Cameras & Kit

We check out all manner of cameras and related accessories. Whether you’re after the latest DSLR, or just a great ‘point-and-shoot’ digital camera – we cover them all here. We also write about new technologies, such as 3D photography and video.

Olympus PEN Mini and PEN Lite: Image and Movie Quality without Compromising Style

Olympus PEN Mini and PEN Lite: Image and Movie Quality without Compromising Style

Camera technology, it seems, is going from strength to strength with virtually every week a new camera is announced claiming some kind of marvellous photographic innovation. Since the Japanese camera manufacturers, Olympus introduced its first camera in 1936, the leading corporation of optics has certainly had its fair share optics…

Canon’s cutting edge (wallet draining) camera range

Canon’s cutting edge (wallet draining) camera range

Hold on to your wallets and purses Canon fans! The camera giant has just unveiled a whole range of new cameras to get your shutter fingers twitching. First off is the new, compact DSLR the Canon EOS 6D, the smallest and lightest full-frame DSLR to come out of the Canon…

Sony Handycam NEX-VG900E: First full frame flix

Sony Handycam NEX-VG900E: First full frame flix

Like two titans inching themselves inexorably nearer to each other, the ever diminishing gulf between consumer handycams and 35mm DSLRs takes another giant leap closer with the release of the Sony Handycam NEX-VG900E. DSLRs have had the capability of recording high definition video for some time now, but conversely, the…

Small wonder from Nikon: the D600

Small wonder from Nikon: the D600

Nikon has just announced its smallest and lightest full-frame D-SLR with a massive megapixel count. The D600 has a 24.3-megapixel sensor and the body measures up at a wee 141x113x82mm, which makes it far more appealing to anyone who wants to carry their camera around with them all the time….

IFA 2012: Samsung Galaxy camera

IFA 2012: Samsung Galaxy camera

Having warmed up the crowd with their announcement of the Galaxy Note II, the next product to be ‘unpacked’ by Samsung was the Galaxy Camera – a product that the firm hopes will redefine the digital camera category. On first impressions it’s unlikely to redefine anything in terms of design…

Cameramator: The Photographer’s New Best Friend

Cameramator: The Photographer’s New Best Friend

If tethered photography is getting you down, Cameramator could be the answer you’ve been looking for. Currently in the developmental stages, this new technology takes tethered photography to the next level, and turns it wireless. When in use, Cameramator will allow you to control your DSLR and preview images directly…

Liquid Image Ego action camera: For “Dude! Did you see that?” moments

Liquid Image Ego action camera: For “Dude! Did you see that?” moments

I’ve dabbled in various “extreme” sports over the years, with varying degrees of failure, be in parkour, tricking, BMX or trials biking. One thing that has been consistent has been excited faces breathlessly uttering “Did you see that?” after a particularly stunning jump, trick or movement. There’s something in extreme…

Logitech TV Cam HD: Make your very own video wall

Logitech TV Cam HD: Make your very own video wall

Whether you’re a fan of Skype or you’ve always dreamed of taking your telephone calls over a live-vision video wall, the new Logitech TV Cam HD could be just the ticket. We’ve seen TVs with Skype capabilities starting to creep into the market, but this standalone high-definition TV camera promises…

Panasonic Lumix range helps you get closer to the action – and share it with friends

Panasonic Lumix range helps you get closer to the action – and share it with friends

If you’re hoping to get closer to the action this summer – whether it’s at one of the sporting summer’s events, or taking photos of the kids or wildlife in safari parks or in the countryside, then Panasonic’s latest Super-Zoom digital camera might do the trick. The LUMIX DMC-FZ62 has…

Booq Python Pack: Essential protection for your photographic essentials

Booq Python Pack: Essential protection for your photographic essentials

As a self-shooting video journalist I often find my self lugging an array of cameras, microphones, cables and lenses across the Greater London area. As I don’t have a car (I’m a committed city dweller), and am often on the London Underground or a bicycle, this can be quite physically…

Sony Cyber-shot RX100: Big sensor, big price

Sony Cyber-shot RX100: Big sensor, big price

Sony is targeting the high-end compact camera market with its latest release – the Cyber-shot RX100. This is the first time the company has produced a compact camera with a large sensor, which they say is the world’s first1 1.0-type 20.2 effective megapixel sensor. Usually a big sensor means a…

Sony NEX-F3: Your flexible friend

Sony NEX-F3: Your flexible friend

Sony’s new compact snapper, the NEX-F3 has a lot of live up to. Its predecessor is the NEX-C3, which received some rave reviews from those in the know. So can the NEX-F3 offer anything more? Well, first and most obvious is its flexible screen, which tilts through 180 degrees –…