Canon EOS 90D, Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary, 1/600sec at f/7.1, ISO 100 ‘I was on my way to Holy Island one morning when I found the opportunity to photograph Bamburgh Castle in a unique way. There was such a variety of birds out on

Geoff Harris’s bulls-eye points about the runaway success of the Fujifilm X100VI will rightly make many sit up and take note. He says X100VI mania is ‘in full swing’ – true, but manias do not always last that long. Plus, not all readers have nearly £

When was the club founded? Wensleydale Camera Club was founded at the inaugural meeting on 31 January 1957. In our 50th anniversary year, in 2007, we contacted many people from throughout Wensleydale and met regularly to look through over 14,000 sli

The 3in, 2.1m-dot touchscreen tilts up and down, but there’s no additional hinge for portrait-format shooting. Leica has included two card slots, one for CFexpress Type B and the other for UHS-II SD. They can be used either simultaneously or sequenti

Introduced in February this year, the Panasonic Lumix S 28-200mm F4-7.1 Macro OIS is an all-in-one ‘superzoom’ lens for the firm’s full-frame mirrorless L-mount cameras. It’s billed as the smallest and lightest of its type, at 93.4mm long and 413g. I

Interchangeable lenses come in a huge array of types for shooting different kinds of subjects IN GENERAL, the easiest way to expand the kinds of pictures you can take is by buying different types of lenses. For example, telephoto lenses let you zoom

Fans of historical drama and anything Japanese have been glued to Shogun, the big-bucks remake of James Clavell’s novel (some readers may remember the original TV series with Richard Chamberlain). The new Shogun has been getting rave reviews and pull

The introduction to photographer Paul Hart’s latest book, Fragile, features a poem by American poet Helene Johnson (1906-1995). Titled Trees at Night, it includes descriptions such as ‘lacy arms’, ‘stilly sleeping lake’, ‘torn webs of shadows’ and ‘t

There’s an African proverb that reads, ‘Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.’ It’s a beautiful sentiment and one that fine art photographer Thandiwe Muriu has been guided by since taking up photography at the age of 14. Bo

A BURSARY to encourage young sports photographers has been set up in memory of Eamonn McCabe, the award-winning photographer and picture editor for The Guardian and Observer. The theme of the bursary is ‘sporting endeavour,’ and will give £3,000 to a

This is one of the most fun projects in photography right now, and by one of my favourite people in photography too, so it was an absolute given that I would choose an image for this column from the new book Whilst the World Sleeps by Eleanor Macnair

The Leica SL3 is the latest in the firm’s line of pro-spec full-frame mirrorless models, which started with the original 24MP SL back in 2015. This was a camera built unashamedly for professionals, with an extremely robust body supported by superb op

THE WINNERS of the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards competition have been announced by The World Photography Organisation. The Photographer of the Year title was awarded to Juliette Pavy for her series Spiralkampagnen: Forced Contraception and Unin

TOPAZ Labs has launched Photo AI 3.0, enabling users to adjust the colour balance and lighting for raw files inside Topaz Photo AI using AI-based filters, along with the company’s Raw Denoise. The update also enables you to save commonly used filter

● £52 ● 3leggedthing.com In essence, these Ultra Plates are very simple. They are long quick-release plates that can be mounted on any Arca-Swiss-type tripod head (including 3 Legged Thing’s) instead of a standard plate. That extra length and the add

MAGNUM Photos is holding another of its long-running square print sales, giving customers the chance to buy 6x6in, limited-edition prints from Magnum photographers. The latest sale features images from well-known names such as Martin Parr, Elliott Er

WITH the UK phone market dominated by Apple, Samsung and Google, other makers, notably from China, are jostling for a remaining slice of the pie. Back in March, Xiaomi announced the 14 and 14 Ultra, the latter featuring a one-inch sensor and stepless

Whether you want to capture a painting, digitise old prints or take on a copy work job, photographing artwork is a useful skill. But there’s more to it than pointing your camera at the canvas. Here we’ll look at a host of camera skills that you can u

Interchangeable lenses come in a huge array of types for shooting different kinds of subjects IN GENERAL, the easiest way to expand the kinds of pictures you can take is by buying different types of lenses. For example, telephoto lenses let you zoom

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARK CAMERAS Very few ‘bad’ cameras are released these days, and with some really impressive mirrorless cameras on the shelves, it’s no surprise that the pre-owned market in the UK is booming. More and more photographers are choo