Photography Equipment Reviews

A comparison between the highly acclaimed Lightroom 2.6 and the new incarnation of this award winning Raw processor. With new features and functionality, as well as some comprehensive updates, will Lightroom 3 entice new users into the Adobe arena, or is it simply stretching the monopoly with unnecessary features?

Sorting, selecting, correcting and churning out your images for a variety of formats is now easier than ever, as Duncan Evans investigates.

Adobe strengthen their brand with an update to the popular importing tool. Matt Grayson takes a look at Lightroom 2.

After being blown away by the mind-boggling feature-set of Adobe Photoshop CS4, Matt Grayson takes a look himself.

Are you smarter than a 6-year old? Well, a version 6 anyway. That’s the question on the lips of rivals to Adobe’s entry-level photo editor as Duncan Evans investigates.

Sometimes a fast film speed is necessary and the resultant noise can reduce your picture to a speckly wreck. Here we test various noise reduction programs to see which are the best.

The new Samsung NX300 is a faster mirrorless camera from Samsung, featuring high speed shooting, focus and a large touch-screen. We find out if it's as fast as they say.

Earlier versions of Apple Aperture were aimed at the more experienced photographer. V3, however, is more consumer friendly, like a upmarket Apple iPhoto

We look at the latest version of Corel PaintShop Pro X4 Ultimate with HDR merge and Dual Monitor support.

The Nikon Coolpix L310 is a budget super-zoom digital camera with a 14 megapixel sensor. Daniel Bell reviews.

Nikon have decided enough is enough with cameras that only suit one type of photographer at a time and have produced a camera that everyone can use. Matt Grayson thinks it's about time as he was getting bored waiting.

Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 Macro DC lens test

Canon ramp up the specification with the Canon EOS 550D. With an 18Mp CMOS sensor, +/- 5EV exposure compensation and SDXC memory card support. It promises a great deal and we see if it delivers in this test

See the first full review of the K-x, the new DSLR from Pentax.

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC review.

Being the market leader in the fastest growing sector of the photographic market is a tough title to hold on to, especially with most major camera manufacturers announcing new entry-level products this year. Can Canon's latest entry-level offering, the EOS 400D, retain this position in the face of such fierce competition? In this review Gary Wolstenholme takes a look whether if anyone can, Canon can.

Matt Grayson saw the new Pentax K-7 DSLR. But is it any better than the K20D?

The Sony Cybershot DSC-WX300 is a pocketable digital camera, yet packs a large 20x optical zoom lens and Wi-Fi. Daniel Bell reviews.

The Nikon D7100 is Nikon's latest DX sensor Digital SLR, and features a 24.1 megapixel APS-C sensor with AA filter removed for ultra sharp images. Find out how it performs in our review.

The Fujifilm FinePix S2980 is a bridge camera with 18x optical zoom, a 14 megapixel sensor and full manual controls. Daniel Bell reviews.

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens for Micro Four Thirds system cameras.

We compare the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the Canon EOS 6D, both full-frame Digital SLRs from Canon, but with a big price difference.

Full size sample photos from the Carl Zeiss Touit 1.8/32mm T* lens designed for mirrorless cameras.

The Olympus PEN Lite E-PL5 is the latest compact Micro Four Thirds camera from Olympus, sitting above the PEN Mini E-PM2, it features the 16 megapixel sensor from the top of the range Olympus OM-D E-M5.

We have a look at the new Nikon 1 J1 and V1 and see what the differences are and compare them to the Olympus PEN Mini E-PM1.

We compare the Canon EOS 100D and 700D Digital SLRs side by side.

Full size sample photos from the new Carl Zeiss Touit 2.8/12mm T* lens for mirrorless cameras.