Mike Harris
Mike studied photography at college, honing his Adobe Photoshop skills and learning to work in the studio and darkroom. After a few years writing for various publications, he headed to the ‘Big Smoke’ to work on Wex Photo Video’s award-winning content team, before transitioning back to print as Technique Editor (later Deputy Editor) on N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine.
With bylines in Digital Camera, PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, Practical Photography, Digital Photographer, iMore, and TechRadar, he’s a fountain of photography and consumer tech knowledge, making him a top tutor for techniques on cameras, lenses, tripods, filters, and more. His expertise extends to everything from portraits and landscapes to abstracts and architecture to wildlife and, yes, fast things going around race tracks...
Latest articles by Mike Harris

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News Pro videographer explains why shooting for vertical and horizontal video simultaneously will never reap the best results – and why open gate isn’t the answer

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PODCAST Polaroid's latest Go instant camera is under the spotlight, while James and Chris also discuss whether or not AF is just too good? And the pros and cons of lens hoods

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News Are photographers and influencers more at risk? Rise in human-animal-related incidents suggests so

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News Anyone hoping to photograph the on-track action at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix will be sorely disappointed, unless they have official accreditation

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Opinion Autofocus isn’t magic (yet). Sure, it’s incredibly good, but your hit rate depends on so much more than just AF algorithms

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News Researchers have managed to photograph and video dolphins performing ‘shelling’ off the east coast of Australia

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News Nine years ago, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen captured some of the most haunting wildlife imagery I have ever seen

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INTERVIEW AI is still a driving force behind Skylum’s flagship photo editing software, but never at the expense of the photographer’s authorship

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Buying guide Edit and organize your images and video with the best iPads available today

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Opinion If the rumors are true, Nikon certainly isn’t alone. There have been notably fewer releases in 2026 – and a multitude of reasons why

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News It certainly makes sense to me that a stills-focused Nikon ZR-style camera would have a viewfinder

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Interview Nikon photographer Angel Fux had been preparing for the August 12 total solar eclipse for over two years. Here’s what it took to capture the rare event

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News Slithering reptile photographed in Singapore is actually rare blue-necked keelback snake that’s best observed from a safe distance

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Interview Sports photographer Joel Marklund had an image in his head of Messi mirroring the late-great Maradona – and he was willing to miss some of the biggest World Cup 2022 moments to capture it

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News Leave it to the famously analog director to use a decades-old medium-format film camera to compose shots between takes

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News Apparently, everyone wants a piece of the Nikon Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S – and now Nikon Japan has had to suspend orders

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News An Apple ProRes RAW compatibility list featured a Nikon Z70 and was promptly removed. Could this be the fabled mirrorless successor to the Nikon D500?

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News DJI is teasing the second coming of its popular Osmo 360 action camera on social media

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PODCAST The Sony RX10 V marks the return of the bridge camera. Pancake lenses are trending upwards. And why are some sensors 3:2 and others 4:3?
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News Looking for a gift for a photography friend or yourself? This mini RC car and 720p magnetic camera look like an absolute blast

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News Finally, a DJI Mini with internal recording, and the DJI Mic Mini 2S comes with 32-bit float and AI noise canceling to boot!

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Opinion I’m long past hoping Nikon will launch a range of retro-themed optics to support its heritage mirrorless cameras, but here’s why that shouldn’t put you off investing in a Nikon Zf

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News Nikon’s been making microscopes for over a century, now you can visit an exhibition that explores both its history and modern photomicrography masterpieces
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