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Canon EL-5 flashgun on camera being held in someone's hand, with a smartphone with the app in the other hand
Canon gives a massive boost to the radio range of its popular EL-5 Speedlite flashgun for mirrorless cameras

By Chris George Published

News Version 2 is identical to the original multifunction-hotshoe strobe – except that the wireless range extends to an impressive 50 meters or 164 feet

News
Canon EOS R5 Mark II being held out in front of a photographer's face, outdoors
The best full-frame mirrorless camera in 2026: The biggest sensors and best tech that Canon, Sony, Nikon and Panasonic have to offer!

By James Artaius last updated

Buying guide How to choose the best full-frame mirrorless camera for your needs, whether it's travel, landscapes, video or wildlife

Buying guide
Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF
The best cinema cameras in 2026: time to step up to serious filmmaking

By Sebastian Oakley last updated

Buying guide The best cinema cameras offer top-quality video capture and grading options and the ports and connections needed by pros

Buying guide
Ricoh GR IV
Compact cameras make up 40% of the Top 10 cameras in Japan right now. A cult favorite leads the pack, while other point-and-shoots are years old

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS Sony's full-frame camera triumphs, while four compact cameras are making Japan's popularity ranking – the winning compact comes in three photographer-focused variants

NEWS
Female common merganser bird in flight over water with a fish in its beak against a blurred background
"I spotted a female Common Merganser with a flatfish take to the air to protect her catch from other mergansers. I was thrilled to snap this frame, but I worried it wouldn’t be tack sharp. It was!" says award-winning photographer

By Kim Bunermann Published

NEWS Photographer captures a female Common Merganser in razor-sharp flight at 1/2500sec in Nova Scotia, Canada, adding another prestigious international award to her growing collection

NEWS
Canon hosts its 5th annual ‘Camera Store Week’ this month. If this had expanded into an industry-wide event, the photo trade would be in a better place

By Gavin Stoker Published

Opinion It’s great when manufacturers say they want to support specialist photographic retailers. But I feel the lack of a fully inclusive, industry-wide in-store event for camera shops, akin to Record Store Day, has missed an opportunity to turn things around

Opinion
Canon EOS R1 camera in front of a Canon EOS R5 Mark II camera with most of the cameras shrouded in darkness
Canon's "sports camera king" and its "most important and most powerful camera" just got a little bit better

By Kim Bunermann Published

FIRMWARE Canon releases fresh firmware updates for two of the brand's highly rated full-frame mirrorless cameras: the EOS R1 and R5 Mark II

FIRMWARE
Portrait shoot with a photographer photographing a model under a blue light
The best camera for portraits in 2026: cameras that are perfect for people pics

By Gareth Bevan last updated

Buying guide The best camera for portraits needs to capture perfect facial perspective and beautiful background blur

Buying guide
A polar bear peers through a seal's breathing hole in Arctic ice, its face framed by ice, water and rising bubbles as seen from below the surface.
This haunting photo shows what a seal would see in their last moments – just before the polar bear launches a deadly attack

By Tom May Published

Award winner Meet the polar bear who found a hidden camera under Arctic ice, looked it dead in the eye, then fell asleep above it for nine hours

Award winner
Close-up of a black digital camera's top controls including mode dial, shutter button, on/off switch, and menu buttons
Half of the Top 10 cameras in Japan right now come from one manufacturer – the No.1 is "recommended for users who want to carry a full-frame camera with them at all times and don't want to compromise performance"

By Kim Bunermann last updated

UPDATE 50% of the best-selling cameras in Japan are coming from this global player, but one is missing from the Top 10 chart completely

UPDATE
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