Latest articles by James Artaius
The best lenses for the Canon EOS R8: Affordable lenses to make the most of this budget-friendly camera
Updated I choose the best lenses for the Canon R8, Canon's powerful but affordable full-frame mirrorless camera
The best camera for wildlife photography: for the best bird and animal photos, you need the right kit!
Buying guide These are the best cameras for wildlife photography, whether I'm going to Zimbabwe or the zoo
Best camera for sports photography in 2025: get in on the action!
Buying guide These are the best cameras for sports photography I've ever used, from ball sports to brawl sports
The best professional camera in 2025: which pro camera system is best?
BUYING GUIDE The best professional cameras are "unicorns" that deliver high-quality stills, locked-in AF, fast burst modes, and crisp video
The best bridge camera in 2025: ultra-zoom cameras for far-off subjects
BUYING GUIDE The best bridge camera will deliver high-quality images, have a relatively big zoom, and DSLR-style handling
Are primes dead? Are bridge cameras underrated? Can you shoot landscapes in bad weather? It's Episode 2 of our Bokeh Face podcast!
In our latest podcast, James and Mike discuss primes vs zooms, a camera with a 24-3000mm lens and how to shoot landscapes in poor conditions
Panasonic is announcing a new camera on Thursday! Here's what it could be
NEWS A new Lumix camera looks set to be announced this week – but will it be a full-frame, Micro Four Thirds or compact camera?
Too good to be true? This compact camera legend could finally get a successor this week!
NEWS A compact camera so good that it has been re-released 6 times in the last 7 years mght finally be getting a proper successor
"The ultimate bokeh" – This lens is so good that it's worth abandoning Canon and Nikon
NEWS "This is the lens you want, if you want the ultimate bokeh… It's literally so good that it's a reason to invest in the L or the E mount," says YouTuber
The compact camera conundrum: Why do Canon, Kodak, Sony and Fujifilm all have different solutions to the same problem?
OPINION "Dig UP, stupid": Compact cameras have dug a hole that manufacturers are all trying to dig out of in completely different ways
Here are the Ricoh GR IV "film looks" shot on a smartphone. Are they enough to make you ditch your compact camera?
NEWS Want compact camera "film looks" on your phone? These Ricoh GR IV image tones are coming to this new Pro phone
Nikon's Sony FX3-killer is selling so fast, it's already delayed in its home country
NEWS "Overwhelming demand" for the Nikon ZR – its first crossover camera with Red – means that it's already on backorder in Japan
This lens is a cheat code for macro photography!
OPINION Do you want to try macro photography? My favorite lens has 1.25x magnification, autofocus plus a unique trick – and it's been slashed by $100
Naked truth: One of the world's largest public art exhibitions is being staged to highlight the climate crisis
EXHIBITION Photographers and artists are creating "nationwide galleries" by taking over hundreds of billboards that will be seen by millions
(00)7 real cameras used by James Bond
007 CAMERAS Today is James Bond Day! To celebrate, here are the (00)7 real cameras (not gadgets!) used by the super spy
A Sony RX compact camera with an APS-C sensor? "Personally I would love it" says senior exec
NEWS Sony exec "would love" an APS-C RX compact camera – but the process is more complex than you might think
The Digital Camera World podcast is here! Welcome to Bokeh Face
PODCAST In the very first episode of the DCW podcast, Chris and James get real about half-frame, compact cameras and shallow depth of field on small sensors
Olympus is NOT dead! This unique camera will have you taking out-of-this-world photos
NEWS A NEW Olympus camera just launched! This very special body is made to order, and comes with clever new body filters
Smaller than a deck of cards! This compact camera body is what everybody has been begging for
NEWS FINALLY! This French camera company is making the super-compact mirrorless body that Japanese manufacturers refuse to give us
Why hasn't Sony made these 5 lenses, after 15 years and 82 lenses in its E-mount lineup?
OPINION Sony makes 82 E-mount lenses – but I think it needs to fill these 5 gaping holes in the lineup. See the full list and decide for yourself
Sony just dropped its first ever macro G Master lens – and it offers up to 2.8x magnification
NEWS This 1.4x macro lens supports teleconverters for up to 2.8x magnification – and it adds another dimension to image stabilization, too
Camera geeks, help me! What kind of bokeh is this?
OPINION This new camera lens makes bokeh balls I've never seen before. What do we call this – "mushroom bokeh"? "Thumbtack bokeh"? "Hydrogen bokeh"?
