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

By Mike Harris Published
Features Few companies can boast a legacy as rich and innovative as Nikon’s. Here’s how it became the camera giant we know and love today, 109 years after its inception

By Mike Harris Published
news An affordable Sony supertelephoto was rumored to be released alongside the Sony FX5, but that hasn’t materialized. Don’t be fooled by the slow aperture range; this could be a popular lens

By Mike Harris Published
News The Chuzhao M3 is a cheap, rangefinder-style compact camera that’s light on specs, but easy on the eyes

By Mike Harris Published
Features Keeping ISO low isn't always the answer – modern mirrorless cameras often feature a clever bit of tech to make higher ISOs even more usable

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion I’d rather be driven mad by the Sirens’ song than watch a feature-length AI retelling of The Odyssey, but according to Elon Musk, Grok Imagine will soon be capable of producing a "historically accurate" rendition

By James Artaius Published
PODCAST What’s the perfect size for a compact camera? GoPro’s new premium camera series. And why you should know about lens resolution, but probably don’t need to worry about it

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion In today’s episode of ‘Human Creative vs GenAI’, a soupy brown vat of unethical, artificially generated slop wins again

By Mike Harris Published
News I thought Nikon only made one lens in Vietnam, but a picture of a new “Made in Vietnam” lens suggests that things have changed...

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion Fujifilm launched the hybrid viewfinder in 2010 and it’s baffled me ever since why other manufacturers aren’t jumping on the optical bandwagon

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion The internet seems to think that the commander-in-chief was intentionally cropped out of an image of the Spanish national team’s celebrations, posted on FIFA’s social media

By Mike Harris Published
News Nikon President Yasuhiro Omura reveals billion-dollar semiconductor investment strategy, amidst plan to bolster Nikon’s imaging division with more RED tech

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion The Nikon Z6 was never a perfect camera, but it could be the perfect entrypoint into Nikon’s full-frame mirrorless system for photographers on a tight budget

By Mike Harris Published
OPINION A lens filter changes the way light interacts with your camera and, in doing so, can achieve some pretty incredible results – all without editing software

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion The Nikon ZR is a video-first camera, but it also boasts some decent stills photography specs. Could it be a reliable stills camera?

By Mike Harris Published
News The Top Gun actor goes deep into the camera gear used on his new film DIGGER and explains why filmmakers should be embracing flaws

By Mike Harris Published
News Stock for Nikon’s budget ultra-wide DX lens is drying up, but another nail in the DSLR coffin is another window of opportunity on the used market

By Mike Harris Published
News Parallax Monitor / ZR Ctl takes SnapBridge’s remote premise, supercharges it for video and runs with it

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion I’m not surprised that the Star Wars filmmaker isn’t opposed to AI, but I don’t agree with the way he frames it

By Mike Harris Published
News Instax Mini 99 is no longer just available in black, following the announcement of a slick-looking silver variant

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Buying guide The best video editing software can help you turn your video clips into polished and professional movie productions

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion The tech giant killed David with his own catapult, but somehow he rose from the dead. In the battle for camera supremacy, how did the compact claw its way back into the arms of the consumer?

By Mike Harris Published
News The Nikon Zf tops Map Camera’s used sales ranking for June, with another Nikon favorite coming in second place ahead of Sony, Fujifilm and Canon

By Mike Harris Published
News England’s World Cup Quarter-Final clash with Norway marred by controversy, but data suggests that cable-suspended camera wasn’t to blame

By Mike Harris Published
Opinion Sony abandons physical media, but the revival of film, instant cameras, compacts, camcorders and cheap point-and-shoots all prove that ‘dead-and-buried tech’ can make a comeback. But does Sony care?
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