Upgrading from an APS-C to a full-frame DSLR doesn’t have to cost a fortune. We look at the benefits of upgrading to a full frame camera.
Choosing a Compact Camera
The compact camera market features a huge range of options, covering everything from the basic point and shoot models to advanced compacts aimed at enthusiast photographers. Let us help you…
Choosing a Compact System Camera
Also known as Micro System Cameras, the newest system to enter the digital camera market, the compact system camera, offers an impressive combination of compact size and removable lenses. We…
Choosing a camera type: Advice to help you buy a camera
Choosing a camera type: Advice to help you buy a camera. We describe the difference between a compact camera, a superzoom camera, DSLR camera and compact system cameras (hybrids).
What are compact system cameras
Our guide to compact system cameras – also known as Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens, ILC or EVIL cameras
5 Best Superzoom Lenses
If you’re after a lens with a focal range wide enough to cover most day-to-day situations, then your best bet is superzoom. Here are our pick of the five best…
DSLR buying advice and best deals
Buying a DSLR these days involves some hard choices. If you’re considering forking out hundreds, or even thousands, of pounds on a camera, you want to be sure you’re buying…
Best lenses for travel photography
When you’re travelling you’ll generally want to be keeping your bag as light as possible. If you’ve decided you’re going to pack your DSLR or CSC, you are likely to…
Best accessories for travel photographers
When you’re travelling, you want to keep your kit bag as light as possible. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t equip yourself with a few extra accessories to help…
Best cheap travel cameras
Travel cameras need to be flexible enough to use in a variety of situations, while also being light enough that you’ll want to carry them around with you all day.…
Advanced technology guide: camera hacks
The manufacturers may not like them, but a well-chosen hack can add functionality to your camera.
Choosing and using old lenses: second hand lens guide
Matt Osborne explains how the raft of often-overlooked old lenses available today can open up a world of possibilities with your current gear
Spare money not quality: use a second hand lens on your new DSLR
Dirk HR Spennemann is fascinated by the optical capabilities of vintage and second-hand lenses. He talks to Steve Fairclough about how and why he couples classic optics with modern DSLRs
Second-hand lenses buying guide and best buys
Andy Westlake considers some of the pros and cons of buying lenses second-hand, and recommends a few of his favourites
Best second-hand cameras under £400
Matt Golowczynski uses his expertise to round up eight second-hand camera deals that will help you get the most out of the used-camera market
Grab a bargain straight away at a second-hand camera shop
From the south coast of England to the Highlands of Scotland, we bring you four of the UK's most interesting second-hand camera stores where you can not only grab a…
Advanced technology guide: comparing lens speeds
At first glance, one camera lens can appear to be faster than the other, but is this actually the case?
Advanced technology guide: dynamic reversal
Canon and Nikon’s new, top-end cameras are, at first glance, quite similar, until you look below the surface