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This 102MP compact camera wins top honors – and it's the perfect step up to the big world of medium format photography

Since launching in March 2025, the Fujifilm GFX100RF has been one of the year’s most talked-about compact cameras – topping sales charts and bringing large-format image quality to a truly portable body. Now, it’s also an award winner. The GFX100RF has just earned the DGP Imaging Award, one of Japan’s most prestigious honors recognizing innovation and excellence in digital image…
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Cheat sheet: What is white balance in photography?

Newcomers and veterans often ask what is white balance in photography – it’s a setting that’s often taken for granted and neglected, even by experienced shooters. In short, white balance in photography refers to the color temperature – how cool or warm the colors in your image are. And it’s affected by the light sources in your image, from the yellowy-orange hues of…
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These brilliant World Sight Day images remind us how much more the story matters than the sensor

I’m loving the winning entries for this year’s World Sight Day Photo Competition, and not just because they’re great images. They also underscore something we often forget in an era of megapixel arms races and endless gear upgrades: the story matters more than the sensor. So what am I talking about? Well, every year the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)…
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Explore the most stunning macro and micro photographs in the world's biggest close-up competition

A beetle locked in battle. A spider frozen mid-hunt. Tiny guni erupting like alien sculptures on a rotting log. These are just a few of the stunning images from the 2025 Close-Up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) shortlist, revealed after 22 judges spent 20 hours scrutinizing 15,5557 entries from around the globe. About CUPOTY Close-Up Photographer of the Year was founded in 2018 by Tracy and…
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