Latest articles by Tom May
Best dry cabinet for cameras in 2025: keep your kit safe in a climatically-controlled cupboard
Buying Guide Protect your valuable equipment from humidity, with the best dry cabinet for cameras and lenses
The best mouse for photo and video editing in 2025: work smarter and faster
Buying Guide Boost your editing workflow, by using the best mouse for photo and video editing
Best document camera: which visualizer is the right one for teaching and presentations?
Buying Guide Perfect for teaching, presentations, pitches and more, these are the best document cameras available today.
I'm sick of AI "photos", so I've switched to this search engine that filters them out
Because if I see one more “photo” of a moonlit wolf that looks like it’s been airbrushed by a bored algorithm, I’ll scream
Photography books are becoming cool again, and I think I know why
Opinion In a world drowning in digital noise, people are rediscovering the subversive power of photos on paper
I forgot to check one thing before buying my laptop, and I've lived to regret it
My sleek new MacBook felt perfect... until I tried to plug in.
The best microscope for students, kids and photographers in 2025
Buying Guide Explore inner space, educate your children, and shoot macro images with the best microscopes
The best stock photo sites
Buying Guide Want to buy images online? These are the best stock photo sites for quality and value.
This Google feature could make up for the damage computational software's caused
Google Pixel's Camera Coach could finally teach us what our phones have been doing to our photos all along.
The best teleprompter in 2025: present content like a pro
Buying Guide Make eye contact using the best teleprompters when shooting with your camera, phone or tablet
The best opera glasses in 2025: pocket sized binoculars for theater and stage
Buying Guide Going to the opera, theater or a concert? Enhance your experience with the best opera glasses available today
I don't think most people should be buying flagship phones anymore
With midrange phones getting better and better, is it really worth spending more than a grand on a flagship?
The best shotgun mics for isolating your audio in 2025
Updated Capture clean audio without the background noise, with the best shotgun mics available today
These photographers working in their 80s show that age is nothing to fear
OPINION Growing older is no barrier to creative brilliance, as these legendary photographers prove.
I’m worried we’re in another big tech bubble… and it’s about to burst all over your photography business
Opinion AI hype has massively inflated stock prices but, if the bubble bursts, the shockwaves could hit your photography business hard
The best keyboards for video editing
Buying Guide Avoid RSI and work faster, with the best keyboards for video editing
The best digital photo frames in 2025: show off your shots in style
Updated Display all your favorite photos without printing them with the best digital photo frames, and there's one to suit every budget
From Oasis gigs to Monaco hotels, photographers' rights are under siege
Arbitrary restrictions and legal threats are strangling our ability to forge a collective visual memory
Street photographer Bill Cunningham's archive finds a permanent home at New York Historical
It's one of the most comprehensive records of street photography ever assembled.
The best slide viewers in 2025: the easy way to rediscover your old slides
Buying Guide Whether you wish to view old pictures or are shooting on film afresh today, these are the best slide viewers
Is the iconic German cinema camera maker Arri up for sale?
News As the film production downturn continues, the century-old pioneer might soon be on the market.
The best iPad alternatives
Buying guide Forget Apple: these iPad alternatives from Samsung, Microsoft, Amazon, and Lenovo provide better value and great specs
The best monitor calibrators: keep your on-screen colors accurate
Buying Guide Make sure your screen is displaying colors accurately, with the best monitor calibrators on the market
