Latest articles by Rod Lawton
The best lenses for the Nikon Z6 II in 2024
Updated What are the best lenses for the Nikon Z6 II? It’s a very capable mirrorless camera that needs good lenses to do it justice
The best lenses for the Nikon Z7 II in 2024
Updated We think these are the best lenses for the Nikon Z7 II right now, blending versatility, performance and value
Best lenses for the Panasonic Lumix G7 in 2024
Buying guide The best lenses for the Panasonic Lumix G7 can extend this budget camera’s capabilities without breaking the bank
The Sony 24-50mm F2.8 G is a new compact and powerful standard zoom
News The Sony 24-50mm F2.8 G addresses a full frame mirrorless issue – lenses that are too big for compact full frame bodies!
OM System OM-1 firmware update will come, but it won't be what fans hoped
News The OM System OM-1 Mark II brought new features that many hoped would come to the Mark I as a firmware update...
Super-wide Sigma 15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye lens aims for the stars!
News The Sigma 15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye looks ideal for astrophotography with exotic glass and weather proofing
Sigma 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS Sports is a surprising downsized super-telephoto
News The Sigma 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports goes for the gap between consumer zooms and pro telephoto primes
Laowa says new Nanomorphs are world’s first “Affordable Anamorphic Zooms”
News Launching on Indiegogo, these two T2.9 Nanomorph zooms will cover a combined focal length of 28-100mm
Now you can buy the wonderful Phase One XC medium format camera body only
News It means that if you already have a Phase One IQ4 digital back, you don’t have to buy another!
Manual focus lenses helped me rediscover the magic of depth of field
Opinion Depth of field measurement used to be easy. What happened?
Why did I ignore back button focus on my camera for so long?
Opinion Why does your camera have to focus the instant before the shutter releases? Why can't you decide when to focus?
I love DSLRs but mirrorless cameras are so much better at manual focusing
Opinion Sorry, but optical viewfinders just can't offer the magnified precision of EVFs
How I fixed my lens’s focus with kitchen foil and a pair of scissors
How to What do you do if your lens goes to infinity... and beyond?
Voigtländer 35 mm/1:2.5 Color Skopar P-Type II review
Review The Voigtländer 35 mm/1:2.5 Color Skopar P-Type II is an old-school rangefinder lens, but can modern sensors handle it?
Hit the right spot with your Canon camera's Spot metering mode
TUTORIAL Rod Lawton takes a look at this challenging metering mode, how it works and what it can do for your photographic projects
We photographers keep digging ourselves deeper into a hole with non-destructive editing
Opinion Non-destructive editing is a short-term tactic not a long-term strategy, unless you want to end up in a deep, deep hole
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR review: the X-mount's nifty fifty
Review The Fujinon XF35mmF2 R WR is like a ‘nifty fifty’ for Fujifilm X-mount cameras. It’s small, classy and rather good
Nikon in 2023: Cutting-edge flagships to film camera throwbacks
2023 IN REVIEW 2023 was a strong year for Nikon, with not one but two major camera launches and so many lenses it’s left us goggle-eyed
Nikon dumped aperture rings years ago. So where does that leave the Zf?
Opinion The Nikon Zf is a beautiful retro-themed full frame camera with old-school camera controls. Well, two out of three
Sony in 2023: from a compact vlogging cam to the most advanced camera ever
BEST OF 2023 2023 has been a HUGE year for Sony, with so many launches it’s sometimes been difficult to keep up. Here’s what happened
Canon in 2023: lenses the world has never seen before, and some creative cameras too
BEST OF 2023 What a year it’s been for Canon fans! Join us on a trip through 2023 as we relive the launches, the lenses, the rumors and the rebuttals…
Panasonic in 2023: a new phase for full frame and Micro Four Thirds
Best of 2023 2023 was a major year for Panasonic with two major launch events for both Lumix S and Lumix G formats
I wonder what happened to ordinary photography? We’ve become fixated on extremes
Opinion We all want the best camera. Of course we do. But judging cameras by the extremes of their performance makes no sense
