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It’s difficult to be original these days, so I always find it refreshing to meet photographers making images unlike anything I’ve seen before. John Bolloten’s latest work blew me away when I saw it at Photo North. Getting up close and personal with o

PANASONIC has launched a new video-focused Micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix GH7. Designed for content creators and small video production teams, the new model looks almost identical to its predecessor, the GH6. However it gains a whole slew of vid

INDEPENDENT lens maker Tamron has announced a new 50-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD lens, for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. It will be available from 2 June, for £819.99. This optically stabilised, 6x telephoto zoom lens starts at 50mm o

FORMER astronaut Bill Anders, 90, who took the iconic ‘Earthrise’ image, has died when a plane he was flying crashed into the sea off Washington State on 7 June. His ‘Earthrise’ image came about on Christmas Eve in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission. T

LEICA has released a new ‘professional camera app’ for iPhones, called Leica LUX. It’s designed to simulate the look of using various classic Leica M rangefinder lenses, such as the Summilux-M 28mm f/1.4 ASPH and the Noctilux-M 50 mm f/1.2 ASPH, incl

CANON has also revealed a new APS-C format dual fisheye lens for creating virtual reality content. The RF-S 3.9mm F3.5 STM Dual Fisheye is designed to be a cheaper alternative to the existing Canon RF 5.2mm F2.8L Dual Fisheye lens for full-frame came

RICOH has announced two rugged, waterproof compacts under the Pentax brand, the WG-8 and the WG-1000. The Pentax WG-8 features a 20MP sensor, along with a 5x optical zoom lens (equivalent to approximately 28mm to 140mm) and a six LED ring light for c

THE NEW Dwarf 3 smart telescope, designed to be a relatively cheap and painless introduction to astrophotography, is here. Key features include an apochromatic telephoto lens with an expanded 35mm aperture, a Sony IMX 678 Starvis 2 sensor, AI-powered

Leica Gallery London, Until 21 July, Free. See leica-camera.com for opening times Between 1998 and 2010, Simon Wheatley photographed the overland train service known as The North London Line, which went on to become Silverlink after privatisation. Ha

We recently were treated to a rare performance of the aurora borealis, which reached down as far as the southern counties of England. My son lives much further north, in Northern Ireland, and captured some nice images of the lights on his phone. He a

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About 25 years ago I bought an Ensign Selfix 16-20 120 film camera on eBay for £50. I used one roll of colour film and was pleased with the results. Digital then took over my photographic life, leading to my latest purchase of a Nikon Z5; my film cam

Cameras come in three types: DSLRs with optical viewfinders, mirrorless models with electronic viewing, and compact cameras with non-interchangeable lenses ALMOST all serious photographers prefer to use cameras with interchangeable lenses, as this g

When Maria Falconer and I set up the Approaching Photography Facebook group a few years ago, one of the first contributors was Tony Fisher, who uses our group page to post one or two images nearly every day. His images are always personal – sometimes

Le Mans Photo Delegate Jeff Carter shares his top tips for shooting motorsport The founder of Light and Land tells AP about an upcoming exhibition that you could take part in The AP regular talks to John Bolloten about photographing groups on the mar