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Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 35mm F1.8 EVO Review The Viltrox AF 35mm F1.8 EVO is a new super-affordable wide-angle prime lens for Sony full-frame cameras.

Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 55mm F1.8 EVO Review The Viltrox AF 55mm F1.8 EVO is a new super-affordable standard prime lens for Sony full-frame cameras.

Photography BlogReviewsFujifilm XC 13-33mm F3.5-6.3 OIS Review The XC 13-33mm F3.5-6.3 OIS is the smallest and lightest zoom lens available for Fujifilm X-series compact system cameras.

Photography BlogReviewsFujifilm X-T30 III Review The X-T30 III is the latest mid-range mirrorless camera from Fujifilm, boasting a 26 megapixel APS-C sensor, 6K/30p video recording, 30fps burst shooting and subject-detection auto-focusing.

Photography BlogReviewsSony FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS Review The FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS is a brand new macro lens for Sony Alpha full-frame cameras. Read our full in-depth review complete with sample images to find out why we think this is the new gold…

Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 50mm F1.4 PRO Z Review The Viltrox AF 50mm F1.4 PRO is a brand new fast standard prime lens for Nikon Z full-frame cameras. Offering a maximum aperture of f/1.4 in an all-metal weather-proof design, is this 50mm lens worth…

Photography BlogReviewsSony A7 V Review The Sony Alpha A7 V is a brand new 33 megapixel, 4K/120p video, 30fps burst shooting, full-frame mirrorless camera designed to be a great all-rounder for both stills and video.

Photography BlogReviewsNikon Coolpix P1100 Review The Nikon Coolpix P1100 is a new super-zoom bridge camera with an astonishing 125x zoom lens, providing an effective focal range of 24-3000mm!

Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 16mm F1.8 L Review The AF 16mm F1.8 L is Viltrox's first ever lens for the Panasonic, Sigma and Leica "L-mount" full-frame mirrorless camera system, after they joined the L-mount Alliance in September 2025.

Photography BlogReviewsNikon Z 28‑400mm f/4‑8 VR Review The Z 28‑400mm f/4‑8 VR is a 14x super-zoom travel lens that's designed to be both compact and light yet still deliver great image quality.

Photography BlogReviewsNikon Z 24‑105mm f/4‑7.1 Review The brand new Z 24‑105mm f/4‑7.1 is a standard zoom lens that's designed to be lightweight and compact yet still versatile. How does this very affordable lens perform?

Photography BlogReviewsFujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema Review The brand new Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Cinema combines a digital camera with an Instax printer to take photos and make prints from the same device.

Photography BlogReviewsLeica Q3 Monochrom Review The Leica Q3 Monochrom is a 60 megapixel full-frame compact camera with a fixed 28mm lens that only shoots in black and white.

Photography BlogReviewsPanasonic Lumix S1 II Review The Lumix S1 II is a high-end hybrid camera that can shoot 24 megapixel photos at 70fps and record C4K/4K 120p video.

Photography BlogReviewsNikon Z 35mm f/1.2 S Review The Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 S is a professional wide-angle prime lens for Nikon's Z-series full-frame mirrorless cameras.

Photography BlogReviewsNikon Z 50mm f/1.4 Review The Z 50mm f/1.4 is a fast fifty standard lens for Nikon's full-frame mirrorless camera system. Is this new prime offering a classic focal length worth its very modest £449 / $499 asking price?

Photography BlogReviewsCanon EOS R6 Mark III Review The Canon EOS R6 Mark III wants to be the only full-frame mirrorless camera that you'll need, whether you shoot stills, video or a mixture of both.

Photography BlogReviewsCanon RF 85mm F1.4L VCM Review Although it's not quite the fastest 85mm lens available for Canon full-frame mirrorless shooters, the new RF 85mm f/1.4L VCM promises to be the best all-rounder in terms of performance, features and…

Photography BlogReviewsCanon RF 20mm f/1.4L VCM Review The Canon RF 20mm f/1.4L VCM is a super-wide mirrorless camera lens with a super-fast maximum aperture and a super-high price tag. Is it as superlative as it looks?

Photography BlogReviewsCanon RF 45mm F1.2 STM Review The RF 45mm F1.2 STM is a new super-fast standard prime lens for Canon EOS R full-frame mirrorless cameras. Priced at just £479.99 / €549.99 / $469.99, it's also something of a bargain.

Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 35mm F1.2 Lab Review Do you want an affordable and fast moderate wide-angle prime lens for your Nikon full-frame mirrorless camera?

Photography BlogReviewsViltrox AF 56mm F1.2 Pro Review Do you want an affordable and fast portrait prime lens for your Nikon APS-C mirrorless camera? Then look no further than the brand new AF 56mm F1.2 Pro from Viltrox, which costs just £530 / $580 in…

Photography BlogReviewsNikon ZR Review The Nikon ZR is a cinema-focused camera with some cutting-edge features at a disruptively affordable price-point.

December 8, 2025

Photography BlogReviewsSony A7 V vs Panasonic Lumix S1 II - Which is Better? The Panasonic Lumix S1 II that was announced in May 2025 and the Sony A7 V that was revealed in December 2025 have similar key specifications, so which of these 35mm full-frame sensor mirrorless…

December 2, 2025

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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