Photography Equipment Reviews

With a chorus of choirboys singing, massed pipers piping and a hundred heralds, er heralding, it�s the shiny new semi-pro DSLR from Canon. Duncan Evans puts away the kid gloves and gets out the silk ones with gold filigree he uses for special occasions.

Welcome to the diary of an AS Level Photography student. In the following weeks, Rebecca Bradley will be reviewing the one year course for ePHOTOzine readers, detailing her progression on the course, the various units and how they are graded and what kind of subjects you can expect to cover on the course.

The SX100 sounds like a hot list for people in South East England, but is in fact a new bridge style camera from Canon. Matt "Sharon" Grayson puts on his white stilettos and affects a comedy John Wayne walk. Well, it is the weekend.

Like Danny DeVito, the Olympus FE-290 is small and wide. Matt Grayson wonders whether it will also be able to forge a successful career in comedy acting without actually being funny.

Next up in the autumn release schedule of DSLRs is the 12Mp offering from Sony. With its Exmor Sensor and BIONZ processor it�s considerably more advanced than Duncan Evans� feeble organic brain.

Matt Grayson takes a look at yet another sleek model from Olympus. Can the Mju 820 hold its own against its brethren?

The Samsung NX10 is the company's answer to the Micro Four Thirds system and it is up against stiff competition from Olympus and Panasonic. Will Cheung tests it out.

With back a illuminated CMOS sensor, 10Mp resolution and ISO3200, are these main changes enough of an improvement for the Ricoh CX3?

The Photoflex TritonFlash is a truly portable studio flash, but does small mean limited? Peter Bargh puts it to the test.

Joshua Waller reviews the Sony Cybershot HX100v Ultra Zoom with GPS, 30x optical zoom, 3 inch screen, 16 megapixel backlit CMOS, and full HD video.

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 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.

Daniel Bell reviews the Nikon Coolpix S9500, a digital compact camera with built-in Wi-Fi and 22x optical zoom.

The new Fujifilm FinePix X100 is put through a full review to find out how this camera performs in use.

The HTC One offers less megapixels than any other smartphone currently available, but is this a good thing? Find out in our review.

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 Panasonic Lumix LF1 is the latest serious compact from Panasonic, and includes an electronic viewfinder.

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens.

Daniel Bell reviews the entry level Sony NEX-F3 mirrorless compact system camera which has a 16.1 megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor.

Gary Wolstenholme reviews a 35mm f/2.8 macro lens from Tokina, which fits Nikon and Canon DSLR's with an APS-C sized sensor.