Jon Stapley
Jon spent years at IPC Media writing features, news, reviews and other photography content for publications such as Amateur Photographer and What Digital Camera in both print and digital form. With his additional experience for outlets like Photomonitor, this makes Jon one of our go-to specialists when it comes to all aspects of photography, from cameras and action cameras to lenses and memory cards, flash diffusers and triggers, batteries and memory cards, selfie sticks and gimbals, and much more besides.
An NCTJ-qualified journalist, he has also contributed to Shortlist, The Skinny, ThreeWeeks Edinburgh, The Guardian, Trusted Reviews, CreativeBLOQ, and probably quite a few others I’ve forgotten.
Latest articles by Jon Stapley

Meyer Optik resurrects Dr. Rudolph's APO Plasmat 105mm f/2.7 lens
By Jon Stapley published
News A Kickstarter campaign is set to bring this century-old lens back into production

JPEG committee to introduce JPEG XS file format
By Jon Stapley published
News It isn’t an extra-small JPEG, FYI

Fujifilm announces GF250mm F4 R LM OIS WR and teleconverter for GFX system
By Jon Stapley published
News Medium format system gets a 250mm prime and a 1.4x teleconverter, as well as new macro accessories

Light L16 makes its UK debut
By Jon Stapley published
News Pocket-sized, multi-lens camera that was first announced three years ago finally goes on sale in the UK

Opinion – Camera makers: nobody wants your own-brand Raw software
By Jon Stapley published
Opinion Holding features hostage to inferior own-brand post-processing software needs to stop

Leica 0 camera sells for record amount at auction
By Jon Stapley published
News €2.4m sale to a private buyer makes it the most expensive camera ever sold at auction

Cosina announces new Voigtländer optics for Sony and Leica users
By Jon Stapley published
News Sony E-mount and Leica M-mount users to benefit from new prime lenses unveiled at CP+

Sigma 70mm F2.8 DG Macro Art: Art line gets a true macro lens
By Jon Stapley published
News Update: Sigma confirms price and release date for forthcoming optic

Canon’s Speedlite 470EX-AI can intelligently adjust bounce flash
By Jon Stapley published
News The new AI-powered Speedlite is capable of adjusting itself for optimal flash-bounce angle

Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 50-200mm f/2.8-4.0 ASPH announced
By Jon Stapley published
News First teased at Photokina, this is the third lens in the Leica DG Vario-Elmarit f/2.8-4.0 series

The new Canon EOS M50 has 4K video
By Jon Stapley published
News Canon’s EOS M50 also comes packing a brand new Raw format, a built-in electronic viewfinder and a new DIGIC 8 processor

Samsung’s new 30TB SSD is the largest of its kind
By Jon Stapley published
News Samsung achieves another storage milestone, with the further promise that its mammoth new drive is both fast and compact

Fujifilm announces MKX cinema lenses for X-mount
By Jon Stapley published
News The firm has added some new glass to entice video shooters

The Blackmagic URSA Broadcast can be had for "less than the cost of a DSLR"
By Jon Stapley published
NEWS Said to be the world’s most affordable and flexible HD and Ultra HD broadcast camera – and it can accept DSLR lenses too

Aurga, a hotshoe-mounted intelligent assistant for DSLRs, launches on Kickstarter
By Jon Stapley published
News Powered by AI, the device claims to continually learn the optimal settings for different conditions

The strange and murky saga of KodakCoin and KodakOne
By Jon Stapley published
NEWS The more you look into this, the stranger it gets

Lightroom too slow? Adobe has a fix coming
By Jon Stapley published
News Adobe is preparing a major performance update to Lightroom Classic

DJI Mavic Air fuses Mavic Pro specs with a Spark-esque body
By Jon Stapley published
News The best of the Mavic Pro and the Spark, together in one

Adobe releases Photoshop CC 19.1 with one-click Select Subject option
By Jon Stapley published
News Highly anticipated feature is finally here

Velbon launches the Chairpod, a tripod-chair hybrid (no, really)
By Jon Stapley published
News It’s exactly what it sounds like

This is the world’s first variable ND grad filter
By Jon Stapley published
NEWS The Aurora PowerGXND, now funding on Kickstarter, offers a continuous range of up to five stops

The awesome Sony A9 just got even better
By Jon Stapley published
NEWS New firmware upgrade ratchets up the autofocus and provides enhanced metadata among other changes

Hasselblad H6D-400c MS is a 400MP beast of a camera
By Jon Stapley published
News Using multi-shot capture, Hasselblad’s new medium format camera outputs images at a staggering resolution
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