James Abbott
James Abbott is a landscape and portrait photographer based in Cambridge. He’s also an experienced photography journalist specializing in camera skills and Photoshop techniques. He is also a CAA-approved drone pilot and professional aerial photographer.
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Review Blackmagic Video Assist 5 3G Blackmagic Video Assist 5 3G is also its worst enemy with some hard-to-swallow limitations

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Review The Blackmagic Video Assist 7 12G HDR is a mighty beast that makes shooting a breeze

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Review The Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel is a fantastic yet specialist device

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Review The Holy Stone Sirius HS900 is a sub-250g drone with some impressive features for the price

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Review The Autel EVO Max 4T is the perfect drone for emergency services, search & rescue and surveying

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Review The MSI Summit E16 Flip Evo offers creative-friendly features but lacks pro-spec processing power and screen performance

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Review Develop your flight skills or let the kids fly with the surprisingly good Potensic A20 Mini Drone

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Review With a mix of plus and minus points, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus doesn’t wow but it handles general tablet tasks reasonably well

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Review The Amazon Fire Max 11 is the biggest and best Fire tablet to date but it’s not without compromise

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Review The Huion Kamvas Pro 24 (4K) delivers excellent image quality at a great price, but it’s not perfect

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Review The Huion Kamvas 13 provides precise and tactile photo editing control for a competitive price

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Tutorial Make snow look more natural in just a couple of minutes with Photoshop

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Opinion Apple computers are great, but there’s some stiff competition from Windows-based PCs

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Review The ultimate video editing keyboard for Davinci Resolve Studio

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Review A dedicated editing controller that could revolutionize your video editing

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Review With a range of features aimed at both beginners and experienced pilots, the BetaFPV Cetus X FPV Kit is the perfect option for learning how to fly PFV

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Review With everything you need to fly FPV indoors, the betaFPV Cetus Lite Kit makes FPV inexpensive and easy for everyone

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Opinion With only two Special Edition lenses available for the Nikon Z f and Z fc, delving into the wider Z-series lens line-up is the only option

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Review With unique new features alongside an interface overhaul, Serif Affinity Photo 2 proves that budget software doesn’t have to mean compromise – or a monthly subscription

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Review With impressive new features in this year’s update of ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2023, it’s looking like the best version of the software to date

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Review With a mixture of good and bad points, plus a hefty subscription fee, InVideo is an impressive but not for everyone

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Buying guiide The free version of Blackmagic’s video editor is already very powerful, so what does the Studio version give you?

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Review DaVinci Resolve Studio 18 packs incredible new features into an already comprehensive suite of professional editing tools
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