Photography Equipment Reviews

It took Matt Grayson weeks of preparation like standing infront of the mirror practising jokes, hiring the tuxedo and drinking honey and lemon juice to improve his voice before being told that compering had been spelled incorrectly.

Matt Grayson has a butchers at the EasyShare M863 from Kodak. A small, cheerful camera for the happy snapper crowd.

Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 APO EX HSM review.

With a huge 24x optical zoom, Raw recording and a portrait shutter release, is the Kodak Easyshare Z980 a suitable second camera for DSLR users?

Canon PowerShot G2 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?

Matt Grayson looks at the second generation of Ricoh's digital GR range. The imaginatively entitled GRD II.

Capable of scanning at up to 7200dpi and with new environmentally friendly features, and no warm up time, is the Opticfilm 7400 the ideal film scanner for those on a budget?

Daniel Bell tests the performance of the 18x optical zoom Fujifilm FinePix S2950.

Daniel Bell reviews the Olympus TG-830, a compact camera which is waterproof to 10m, shockproof to 2.1m, freezeproof to -10°C and crushproof to 100kg.

Sample photos from the 14.2 megapixel Nikon 1 J3.

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the brand new prime lens from Nikon, the AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G - find out how it performs in our review.

We go hands-on with the new 75mm portrait lens for Micro Four Thirds from Olympus.

We test the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc with 8 megapixel Exmor R backlick CMOS sensor, HUGE screen, and Google's latest mobile operating system: Android 2.3.3.

The Pentax K-5 II updates the Pentax K-5 - find out how it performs in our review by John Riley.

We go hands-on with the new Fujifilm X100s, the update to the X100 may look similar externally, but it's what inside that counts.