Mike Harris

Mike Harris

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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

Barny Dillarstone footage of mitten crab and signal crayfish captured on night-vision camera
Filmmaker captures invasive species by dropping night-vision camera into the River Thames’ murky depths

By Mike Harris Published

News Barny Dillarstone’s at it again, dropping cameras into the depths in search of weird, wonderful and invasive species

News
Nikon Z50
What on Earth is this “boring” seven-year-old last-gen APS-C mirrorless camera doing in Japan’s top-10 camera sales?

By Mike Harris Published

Opinion The Nikon Z50 is aging tech by today’s standards, yet somehow this years-old crop-sensor camera has managed to sneak its way into the Japanese camera charts

Opinion
OM System PEN lifestyle image
A big full-frame camera could be costing you great photos – here’s the solution

By Mike Harris Published

Sponsor Content Created With OM System

The OM System PEN is an everyday alternative to the big full-frame camera that frequently stays at home

Sigma 16-300mm f/3.5-6.7 DC OS | Contemporary lifestyle images
Sigma’s very first zoom lens for Nikon Z mount could be the ultimate 'one-and-done' superzoom for crop-sensor photographers

By Mike Harris Published

News After a long wait, the Sigma 16-300mm f/3.5-6.7 DC OS | Contemporary is finally coming to APS-C Nikon mirrorless cameras

News
Doom running on a Hasselblad X2D 100C
“All Doom players aspire to go medium-format eventually.” Watch classic 90s video game run on Hasselblad X2D 100C camera

By Mike Harris Published

News Fancy blasting the demonic hordes between photoshoots on a multi-thousand-dollar medium-format camera? Me too!

News
Nikon Z8 and D850 close-up of image sensors
Working photographer regularly uses TEN cameras – including old pro DSLR and 35mm film cameras alongside his cutting-edge full-frame mirrorless!

By Mike Harris Published

A Nikon Z8, five DSLR cameras, and four film cameras ensure that this pro has backup bodies for backup bodies and more

DSLR Cameras
Jason Momoa holds custom brass Nikon ZR against his forearm
Excited Jason Momoa drops 'F-bomb' after receiving two stunning all-brass Nikon ZR cameras you can't buy in stores

By Mike Harris Published

News Aquaman actor trades the Trident of Atlan for a stunning pair of custom Nikon cameras, complete with engraved details inspired by his tattoos

News
A critically endangered King Island Scrubtit photographed at Boulder Wildlife Sanctuary, a 200-hectare wildlife refuge on Tasmania’s King Island
“I was confident I’d photographed the right species but given how rare they are, I also had a bit of doubt.” Photographer captures one of Australia’s rarest birds with a last-gen full-frame camera

By Mike Harris Published

News Only 100 King Island scrubtits are thought to exist. Brad Leue set off with the audacious plan to find and photograph one in only a week

News
Nikon Direct lifestyle image of t-shirt and jacket
I wish this official Nikon jacket were available outside of Japan – and there’s a matching T-shirt and umbrella, too!

By Mike Harris Published

News More tantalizing Nikon merch that’s exclusive to its Japanese storefront (Wahhh!)

News
James Artaius and Mike Harris with silhouette of camera between them with question mark and the text 'Best-looking camera?' in front of green and gold bokeh background
The best-looking camera ever? When style IS substance!

By James Artaius Published

PODCAST Sigma oddities: Why the BF isn’t just a great-looking camera. The pros and cons of a revolutionary new type of lens filter. And how to extend your reach

PODCAST
Nikon Z5IIC and Nikon Z5II next to each other on a brown background
Nikon Z5IIC vs Z5II: a missing viewfinder isn’t the only significant difference between these full-frame mirrorless cameras

By Mike Harris Published

Versus The Nikon Z5IIC and Nikon Z5II are very similar cameras, but beyond the obvious EVF omission, there are a few key differences you might want to know before you plump for one or the other

Versus
Panthera camera trap footage of servals
Over 300 custom-made camera traps spread across an area the size of Cape Verde make important wildlife discoveries

By Mike Harris Published

News Panthera lead scientist Paolo Strampelli talks camera traps and how they’re used to gather important data for conservation

