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Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI bought a digital camera for my kid, but all she does is play games on it, so I'm getting this 4-star device instead — and it's just $30 I wanted to get my kid a cheap camera that she would actually use; here's the one I picked.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsTom's Guide Awards 2026: Our favorite action cameras, film cameras, drones and more These are the Tom’s Guide Awards 2026 winners in our photography category which includes everything from mirrorless and action cameras to drones.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI tested the new Insta360 X6 for a month to see if it's really worth $700 The Insta360 X6 is the latest flagship 360 camera from the best in the business. It’s a major improvement on the fantastic X5, but that comes at a serious price.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsCamp Snap 2 review: Snap harder The Camp Snap 2 is the upgrade I didn’t know I needed, with an improved design and built-in filters, but some issues from the Original Camp Snap linger.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI tested the Insta360 Luna Ultra for a month and it’s become my go-to camera as a content creator The Insta360 Luna Ultra is the the perfect tool for solo content creators like myself.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsThe best tech of 2026 (so far): 26 products we've actually tested, rated and loved Here are our favorite products from 2026 after 6 months of non-stop testing.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsThe DJI Flip just hit its lowest price — take to the skies for just $349 this Prime Day Let your creativity take flight with these best Amazon Prime Day DJI drone deals and DJI action cam bargains.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsFujifilm Instax cameras are on sale for Prime Day — here's my favorite deals from someone who's owned one since 2012 I've had my Instax Mini since 2012 and I still reach for it constantly. Here are the three Prime Day deals worth knowing about, whatever your budget or skill level.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsPrime Day camera discounts — here's how I'd upgrade my kitbag Some solid deals on offer, particularly from Canon, GoPro and DJI

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsThe iPhone camera may finally catch up to Android in a big way with iOS 27 — here's how Professional camera controls could be coming to your iPhone as part of the iOS 27 update.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsYou don’t need to upgrade your camera just because a new one has come out — here are 5 older cameras that still take stunning photos Just because a new camera is on the block doesn't mean you need to buy it because old cameras still take beautiful photos. Here are my top picks.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI tested the DJI RS 5 — and it's a super charged gimbal that content creators will love With its faster setup and integrated tracking, the DJI RS5 is the best gimbal for mirrorless cameras.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI tested DJI’s new Osmo Pocket 4 — this is the only tool I'll recommend to content creators from now on The DJI Osmo Pocket 4 is the best all-in-one package for content creators, and there isn’t even any competition.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI test compact and film cameras for a living, and here are my top 12 recommendations for the summer Summer is a great time of the year to hang out with friends and family and make and capture memories. Here are my favorite compact and film cameras for it.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsSony just announced the 2026 World Photography Awards results — here are the winners Here are the winners from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 — and how to enter next year's competition.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI've spent two years testing 300 cameras, earbuds, drones, keyboards and more — here are my favorites from each category As a reviews writer, I've tested many tech products, including but not limited to cameras, keyboards, boots, and more. Here are the ones I've loved the most.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI ignored TikTok and got these two 10-year-old compact cameras for less than half the price of a Fuji X100VI Ignore the hype and save your money.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsThese $20 lens filters are a cheat code for cinematic photography — check out the results Can a $20 mist filter make your photography feel more cinematic? You bet your backside it can.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsSorry GoPro, the DJI Osmo Action 6 just won the action camera war The DJI Osmo Action 6 is the finest action camera you can buy. Fantastic image quality, best-in-class battery life and more… all for less than a GoPro.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsViltrox announced a new lens adapter that brings AF to your vintage Cine lenses Viltrox just announced a new lens adapter to bring AF to a wide array of vintage Cine lenses, using lens calibration profiles to cover a wide array of older glass.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsMy favorite retro compact camera just got a major glow-up — but should you buy the original or the new model? Camp Snap has released a new version of its iconic screen-free camera, but is it worth splashing the extra cash?

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsI’ve been testing this screen-free compact camera, and now I never leave the house without it The CS-Pro is the new digital camera from Camp Snap that improves on its predecessor, and it’s become a staple in my photography routine.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsThe Fujifilm X-E5 puts the fun back into photography — here’s why it’s my favorite purchase this year The Fujifilm X-E5 is my best purchase of the year, and it’s the only camera I would recommend for everyone.

Tom's Guide camerasReviewsGot a Fujifilm for Christmas? I've been shooting Fuji for 10 years and these are the lenses you should buy I've been shooting Fujifilm for a decade. If you've just got one for Christmas you might be wondering which lenses are worth your time. Allow me to help!

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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