Paul Burrows

Fied test Portable audio recording specialist Zoom has packed all its expertise and the latest digital audio technologies into the much-updated version of its popular H5 modular field recorder

Features Sigma is best known as a lens maker, but it also builds cameras that break from conventional design. In fact, quirky cameras are a Sigma speciality

opinion Fujifilm channels its legendary roll-film DNA into a digital powerhouse

Features As auto exposure control became a reality on 35mm SLRs, just about every manufacture tried to make it as affordable as possible, giving birth to a surprisingly long list of single-mode aperture-priority AE models

opinion The Sigma BF has set out to rewrite the camera design rulebook – and therein lie its greatest strengths and compromises

opinion As Sigma offers a new approach to camera design, Paul Burrows ponders what pro photographers actually want

HISTORY The twin-lens Rolleiflex was the camera of choice for both professional and amateur photographers for around 50 years

What is a mirror lens exactly? And have they got a new lease of life when used on mirrorless cameras? I've been trying them out…

Classic camera Is it worth buying an older, used digital camera? It’s a question I get asked a lot and I've always erred on the side of ‘no’, but there are exceptions and Ricoh’s unusual take on a mirrorless system from 2009 can still work today.

Camera icon Canon's AE-1 heralded a watershed in camera design, putting electronics in the hands of masses of photographers

opinion Good things do come in small packages, even if they have become harder to find

opinion Is Canon’s hugely popular 35mm AE-1 (and AE-1 Program) ready for a digital reprise as an RF mount mirrorless camera?

Opinion Cameras like the Fuji X100VI are selling like hot cakes, despite having no zoom or interchangeable lenses

opinion Not everyone wants to use a camera like a phone. Why can't we at least have the option to take pictures properly?

Classic cameras The Nikon F and F2 legitimized the 35mm film format for working photographers, creating the first pro-level body supported by an extensive system of lenses and accessories.

Features A remarkable image of a coccolithophore is one of the 12 finalists in the 2024 Beaker Street Science Photography Prize

Features Pentax and Kodak have re-popularized the half-frame film camera - but its history stretches back to the 1960s

Opinion The lack of simple, cheap interchangeable lens cameras is not good for the lifeblood for photography as a hobby

Books Belgian sports photographer Kristof Ramon (aks Kramon) has been photographing the pro peloton for over 14 years and is considered one of the world’s most influential cycling photographers

Classic camera Hasselblad’s modular, box-form 6x6cm SLR revolutionized medium roll-film photography, and the 500 series subsequently stayed in production for 56 years