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- January 13
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- The US has temporarily eased up on the drone ban, but the exemption list leaves aerial photographers behind
- Popular Adobe alternatives Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro are going subscription as Apple launches Creative Studio
- A white Fujifilm X Half appears overseas, as the US is giving black ones away free and UK prices drop… what's going on?
- The Thypoch Ksana 21mm f/3.5 is built for photographers who miss character in their lenses
- Kodak has the best-selling compact camera of the year – and it explains everything about 2025
- Just released, and already Japan's best-selling camera – leaving 100MP flagship far behind
- The one lens trick that made Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist, a street photography legend
- January 12
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- Galaxy S27 Ultra: possible camera specs emerge
- Kodak's US$100 retro compact camera retakes Japan's top-selling spot – and Sony's US$5,000+ flagship barely makes the cut
- These lifesize 35mm rolls of film are actually digital compact cameras!
- I wanted to buy a new lens – but I ended up buying a new camera body instead. Here’s what happened…
- 100 winning portraits turn Britain's streets into a nationwide photography exhibition
- January 11
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- Memory card and camera phone prices are likely to rise... all thanks to AI
- You have less than 2 weeks to enter the £10,000 LCE Photographer of the Year
- Researchers hacked a weird Franken-lens to a Canon EOS R10 to take photos with everything in focus – without computational photography
- OWC launches the ultimate portable SSD that's three times faster than its rivals
- January 10
- January 9
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- Spectacular photos of Iceland's volcanic reawakening win two awards as Svartsengi erupts for first time in 783 years
- Are retro cameras just nostalgia bait? How good is the Canon EOS C50? Plus tips for using a new or upgraded camera – it's the new Bokeh Face podcast!
- These new AI smart glasses could actually make sense for photographers (and they're cheaper than RayBans)
- Fujifilm is gambling on strange retro compact cameras where megapixels don’t matter, and style is everything. The oddball Evo Cinema has just 5MP, but so does the best-selling Evo original
- This zoom is the best-selling lens for the second year running… Here's why and the full top 10 of 2025
- The Poco M8 Series attempts to push what is possible in a budget smartphone
- “Why bad photographers think they’re good,” pro says it like it is, then explains what to do about it
- Westcott newest strobe packs 850 full-power flashes in a single charge and supports camera bursts at up to 50 fps in Freeze Mode
- January 8
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- Are US camera prices about to change again? GoPro among the 1,000+ companies suing Trump over tariffs
- New year, new ‘pro’ portrait prime lens for Nikon shooters with a Z DX mirrorless camera
- Nikon is leveling up its lens manufacturing. A new manufacturing facility could help Nikon quickly increase production of its most popular lenses
- Long before the Apple Pencil, this wartime Kodak compact camera came with a stylus, here’s why…
- This flip-open food camera uses AI to track everything you eat (but it is not meant for foodporn)
- Discover the Canon-powered US$99,000 smart telescope. Here's what happens "When you remove every limit" with Vaonis
- Fujifilm's quirky compact camera gets its first firmware update of 2026
- Rare image of vanishing century-old technique celebrated in photography contest – captured with an 8-year-old DSLR
- This new pro gimbal accommodates everything from mirrorless to compact cameras with a detachable screen-clad remote for AI tracking
- Godox gives its pocket strobe a smart refresh with the new AD100Pro II photo flash
- The world's first 360-degree bird feeder camera lets you film every bird from every angle
- January 7
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- World-first: a dash cam with a thermal imaging camera and 6.25" touchscreen monitor!
- Instax is about to get a lot better at printing text on instant film, if this new premium mobile printer is any indication
- The newest Fujifilm compact camera “time-travels” with an Eras Dial and a design inspired by 1960s 8mm cine cameras. But, there’s a catch
- Honor just reinvented the camera phone! But will this tempt you away from Apple?
- Meet Joy: This AI assistant turns your bird feeder's camera into your own nature documentary
- Expressive Kolkata image earns major recognition, captured with "one of the best full-frame mirrorless cameras for travel photography"
- This new foldable phone could be a game changer for photographers
- Happy New Nikon! The Nikkor Z 24-105mm f/4-7.1 goes longer than most standard zooms…
- Birdbuddy reveals a new mini flagship bird feeder camera that can identify a bird just by listening to it!
- Three-year-old Canon camera proves impossible to dethrone – it's still Japan's best-selling camera!
- The new Meike 23mm f/1.4 weighs about as much as a can of soup and costs less than US$300
- January 6
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- This plug-and-play mic is designed to blend in with clothing at a tiny 8.8mm deep – and it’s surprisingly affordable
- Camera glasses are about to get more useful while on camera with teleprompters. But, Meta’s Ray-Ban Display is so popular, the international launch is on hold
- Camera-themed laptops are a thing now. The Asus ProArt PX13 GoPro Edition takes action cam inspiration for a rugged laptop with a rotating touchscreen
- Kick off 2026 with these 10 photography competitions open for entries from January to May
- This giant digital photo frame rearranges millions of ink capsules for a cord-free art display that can still display pictures when powered off!
- This camera brand is developing its own sensor. I hope the change indicates a push for even better color science
- Lexar celebrates its 30th birthday and reveals new storage solutions for AI workloads
- The best-selling cameras of 2025 are in – and this Kodak compact camera takes the crown, overshadowing new 40MP releases
- Is DJI making another power play in the global markets with a teased new product?
- The Ballad of Sexual Dependency: why Nan Goldin's flash-lit photo essay on intimacy still resonates in 2026
- Leica's compact camera gets New Year’s firmware update – here are the D-Lux 8's digital resolutions
- New action camera brand asks "What if a DJI Nano and Insta360 Ace Pro made a baby?"
- Compact cameras are climbing in popularity nearly as fast as DSLRs are declining, the latest stats suggest
- Shure launches the MV88 USB-C microphone for smartphones, which promises to deliver studio-grade audio for content creators
- Instagram, as we know it, is dead. But as Instagram head Adam Mosseri calls pro photographs “boring,” where is Instagram headed next?
- Cheap, fast and full-frame: Brightin Star releases retro-infused 35mm f/1.4 wide-angle lens for mirrorless cameras
- January 5
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- Rumor: Samsung may introduce radically new camera hardware for the Galaxy S27 Ultra
- Some point-and-shoot cameras are surprisingly good at macro photography. The reason? It's actually because of those small sensors
- You can buy a necklace that holds an SD card: Genius idea or total gimmick?
- These are the top 10 compact cameras in Japan right now – 'evolution' reigns as a kids' camera hits the charts for the first time
- January 4
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- January 2
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- The internet is calling out Grok for “nudifying” photos. But it’s not even the first time X’s AI has been under fire for undressing photos
- Get 14 bonus gifts with the February 2026 issue of Digital Camera magazine
- Your Digital Camera 303 download
- Richard Avedon's American West: what today's portrait photographers can still learn from this classic series
- January 1
