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Features include readers’ best photos, APOY Round 4 with the ‘Colour’ theme, astro photography from three contributors, profiles such as Gareth Llewellyn, and photo coverage of travel and historic expeditions. Includes buying guide content, a buying guide overview of available cameras, and expert photo-science and analogue photography discussions.","POCKET ROCKET  \nThe first up-to-date advanced zoom compact for years  \nTRIED&  \nTESTED  \nLOVE YOUR CAMERA  \nTelling stories  \nHow Gareth Llewellyn built an audience with his evocative images  \nBARGAIN MACRO  \nGreat value update of the classic Tamron 90mm F/2.8  \nSEEING STARS  \n3 Astro shooters  \ndiscuss their  \nbest photos  \nNEW LOOK  \nAND NOW EVERY FORTNIGHT  \nSONY RX10 V  \nFIRST LOOK! The world’s best bridge camera gets abig update  \nAMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER  \nOF THE YEAR 2026 Enter your best shots on the theme of ‘colour’  \nTOPSWINGERS  \nThe wide world of swing-lens panoramic cameras  \nThis year marks my 10th anniversary on AP. Reflectingona decade working for the best photography magazine on the planet, I’m reminded again that when it comes to camera technology, you assume things at your peril. (One’s reminded of the old saying‘assume’ makes an ‘ass outofu and me’.) Who could have predicted that compact cameras would roar back, for example, not to mention superzoom/bridge compacts? Many purists tended to look down on bridge cameras, bemoaning the optical compromises needed to stuff along zoom lens into a(relatively)compact body;but people kept buying them. Indeed, Sony has updated the agedRX10 IV, one of the best bridge cameras ever made (see page 8). And who could have foreseen that more and more younger consumers would tire of taking photos on their blandly predictable smartphones, turning instead to analogue photography or even point-and-shoot digital compacts of yore, with their puny specifications? That’s not to say that smartphones are somehow becoming less popular for photography, but the consumer is proving to be unpredictable, and sometimes downright contrary. Of course, many trends are (broadly) playing out as predicted: generative AI will only get better, soit remains an existential threat to photography as we know it, while innovative smaller companies continue to get swallowed up by bigger ones(see page 12). Whatever, the photography industry remains as fascinating as ever, and it’sa privilege to be part ofit. Geoff Harris  \nDeputy Editor  \nMany younger photographers are snapping up  \npoint-and-shoot compacts from thenoughties. Who saw that one coming?  \n© D IG I CAM COL LECT IV E  \nWelcome  \nThis issue’s contributors...  \nAndy Westlake AP’s respected testing tsar reveals the freshly updated Sony RX10 V bridge camera and shares his first impressions.  \n\n| \u003Cbr>Peter Dench\u003Cbr>The ever-industrious | \u003Cbr>Tracy Calder Henri Lartigue’s | \u003Cbr>Graeme Green\u003Cbr>Graeme meets | \u003Cbr>Amy Davies\u003Cbr>Amy curates our |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Dench gains some | colour photography | photographer John | book section, which |\n| fascinating insights | is less well known in | Balsdon, who’s | this issue features |\n| from Pembrokeshire | the UK. As Tracy | smashed the world | some great work on |\n| photographer Gareth | reveals, a new | record for the Cape | water, drummers |\n| Llewellyn aka | exhibition should | to Cape Road | and Marilyn Monroe. |\n| @withgar. | help to rectify this. | Challenge. |  |\n\nJimmy Cheng  \nNoted street photographer Jimmy reflects on the recent acquisition of Topaz Labs by Adobe.  \n[www.amateurphotographer.com](www.amateurphotographer.com) 3  \n8 What’s New  \nSony RX10 V first look, plus news, opinion, books and more  \n22 Your Best Photos  \nTop images shared by readers  \n26 APOYRound 4:Colour  \nEnter your best photos to win  \n28 Picture Perfect  \nThree astro photographers  \n32 Gareth Llewellyn  \nThe Wales based photographer known online as @withgar  \n38 Maestro UK winners  \nThe winning series and individual entires on the theme of ‘travel’  \n42 Lartiguein colour  \nWe visit the less well known colour work of the French master  \n48 Making History  \nPhotos from a record-breaking Cape to Cape expedition  \n52 Panasonic LumixL10  \nWe test the first up to date  \nadvanced zoom compact in years  \n59 Viltrox AF35mm F1.8  \nA great value past prime on test  \n62 Swing-lens cameras  \nJohn Wade looks at the history of these ","cbCaiceHiE63V3Tr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiceHiE63V3Tr","pdf",22420426,6,1,100,"English","en",105,"# Welcome\n## This issue’s contributors\n# What’s New\n## Your Best Photos\n## APOY Round 4: Colour\n## Picture Perfect\n## Gareth Llewellyn\n## Maestro UK winners\n## Lartigue in colour\n## Making History\n## Panasonic Lumix L10\n## Viltrox AF35mm F1.8\n## Swing-lens cameras\n## Vanguard VEO Metro bags\n## Analogue Adventures\n## Professor Newman on...\n## Reader Portfolio\n## Inbox\n## Buying Guide\n## Final Analysis","[{\"question\":\"本期有哪些重点相机与测试内容？\",\"answer\":\"本期聚焦索尼 RX10 V 的第一观感与相关报道，并包含松下 Lumix L10、Viltrox AF35mm F1.8、以及摆杆镜头（swing-lens）等内容测试与介绍。还提供面向购买决策的 Buying Guide 综述。\"},{\"question\":\"APOY Round 4 的主题是什么？\",\"answer\":\"APOY Round 4 的主题是“colour（颜色）”。读者可按主题提交最佳作品参与奖项评选。\"},{\"question\":\"本期是否包含星空与旅拍相关内容？\",\"answer\":\"包含。栏目“Picture Perfect”收录三位天文摄影创作者讨论他们的最佳照片，同时还有以旅行为主题的 Maestro UK 优秀作品展示。\"}]","Amateur Photographer of the Year 2026 - 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