Hillary K. Grigonis
The US Editor of Digital Camera World, Hillary K. Grigonis has more than a decade of experience in journalism with a focus on photography and technology. Her work has appeared in Business Insider, Digital Trends, Pocket-lint, Rangefinder, The Phoblographer, and more.
A current Fujifilm and former Nikon shooter, her background in reviewing camera gear means she’s handled everything from cheap Instax to medium format mirrorless. Her camera bag includes a wide range of gear from a DJI drone to a newly added vintage film SLR.
On the weekends, she photographs portraits and weddings at Hillary K Photography. As a former photojournalist, her work favors a mix of documentary and posed styles. While she’s turned her passion for photography into a career, she still considers photowalks a break from work, while she also includes reading, hiking, kayaking, and camping among her most-loved hobbies.
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INSTAX The Instax Square 2 brings a simple design, zone focusing, and a clever built-in filter set to instant film

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A free firmware update is eliminating the shutter delay and tweaking the burst mode on the GoPro Mission 1 series cameras' still photo mode

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SPACE A SpaceX launch on October 13 created a “space jellyfish” that could be seen for hundreds of miles away, creating incredible photos and videos

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Not yet ratedREVIEW Built for APS-C shooters and coming to four mounts, this Tamron lens is built as a lightweight everyday carry that doesn't sacrifice aperture

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TAMRON Built for crop sensors in four different mounts, the Tamron 16-50mm f/2.8 A is an impressively compact lens

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REVIEW The Fujifilm Instax Square 2 is an easy-to-use instant film camera, but it's hiding a feature to create moodier shots

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AI Parents online are using ChatGPT to avoid school photo costs, but asking AI to remove a photograph's watermark is copyright infringement

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RETRO One Ontario-based photography duo has found success in an unusual place: taking humorous 1980s-style portraits at festivals

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TRENDS A photo retailer in Japan has ranked the trendiest lenses, and while the top optic is a budget zoom, the list is dominated by compact f/2.8 zooms

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DRONE A drone photograph by a photojournalist in Israel illustrates the power an aerial perspective can have

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BUYING GUIDE A must-buy for any backyard twitcher, here are the best bird feeder cameras available today

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CANON Canon Japan has updated the list of products ending their service life – but one lens on that list is 30 years old

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TRENDS Out of the three major mirrorless cameras announced in September, it's the one with the smaller sensor that's made the top three at Japan's Kitamura Camera

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FILM The Lomography Lomomatic 110 Panthera adds a brass body with leopard spots to the film camera line, alongside a new red Ladybug design

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SCREEN-FREE Camp Snap has just given its video shooter its first multi-colored makeover in three new colors

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LENS While there are plenty of full-frame 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses, Sigma built a variation that’s focused on a compact, lightweight design just for APS-C

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NEWS The Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 will arrive in a Nikon Z mount version at the end of October, bringing an unusually compact lens that doesn't sacrifice aperture

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COMPACT The Yashica Crew is a new compact camera that feels made for the Y2K camera trend, fitting a 6x zoom and flip screen into a pocket

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TRENDS In a recent interview, Canon, Sony, Nikon, and Fujifilm all agreed that the experience of shooting with a dedicated camera is becoming increasingly important

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HISTORY Leica once built a metal half-frame film camera that fit in the palm of a hand. Only one working version exists

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BIRDS Researchers working in a West African rainforest captured photos of a vulnerable bird species for the first time since 2013

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DELAY Sony UK is now listing a mid-November ship date for the Sony FX5, while US retailers list ship dates as early as mid-October

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OPINION The GoPro Mission 1 Pro ILS has a lot of fine print when it comes to what lenses are supported, but adapting vintage lenses may actually make a lot of sense

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WILDLIFE The Michigan DNR recently confirmed that a photo of an unusually colored fox is a rare melanistic gray fox

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CANON Canon will end support for a handful of popular cameras by the end of 2026, including the Canon EOS M100, the Rebel T7i, and a few compact cameras
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