iPhone 5S: Camera for the masses

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With the iSight advances in the iPhone 5S Apple has rewritten the rules of the photographic world. Cupertino has achieved simplicity and great results...

Ambrotype for Ivor and Elaine Cooper at Biévres

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Elaine and Ivor Cooper of London's Red Dot Cameras posed for an ambrotype at Biévres last Sunday

Photokina goes annual from 2018, moves to a May slot

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Photokina is going annual as from 2018 and it is moving to the spring from the autumn. It's all down to the pace of change in the new digital world....

Excitement in Guildford as 500px Global Photo Walkers dodge the raindrops

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Mike and Bill sample the excitement of the 500px Global Photo Walk as it penetrates to deepest Guildford in England's green and pleasant county of Surrey. Mike took the Leica SL to see what was happening

Death of a typeface: The secret of the Doves Press

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A misty night at Hammersmith Mall in 1916 and an elderly gentleman can be seen shuffling towards the bridge with a heavy bag..... What was he doing?

The making of the 2022 Leica M6: Step by precise step

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Robb Report’s Adam Morganstern visited Wetzlar to watch the manufacturing team in action. Learn more...

Profoto Connect flash control now compatible with Leica SL system cameras

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Selected Leica stores worldwide will soon stock Profoto products and the Profoto Pro becomes compatible with Leica SL cameras...

Leica announces new M3 Digital: “Back to our roots”

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Leica announces the M3D, a camera that has identical appearance, dimensions and weight to the first M, the M3, but with a digital sensor replacing the film plane. It was shown to the press this morning in the popular spa resort of Bad Wolkenkuckucksheim near Wetzlar.

Fuji XF23mm f/2 and new X-A3 consumer camera launched today

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Fuji today announces a smaller, lighter 23mm which has been a hole in the lens lineup for years. A new multi-coloured X-A3 also arrives, aimed at the younger generation, selfy-adept and available only from Jessops....

My friend Tony Vidler and his astounding Gear Acquisition Syndome

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Tony Vidler, architectural historian, scholar and photographer in New York City, was an outstanding personality and a prolific camera collector and expert. It's hard to bid him farewell, writes one of his closest friends.

Looking forward to a better year in 2022

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At the end of one of our worst years, Mike looks forward to a better and healthier 2022...

Choosing a new iPhone: The choice this year is not so easy

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Every year for the past few years I have had a new iPhone. From 3 to 3S, from 4 to 4S, from 5 to 5S and then to 6 Plus. I regard it as my duty to test them out for the benefit of readers. Now, for the first time on this treadmill, I am wondering if I should take a break. The 6 Plus is so good that it could easily handle another year of use. Event the battery, which in previous phones had begun to lose its mojo after twelve months, is holding up well. 

Leica’s M6 revival arrives at last: Series production, Leitz dot and brass top plate

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Leica's new M6 is here at last and it has been worth waiting for. It's a faithful reproduction of the 1984 but with improvements to the body, incoporation of a brass top plate and a more modern rangefinder mechanism. Best of all, it is a series product and not a limited edition for collectors...

Panasonic launches compact Lumix S 28-200mm F4-7.1 macro travel zoom

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Panasonic's new Lumix S 28-200 is claimed to be the world's smallest and lightest long zoom lens. The Lumix S 28-200mm F4-7.1 Macro O.I.S lens is based on the L-Mount standard and is compatible with Panasonic, Leica and Sigma bodies. With a total length of 93.4mm (3.57in) and a modest weight of 413g (14.57oz) compact and light enough to complement even the smaller L-Mount bodies, such as the Lumix S5II…

Panasonic Announces the LUMIX S9: A new, compact, full-frame, L-Mount camera

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Panasonic takes aim at social network-savvy photographers and videographers with the new Lumix S9, a compact, full-frame, L-Mount camera.