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…
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…
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…
What are compact system cameras
Our guide to compact system cameras – also known as Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens, ILC or EVIL cameras
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).
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 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…
Should I upgrade to a full-frame camera?
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.
Essential guide: Bridge cameras and pocket travel zooms
If you’re looking for something with plenty of zoom power, then a bridge camera or a travel compact could be ideal. Here’s everything you need to know to make an…
Choosing a Camera Bag
Once you're invested in your photography gear, you're going to want to know that you're transporting it around securely and in style. To help you pick the right tool for…
Best retro-style cameras 2016
A camera can be beautiful as well as high-performing. Here’s some gorgeous retro-style cameras that will turn heads as you snap.
Choosing a Flashgun
Everything you need to make the right flash choice when choosing a flashgun for our digital SLR
Choosing a Tripod
Whether you’re shooting landscapes or the kids in your front room, if your camera isn’t held steady, you’re going to get blurred images. The best solution is a tripod or…
The WDC Guide to Bridge Cameras
What is a bridge camera, and should you buy one? Our complete guide to bridge cameras (aka superzooms or ultrazooms) has the answers.
Complete Guide To Flash
Using your flash effectively will help you to grow your photography skills immeasurably. We take a look at the different types of flash on the market and how to make…
Digital camera sensors explained
Every digital camera has at its heart a solid-state device which, like film, captures the light coming in through the lens to form an image. This device, called a sensor.…
Advanced technology guide: the modern autofocus
Bob Newman explains how the sophisticated autofocus system on the Nikon D500 stays on track, even when following erratically moving objects
Best tripods 2016
There’s a lot to consider when it comes to purchasing a tripod. There are literally hundreds of tripods out there to choose from, and while you’ll be able to disregard…
Sony A7 II vs A7S II vs A7R II – what are the key differences?
The A7 II, A7S II and A7R II may all share many similarities when it comes to their design, but each has been crafted with a different user in mind.…