Photography Equipment Reviews

Like a Chinese puzzle box, getting it right with the Powershot S5 IS can produce some pretty sensational results. Luckily for Matt Grayson, the S5 doesn't allow demonic creatures to swarm through a dimensional rift inflicting pain and misery on him. Phew.

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.

Matt Grayson takes a look at the remake of the SX100 IS. Imaginatively entitled the SX110 IS.

A compact telephoto zoom lens covering the popular 70-300mm range, which has a diffractive optical element, Image Stabiliser and Ultrasonic focus motor.

Phil Young was after a lightweight camera that was also needed to be fairly robust, cope with some decent temperature extremes and be simple enough to use that even a trained monkey would have a fighting chance. Here's how the Canon IXUS 80 IS coped.

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM lens.

The Canon IXUS 960 IS blames nothing for being curvy and bulbous, explains big-boned Matt Grayson.

Enhance your pulling power. Here, we test three popular compact cameras with 10x optical zoom lenses selling for under £200.

Canon show us how to touch a camera in all the right places with the IXUS 200 IS.

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

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?

Emma Kay takes a look at the Booq Python Toploader camera bag.

Peter Bargh reviews the award winning Vanguard Alto Pro 263AT tripod and see if it's all it's cracked up to be.

Nikon owners, put down your scythes and pitchforks. The Nikon D60 isn't two cameras bolted together in a Frankenstein-esque way. It's a pure Nikon DSLR with an old Canon name badge. Matt Grayson investigates.

Daniel Bell reviews the Ricoh PX, a compact digital camera which is waterproof and shockproof.

We test the premium compact camera from Leica, the D-Lux 6 with a bright f/1.4 lens, manual controls and RAW shooting.

The Canon PowerShot A810 is a budget digital compact camera which takes AA batteries with 5x optical zoom and a 16 megapixel sensor.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT5 has a 16 megapixel sensor, 4.6x optical zoom and is waterproof to 13m. Daniel Bell reviews.

Our test of the Vanguard Nivelo 245BK aluminium tripod with swiveling macro centre column.

The Sony Cybershot DSC-TF1 is a budget waterproof camera. Daniel Bell reviews.

We test the latest GPS Travel zoom, the Sony Cybershot HX9v vs Fujifilm FinePix F550EXR vs Canon Powershot SX230 HS vs Panasonic Lumix TZ20.