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May 14
- EIZO teases its first-ever OLED ColorEdge monitor
May 13
- "There's nothing else like" Sony’s new lens! The Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5 GM OSS boasts a constant aperture and faster focus
- Where can I pre-order the Panasonic Lumix L10? Here's how to get your hands on the killer compact camera!
- The new Sony A7R VI has the highest resolution fully stacked sensor yet – but that’s not even the biggest change
- Canon's compact new 20-50mm f/4L PZ lens is both a power zoom and a traditional zoom in one
- Canon shrank one of its best cameras – and its price tag. The Canon EOS R6 V is a video-first hybrid with a more compact design and longer record times
- This popular compact camera is nearly impossible to buy – but it's now Japan's new #1
- Rare signed photos of former US Presidents fetch a pretty penny at auction
- Nikon's most powerful APS-C mirrorless camera gets new firmware – but don't expect dramatic changes
- As memory crisis deepens, Nikon considers “passing on price increases depending on the situation”
- Sony’s new Xperia 1 VIII wants to use AI to make you a better phone photographer
- Get set for NINE new Viltrox lenses, plus a new flashgun
May 12
- Lumix celebrates 25th birthday with a new premium compact camera and it's got a proper viewfinder!
- Panasonic GH5 II camera just hit its lowest-ever price, and it is now seriously tempting at just £629
- Court case strikes back! Lawsuit over Annie Leibovitz’s Star Wars photos resurfaces
- Annie Leibovitz launched a new prize for emerging photographers, and it's already producing remarkable work
May 11
- Lexar's new USB flash drive has every base covered
- Cheetahs gatecrash South African bird hide – too close for comfort (and lenses!)
- Sony signs deal to produce sensors with "Physical AI" at scale with TSMC – this could be the future of imaging sensors
- Nikon publishes huge losses, but camera sales are solid. This is why dire financial results shouldn't cause alarm
- Ilford just gave large-format photographers the black-and-white film they have been begging for: Pan F Plus now comes in 4x5in and 8x10in sheets!
- Best travel camera deals: Save up to £285 on cameras worth packing
- pCloud’s lifetime family storage deal saves you up to 65% - and includes free encryption
- The world's largest photography competition is now open – and it's FREE to enter!
May 10
- ZY Optics looks set to announce bargain new medium format prime
- Japan's most popular compact cameras are years old but outsell newer releases – and start at just US$99 / £79 with retro style
- APS-C compact cameras like the Fujifilm X100VI and Ricoh GR IV have gone viral. But are photographers about to get another option?
- Sony's image sensors drive record US$9.6 billion profits, as electronics division slumps
- Compact cameras make up 7 of the top 10 trending cameras at this retailer, as a viral PowerShot dethrones Sony’s most popular mirrorless
May 9
- I REALLY want one of these hand-painted film cameras inspired by the Gundam anime. They’re affordable, too!
- 70% of photos on your camera roll are forgotten – and many photographers will relate to "digital photo overload"
- A mirrorless Nikon D500 successor infused with Red tech?
May 8
- DJI teases date for premium Osmo Pocket 4P – there will be a dual-camera upgrade to the bestselling video camera after all
- CMOS camera sensors will become obsolete. Revolutionary color LiDAR threatens to rewrite EVERYTHING we know about photography – even the concept of a grid of pixels!
- This top-selling beginner-friendly mirrorless camera is £110 off – and there's a zoom lens included too
- BREAKING: A new Sony Alpha camera is coming next week – and there is a big clue as to what it will be
- The trending kit that converts film to digital finally shoots more like a film camera as I’m Back Roll approaches US$1 million mark
- I’m a US drone pilot devastated by the FCC ban, but there is finally a way I can make my voice heard
May 7
- Sony says “APS-C is growing,” but I don’t think any major cropped-sensor Alpha upgrades are coming, despite prosumer speculation
- Stunning lakes, rugged mountains, and quaint villages – this is the UK’s most photographed national park
- DJI’s Osmo Mobile 8P is its biggest mobile gimbal upgrade ever – here’s what’s new
- From Victorian portraits through Nazi archives to NYC in the 70s: these photo works just earned major recognition
- BREAKING: A new Canon camera is coming next week!
- Saher Alghorra picked up his first camera less than a decade ago – but his Pulitzer-winning photos stopped me in my tracks
- Top quality primes are not cheap – but "one of the finest Nikon Z lenses we've ever seen" just dropped by £200
- Nikon is developing a 120-300mm f/2.8 with a built-in teleconverter, and I can already see pro photographers queuing up for one!
- Trail camera films exceedingly rare jaguar encounter in southern Arizona
- Rare Leica cameras with serious history are heading to auction — and one could reach nearly a $1 million!
