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"Being seasick, sunburnt, dusty, flooded and sometimes scared are all part of it, but getting the shot means any hardship is quickly forgotten" – wildlife photographer Chris Fallows on his spectacular shots of whales
INTERVIEW The award-winning photographer captured 299 different humpback whales in a day, setting a world record – here's how
“This workhorse is always in my bag.” Photographer Chris Burkard doesn’t head out without this Sony zoom, but that’s not even his favorite
LENSES In a recent video, Chris Burkard breaks down the camera kit he'd put inside a streamlined kit for outdoor photography
Compacts and APS-C mirrorless are the only growing camera categories – does this prove that price and portability beat picture quality?
Opinion Manufacturers have built wondrous full frame and medium format cameras, but demand is in freefall – and I think I know why
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?
Features The photographer who gets the credit isn't always the one who took the decisive shot
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?
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?
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
Classic cameras This futuristic Leica camera weighed 8 pounds and took 3 minutes to snap one photo in 1996
How smart are smart bird optics? I tried to fool them – but failed
Opinion How smart are smart bird optics? I tried to fool the AI-driven device – but failed
When photo competitions get it wrong, there are no "bad guys" – just the rule-abiding photographers that get stabbed in the back
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?
