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Milky way, Switzerland
Astrophotography in September 2026: get your camera ready for the equinox auroras and a final glimpse of the Milky Way’s core

By Jamie Carter Published

Astro Everything you need to know about what’s worth photographing in the night skies over the coming month

Astro
Photo of humpback whale off the coast of South Africa taken by wildlife photographer Chris Fallows
"Being seasick, sunburnt, dusty, flooded and sometimes scared are all part of it, but getting the shot means any hardship is quickly forgotten" – wildlife photographer Chris Fallows on his spectacular shots of whales

By Niall Hampton Published

INTERVIEW The award-winning photographer captured 299 different humpback whales in a day, setting a world record – here's how

INTERVIEW
Man holding camera and lens
“This workhorse is always in my bag.” Photographer Chris Burkard doesn’t head out without this Sony zoom, but that’s not even his favorite

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

LENSES In a recent video, Chris Burkard breaks down the camera kit he'd put inside a streamlined kit for outdoor photography

LENSES
Fujifilm X-M5 camera with a Fujifilm 35mm lens attached held in a pair of hands
Compacts and APS-C mirrorless are the only growing camera categories – does this prove that price and portability beat picture quality?

By Gavin Stoker Published

Opinion Manufacturers have built wondrous full frame and medium format cameras, but demand is in freefall – and I think I know why

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A publicity still from the BBC drama Einstein and Eddington shows David Tennant as Eddington and Andy Serkis as Einstein, standing together in period suits in front of a chalkboard.
Andrew Crommelin and Charles Davidson took the photograph that proved Einstein right about the universe in 1919. So why does history only remember Arthur Eddington's name?

By Tom May Published

Features The photographer who gets the credit isn't always the one who took the decisive shot

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Three Agfa Photo Realishot DC8300 digital cameras stacked; one red, one white, and one black, each labeled "21 Mega Pixels"
Crap cameras are on the rise because of supposedly ‘authentic’ output. I review cameras for a living but have we, and manufacturers alike, chased the wrong goals all along?

By Gavin Stoker Published

Opinion Camera manufacturers strive for the best image quality at an affordable (or at least justifiable) price. But the Gen Z craze for low-grade digicams throws that out the window. Why?

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Opinion
Line drawing of Leica S1 camera
30 years ago, this monster futuristic Leica camera shot digital photos at a resolution that was over 20 times better than its rivals – but there was a catch

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras This futuristic Leica camera weighed 8 pounds and took 3 minutes to snap one photo in 1996

Classic cameras
GoBirding Vision Master
How smart are smart bird optics? I tried to fool them – but failed

By Sebastian Oakley Published

Opinion How smart are smart bird optics? I tried to fool the AI-driven device – but failed

Opinion
A lighthouse beams below a Milky Way clad sky.
When photo competitions get it wrong, there are no "bad guys" – just the rule-abiding photographers that get stabbed in the back

By Alan Palazon Published

opinion At this year’s Capture the Dark photo competition, winning images broke the rules. While there are never “goodies” nor “baddies” when this happens, there are the rule-abiding entrants left asking: What the heck?

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A compact camera with a "recycle" logo on the lens cap, being held by hand
I’m frustrated that camera companies are recycling old ideas instead of coming up with new ones

By Gavin Stoker Published

Opinion If it worked in the past it will work in the present; that’s the sum of most camera companies’ R&D right now. Is it pure laziness, or an admission technology has peaked?

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