Features
Ted Kritsonis
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Snapdragon’s New Camera Pipeline Has More Pixels and More Questions

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Qualcomm thinks it has something big in its 6th-generation Snapdragon mobile device processors that we’ll see in phone cameras in the coming months and years. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 were headliners at the company’s annual Snapdragon Summit 2026 in Maui, both built on a 2-nanometer process and promising imaging performance that pushes what phones can deliver.

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Richard Bernabe
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The Magic of Mystery: Why Great Images of Nature Ask More Questions Than They Answer

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There’s a paradox at the heart of great photography: what you choose not to show your audience is often more powerful and provocative than what you reveal. In an age of oversharing and instant gratification, mystery has become the photographer’s secret weapon and perhaps the most undervalued tool of all. The unseen, the suggested, and the ambiguous can transform a literal photograph into an expressive one that haunts us long after we’ve looked away.

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Kate Garibaldi
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Upgrade or Start Fresh With These Camera Kit Picks for Every Type of Photographer

Whether you're just starting out and building the kit for the photographer you want to become or upgrading your current setup to take your photography to the next level, buying used can help you save on the gear you need while giving you more flexibility in building your system. From wildlife and travel to portraits, sports, and fine art, here are some of the best camera and lens combinations to consider when building your next kit.

Opinion
Raf Lopes
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8 Ways Hasselblad Can Make the 907x CFV 100C Way Better

Hasselblad cameras' excellence comes from decades of engineering, and that results in a polished product built with the best of the best in mind. Everything is good: the grip and body are built to last, the optical quality is better than Leica.

News
Jeremy Gray
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PolarPro’s Latest Lens Filters Color Way Outside the Lines

PolarPro is nothing if not insistent that capturing a look in-camera is better than using digital filters and editing to achieve the desired results. This means the company sometimes launches filters that seem more puzzling than practical. The latest filters to fit that mold are the colorful Radial Gradient Filters.

Interviews
Jeremy Gray

Never-Before-Seen Cellphone Footage Shows the Terror Underground During the Chilean Mining Disaster

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In 2010, the world watched as 33 miners were trapped half a mile beneath the surface of the Earth in Chile's Atacama Desert for 69 days. These miners faced complete darkness, immense stress, and a never-ending expectation of death. Their experiences and how the rest of the world experienced the event are on full display in a new three-part National Geographic series, Chilean Mine Rescue: Race Against Time.