Latest articles by Matthew Richards
The best open gate cameras in 2026: go tall, wide, or somewhere in between with versatile cropping options for content creation
BUYING GUIDE Join me as I pick out the best open gate cameras that deliver full flexibility for shooting video
Best lenses for street photography in 2026: top options for every major camera mount
BUYING GUIDE A 35mm prime (or thereabouts) is often considered best for street photography. Here are my picks for being discreet on the street
Best 50mm lens in 2026: which 'nifty fifty' is the right choice for you?
Updated The best 50mm lens, or standard prime, is a great low-cost wide-aperture lens for bokehlicious portraits and shooting in low light
The best ring flash for macro photography in 2026: use a ring light for better close-ups
Updated Get beautifully lit macro shots of insects, flowers, and anything small by using a dedicated ring flash
Best geared tripod head in 2026: set up your shots with perfect precision
UPDATED When you need to get your compositions absolutely bang-on, a geared head lets you make fraction-of-a-degree adjustments…
Best light stands in 2026: solid support for studio flash heads, LED panels, and more
Buying Guide Give a firm footing to studio lights, reflectors, backgrounds, and other accessories, with the best light stands on the market
Best camera desk mounts in 2026: arms to fix your camera to a table or desktop
BUYING GUIDE The best desk mount camera arms are ideal for content creators, presenting to camera across a tabletop. And they’re useful for many other applications as well.
I’m sick and tired of being told to stop taking photos on the street, so I was flabbergasted when a security guard did this!
opinion Where’s the harm in standing in a public place, taking photos of equally public places around town? I don’t know, but I keep getting the cold shoulder… but last week, the very opposite happened
Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.2 Pro review: a go-faster portrait prime for APS-C format cameras
Review The Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.2 Pro ticks all the right boxes, as a portrait prime for APS-C format Fujifilm X, Nikon Z and Sony E mirrorless cameras
Godox iT32 & X5 review: an ingenious cross-brand flash and trigger kit that’s more than the sum of its parts
Review The Godox iT32 flash and X5 wireless trigger join together with magnetic attraction but additional triggers make dedicated TTL flash possible with a single flash head across several camera systems
I wanted to buy a new lens – but I ended up buying a new camera body instead. Here’s what happened…
I’ve been looking at winter sale offers on a super-telephoto zoom but stumbled across a Nikon Z6 III deal that’s simply too good to miss
New year, new ‘pro’ portrait prime lens for Nikon shooters with a Z DX mirrorless camera
The high-quality Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.2 Pro lens, originally for Fujifilm X and Sony E mount cameras, is now available in a Nikon Z DX version
12 lenses of Christmas: Pancake lenses! Fisheye lenses! DSLR lenses! Limited edition lenses! The freaks come out to play
12 LENSES OF XMAS Canon DSLRs got a new lens, Sony refreshed its popular kit lens at long last, and we had pancakes, fisheyes and macros galore
12 lenses of Christmas: Canon launches a lens with super-fast speed at a barely believeable price
12 LENSES OF XMAS It's a budget lens bonanza, but it's not just cheap third-party glass – Canon drops the most unbeliveable bargain of them all
DON'T DELETE THAT PHOTO!!! Your back catalog might have some hidden gems that are ripe for enhancements
OPINION The latest editing packages might just transform old photographs from boring duds to wall-worthy masterpieces
"Until a photo is printed, it’s just a jumble of binary code buried on a hard drive." It's time to be your own biggest fan and start printing your favorites!
Features Show your work a little love this year and invest in a printer to turn your house into your very own art gallery
12 lenses of Christmas: Canon makes enough lenses to wrap around the planet, Nikon remembers that DX cameras exist
12 LENSES OF XMAS TTArtisan resurrects a classic Canon lens, while smartphone makers start adding dedicated camera lenses to their handsets
This might be boring, but it's my most essential new year’s photography tip
CAMERA TIPS Take my word for it: if there's one thing you do with your camera kit this year, THIS should be it
12 lenses of Christmas: Laowa and Viltrox try to outdo each other for most new lenses in the same month!
12 LENSES OF XMAS Sony and OM System bring out two of their biggest guns, but third parties created mayhem with well over a dozen new lenses
Got some holiday downtime? It's a great time to spring-clean your cameras and lenses for the year ahead
Features These are my top tips for cleaning your camera sensor and lenses. And what to avoid – don’t reach for the Brillo pads!
12 lenses of Christmas: Nikon redesigns a classic, while Sigma, Laowa and Viltrox work on world-first lenses
12 LENSES OF XMAS Canon and Nikon finally receive a top travel zoom, Hasselblad drops a "one lens to rule them all" and Sigma reveals its mighty 200mm f/2
12 lenses of Christmas: July 2025 was prime time from Canon and Nikon, while Tamron was zooming ahead
12 LENSES OF XMAS It was full steam ahead for mirrorless lenses, including the reworking of a Zeiss favorite in a flurry of primes, but just the one zoom, even if it was a wide one
12 lenses of Christmas: Sigma brings the bokeh, Fujifilm flips a pancake with a twist, and Laowa does what Canon can't
12 LENSES OF XMAS Sigma throws down the gauntlet, Leica and Voigtländer reveal world-first glass, while Laowa brings back a long-lost Canon lens
