Amateur Photographer

Amateur Photographer is the world’s oldest weekly photographic magazine, established in 1884. It is the respected authority for news and reviews, with detailed tests and investigations on the latest equipment. The weekly contents include interviews and columns from many of the world’s leading photographers and practical technique to inspire and enthuse the devoted readership, to whom taking photos is far more than just a hobby. Essential reading for those interested in buying photographic equipment or wanting advice about improving their picture taking. Amateur Photographer is published 51 times a year. Subscribe now and save money on the retail price.

Welcome

THIS WEEK’S CONTRIBUTORS

Viltrox joins L-Mount Alliance

More DxO software updates

An Honor to join the fold

Booth be told…

Viewpoint Gavin Stoker • Most photography advice is wrong, reckons Gavin – this is the one thing he’d recommend instead…

Daido Moriyama: Quartet Edited by Mark Holborn, with contributions by Tadanori Yokoo • This beautifully curated photo book helps us understand Japan’s renowned photographer better, says Geoff Harris

How Can It Still Be Home? by Ghaleb Cabbabé • €45, Kehrer Verlag, hardback, 120 pages: ISBN 9783969001929

Pedlars, Poseurs and Performers by Brian Jaquest • £50, Unicorn Publishing, hardback, 270 pages, ISBN: 9781916846937

Building dreams • Ben Geier’s photographs affectionately capture fast-vanishing relics of ’50s and ’60s roadside Americana. He aims to find subjects that evoke a sense of nostalgia and solitude, he tells David Clark

APOY Inspiration • If you’re planning to enter our Night and Low Light round, which launches next week, take these tips from three of last year’s top ten photographers

Meet the Family • Seventy years after it opened at MoMA, Edward Steichen’s The Family of Man remains one of photography’s most ambitious and debated exhibitions. Peter Dench travels to its permanent home to find out what still makes it click

The year’s best products • We reveal which cameras, lenses and smartphones emerged as winners of the prestigious EISA Awards 2025-26

Peak Design Outdoor Backpack 18L • Angela Nicholson tries out a design that functions as either a regular backpack or a camera bag

Tony Kemplen on the … Yashica Atoron • A pocket-sized Minox format camera made by Yashica, from 1965

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Inbox • Write to the Editor at ap.ed@kelsey.co.uk and include your full postal address. Please don’t send letters in the post as there is no one in the office to receive them. Replies are from the Editor unless otherwise stated

THIS WEEK WE ASKED... • Do you carry a camera with you every day? You said...

It's good to share • Our favourite photos posted by readers on our social media channels this week

Reader Portfolio • Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Buying Guide • Our comprehensive listing of key specifications for DSLR lenses

Final Analysis John Wade considers… • The Westminster Bus Stop, by Fred Judge FRPS, 1924