Browsing: Cameras

Almost all of the big names in cameras — Canon, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm, Panasonic, OM System, Sigma, Ricoh, Pentax and others — hail from Japan, the birthplace of digital photography.

Action cameras are designed to be tough, surviving drops, knocks and being fully submersible. But DJI just upped the ante with the most extreme durability test; fixing twelve unmodified Osmo Action 6’s to LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 reusable rocketfor its orbital launch and return to earth.

The winners announcement of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is one of my favorite dates in the photographic calendar. It seems like every year the winning and commended photographers outdo themselves in capturing vivid, fascinating stories from the natural world.

In photography, we often say that the best camera is the one you have with you. While that expression rings even more true with the impressive level of smartphone cameras these days, there’s still an argument to be made for buying a digital camera that can deliver better photos and offer an engaging and rewarding…

In December 2025, a Georgia motorcyclist received a citation with an unusual detail buried in the ticket text: “CAPTURED ON FLOCK CAMERA 31 MM 1 HOLDING PHONE IN LEFT HAND.” No traffic stop. No officer. Just a plate-reader image and an envelope in the mail. Flock Safety spent years telling cities, cops, and the public…

The global shipment numbers for digital cameras sold in 2025 are in from Nikkei Inc (see boxout) and they make for encouraging reading for the industry as a whole. But the news is particularly good if you’re a fan of Canon or Fujifilm.

Price and technical complexity put most people off ever trying off-camera flash photography — and if you’re in that camp, I implore you to consider the Godox iT32.

While the public backlash against Flock’s camera technology continues, it seems it’s not damaging the company’s bottom line too much: Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley says that drones are “probably our fastest growing business right now”, accounting for just under half of forward-looking revenue at the last count.

Since today is World Photography Day, it’s the perfect time for us camera nerds to celebrate our artistic medium and some of its greatest successes. For my part, I’ve been spending this day in the company of these stunning Polaroid collages by the late, great David Hockney.

The Thermal Master DV2 is a handheld thermal imaging monocular that the maker positions in different ways depending on which storefront is visited. On its own birdwatching page, it is billed as the first dedicated thermal camera built specifically for spotting birds and wildlife.