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Amateur PhotographerReviews18 magnificent big and wild cats show the beauty and power of nature’s majestic predators Entries to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are always a stunning collection of life in our natural world.

Amateur PhotographerReviews2026 has been the weirdest year ever for camera releases. Here are the winners and losers so far… Three months into 2026 I knew this year was a weird one. Most obviously, the first quarter had seen no new camera announcements or launches .

Amateur PhotographerReviewsWatch out iPhone – Motorola just dropped the ultimate camera phone with the Signature 27 Motorola has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone featuring a special action sensor used for the first time in a smartphone.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsDon’t use this viral iPhone app – it might kill your phone! Seems like you can barely move for iPhone photo apps these days. Some are brilliant, some are good fun, some are perfect for editing on the go. And others are less so.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsIf you’re looking for a proper camera, then this is one of the cheapest – and it’s from a big brand! The Canon EOS 100 is a small, portable mirrorless camera that delivers consistently attractive JPEG files, with well-judged colour and exposure.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese alluring and provocative fashion photos will stop you in your tracks For Brazilian photographer Rafael Pavarotti, Fashion photography goes beyond the beautiful people in expensive clothes at extravagant locations. He wants to redefine how you see.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThis mini retro camcorder is the perfect Christmas gift – I know what I’m getting my nieces this year Camp Snap has announced the CS-8 Mini, a kid-friendly version of its Super 8-style lo-fi digital video camera .

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThis epic collection of street photos from 40 different US cities by the legendary Alex Webb took 16 years to create Since the mid-1970s Alex Webb has been photographing life across the United States of America, though he initially began working in black and white.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsI’ve never owned or used an iPhone – what am I missing? My instinct has never been to follow the herd; it’s always been to observe and analyse a trend and then look for an alternative.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThis fast, free film grain app gives your photos the film grain look like Kodak Gold – but there is one downside This might sound strange to younger generations, but there was once a time when film grain was considered undesirable.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsBest cameras for landscape photography in 2026 Welcome to our comprehensive guide to the best cameras for landscape photography. One of the most popular genres of shooting, landscape photography is inspiring, addictive and challenging in equal…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsDrone expert Ruko launches R1 MINI Robot Dog – it’s a great holiday season present! Amateur Photographer readers will already be familiar with the Ruko F11PRO 2 drone offering 4K video at 30fps and 6K stills, enabling anyone to achieve attention-grabbing, professional footage of the…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsBest Fujifilm X-mount lenses: get the most from your Fujifilm camera The best Fujifilm X-mount lenses are an integral part of why shooting on Fujifilm is so enjoyable. With fast apertures and stunning sharpness, these lenses can produce images with beautiful bokeh…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThe inside story of the erotic photos that broke Helmut Newton’s photography worldwide Though he was born Helmut Neustädter in Berlin back in 1920, by 1976 the world was arguably not fully appreciative of the immense talents of the photographer that millions came to know as Helmut…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsRemarkable anti-Trump protest photos through the lens of a legendary photographer In No Kings, Susan Meiselas captures images of people’ protest signs, and along with it, their hopes and dreams.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsCanon expands its accessory range with a clever new remote and microphone Canon just announced a new remote controller and a microphone for Canon cameras , expanding its accessory offering for both photography and video.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsAfter seeing these amazing images from the best film camera of the last decade, I’m definitely buying one (plus it comes in two new colours) Lomography is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Lomo MC-A analog compact camera , releasing two limited-edition updated versions, including one that’s gold-plated.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsDo we really need viewfinders on cameras anymore? I barely even use mine! A debate that will continue to rumble on for the foreseeable future is whether you use the viewfinder or the rear LCD screen .

Amateur PhotographerReviewsClassic film cameras from a company founded in 1756 – 70 years before photography was even invented! Let’s begin by getting the company name right. It’s not Voightlander, it’s Voigtländer – no ‘h’ and with an umlaut over the ‘a’. The umlaut is there to shift the stress to the second syllable.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsHow useful is a variable aperture on the new iPhone anyway? The iPhone 18 Pro has been announced and the new big feature is an adjustable iris on the main camera. The range of apertures available runs from f/1.48 to f/4.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsOur favourite photo taken by YOU! This week, an epic surfer – plus more wildlife, street and landscape shots Welcome to AP Picture of the Week! Every week we select the best of your photography on social media to be featured in our Good to Share segment in the magazine.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsRare and unseen David Bailey photos from his early days shooting 1960s London are a vintage visual treat Since the ‘Swinging ‘60s’, the name David Bailey has been synonymous with style, portraiture, fashion and being THE biggest name in British photography, with his roots steeped deeply in London.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsCasetify iPhone Ultra Impact case review – is this iPhone case really worth $100? Amateur Photographer verdict A very expensive case but with so many plus points – if you’re spending lots of money on a phone, it makes sense to protect it with the best case possible.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsBridge cameras are so much better than phones – so why aren’t there more of them about? Fixed lens compact cameras offer smaller, lightweight and easier-to-use alternatives to mirrorless cameras and DSLRs .

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The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

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