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Fujifilm X-M5 camera with a Fujifilm 35mm lens attached held in a pair of hands
Compacts and APS-C mirrorless are the only growing camera categories – does this prove that price and portability beat picture quality?

By Gavin Stoker Published

Opinion Manufacturers have built wondrous full frame and medium format cameras, but demand is in freefall – and I think I know why

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A publicity still from the BBC drama Einstein and Eddington shows David Tennant as Eddington and Andy Serkis as Einstein, standing together in period suits in front of a chalkboard.
Andrew Crommelin and Charles Davidson took the photograph that proved Einstein right about the universe in 1919. So why does history only remember Arthur Eddington's name?

By Tom May Published

FEATURE The photographer who gets the credit isn't always the one who took the decisive shot

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Three Agfa Photo Realishot DC8300 digital cameras stacked; one red, one white, and one black, each labeled "21 Mega Pixels"
Crap cameras are on the rise because of supposedly ‘authentic’ output. I review cameras for a living but have we, and manufacturers alike, chased the wrong goals all along?

By Gavin Stoker Published

Opinion Camera manufacturers strive for the best image quality at an affordable (or at least justifiable) price. But the Gen Z craze for low-grade digicams throws that out the window. Why?

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Line drawing of Leica S1 camera
30 years ago, this monster futuristic Leica camera shot digital photos at a resolution that was over 20 times better than its rivals – but there was a catch

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras This futuristic Leica camera weighed 8 pounds and took 3 minutes to snap one photo in 1996

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GoBirding Vision Master
How smart are smart bird optics? I tried to fool them – but failed

By Sebastian Oakley Published

Opinion How smart are smart bird optics? I tried to fool the AI-driven device – but failed

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A lighthouse beams below a Milky Way clad sky.
When photo competitions get it wrong, there are no "bad guys" – just the rule-abiding photographers that get stabbed in the back

By Alan Palazon Published

opinion At this year’s Capture the Dark photo competition, winning images broke the rules. While there are never “goodies” nor “baddies” when this happens, there are the rule-abiding entrants left asking: What the heck?

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A compact camera with a "recycle" logo on the lens cap, being held by hand
I’m frustrated that camera companies are recycling old ideas instead of coming up with new ones

By Gavin Stoker Published

Opinion If it worked in the past it will work in the present; that’s the sum of most camera companies’ R&D right now. Is it pure laziness, or an admission technology has peaked?

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A super blue blood moon is seen behind Salesforce Tower during a partial lunar eclipse in San Francisco, California before dawn on January 31, 2018. Stargazers across large swathes of the globe -- from the streets of Los Angeles to the slopes of a smouldering Philippine volcano -- had the chance to witness a rare "super blue blood Moon" Wednesday, when Earth's shadow bathed our satellite in a coppery hue. / AFP PHOTO / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
How to photograph the spectacular 96% 'blood moon' lunar eclipse tonight, August 27-28

By Jamie Carter Last updated

Eclipse Two weeks after a total solar eclipse comes something else that deserves the attention of astrophotographers in North America, the UK, and Europe

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4 creative workflow hacks that improve capturing and editing on the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra

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Upgrade your photography workflow with a phone that feels like a tablet.

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Spotlight on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra cameras: why your vacation photos will never look the same again

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Sponsor Content Created With Samsung

The versatile new smart phone takes mobile travel photography to a whole new level.

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