May 6
- OWC is the latest memory card brand to announce yet another price hike
- For over one year, this camera has been No.1 in Japan – breaking sales records
- PolarPro’s new lens filter has half the glass missing – but that’s the point. This new camera filter keeps two things in focus at the same time
- An “achingly beautiful” photo series of life and death has just won a Pulitzer. Jahi Chikwendiu's series on young adult cancer brought immediate tears to my eyes
- Try not to wince at these poor cameras getting torture tested. NASA tests prove several off-the-shelf cameras can probably handle the extremes of space
- The No.1 budget retro camera drops £280 – paired with the "best pancake zoom lens ever"
- I don't even shoot APS-C, but I still want this super-telephoto workhorse lens
- Kodak goes big with new large-format film and 100ft bulk rolls
- This famous photo of New York workers eating lunch on a steel girder has been seen by billions, but the daredevil story of how it was photographed can only now be told
- The trendiest compact cameras in Japan right now have a key feature that’s hard to find on any smartphone
- Is your vintage film camera still telling the truth? Light meter watch could be more useful now than in film’s heyday
- Photographer captures Geminid meteors over giant telescope for the first time in stunning 400MP night sky panorama
May 5
- Want a more ergonomic thumb rest for your Leica? This one's made from steel usually used for SWORDS!
- Clusters of bright blue stars and glowing red gas clouds steal the show in this new Hubble image of a glittering galaxy that stopped me in my tracks
- NASA's biggest collection of Artemis II images is tucked away in this hidden album, from a colorful moon to star trails
- US$35 retro compact camera wins two major awards – it shoots 1.6MP low-resolution images
- This new compact camera mixes the real film look with in-camera special effects, thanks to a unique design
- This optional Instagram “AI creator” label is a step in the right direction – but I think it should be enforced
- This Milky Way photo looks out of this world – a perfect night sky over a surreal salt flat landscape
- If this rumor is true, "the perfect camera" just got even MORE perfect
- The world's greatest photography flea market returns to this small French town this June
May 4
- A US drone company is expanding amid the DJI drone ban. But as an American drone pilot, I’m not getting my hopes up yet
- This compact mirrorless is rising up the ranks of Japan’s best-selling cameras, but it hasn’t dethroned the Sony A7 V
- This sports photography trend feels like a gut punch. Sports stars are taking up photographers' courtside spots – but one change could be key
- Viral Sony 14-800mm f/0.5 is a myth, but these ‘impossible’ camera optics are as real as it gets!
- This Canon pro camcorder is a serious option for videomakers and live streaming – and the price has just dropped
- These 4 awe-inspiring photos show just what it takes to stand out amongst 10,000 images
- Revisiting Dorothea Lange's lost Californian valley: 3,200 photos from an almost-forgotten 1950s project just went free online
May 3
- "I have 1 second worth of success in photography, maybe 500 good pictures," says street photographer Matt Stuart. So are we all trying to achieve an impossible standard?
- Shot at 1/4000sec, this split-second frog photo proves that "Practice makes perfect" applies on both sides of the lens!
- This photographer spent 25 years documenting the small acts of kindness that often go unnoticed. His new book highlights "the art of being an American"
- No-edit photography: that's great if you’re an amateur, not so great if you want to be a recognized photographer!
May 2
- Shot on a 10-year-old DSLR and telephoto lens, this award-winning photo beautifully captures an elephant calf nestled beneath its mother
- Garden birds are dying and your bird feeder camera could be the unwitting accomplice
- New black-and-white monograph proves the “rollercoaster” of family life makes for the most powerful photos
- Where to submit your photographs in May 2026 for real exposure
May 1
- Looking for a RIDICULOUSLY cheap waterproof compact camera for the summer?
- Two years later, Instagram is finally giving photographers the same protection as videographers with this key change
- Researchers put a trail camera on a deer carcass. Four hours later, they had the “best trail camera capture yet" with first-ever footage of cougar cubs in Minnesota
- This YouTuber has "created a Ricoh GR IV clone for $200"
- Multiple 40-minute exposures identified hidden moon that even NASA’s Voyager 2 couldn’t detect
- Barmy mount adapter lets you put medium-format lenses on Nikon APS-C or full-frame cameras
- Adobe has been named to this influential list for keeping creators “in control of their process” in an AI era
- Britain in full color: why photographer Sophie Green refuses to make her subjects look grey
- These cameras and lenses have won seven major design awards for "innovation, quality, and influence" for just one company
- This common mistake could ruin your camera gear, says Canon – and most photographers don't even know about it
- New AI camera (not as bad as you think?) Is medium format superior? Why use custom buttons? It's the new Bokeh Face podcast!
- I can’t orbit the moon, but I can explore the universe from my backyard. As a photographer, I’m amazed at the space discoveries made possible with cameras
- Thypoch’s tiny new 28mm pancake lens brings 1950s charm to Leica M cameras
- Fujifilm’s stunning 102-megapixel compact camera just hit its lowest-ever price with over £600 off, thanks to a secret voucher code
- The Alfie BOXX camera may well be the most charming film photography Kickstarter of 2026 – and it's made from wood and brass!