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 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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Opinion Primes might not be as light and portable as you think, f/1.8 is a hindrance not a help, and while zooming with your feet opens one door, it slams another shut

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News See the images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope that photographed a hidden moon orbiting Uranus by capturing 10 40-minute exposures over a six-hour period

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News The Shoten Mount Adapter GXTZ allows you to put Fujifilm GFX-compatible lenses on Nikon Z-Series cameras. But would you really want to?

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PODCAST James showcases the Caira AI camera, the Bokeh Face boys muse whether or not every photographer should aspire to shoot medium format, and Mike delivers a crash course on camera custom buttons

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News Nikon Hong Kong has reportedly clamped down on gray-market purchases by announcing a hefty administration fee in order to repair or maintain affected goods

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News A first-time Canon Sports Photographer of the Year winner is announced alongside image highlights including Donald Trump and a high-flying Yaroslava Mahuchikh

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News It’s taken two years and constant camera-trap surveillance to finally film a Sumatran orangutan using a canopy bridge installed by conservationists to relieve trapped primates

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News Speculation suggests that we won’t see the physical release of the fabled Nikon Z9 II this year, but that doesn’t exactly surprise me…

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News Questions over the suitability of Orion’s heat shield have been answered following Artemis II’s successful splashdown, with a photograph showing “significantly reduced” charring

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Opinion A full-frame DSLR won’t match a mirrorless camera in terms of tech, but when it comes to imaging prowess, they’re much closer than you might think. If you’re serious about photography and budget is a concern, a DSLR could be the better option

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Features There are more photography-themed movies out there than you might think. I’ve created a poll with nearly 50 films so you can vote for your absolute favorites. Spider-Man 2 or not…

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News A team of storm chasers thrust a drone into the eye of the storm in a bid to gather data on one of nature’s most extreme weather phenomena

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Features I’ve not had a lot of luck with memory cards over the years, but touch wood, I’ve managed to avoid a complete disaster by following these rules
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