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In a major shift from what consumers have expected from point-and-shoot cameras, Canon’s newly-announced Powershot Zoom looks more like a golf rangefinder than it does a camera. But the change in design has its benefit...

The Nikon Z7 II is a not a completely new camera, instead building on the strong foundations of the original Z7 model from 2018. The Z7 II is predominantly aimed at DSLR upgraders or users moving from another brand, rath...

Hands-on with the Canon PowerShot Zoom From clunky concept mockup to final shipping product, the Canon PowerShot Zoom has been a long time coming. We first saw an early working sample at the CP+ show in Japan, last Febru...

Sony has announced that throughout the remainder of this week, it is offering a series of discounts across a number of its popular Sony Alpha cameras and lenses, as well as bundles, the RX lineup and accessories. The dea...

Critically acclaimed actor Viggo Mortensen speaking English, Spanish, Danish, French, Italian, Catalan and Arabic

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Chinese electronics manufacturer Vivo has won a Red Dot Award for its prototype design of a smartphone with a pop-up and removable camera unit. Called the IFEA, the company designed the smartphone in an attempt to glean ...

AI researchers at Microsoft reached a major milestone this week: they managed to create a new “artificial intelligence system” that is, in many cases, actually better than a human at describing the contents of a phot...

Robert Frank was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker whose 1958 book titled The Americans has been heralded as perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century. In this 16-minute video, photog...

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Selected from over 49,000 entries globally, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition sees some of the most spectacular images of animals in their natural habitat. This year’s winner, Sergey Gorshkov, took the ...

The single most important thing that you can do to look better in a Zoom meeting is to add better lighting. This will give you a significant quality improvement on a minimal investment. So… I decided to test out four d...

The winners of the second annual Close-Up Photographer of the Year contest were announced recently, showcasing some of the best “close-up, macro & micro photography” from around the globe and inspiring all of us to t...

My father was the archetypal collector. He had dozens of cameras and optical devices. Tens of thousands of LP record albums, and eventually even more CDs and DVDs. There were always books, in particular series of books. ...

Astrophotographers take note: according to a new report, Sony is working on “the world’s fastest 16mm full-frame lens.” The rumored 16mm f/1.8 GM will be the fastest and widest prime lens in the Sony G Master arsen...

As promised last month, Nikon has officially unveiled the new and improved Nikon Z6 II and Nikon Z7 II full-frame mirrorless cameras: iterations on the first generation that add some important features like dual card slo...

While in the call with Nikon the other afternoon, showed visible excitement for these new cameras. The Nikon Z6 II and the Nikon Z7 II can probably expect a refresh in another two years. But honestly, I think next might ...

Nikon has updated its full-frame mirrorless Z series with two second-gen camera bodies: the Z6 II and Z7 II. Both will offer dual Expeed 6 processors to boost buffer performance and top continuous shooting speeds, and ea...

Introduction Nikon has just announced the Z7 II, the second iteration of its high-resolution full-frame mirrorless camera. As the name implies, this is a refinement rather than a reimagining; so while the updates may not...

Canon has announced the successor to the “#1 selling mirrorless camera in the United States,” the EOS M50 Mark II mirrorless camera. Featuring a familiar 24.1 megapixel APS-C sized sensor, the M50 Mark II adds a few ...

If you've read our Declassified series, you'll know how much I geek out about spy-tech. And the Canon Powershot Zoom probably wasn't meant to be that kind of tech. In fact, Canon specifically referenced it as a viewer in...

The new Nikon Z7 II and Nikon Z6 II are the next-generation versions of its flagship Z7 and Z6 mirrorless cameras. They principally add dual EXPEED 6 processing engines, faster and deeper buffers, dual card slots and 4K/...