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DPReviewReviewsMeet the photographers selected for VSCO’s US billboard project The Fifty’s completed lineup represents all 50 states, with images exploring everything from family farms to cultural identity.

DPReviewReviewsThis travel photographer’s most essential accessory isn’t a lens – it’s a headlamp From ornate churches in Lyon to coastal treks before sunrise, CamerEyes shares what’s in his bag. What’s the one accessory you won’t leave home without?

DPReviewReviewsLaowa says its new 24mm F2 is the fastest tilt-shift lens yet The $1249 lens offers up to ±10° of tilt and ±12mm of shift, with versions for several full-frame mirrorless systems as well as Fujifilm GFX and Hasselblad X.

DPReviewReviewsSigma FP2 is more than twice as fast as predecessor Sensor reads out a fraction faster than its 1/50 sec flash sync suggests, and otherwise a match for Nikon’s ZR. DPReview When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission.

DPReviewReviewsWhat’s your favorite local photography spot? You don’t need distant Antarctic penguins or Amazon harpy eagles to take a great photo. Tell us about a spot nearer to your home that you keep coming back to.

DPReviewReviewsWhat’s the Sigma’s FP2 for? making sense of a camera that fits between the usual categories Its basic feature set might seem pared back, but it can be many cameras to many people. And not just for video.

DPReviewReviewsNikon shares a few more details about the ZR’s first big update Firmware V2 for the camera is still scheduled to release by the end of the year, Mitchell Clark Nikon has released a few more details about the upcoming v2.0 firmware for its video-focused ZR, which…

DPReviewReviewsPremiere mobile is getting free pop music you’ll actually want in your video Adobe had partnered with UMG and WMG to give you access to clips of songs from some of the most popular artists in your edits.

DPReviewReviewsTriple lightning over NYC and a tornado: Weather Photographer of the Year 2026 finalists Selected from more than 5,500 entries across 13 countries, the 30 shortlisted images include wildfires, floods and retreating glaciers. Vote for your Public Favorite by November 5.

DPReviewReviewsThe eerie atmosphere of liminal spaces, captured by DPReview readers Viewing liminal spaces often evokes strong emotions. The community captured some of their local places in our latest mini-challenge.

DPReviewReviewsRicoh GR Space coming to New York this winter The company’s latest social and gallery space is coming to the U.S., soon. DPReview Ricoh Americas has announced that it will open a GR Space in New York City: the first in North America.

DPReviewReviewsAffinity for iPad is finally here – and its core tools are free Canva’s all-in-one creative app brings photo editing, vector design and page layout to Apple’s tablets, with a new workspace built for Apple Pencil.

DPReviewReviewsPulling focus: a few new video features don’t mean camera makers gave up on photography Video is key to some of the niches camera makers are looking to expand into, but that doesn’t mean they’re solely focused on video, now.

DPReviewReviewsFujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 review: A hybrid instant camera that changed my mind I thought previewing photos would take the fun out of instant photography. Instead, the Mini Evo 2 made me want to experiment.

DPReviewReviewsThe best cameras under $2000 in 2026 What’s the best camera for around $2000? These midrange cameras should have capable autofocus systems, lots of direct controls and the latest sensors offering great image quality.

DPReviewReviewsBest used camera deals on MPB this week: X-T3, Nikon Z6, Leica Q3 and more MPB has quietly dropped prices on some of its most popular used bodies and lenses. Here are 14 cameras and primes that clear the bar on condition rating, warranty and price.

DPReviewReviewsCanon says camera prices could rise in 2027 if memory costs stay high, and it’s not the only camera maker feeling the squeeze Canon no longer expects memory prices to ease next year as AI demand strains supply, and says it will look to pass higher costs on to buyers.

DPReviewReviewsSony fully unveils its massive, $80,000 Rialto 65 cinema sensor The things I’d do for a chance to shoot with this… Sony Earlier this year, Sony announced it was working on the Rialto 65, a module for the Venice 2 cinema camera that replaces the camera’s standard…

DPReviewReviewsSirui’s $149 autofocus primes are light on price, not features With 20mm F2.4 and 40mm F2.2 options, the new Swift series gives Sony E, Fujifilm X, and L-mount users more budget-friendly choices.

DPReviewReviewsFrom Japan to Finland, this photographer finds a fresh perspective on architecture DPReview community member Andrew Keithly photographs architecture with a Sony kit and a patient eye. What helps you see a familiar scene differently when you focus on it?

DPReviewReviewsThrowback Thursday: Panasonic’s quarter century of camera innovation It’s twenty-five years this week since Panasonic released its first digital cameras, and it’s contributed a lot to the industry in the meantime DPReview It was twenty-five years ago this week that…

DPReviewReviewsViltrox rounds out its F1.4 Pro trio with an $829 35mm prime Available for Sony E and Nikon Z mounts, the weather-sealed lens promises flagship image quality and fast autofocus Viltrox When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a…

DPReviewReviewsCapture One adds stray hair removal and more precise color editing The latest update adds new portrait retouching tools to Capture One, alongside a redesigned Advanced Color Editor.

DPReviewReviewsNikon’s $13,999 120-300mm F2.8 with a built-in teleconverter is here A pro lens with a pro price. Nikon When you use DPReview links to buy products, the site may earn a commission.

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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