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Amateur PhotographerReviewsNeed more colour in your life? These are our favourite street, nature and portrait photographs featuring the whole rainbow The team shares their favourite colour-drenched photographs from the Celebrating Colour category of International Amateur Photographer of the Year

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese lipsmackingly gorgeous photos of New York City’s famous diners and luncheonettes have got me seriously hungry right now! James T. and Karla L. Murray’s latest book is a delightful blend of architectural beauty and retro charm

Amateur PhotographerReviewsAre you a ‘camera hugger’? Why switching cameras may be the biggest mistake of your life You’ve done the research, paid the money, become familiar with its quirks and getting the best out of it – but there’s always a tempting new camera to encourage us to part ways with our existing one.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThink street photography is just New York and Paris? Well think again – this incredible collection from Africa will blow you away This volume of contemporary work from across Africa is a must-buy for any street photography fan, says Amy Davies

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese intriguing film photographs offer a fresh edgy take on fashion imagery. You should definitely check them out today Evan dos Santos shares more about his fashion photography taken on film and his approach, inspirations and gear

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThanks for reviving the PEN, OM System – what about bringing back an affordable compact camera like the Olympus Mju, too? What’s next for OM System following its re-branded re-issue of the Olympus PEN? Now Fujifilm’s shown how it’s done with its Instax Pal 2, let’s bring back the digital Mju / Stylus compact to…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsGoPro officially joins Micro Four Thirds – is it about to make a true MFT camera? The Mission 1 Pro ILS, the only MFT camera in GoPro’s current line-up, is limited to manual lenses. So, it’s surely now time to make a REAL MFT camera with electrical contacts, to broaden creative…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsNew Yashica Y16 camera transports us back to 1959 and it looks FANTASTIC! Proper Xenon flash and optical viewfinder make the Yashica Y16 look like a grown-up version of the viral Kodak Charmera

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThis is our favourite ‘do it all’ DSLR of all time – don’t miss this great discount on an a classic full-frame camera! The DSLR is far from yet dead yet - save money and get fabulous results with the high-resolution Nikon D850

Amateur PhotographerReviewsBest Fujifilm cameras to buy in 2026: retro-styled mirrorless and compact cameras to give you the Fujifilm look The best Fujifilm cameras are sublime for photography and video alike. Sam Kieldsen and the AP team select the best we've tested.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsCat photos are as old as photography itself – you must see these amazing vintage feline shots, including the oldest ever recorded What was the first known photo of a cat? Who was the first cat photographer? Read on to find out

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese stunning night-time wildlife shots will absolutely rock your world – they are like nothing you’ve ever seen Gurcharan Roopra’s gorgeous and artistic night-time wildlife shots taken in Kenya are simply remarkable, read on to find out how he took them

Amateur PhotographerReviewsTired of paying for Photoshop and Lightroom? These photo-editing tools are FREE, with a ton of useful design extras, too Canva ProSuite has been released, with a lot of useful photo-editing tools that you can access for free - these include working with raw

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThe world’s best food photography competition is open for entries! Submit your tasty images to win the top £5,000 prize The 2027 edition of the World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Tenderstem® Bimi® Broccolini are open for entries! Full details here

Amateur PhotographerReviewsHere is the best photo editing software to use in 2026 Take your images to the next level with the best photo editing software. Jon Stapley and the AP team pick top programs, including some free tools.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese are the best Canon cameras in 2026 for photography and video I help you choose the best Canon cameras, looking at resolution, speed, build quality, lens options and value for money.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsTo infinity and beyond: these award-winning photographs of our universe will blow your mind The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 18 winners have been revealed, and the images are spectacular!

Amateur PhotographerReviewsHere’s a great Canon mirrorless-camera starter system at a competitive price – the camera makes video recording easy too Save money on the Canon EOS R50, now a very affordable entry into the Canon mirrorless range, with some powerful video features too

Amateur PhotographerReviewsCamp Snap 110D takes me back to the 80s and 90s with this digital 110 compact camera Camp Snap, famous for making simple, retro styled and screenless compact cameras have just released something I never expected to see, a digital version of the classic 110 camera.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsDon’t miss legendary photographer Tim Walker’s stunning new exhibition, with its whimsical erotic energy Tim Walker’s Fairyland: Love and Legends celebrates over 50 years of Queer activism, love, culture and community. On at National Portrait Gallery this…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThe best mirrorless cameras in 2026: these are my top choices for photography and video Looking for the best mirrorless cameras? Geoff Harris and the AP team take you through the top options for all budgets and skill levels.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese are the best camera bags for photographers to buy in 2026 Angela Nicholson and the AP team run through the best camera bags and backpacks for photographers and videographers, for all budgets.

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese stunning long-exposure photographs reveal the landscape like you’ve never seen it before Ryszard Lomnicki’s imagery has garnered attention and awards in equal measure. Understanding the emotion behind an image helps him turn record shots into works of…

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese unforgettable images are incredible examples of colour in photography – you must take a look! The results of the Celebrating Colour category from International Amateur Photographer of the Year 2026 competition are in! See the top 10 here

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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