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DPReviewReviewsSony FE 400mm F4.5 GM sample gallery: animals from Oregon to Montana From close-up zoo subjects to distant Montana wildlife, here's how Sony's lightweight 400mm F4.5 GM performs in the field.

Camera DecisionReviewsNikon ZR vs Nikon Z8: $1,200 Apart, and Only One of Them Has a Viewfinder A reader lined the Nikon ZR up against the Nikon Z8 in our size tool this week, and it is a better question than it looks. Same mount, same sealing, same missing mechanical shutter.

Sony Alpha RumorsRumoursNew Sigma Lens reviews by Petapixel, Northrup and Abbott Preorders are now open: Sigma 85mm f/1.2 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK, ParkUK.

Engadget CamerasTechWired vs. wireless charging: Which is better for battery health? Wireless charging offers convenience, to be sure, but how does it affect your battery over time? And is it a problem if your phone heats up?

DroneXLDronesAmazon Plans Portland Drone Hub in a State That Fought FAA Review Amazon asked Portland, Oregon to review a Prime Air drone hub at its Schmeer Road warehouse for early 2027, under a national FAA review Oregon's AG fought.

Smartphone photography (GSMArena)TechOppo Find X10 series launch set, Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra to pack M16 OLEDs, Week 38 in review Another week in the books, these were the top stories in the third week of September. Oppo confirmed its launch plans for the Find X10 series.

FstoppersReviewsI Tested Every Aperture on the iPhone 18 Pro Since Apple's keynote I have made two videos about the iPhone 18 Pro's new variable aperture lens, and in both of them I made predictions about how it would actually perform.

CameralabsReviewsHasselblad X2D II 100C review The Hasselblad X2D II 100C has a 100 Megapixel medium format sensor, 1TB of built-in storage, IBIS, a refreshingly different UI and a cunning approach to HDR and displays that’s way ahead of rivals.

CameralabsReviewsPanasonic Lumix L10 review The Panasonic Lumix L10 is a premium compact camera with a 3x zoom, 20MP photos, powerful video features, flip-screen and viewfinder. Here's my review!…

CameralabsReviewsSony RX10 V review Sony's RX10 V becomes the most powerful super-zoom camera, sporting a 24-600 range, decent sensor, great autofocus and weather-sealing.

SLR LoungeReviewsViltrox 90mm f/2.2 EVO Review | A Professional Portrait Lens Shouldn’t Be This Compact! A 90mm, crop-sensor (APSC) portrait prime is indeed a rare thing. Why? Because let’s be honest: there are already so many full-frame 85mm f/1.8 primes. Some good, some bad.

Mirrorless Rumors

Mirrorless RumorsRumoursDavid Imel Says Hasselblad Tried to Force Talking Points Into His X2D II Review In a recent interview, David Imel described being approached to review the Hasselblad X2D II. The opportunity came with a significant condition: they gave him a list of specific points he had to…

Adorama 42WestReviewsGoPro Mission 1 Pro Hands-On: Not Just an Action Camera Having used the GoPro MISSION 1 PRO, this is what I have concluded after 2 weeks: the GoPro MISSION 1 PRO is what you want it to be. An action camera? Absolutely! A tool for cinematic footage?

Sony Alpha UniverseMakersSony 400mm f/4.5 GM & 600mm f/6.3 GM Review Roundup: Super-Telephoto Reach, Without The Weight Early reviewers share the same idea: these lenses make focal lengths that once demanded a much bigger commitment feel far more practical to carry and use.

OpticalLimitsReviewsNikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 Review The Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 is another budget prime lens in Nikon’s lens lineup. It very much resembles the Nikkor Z 40mm f/2 that we reviewed just before this one.

LenstipReviewsSamyang AF 24-60 mm f/2.8 FE - lens review We invite you to read our latest lens review. This time, we have taken a close look at the optical and mechanical properties of the Samyang AF 24-60mm f/2.8 FE, a model developed in collaboration…

Steve Huff PhotoReviewsThe Cure for CRAZY HiFi Prices? Triangle Solstice 8 Review The Triangle solstice 8 are the tower speakers in the all new lineup. I tested with several amps and at $2799 for a pair, these may be the one!

Steve Huff PhotoReviewsAccuphase E-3000 Integrated Amp Review. Oh My Soul! The Accuphase E-3000 Integrated amp may be the starter amp in the brands integrated lineup but see what it's so much more than this in the full review here!

LenstipReviewsSirui Aurora 35 mm f/1.4 - lens review We invite you to read our latest lens review. This time, we took a close look at the Sirui Aurora 35 mm f/1.4, designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras with Sony FE, Nikon Z, and L-mounts.

LenstipReviewsViltrox AF 55 mm f/1.8 EVO - lens review We invite you all to read another lens test. This time, our procedures focused on a full-frame lens with classic, standard parameters: the Viltrox AF 55 mm f/1.8 EVO.

Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 35mm F1.8 EVO Review The Viltrox AF 35mm F1.8 EVO is a new super-affordable wide-angle prime lens for Sony full-frame cameras.

Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 55mm F1.8 EVO Review The Viltrox AF 55mm F1.8 EVO is a new super-affordable standard prime lens for Sony full-frame cameras.

Photography BlogReviewsFujifilm XC 13-33mm F3.5-6.3 OIS Review The XC 13-33mm F3.5-6.3 OIS is the smallest and lightest zoom lens available for Fujifilm X-series compact system cameras.

Casual PhotophileFilmLemons and Lemonade – a Review of the Pentax PC35AF James reviews the Pentax PC35AF, a compact film camera from 1982 that's often more trouble than it's worth.

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo