Gavin Stoker
Gavin has over 30 years’ experience of writing about photography and television. He is currently the editor of British Photographic Industry News, and previously served as editor of Which Digital Camera and deputy editor of Total Digital Photography.
He has also written for a wide range of publications including T3, BBC Focus, Empire, NME, Radio Times, MacWorld, Computer Active, What Digital Camera and the Rough Guide books.
With his wealth of knowledge, Gavin is well placed to recognize great camera deals and recommend the best products in Digital Camera World’s buying guides. He also writes on a number of specialist subjects including binoculars and monoculars, spotting scopes, microscopes, trail cameras, action cameras, body cameras, filters and cameras straps.
Latest articles by Gavin Stoker

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Review Angled spotting scope for power users that lives up to its ‘Regal’ name via a design and feature set that’s, yes, a bit posh

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Review Travel scope offers plenty of poke despite diminutive proportions, thanks to zoom capability and large-ish objective lens

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Buying guide Improve your golf, or measure distances at work, using the best laser rangefinders on the market.

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review Ultra compact and versatile macro monocular that can focus as close as 30cm, as well as alternatively to infinity

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review This fully featured monocular resembles a miniature spotting scope and even comes with its own tripod for extra stability

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review Rugged construction monocular with a large bright lens and bolt-on accessories including belt loop and tripod thread ticks the boxes

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review Bright results from a monocular that still manages to be reasonably compact and priced

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review A monocular that’s ready for whatever the ocean can throw at it

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review This pocket-sized premium monocular offers solid construction and performance with it

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feature Latest innovations are one thing, but the allure of a classic camera design remains strong and timeless – here’s why…

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review This well-specified latest generation trail camera looks to be one of the heavy hitters on paper – how does it handle in practice?

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review One of the most compact trail cameras on the market features a steel mounting bracket and color screen at an affordable price; does this make it a great entry-level option?

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review This brick-sized trail camera provides plenty of illumination for nighttime observation without scaring off shy subjects

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review Kodak stakes a claim in the burgeoning instant print market with a device delivering larger prints reminiscent of classic Polaroids

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review Business card sized prints not good enough for you? Then it might be worth considering this chunky beast of an analogue camera…

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review Third generation of Sony’s compact super zoom boasts DSLR styling and functionality in a capable ‘all in one’ package

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review Dive! Dive! Dive! And Snap! Snap! Snap! With the robust SeaLife Micro 3.0 waterproof camera for messing about in the water…

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review Fancy an old-school, film-based SLR? With the Lomography Konstruktor, you’ll have to build it first

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review Want to capture video and stills of hard-to-photograph critters day or night? The all-seeing Bushnell Core DS-4K No Glow trail camera could be the answer

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review The Panasonic LX15 is a compact snapper with sophistication in spades, not least due to its unusually large one-inch sensor

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review A one-inch sensor plus a 15x optical zoom make for a decent specified compact useful for a wide variety of creative pursuits

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review The Panasonic TZ90 is a compact snapshot camera offering 30x optical zoom power that will slip into your jeans pocket

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review Nikon’s B600 bridge camera – or super zoom – puts a powerful focal range in the palm of our hands for a value price
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