer. Jahi Chikwendiu's series on young adult cancer brought immediate tears to my eyes
- Try not to wince at these poor cameras getting torture tested. NASA tests prove several off-the-shelf cameras can probably handle the extremes of space
- Kodak goes big with new large-format film and 100ft bulk rolls
- This famous photo of New York workers eating lunch on a steel girder has been seen by billions, but the daredevil story of how it was photographed can only now be told
- The trendiest compact cameras in Japan right now have a key feature that’s hard to find on any smartphone
- Is your vintage film camera still telling the truth? Light meter watch could be more useful now than in film’s heyday
- Photographer captures Geminid meteors over giant telescope for the first time in stunning 400MP night sky panorama
May 5
- Want a more ergonomic thumb rest for your Leica? This one's made from steel usually used for SWORDS!
- Clusters of bright blue stars and glowing red gas clouds steal the show in this new Hubble image of a glittering galaxy that stopped me in my tracks
- NASA's biggest collection of Artemis II images is tucked away in this hidden album, from a colorful moon to star trails
- US$35 retro compact camera wins two major awards – it shoots 1.6MP low-resolution images
- This new compact camera mixes the real film look with in-camera special effects, thanks to a unique design
- This Fujifilm GFX deal saves you a cool $500 on this mighty 102-megapixel camera
- This compact camera makes me rethink my street photography setup – and it's only $798 with free accessories!
- This optional Instagram “AI creator” label is a step in the right direction – but I think it should be enforced
- Nikon Coolpix S9300 compact camera is Gen Z approved. Bright, bubbly, cheap and… heck now I want one, too!
- This Milky Way photo looks out of this world – a perfect night sky over a surreal salt flat landscape
- Save $100 on the Fujifilm retro compact camera that's built for pure fun
- If this rumor is true, "the perfect camera" just got even MORE perfect
- Looking for a burner camera? The Canon EOS 1100D is ULTRA CHEAP – perfect for knockabout summer!
- The dirty secret about great photography… most of it is rubbish!
- This photographer took huge "leap of faith" to build a bespoke underwater studio in the grounds of her Australian home
- The world's greatest photography flea market returns to this small French town this June
May 4
- A US drone company is expanding amid the DJI drone ban. But as an American drone pilot, I’m not getting my hopes up yet
- Nikon will be hosting free workshops across these US cities this year as the iconic yellow SUV returns
- DON’T buy a camera just because of its specs. You must physically hold it first!
- "If you feel it in the heart, then it's right": A Canon ambassador's unconventional guide to wildlife photography
- This compact mirrorless is rising up the ranks of Japan’s best-selling cameras, but it hasn’t dethroned the Sony A7 V
- I'm a new dad – and this compact camera is the perfect everyday "dad cam"
- This sports photography trend feels like a gut punch. Sports stars are taking up photographers' courtside spots – but one change could be key
- Viral Sony 14-800mm f/0.5 is a myth, but these ‘impossible’ camera optics are as real as it gets!
- These 4 awe-inspiring photos show just what it takes to stand out amongst 10,000 images
- Revisiting Dorothea Lange's lost Californian valley: 3,200 photos from an almost-forgotten 1950s project just went free online
- When Stormtroopers run the barbecue: In toy photography, everything is possible
May 3
- Technaxx Birdcam TX-165 review - a basic bird feeder camera that doesn't try to be smart
- "If you put it in music terms, there was Crowded House, INXS, Barry Manilow… and I was the Black Sabbath. Most of my photos are heavy in moody tonality and that’s how I sold myself". Urs Buhlman on his 40-year career as an advertising photographer
- Nikon Action Zoom 10-22x50 review: binoculars with a built-in zoom to get closer to your subject
- Leica Monovid 8x25 review: a pocket-sized monocular that goes extra-large on quality and features
- "I have 1 second worth of success in photography, maybe 500 good pictures," says street photographer Matt Stuart. So are we all trying to achieve an impossible standard?
- I used Capture One's new tethered film scanning tools – and it's now my favorite way to work with my negatives
- I gave up color photography for one year. Four years on, I still haven’t gone back!
- Shot at 1/4000sec, this split-second frog photo proves that "Practice makes perfect" applies on both sides of the lens!
- This photographer spent 25 years documenting the small acts of kindness that often go unnoticed. His new book highlights "the art of being an American"
- The forgotten failure that forced Canon to reinvent the SLR camera and change photography forever
- No-edit photography: that's great if you’re an amateur, not so great if you want to be a recognized photographer!
- Allen Smart Suction Snap camera mount review: this thing sucks, in a really good way!
- Cheat sheet: Lightroom Classic's Tone Curve controls explained
May 2
- The f/0.95 mystery: Why 'world record' super-fast camera lens speeds are often just about the bragging rights
- Shot on a 10-year-old DSLR and telephoto lens, this award-winning photo beautifully captures an elephant calf nestled beneath its mother
- Leica Noctivid Compact 10x25 review: posh and portable binoculars for those who like the finer things in life
- “It took me years to sell my first photo": Canon ambassador Paweł Uchorczak talks about the reality of the modern-day photography business
- Garden birds are dying and your bird feeder camera could be the unwitting accomplice
- DJI Osmo Pocket 3 vs Pocket 4 - I've tried them both and I know which one I'd buy
- New black-and-white monograph proves the “rollercoaster” of family life makes for the most powerful photos
- The prime lens photography myth: Why zoom lenses are NOT inferior and in fact better than ever
- Where to submit your photographs in May 2026 for real exposure
- I tried the Honor Magic 8 Pro photography kit, here's how it compares to the competition
- Photo Creator Mini Cam review: it takes decent photos, at least compared with the average keychain
- Cheat sheet: Lightroom Classic's black and white tools at a glance
May 1
- Looking for a RIDICULOUSLY cheap waterproof compact camera for the summer?
- Two years later, Instagram is finally giving photographers the same protection as videographers with this key change
- "The first drone I sent up, I melted a large portion of it" – photographer and filmmaker Karim Iliya talks about his award-winning volcano video
- Nikon Action 10x42 review: bargain binoculars for birders on a budget
- Researchers put a trail camera on a deer carcass. Four hours later, they had the “best trail camera capture yet" with first-ever footage of cougar cubs in Minnesota
- This YouTuber has "created a Ricoh GR IV clone for $200"
- Multiple 40-minute exposures identified hidden moon that even NASA’s Voyager 2 couldn’t detect
- With AI taking over phone cameras, are we witnessing the death of truth?
- I believe the reason compact cameras zoomed ahead in popularity in the past, will see them zoom ahead again in the present
- Barmy mount adapter lets you put medium-format lenses on Nikon APS-C or full-frame cameras
- Adobe has been named to this influential list for keeping creators “in control of their process” in an AI era
- Britain in full color: why photographer Sophie Green refuses to make her subjects look grey
- These cameras and lenses have won seven major design awards for "innovation, quality, and influence" for just one company
- This common mistake could ruin your camera gear, says Canon – and most photographers don't even know about it
- New AI camera (not as bad as you think?) Is medium format superior? Why use custom buttons? It's the new Bokeh Face podcast!
- I can’t orbit the moon, but I can explore the universe from my backyard. As a photographer, I’m amazed at the space discoveries made possible with cameras
- Thypoch’s tiny new 28mm pancake lens brings 1950s charm to Leica M cameras
- The Alfie BOXX camera may well be the most charming film photography Kickstarter of 2026 – and it's made from wood and brass!