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 The jump in stocks that sent the internet into a frenzy has dropped and Nikon is still owned by, well, Nikon…

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News Apple swipes cult-favorite film emulation tool, Color.io amidst year of creative software expansion for Cupertino

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Buying guide Forget Apple: these iPad alternatives from Samsung, Microsoft, Amazon, and Lenovo provide better value and great specs

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Opinion I recommend buying a beginner camera that has dual command dials if you aim to take photography seriously. Here’s why…

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News A cryptic statement by Nikon suggests that more retro cameras are on the way. As a Nikon expert, these vintage bodies would be top of my list

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PODCAST The Bokeh Face boys come up with 6 cameras they want to see back from the dead. Plus, Mike waxes lyrical about the Nikon Z 70‑200mm f/2.8 VR S II, and Chris showcases the king of waterproof compacts, the OM System Tough TG-7
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News This photographer ‘MacGyvered’ a wearable camera rig from football shoulder pads and an exoskeleton to distribute the weight of tens of thousands of dollars worth of gear

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News Nikon talks price hikes, the enduring impact of the memory crisis and its strategy for increasing video profitability in 2026 Financial Results Briefing

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News A long time ago, in a courtroom not so far away, a district court threw out a copyright lawsuit for ‘Alderaan’ reasons. Last week, an appeals court ruled that it was wrongly dismissed
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News Bird photographers get a shock in South Africa when a pair of cheetahs chill out right in front of their hide’s viewing hatch

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News The Big N records giant losses, but cameras aren’t to blame and the company isn’t hemorrhaging cash. So what’s going on?

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Opinion Marvel star blasts Disney for replacing artists with AI amid mass layoffs – underscoring how genAI is affecting the creative industry

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News A lovingly customized film camera that’s inspired by the famous RX-78-2 Gundam suit? Count me in!

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News Rumors point to a high-end Nikon APS-C camera on the way. Are we looking at a successor to the Z30… or even the D500?

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Opinion Image fidelity has reached oversaturation and genAI images will never be authentic. It’s not surprising that retro-style imagery is more popular than ever

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Opinion It can seem like photography competition winners are dropping like it’s an episode of Game of Thrones. AI is the root of the problem, but the paranoia is only adding fuel to the fire

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Features Roughly two years ago, I bought the Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR, and it’s still my favorite lens in my Z-mount arsenal

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News North America’s largest big cat is filmed in southern Arizona – one of only five individuals recorded in the area over the past 15 years

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Opinion Manual exposure isn’t a quick fix. Switch for the wrong reason and it’ll make your photos worse, not better! But if you long to be more active in your creative decision making, there’s a halfway house between auto and manual

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News Vintage cameras don’t always have reliable light meters – if they have one at all. Wearable light meter Kickstarter seeks to solve poor exposure, so you can stop wasting film and missing moments

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Opinion The Nikon Coolpix S9300 is a 2012 compact camera that won’t deliver that ugly, over-processed smartphone aesthetic. It’s also refreshingly cheap and looks like a throwback to that oh-so vibrant and optimistic tech aesthetic of the post-Y2K era

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Opinion The camera industry is all about specs, specs, specs nowadays, but you’ll regret buying a camera if you don’t gel with it in a physical sense

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News Viral reports of a Sony 14-800mm f/0.5 aren’t going to pull the wool over our eyes, but there are plenty of lenses out there with specs that elevate them to a near-mythical status

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News The RSPB’s findings link flat birder feeders to the spread of a deadly disease that’s killing certain species of garden birds at a frightening rate. Here’s what you can do to help…
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