News
June 9, 2017 - The rising full moon of June, dubbed the Strawberry Moon, as seen rising over a prairie pond in southern Alberta, Canada. At right, the glitter path from the moon also combines on the water. This illustrates the effect of the moon brightening and becoming less red/yellow as it rises into clearer air above the horizon, with less atmospheric absorption of the short wavelengths.
How to photograph the rising full moon Harvest Moon

By Jamie Carter Last updated

Tutorial Tips for getting great pictures of the full moon in 2026

3 Comments
Tutorial
A Tilcayo tiger cat (Leopardus tilcayo) is seen at the Senda Verde wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia's Yungas region, near Coroico, Bolivia, on September 22, 2026.
Photography is at the heart of remarkable discovery of a new cat species – even if it was science that delivered the definitive proof

By Mike Harris Published

News Photography kickstarted a decade-long investigation into a little wild cat that would turn out to be a zoological marvel

News
Nikon Direct Noct neck warmer
A Nikon Noct lens you can actually afford? This new version will also keep your neck warm!

By Mike Harris Published

News Nikon Direct has immortalized its fastest Nikkor lens as a neck warmer and a stack of paper cups

News
Nikon Z5IIC press image
The Nikon Z5IIC doesn’t need a viewfinder, but I’m worried this new camera needs a clearer identity

By Mike Harris Published

Opinion An EVF means very little to younger creators, but the Nikon Z5IIC will need to do more than that to pry them away from trendier alternatives

5 Comments
Opinion
Risso's dolphin with octopus attached to dorsal fin
Photographer captures octopus riding rarely seen dolphin, provides valuable evidence for ongoing research

By Mike Harris Last updated

News Citizen scientist photographs incredible encounter with a Risso’s dolphin and an octopus just off the coast of Devon

3 Comments
News
Evoto 8.0 update promotional image showing key product updates
Evoto 8.0 launches amidst a $500,000 incentive and exceeds a 1.2-billion-image milestone

By Mike Harris Published

News The AI software is back to usher in a new generation of stills and video retouching, while doubling down on its commitment to working photographers

News
fujifilm x100f
Fujifilm X100F: Can a nine-year-old compact camera really be worth it in 2026?

By Mike Harris Published

Features The Fujifilm X100F is two generations old. But if you’re on a budget and just want to take pictures, is it still a worthwhile compact camera?

Features
Canva ProSuite marketing image with icons of all five Canva programs
Affinity’s “biggest photography update yet” – but don’t panic, the image editor is still free!

By Mike Harris Published

Canva combines its design portfolio into the somewhat confusing ProSuite, while Affinity gets major photography updates

Software
Nikon Small World in Motion video showing abnormal beating of airway cilia in a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)
“To understand this disease, you need to watch the cilia through dozens of beat cycles, not just a still image,” says winner of 16th annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition

By Mike Harris Published

News Microscopic videos unveil alien worlds unseen by the naked eye in long-running Nikon Small World competition

News
Mike Harris holding OM System M.Zuiko 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO at Slimbridge Wetland Centre
If you’re buying a wildlife camera, don’t ignore the ergonomics

By Mike Harris Published

A camera isn’t suitable for wildlife photography if it’s uncomfortable when using long lenses

Nature and Wildlife Photography
James and Chris in front of Canon, Nikon and Sony camera with red and green arrows
Bokeh Face: Nikon drops out of 'Big Three' in Japan! Who joins Canon and Sony?

By James Artaius Published

PODCAST Data from Japan puts Nikon out of the ‘Big Three’. Plus, two new Sigma lenses, and buying a camera from overseas: Is it ever really worth it?

PODCAST
Clip from Nem Perez's Odyssey, created using genAI platform Grok AI, showing a three-eyed Cyclops
I think the US$100,000-winning Grok Imagine Odyssey footage is proof that Hollywood shouldn’t feel threatened by genAI just yet

By Mike Harris Published

Opinion A three-eyed cyclops illustrates how even simple details can still trip up genAI

Opinion
Northern Lights as seen from the ISS with a wide-angle lens showing the curvature of the earth
Excuse me while I snap the sky! NASA astronaut’s ‘Purple Haze’ photograph of aurora kissing the curvature of the Earth was taken from the ISS and is simply jaw-dropping

By Mike Harris Published

News 255 miles above Earth, from a vantage point on the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut captured an incredible green-and-purple aurora tracing Earth’s curvature

News
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