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A vintage series of 12 black-and-white sequential photographs titled "The Horse in Motion" by Eadweard Muybridge, capturing the step-by-step movement of a jockey riding a galloping horse across a grid-marked backdrop.
Eadweard Muybridge invented a device that led to both cinema and burst photography – all to settle a question about horses – and the way it worked was utter genius

By Tom May Published

The 19th-century photographer's homemade 12-camera rig solved the problem of human reaction times being too slow

Photography
Alpa Reflex camera
The Swiss watchmakers who accidentally built the world’s most eccentric camera

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras This classic Alpa camera featured two completely different ways to focus

Classic cameras
Group portrait of President James K. Polk and his cabinet.
The forgotten photographer who put a US president in the White House – and pioneered photographic branding

By Alan Palazon Published

HISTORY John Plumbe Jr not only captured the oldest existing photo of a sitting US president, but went on to pioneer the branding practices used by studios to this day

HISTORY
Chinese brands now produce the most impressive camera phones - it's time enthusiasts ditched Apple and Samsung

By Ben Andrews Published

OPINION I've used Oppo's latest flagship phone for the last 3 months. Its camera system never fails to impress.

OPINION
A screenshot of a promotional video featuring the GoPro Mission 1 Pro
“Mission 1 has been a long time coming” – GoPro says the new Mission 1 is the camera that fans have been asking for since this iconic Hero

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

INTERVIEW In this exclusive interview, GoPro's Pablo Lema says that the Mission 1 Pro is the camera that fans have been asking for since 2018

INTERVIEW
Viltrox AF 16mm F1.8 camera lens on a Lumix S9 camera
I’ve always exclusively bought first-party lenses – but that might be about to change

By Gareth Bevan Published

OPINION The Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 has made me question years of lens-buying loyalty

OPINION
Panasonic Lumix L10 next to a Panasonic Lumix LX100
Everyone bitched that the Lumix L10 is too big for a compact camera – but the perfect-sized Lumix compact already exists

By James Artaius Published

OPINION Panasonic already makes the perfectly-proportioned compact camera. Do you wish there was a smaller Lumix L10? There is!

OPINION
Red squirrel and its reflection looking into pool of water with yellow AF square over eye
Modern autofocus isn’t the cheat code everyone says it is – you can still miss regularly

By Mike Harris Published

Opinion Autofocus isn’t magic (yet). Sure, it’s incredibly good, but your hit rate depends on so much more than just AF algorithms

Opinion
Leica HQ and Leica cafe
Leica makes 16 cameras – is it secretly the biggest camera brand of them all?

By Sebastian Oakley Published

Opinion No longer a small boutique brand, Leica now makes 16 distinct cameras – and nobody seems to be talking about it

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Opinion
Compilation of NASA images.
World Photography Day: How NASA imagery has shaped our understanding of the Earth, the universe and existence

By Alan Palazon Published

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY This World Photography Day we look at some of the most iconic images captured by the US space agency, which have taught us about our very existence and place in the cosmos

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY DAY
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