Photography

There are now a number of rigs in which smartphone photographers can mount their iPhone, allowing it to be used more like a real camera. The iPiX takes a different approach, in that it's an iPhone case with some camera-like features.

The Canarian Photo Awards is new photography competition, ostensibly founded to promote the magestic natural landscapes of the Canary Islands, the winning images also span the entire globe, delivering an epic assortment of spectacular shots.

Although many photographers like to stop and snap photos while cycling, they don't want their valuable DSLR to be swinging back and forth as they ride. The Porise camera strap was created with just such folks in mind.

Last year Insta360 introduced the One RS 1-Inch 360 Edition, a panoramic camera engineered in partnership with Leica. Well, the thing can now be used to shoot deeper underwater than ever before, thanks to Mantis Sub's RS360 watertight housing.

The winner of the latest Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition captured a stunning shot of two young salamanders being slowly devoured by a carnivorous plant. The contest, only in its fourth year, has already become a highlight on the annual photography competition calendar.

Although smartphones now shoot amazing video, their form factor still makes them difficult to hold steady while filming. The SmallRig P20 is the latest device designed to address that shortcoming, and it folds into a compact capsule when not in use.

Panasonic has launched the S5 Mk II full-frame mirrorless cameras at CES 2023, which sport a new sensor with phase-detection AF for fast and accurate subject tracking, can record 6K video at 30 fps, and there's a built-in fan for extended shooting.

Following another incredible year of spectacular photography contests, we've gathered a hand-picked selection of the best of the best. From curious polar bears to parasitic fungi, these are some of the most impressive images of 2022.

Most of us do fine with regular camcorders and smartphone cameras, but vloggers (video bloggers) have special requirements. The Amkov Pro is designed with such folks in mind, as it combines multiple vloggy features in a fairly inexpensive package.

Auroras are among the most mesmerizing natural phenomena you can experience. To celebrate the art of aurora imagery, travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its annual Northern Lights Photographer of the Year collection.

The latest chapter of the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, the most consistently spectacular photo contest, has delivered an awe-inspiring collection of images spanning fantasy-styled vistas to foreboding volcanic eruptions.

The winners of the 2022 Nature inFocus Photography Awards feature an assortment of extraordinary moments, including a rare glimpse of a jaguar prowling through a village, a pair of feral dogs encountering a porcupine, and a wolf taking on a termite mound.

While time-lapse videos can be striking, creating them involves leaving the camera in one place for the duration of the shoot. A new app allows such videos to be recorded on a smartphone, which can be moved and used for other things between shots.

The Urban Photo Awards delivers a reliably eccentric assortment of images focusing on the strange sights of city life. This year's winners feature massive gun collections, silently howling dogs and surreal COVID restrictions.

The fifth generation in a line of retro-styled mirrorless cameras that began in 2014 has been announced. The Fujifilm X-T5 gains a new sensor/processor combination, features in-body image stabilization, and can record 6.2K video with 10-bit color.