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Affinity Photo version 1.5 has just been released (link is external). It’s the single biggest app update to the Photoshop competitor since it... more (link is external)

It has come to our attention that the studio shots we published earlier today were taken with a pre-production sample of the Canon EOS M5. As such, they may not represent final image quality. We'll be replacing these images as soon as we can.

“Yet to an obsessive his obsession always seems to be of the nature of things and so is not recognized by what it is.” Those words, written by art critic John Berger in his book Ways of Seeing, annotate one part of his understanding of the history of oil paintings: its obsessive tendencies toward showmanship of what one has, and the relationship between property and art.

A wealthy patron of the arts may have commissioned an oil painter to... more (link is external)

Adobe just announced its latest update to Lightroom CC. Aside from new camera support and performance improvements, the main feature found in version 2015.8 is the introduction of the new Reference View.

Reference View is a new view mode in the Develop Module that lets you compare two different photos side by side in order to make sure they’re visually consistent. If you’re editing a set of photos and you’d like to make sure your edits are... more (link is external)

TIME magazine revealed this week (link is external) that President-elect Donald Trump has been selected as its Person of the Year. After seeing the cover... more (link is external)

Have your say: Best midrange ILC of 2016

A lot of good cameras were released this year, among them several excellent options in the mid-range segment. For the sake of a manageable selection, we're calling 'midrange' any cameras which aren't specifically marketed at entry-level consumers. So you won't find the Canon Rebel T6 in this selection, for instance, but you will find the EOS 80D. 

We're running a separate poll for what we're calling 'enthusiast and professional' ILCs, so the... more (link is external)

Have your say: Best enthusiast / Professional ILC of 2016

2016 was pretty good for high-end ILCs, as we'd expect from a Photokina year. The world's largest photography trade-show is held on every even-numbered year, in September, and this year's show saw major announcements from several manufacturers. But we also saw several high-end ILCs released earlier in 2016, including flagships from Canon and Nikon.

In this poll, you'll get the opportunity to vote for your choice of the best... more (link is external)

Long before anybody put two lenses in a smartphone, the Kodak EasyShare V570 put dual lenses and sensors under the same roof 23mm and 37-117mm equivalent folded-optic lenses coupled with 5MP CCD sensors. Introduced nearly 11 years ago for CES 2006, the V570 offered other cutting-edge features including:

Episode 131 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast (link is external).
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F-Stop (link is external)may not have had the best year when it comes to its public image, but I have to say that the gear they produce is absolutely fantastic. I received the F-Stop Tilopa (link is external) and the... more (link is external)

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