Lens launch
Fujifilm’s $3,199 XF400mm F4.5 Brings 609mm Reach to X Series
The new 2.74-pound super-telephoto prime pairs a 609mm-equivalent view with 5.5-stop stabilization, weather sealing and mid-September availability.
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Editor’s Pick
A concise selection of reporting, photographic history and practical craft chosen by The Camera Post editor.
Field guide
Birds in Flight: Camera Settings That Make Tracking Easier
A practical starting system for shutter speed, autofocus, exposure and burst timing—plus the adjustments that matter when the background or flight path changes.
Photographer archive
Walker Evans: Three FSA Frames and the Discipline of Description
A Hale County house, Allie Mae Burroughs and a portrait of the photographer reveal how Evans made structure, distance and factual detail carry emotional weight.
Creative filters
Creative Lens Filters: A Complete Field Guide to Effects That Still Feel Photographic
Diffusion, streaks, star effects, neutral density and polarizers can change light at capture—if the effect begins with a visual reason rather than a shopping list.
Street photography
Street Photography: A Complete Guide to Seeing, Working Close and Editing With Purpose
The decisive frame begins before the shutter—with position, patience, ethical attention and an edit that respects what the photograph can actually claim.
Night photography
Night Photography: A Complete Guide to Exposure, Focus and Color After Dark
Low light becomes manageable when the photographer protects highlights, chooses which darkness to keep and gives color a stable reference.
Photographer archive
Vivian Maier: What Her Contact Sheets Teach About Seeing
The sequences behind Maier’s celebrated street photographs reveal a patient worker who returned, reframed and let small changes in gesture decide the picture.
Editorial practice
How to Write a Photo Caption That Adds What the Image Cannot
Names, place, time and consequence turn an attractive frame into a usable document.
Photographer archive
Dorothea Lange: Three Frames That Changed Documentary Photography
From a California roadside to Migrant Mother, Lange showed how patient observation, precise captions and human proximity can turn a photograph into public memory.
Industry
Canon Brings Signed Image Provenance to the EOS R1 and R5 Mark II
A paid authenticity workflow preserves camera-origin information and subsequent edits—but provenance is not the same thing as proof of truth.
Lens launch
Leica Revives a Secret 66mm Spy Lens for $10,900
The limited Summicron-M 66 f/2 reinterprets a Cold War-era Elcan built for the U.S. Navy—and only 660 examples will be made.
Visual culture
What the 2026 World Press Photo Winners Ask Us to See
Carol Guzy’s “Separated by ICE” is named Photo of the Year in a contest shaped by migration, conflict, climate and the necessity of witness.