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Canon's 2025 was a wild ride, as it cashed in on the compact camera craze, put a hit on the Sony FX3 and upped the hybrid hype
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (1532+ words) Compact cameras, hybrid cameras, hybrid lenses and cheap lenses "Canon turned 2025 upside-down! I think 2025 might have been Canon's most diverse year ever, but it was certainly its most market-aware. The company catered to almost every trend in the industry. Cheap…...
Cameras have had their best year since 2019, but this is what photo brands must do to survive the next five years
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (305+ words) From bumper camera sales to unwelcome AI slop, Jon Devo considers the trends as we head into 2026 Last year was a bumper one for camera sales, with well over 100 per cent year-on-year growth. It was actually the best sales year…...
12 lenses of Christmas: July 2025 was prime time from Canon and Nikon, while Tamron was zooming ahead
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (864+ words) Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer " and has tested more primes and zooms than most people have had hot…...
These mythical monster camera lenses are SO rare that they were only produced to special order
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (360+ words) In 2006, what was said to be the world's most expensive lens, a Leica APO-Telyt-R 1600mm'f/5.6 (for Leica's "R" series cameras), was delivered to Qatar's former Minister of Culture, Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani (1966-2014), at a price reported to be just…...
Panasonic cameras had a big 2025 for full-frame and video camcorders, but Micro Four Thirds was left out in the cold
23+ hour, 30+ min ago (505+ words) It was a good year to be a Lumix S shooter, that's for sure. But not if you are a G-series owner With not one, not two but three new cameras arriving in the Lumix S line, Panasonic has had…...
Using AI to animate my toy photography proved far more controversial than I thought!
1+ day, 35+ min ago (64+ words) Using AI to animate my toy photography proved far more controversial than I thought!Digital Camera World 1. "for f#ck sake stop f#cking up perfectly good artwork with AI you HAD something already" You must confirm your public display…...
I've been going through my old negs and I've learned something surprising about how digital cameras have changed my photography
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (315+ words) Digital imaging has turned me into a pixel peeper. I'm not sure how it happened or why" or what I can do about it now I was never obsessed with resolution when I shot 35mm film. There were obvious flaws like…...
I took an old lens from my favorite film camera – and put it on my digital camera. My mirrorless camera has never felt more retro
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (463+ words) I adapted an old film lens onto my digital camera for a retro look. This is what I captured I'm admittedly a bit gear-obsessed " and my camera collection spans both digital and film. But, as much as I love analog,…...
Does the new wave of telephoto adapters prove that we've hit the limits of smartphone camera hardware?
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (207+ words) Does the new wave of telephoto adapters prove that we've hit the limits of smartphone camera hardware?Digital Camera World These aren't cheap novelty third-party clip-ons. They're branded, color-matched, optically corrected accessories co-developed with serious lens makers (Zeiss for Vivo,…...
12 lenses of Christmas: China comes knocking on the door with a boatload of budget camera lenses
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (669+ words) Cheap lenses, chip lenses, commemorative retro lenses, tilt lenses'and a much maligned lens from Canon For each of the 12 days of Christmas, I'm revisiting a month's worth of lenses that we covered on DCW. Today it's May 2025 check out the…...