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DroneDJDronesUS Marine Corps share videos of what training with drones looks like As drones move to become more integrated into the common unit, the US Marines share what that sort of training looks like both early on and in large scale exercises. more…

DroneDJDronesABZ Innovation opens massive new drone production hub in Europe Europe is getting a much bigger drone factory, and this one is focused on civilian work. ABZ Innovation has officially opened a new manufacturing facility in Szentendre, Hungary, which the company…

DroneDJDronesDJI SDR Transmission 2 brings 4K HDR to crowded film sets DJI is taking another swing at one of the less glamorous, and surprisingly frustrating, parts of professional filmmaking: getting a clean camera feed where it needs to go.

DroneDJDronesFrameTap just got better, and DJI Pocket 4P owners will notice DJI’s latest Osmo Pocket 4P firmware update is less about adding another headline-grabbing shooting mode and more about making the tiny dual-lens camera much easier to use in real-world creator…

DroneDJDronesYour DJI Osmo Pocket 4 just learned some impressive new tricks DJI Osmo Pocket 4 was already a ridiculously capable camera for something you can slip into a pocket. Now, DJI has quietly handed owners another reason to leave their bigger camera at home. more…

DroneDJDronesDrone Assistant wants to make international drone rules less painful For commercial drone operators, flying the drone can sometimes be the easy part. Figuring out whether you’re actually allowed to fly it is another story.

DroneDJDronesEmesent scanners can now send point clouds straight into Trimble If you’ve ever dealt with a massive point cloud file and wondered where it fits into the rest of your project, Emesent and Trimble are trying to make that process a little less painful.

DroneDJDronesAirwise adds another Remote ID partner to its airspace platform Drone operators aren’t the only ones who need to know what’s flying nearby. Airports, utilities, energy companies and critical infrastructure operators also need visibility into drones operating…

DroneDJDronesAlabama photographer’s $5,000 DJI drone shot out of the sky A routine real estate shoot in Alabama took a dramatic turn when a photographer says someone fired a gun at his drone, sending a DJI Mavic 4 Pro crashing out of the sky. more…

DroneDJDronesFCC drone ban could put America’s aerial light shows at risk The Federal Communications Commission’s proposed crackdown on foreign-made drones is starting to look a lot bigger than a fight over DJI.

DroneDJDronesPolice officer faces misconduct hearing after drone hits child A police drone operator in the UK is facing disciplinary proceedings after a DJI Matrice 30T struck an overhead cable and then seriously injured a child on the ground. more…

DroneDJDronesTeledyne lands major deal as Europe ramps up drone production Europe’s push to build more of its own drone capabilities just picked up another sizable industrial commitment.

DroneDJDronesAirData brings DVR-style rewind to drone live streaming As drone operations become increasingly remote, it’s not always possible for every decision-maker to be watching a live video feed the moment something important happens.

DroneDJDronesAdvanced drone sensors now closer to Canada’s critical industries Industrial drones have become far more than flying cameras. Today, they’re carrying sophisticated sensors capable of mapping underground utilities, detecting methane leaks, measuring underwater…

DroneDJDronesDJI says FCC is going too far with its latest drone ban proposal American drone pilots are already feeling the impact of Washington’s crackdown on Chinese drones. Thanks to existing restrictions, DJI’s latest Lito series still isn’t officially available in the US.

DroneDJDronesDJI FlightHub 2 On-Premises gets major enterprise upgrade As governments, utilities, and critical infrastructure operators increasingly demand tighter control over where their drone data lives, DJI has been steadily expanding a version of its enterprise…

DroneDJDronesElroy Air’s Chaparral flies pilot-free under FAA oversight The future of cargo delivery may have just taken a significant leap forward. California-based Elroy Air says it has successfully completed the first fully autonomous, uncrewed flights authorized…

DroneDJDronesIFA 2026: Potensic bets big on Atom 3 Compact drones continue to dominate the consumer market, and Potensic is using IFA 2026 to show why its latest model deserves a spot on buyers’ shortlists.

DroneDJDronesNestGen 2026: How Shell, LA Metro, and others are scaling drone AI As autonomous drones transition from pilot projects to everyday business tools, one of the industry’s biggest virtual events is set to showcase how organizations are making that shift at scale. more…

DroneDJDronesDJI Mimo app gets new tricks for photos, videos, and sharing When DJI launches new cameras, most of the attention naturally goes to the hardware. But anyone who regularly shoots with an Osmo Pocket, Osmo Mobile, or the company’s growing lineup of handheld…

DroneDJDronesDJI Neo hits record low before tariffs shake drone prices You rarely see a product become more tempting just as the odds of buying it cheaply start shrinking. But that’s exactly what’s happening with the DJI Neo “follow-me” drone. more…

DroneDJDronesGoPro MAX2 camera unlocks pro video tools in free update How many times have you looked back at a vacation video and wished you’d captured just a little more ? With a 360 camera, you don’t have to worry about what’s in the frame.

DroneDJDronesLive from IFA: DJI unveils the Osmo 360 II DJI is back with another 360 action camera to keep the pressure on its competitors. The camera sees an overall spec boost, a new square sensor, new AI tools for better low light performance, and the…

DroneDJDronesDefense drone maker Easy Aerial raises $20 million for expansion Easy Aerial is gearing up for its next phase of growth after closing a $20 million Series B funding round, giving the US-based autonomous drone company more firepower to expand production, strengthen…

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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