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Android Authority cameraReviewsSamsung hides these useful camera features by default — here’s how to unlock them Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Samsung’s Camera app is decent, and its settings menu lets you control the usual stuff like photo format, location tags, shooting methods, and more.

Android Authority cameraReviewsI compared this year’s two best camera phones to crown an ultimate champion Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The OPPO Find X10 Pro Max debuted the industry’s first triple 200-megapixel camera package, setting its sights on the top of the photography rankings.

Android Authority cameraReviewsThanks, Apple: Variable aperture and curved displays could be coming back to Android TL;DR A reliable source of leaks claims Chinese smartphone brands are considering variable aperture camera setups with a 200MP camera, following the iPhone 18 Pro’s release.

Android Authority cameraReviewsThis Ultra phone could destroy Samsung and Google with long-overdue zoom camera upgrade Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR The vivo X500 Ultra is reportedly being tested with a larger 200MP telephoto camera.

Android Authority cameraReviewsThis magnetic accessory brings true flash back to phones TL;DR The $85 Godox A2 brings real xenon flash to smartphones. It’s iPhone-only for now, but the company says Android support is “under development.” Android devices led the way with built-in xenon…

Android Authority cameraReviewsThis camera attaches to the back of your flagship phone, costs more than most phones Credit: HUAWEI TL;DR HUAWEI has launched the Mate 90, Mate 90 Pro, Mate 90 Pro Max, and Mate 90 RS Ultimate Design smartphones.

Android Authority cameraReviewsThis camera company is taking over Google Photos’ Print Store TL;DR Fujifilm is taking over Google Photos’ existing Print Store in the US. The store is now co-branded as Fujifilm for Google Photos Print Store, with Fujifilm handling operations, support, and the…

Android Authority cameraReviewsNever mind external lenses: This flagship could have an entire external camera instead Credit: Weibo/Digital Chat Station TL;DR HUAWEI’s Mate 90 Pro Max will apparently have a special edition model that supports an external camera.

Android Authority cameraReviewsThis dual 200MP flagship is telling Samsung how to build the Galaxy S27 Ultra better Credit: Xiaomi TL;DR Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max launch tomorrow with a rear screen and dual 200MP cameras. Xiaomi has detailed the two 200MP cameras, including specifications for both sensors.

Android Authority cameraReviewsInsta360 will soon let you create 3D scenes out of your videos Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR US Insta360 users will have access to a new “Spatial Capture” tab on September 28.

Android Authority cameraReviewsApple finally gives iPhone users the pro camera controls Android has had for years TL;DR Apple is bringing new pro camera controls to the iPhone 18 Pro models, including shutter speed, white balance, aperture, and a histogram.

Android Authority cameraReviewsThis $500 Android phone shows what Google still gets wrong with the Pixel 11 camera Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google launched the Pixel 11 series a little under a month ago, and there’s a lot to like here.

Android Authority cameraReviewsReolink’s new security camera has a clever way to address blind spots TL;DR The new Reolink OMVI 2i Ultra uses two cameras, allowing one to capture a wide view while the other tracks and zooms in on a subject.

Android Authority cameraReviewsWatch out, DJI: This pocket gimbal camera can turn into an action camera TL;DR The Hohem Eyepic is a 2-in-1 pocket gimbal camera. It can be detached from its gimbal and used as an action camera. It can also record vertical videos at 4K 60fps without any cropping.

Android Authority cameraReviewsGalaxy S25 gets one of the S26’s coolest camera tricks with One UI 9 Beta 1 Galaxy S25 Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR The Galaxy S25 is getting Samsung’s Horizontal Lock camera feature in One UI 9 Beta 1.

Android Authority cameraReviewsThe first phone with three 200MP cameras (!) is coming soon, and we have high hopes Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR A trusted leaker has claimed that the OPPO Find X10 Pro Max will be the world’s first phone with three 200MP cameras.

Android Authority cameraReviewsTesting the Galaxy S26 Plus at night exposes flagship smartphone cameras’ biggest mistake Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority When shopping for the best camera phones in the business, we’re increasingly spoilt for choice, with the best flagships offering multi-sensor setups with…

Android Authority cameraReviewsForget Flock — this system could let police track your car with help from your phone TL;DR Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions is proposing its SignalTrace tech to law-enforcement agencies.

Android Authority cameraReviewsInsta360 X6 launched: Bigger sensors, on-device AI editing, and a 140-minute battery TL;DR Insta360 has launched the X6, its new flagship 360 camera with larger 1/1.1-inch sensors and 8K video at 50fps.

Android Authority cameraReviewsYour Galaxy camera can secretly ditch 24MP for 12MP, and Samsung explains why TL;DR Samsung says Galaxy cameras can fall back to 12MP under certain conditions, even when set to 24MP in the Camera Assistant app.

Android Authority cameraReviewsSamsung’s latest 200MP sensor could be a fantastic upgrade for Galaxy S27 Ultra Credit: Stephen Radochia / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has announced the ISOCELL HPC 200MP camera sensor for smartphones.

Android Authority cameraReviewsSamsung might kill one of the Galaxy S27 Ultra’s rear cameras Credit: Brady Snyder / Android Authority TL;DR The Galaxy S27 Ultra will reportedly drop the 3x camera and switch to a triple rear camera system.

Android Authority cameraReviewsDJI’s cinematic Osmo Pocket 4P finally goes global after months of waiting Credit: DJI TL;DR DJI has officially launched the dual-lens Osmo Pocket 4P in global markets. The new model adds a dedicated 60mm portrait lens, a larger 1-inch sensor, 17 stops of dynamic range, and…

Android Authority cameraReviewsAdobe’s awesome Pixel Camera-ish iPhone app is getting even better TL;DR Adobe is introducing a new “AI Playground” feature in its Project Indigo iPhone camera app. The feature will let users make AI-powered edits to their photos.

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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