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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
The 19th-century photographer's homemade 12-camera rig solved the problem of human reaction times being too slow
The Swiss watchmakers who accidentally built the world’s most eccentric camera
Classic cameras This classic Alpa camera featured two completely different ways to focus
The forgotten photographer who put a US president in the White House – and pioneered photographic branding
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
Chinese brands now produce the most impressive camera phones - it's time enthusiasts ditched Apple and Samsung
OPINION I've used Oppo's latest flagship phone for the last 3 months. Its camera system never fails to impress.
“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
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
I’ve always exclusively bought first-party lenses – but that might be about to change
OPINION The Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 has made me question years of lens-buying loyalty
Everyone bitched that the Lumix L10 is too big for a compact camera – but the perfect-sized Lumix compact already exists
OPINION Panasonic already makes the perfectly-proportioned compact camera. Do you wish there was a smaller Lumix L10? There is!
Modern autofocus isn’t the cheat code everyone says it is – you can still miss regularly
Opinion Autofocus isn’t magic (yet). Sure, it’s incredibly good, but your hit rate depends on so much more than just AF algorithms
Leica makes 16 cameras – is it secretly the biggest camera brand of them all?
Opinion No longer a small boutique brand, Leica now makes 16 distinct cameras – and nobody seems to be talking about it
World Photography Day: How NASA imagery has shaped our understanding of the Earth, the universe and existence
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
