Photography

Hot on the heels of Facebook's Ray-Ban Stories comes a pair of concept smart glasses from Chinese tech firm Xiaomi that don't just push notifications from a smartphone, but also sport some nifty independent functionality.

This year’s Drone Photo Award winners raise the bar for the art of drone photography, from an incredible close-up of a polar bear taking a nap to mind-bendingly surreal glimpse inside an erupting volcano.

Ever wondered what the inside of a dinosaur bone looks like in close-up? Or how about a few grains of pollen caught in knots of cotton fabric? Wonder no more thanks to hand-picked highlights from this year’s incredible Nikon Small World Competition.

Earlier this year, China's Vivo released its first handset created in collaboration with optics giant Zeiss, for the photo-centric X60. Now the partnership has put mobile photography in the frame again with the global launch of the X70 series.

Facebook is hoping that it can succeed where others have failed, and use its massive global presence to make smart glasses a worldwide hit, partnering with Ray-Ban to launch a pair of photo/video-capturing glasses called Ray-Ban Stories.

We're big fans of the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards – this contest always gives us a smile, and it's a good-hearted organization focused on conservation. Now the finalists have been announced for 2021 – here are our favorites from the crop.

We're already seeing smartphone cameras that break the 100-megapixel barrier, but now Samsung is aiming to double that with the launch of the ISOCELL HP1 – a 200-MP image sensor destined for the flagship handsets of tomorrow.

Oppo held an online presentation earlier today to show off the next-gen camera technology that's coming to its future phones, including a new image sensor, and a continuous optical zoom module with integrated optical image stabilization.

A groundbreaking video of single-celled organisms moving around the gut of a termite has won this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion Competition. In its 11th year, this video microscopy contest continues to deliver astounding glimpses of tiny worlds.

Back in May, Sharp announced the Aquos R6, a smartphone with a camera that rocked a 1-inch CMOS sensor developed with German imaging veteran Leica. Now Leica has essentially slightly repackaged that device for its first smartphone, the Leitz Phone 1.

A series of pared-back industrial images has won this year’s Minimalist Photography Awards. Founded just three years ago the contest has quickly become a highlight for simple, stylish and surreal photography.

A shot of two world-weary shepherds has won this year’s iPhone Photography Awards, the world’s longest running iPhone photography competition. In its 14th year, the contest well and truly showcases impressive modern smartphone camera technology.