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Digital Camera WorldReviewsSirui Aurora 35mm f/1.4 review: a moderately wide-angle lens with a smorgasbord of features and high-quality construction I’ve been largely impressed with Sirui products over the years, and it’s been quite a few years at that. The company launched in 2001, becoming a well-known brand for tripods within five years.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsA forgotten Leica prototype could fetch €500,000 at auction – and only one working camera exists in the world Some Leica cameras are rare, but others are so extraordinary that they represent an almost forgotten chapter in the company's history.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsFor photographers who love DSLR cameras, the mighty Pentax K-1 II is now on sale at its lowest-ever price! DSLRs are not dead – and if you're craving that classic shooting experience, the Pentax K-1 Mark II is now just £1,399 at Wex Photo Video.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsI'm an optics expert, and these 7 Black Friday binocular deals deserve your attention today As someone who has spent years testing and reviewing binoculars, I always keep a close eye on the latest deals, particularly as we approach Black Friday .

Digital Camera WorldReviewsSony is shifting towards more expensive, high-end cameras. The strategy is working, even amid the memory crisis From the Sony A7 V to the A7R VI, a number of Sony’s latest camera launches have brought both a longer list of features and a higher price point.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsMade from a smashed disposable camera, this cheap mirrorless lens still has an adjustable aperture and comes in multiple mounts The growth of the retro camera look has sparked a resurgence in disposable cameras – but one start-up is taking the lens from a recycled disposable camera and building a compact mirrorless lens with…

Digital Camera WorldReviewsLumix is 25 years old –and Panasonic is throwing parties all over the globe to celebrate Panasonic is celebrating 25 years of the Lumix brand – and to mark the occasion, it's hosting a series of events around the world where you're invited to see what makes the brand special.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsWandrd Magnetic Camera Strap review: The magnets aren't the only magic As a photographer who shoots with multiple camera bodies depending on the scenario, I’m forever moving a camera strap from one body to the other – and that’s not always the easiest task.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsCamp Snap just shrank its viral retro camcorder in half with the colorful CS-8 Mini – and the reason why goes back to its roots When screen-free camera maker Camp Snap launched its first retro camcorder, it grabbed the attention of celebrities and creators for its old-school looks.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsI’m a Nikon expert, but this image is of no camera I’ve ever seen – I’m hoping it’s the rumored Nikon Z70 I used to be the deputy editor of N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine , so I hope I can claim to know a Nikon camera when I see one.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsMotorola's new flagship phone has a world-first action sensor – but can a phone camera really freeze motion? Motorola has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Motorola Signature 27, and while the company has packed in plenty of premium features, one particular camera mode caught my attention as it…

Digital Camera WorldReviews20 award-winning images chosen in a global vote of over 800,000 – from birds and landscapes to street photography More than 800,000 voters from around the world have chosen the People's Choice winners at the British Photography Awards 2026.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsVenus Optics doesn’t do ‘ordinary’, and it’s latest Laowa 24mm f/2 Zero-D Tilt-Shift camera lens is anything but… Tilt-shift lenses are the darlings of architectural photography. The shift function can correct the perspective error that makes tall buildings look like they’re leaning inwards towards the top.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsLaowa 24mm f/2 Zero-D Tilt-Shift review: tilt, shift and full axis rotation for many and varied mirrorless cameras, and with no noticeable distortion Tilt-shift, or ‘perspective control’ lenses are often regarded as essential tools by architectural and landscape photographers, and more besides.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsGet 16 bonus gifts with the December 2026 issue of Digital Camera magazine The world's leading digital photography magazine, Digital Camera launched in 2002 and has been helping photographers of all skill levels to improve their images ever since.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsCaptured in Indonesia on a 10-year-old DSLR camera, this colorful underwater macro photo wins a top prize A colorful underwater macro image captured in Lembeh, Indonesia, has been recognized with a major photography award.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsI didn’t think the price on Nikon’s best pro camera could get any better – then it did. The “spiritual successor to the D850” is now $1,100 off The Nikon Z8 is arguably the brand’s best pro-grade camera – and really, it’s the mirrorless take on my all-time favorite DSLR, the D850.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsPortable charging is essential for mountaineering photography, and this new flashlight-boasting, lightweight power bank might be my new favorite Anyone who shoots mountaineering photography knows all too well the fear of running out of juice before getting back to base.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsThis LEGO camera is the most fun photography deal I’ve found ahead of Black Friday The Lego Creator 3-in-1 Retro Camera has dropped to just £14.99 on Amazon , down from £17.99 and saving you £3 on one of the most charming photography-themed sets around.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsThis LEGO retro camera is the most fun photography deal I’ve found for $15.99 The Lego Creator 3-in-1 Retro Camera has dropped to just $15.99 on Amazon , down from $19.99 and saving you $4 on one of the most charming photography-themed sets around.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsWhy do we want better smartphone cameras but worse dedicated cameras? Something interesting is happening in photography. Data shows consumers are increasingly buying premium camera phones.

Digital Camera WorldReviewsPhotographer stacks 7 extension tubes and a pair of teleconverters onto a 400mm lens and is forced to focus 10ft away Photographer, videographer and all-around curious chap Max Adams (@max_madeit) has released several Instagram Reels of a jaw-dropping macro setup involving multiple extension tubes , teleconverters…

Digital Camera WorldReviewsNow 96, Ghana’s first photojournalist is a genre-bending storyteller. James Barnor's Outstanding Contribution to Photography When photographer James Barnor first began his career, he became Ghana’s first photojournalist. Now, Barnor has spent eight decades photographing people and their stories – and he is just as well…

Digital Camera WorldReviewsThe Nikon Z7: A high-res full-frame camera for the price of an entry-level mirrorless The Nikon Z7 is trending, which is a curious instance given that the first-generation Z-Series camera was released way back in 2018 and has long since been discontinued.

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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