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January 14
- Fujifilm Instax Mini Link+ review: Sharp prints make this the best Instax portable printer yet
- I tried the delightfully weird Instax Mini Evo Cinema compact camera. I only wish I could turn back time to 90s camera prices
- Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema review: I tried the Fujifilm decades camera and I’m obsessed with the time-traveling dial – but there are some bugs
January 13
- The US has temporarily eased up on the drone ban, but the exemption list leaves aerial photographers behind
- $1,000,000 up for grabs in world's richest photography awards as 2026 HIPA contest theme is revealed!
- Popular Adobe alternatives Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro are going subscription as Apple launches Creator 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
- This award-winning 'reaction' shot proves there's a lot more to sports photography than the action itself
- The one lens trick that made Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist, a street photography legend
January 12
- 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!
- Kodak Snapic A1 review: a premium-ish film point-and-shoot
- Godox iT32 & X5 review: an ingenious cross-brand flash and trigger kit that’s more than the sum of its parts
- I wanted to buy a new lens – but I ended up buying a new camera body instead. Here’s what happened…
- I took photos of 36 electric boxes in Buenos Aires and made some decent dough from them. Odd subjects often pay better than postcard views
- 100 winning portraits turn Britain's streets into a nationwide photography exhibition
- Super-popular mirrorless camera drops to its lowest price ever!
- Rugged phones completely changed my life in 2025 – here's why these big beasts have become my most trusted travelling companions
January 11
- DJI Osmo Mobile 8 review: A pro-grade phone gimbal that keeps up with ambitious creators without breaking the bank
- Is it possible to use a treadmill while editing photos? I’m a photographer – and now I’m hooked on standing desks
- 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
- Meet the wildlife photographer buying up land in Africa to protect animal habitats, using money he makes with his camera
- The secret meaning behind the name Minolta (and how the camera brand evolved before disappearing forever)
January 10
- Meet the youthful, often shocking future of fine art photography at Circulation(s) 2026
- How will you fare in my photography general knowledge quiz?
- How Martin Parr spent five decades photographing the climate crisis – without even realizing
- Canon's Action Priority and Register Face Priority modes are the sporting world's worst kept secret for top soccer shots
- Blackmagic Pyxis 12K review: a resolution giant in a medium-sized package
- CalDigit TS5 Plus Thunderbolt 5 Dock review: monster connectivity – but is it overkill?
- Vanguard Veo Lite B25L backpack review: a stylish, everyday camera pack
- 200 unpublished Sophia Loren portraits teach us the importance of trust between photographers and their subjects
- When did the retro camera trend start? (Spoiler: it's earlier than you think!) Here's a timeline of vintage-styled cameras
January 9
- Get 3 photo magazines for just £1 – this is our best-ever subscription deal!
- Spectacular photos of Iceland's volcanic reawakening win two awards as Svartsengi erupts for first time in 783 years
- LUMIX vs Sony: Which autofocus system truly delivers for hybrid creators?
- VTech KidiZoom Duo FX review: a feature-packed kids’ camera with plenty to keep young users engaged
- 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)
- Save £970 on the Nikon Z6 II and versatile zoom to start your full-frame photography journey
- 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 compact Sony mirrorless camera + lens is now yours for just over £600!
- 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
- 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
- Honor Magic 8 Pro review: a strong camera phone that nearly nails it
- 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)
- Redmi Pad 2 Pro review: even though it’s not an 'iPad Killer', I still love it
- 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
- 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
- Snails could overtake Nikon’s new zoom lens, but I think I’m a fan
- 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…
- Canon EOS R100 bundle drops to £459, making it the perfect beginner camera (or a great gift)
- Birdbuddy reveals a new mini flagship bird feeder camera that can identify a bird just by listening to it!
- "I had used to have an arty black & white framed poster like these photos of the famous steep streets of San Francisco. That's probably why I enjoyed taking so many photos there!"
- "This was the first jaguar I'd ever seen, but I wasn't there to photograph one", admits HIPA 2025 category winner Karine Aigner
- "I became borderline obsessive": Why I couldn't stop photographing covered motorbikes
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 12 lenses of Christmas: Pancake lenses! Fisheye lenses! DSLR lenses! Limited edition lenses! The freaks come out to play
- A 600mm lens for £359? This Canon RF lens deal is the real thing - and that's wild!
- 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
- It's not often that buying a cheap camera accessory completely changes your workflow – but that's exactly what just happened
January 4
- 12 lenses of Christmas: Canon launches a lens with super-fast speed at a barely believeable price
- DON'T DELETE THAT PHOTO!!! Your back catalog might have some hidden gems that are ripe for enhancements
- Is it time to ditch Google Photos and go back to analog?
- These are the photography habits worth keeping – and the ones you should drop – in 2026
- "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!
- France set to stage a year-long celebration to mark 200 years of photography in 2026
- The hidden meaning behind the '3' in the legendary Leica M3 revealed
- Phone camera witnesses are changing the face of journalism. Should we be worried?
January 3
- 12 lenses of Christmas: Canon makes enough lenses to wrap around the planet, Nikon remembers that DX cameras exist
- Bored with the same old photography spots? Ask AI to plot you a photo walk!
- I judged my local photo competition – here are my top tips to climb up the ranks
- This might be boring, but it's my most essential new year’s photography tip
- Yes, this IS a photograph! How a double exposure turned a water strider into an award-worthy work of art
- This is the camera I almost bought in 2025 (but didn’t)
January 2
- 12 lenses of Christmas: Laowa and Viltrox try to outdo each other for most new lenses in the same month!
- Got some holiday downtime? It's a great time to spring-clean your cameras and lenses for the year ahead
- 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
- 10 must-shoot events for astrophotographers in 2026
- Get 14 bonus gifts with the February 2026 issue of Digital Camera magazine
- Don't make this black-and-white photography editing mistake! Here's how to fine-tune mono images like a pro
- Atomos Shinobi Go Review: a budget HDR camera monitor you’ll probably love
- Your Digital Camera 303 download
- Richard Avedon's American West: what today's portrait photographers can still learn from this classic series
January 1
- I've given up on film scanners for my analog negatives because this works better
- A change (of lens) is as good as a rest: How a 35mm saved me from my photography slump
- "Beyond perfect" weather conditions and stunning morning light come together to make HIPA's black-and-white photo of the year
- When Torchlight Meets Tusks: this hauntingly beautiful photo casts new light on the relationship between man and beast
- Zoom lenses are making photographers lazy! Make shooting with prime lenses your 2026 resolution
- Leica in 2025: The year that tradition took a bold step forward
- A DIY drone stunt overshadowed the world’s New Year celebrations
- 12 lenses of Christmas: Nikon redesigns a classic, while Sigma, Laowa and Viltrox work on world-first lenses
- After seven years of intense travel as a photographer, this is what I pack and why it works better than all that influencer nonsense