Latest articles by James Artaius
The best professional camera in 2025: which pro camera system is best?
BUYING GUIDE The best professional cameras are "unicorns" that deliver high-quality stills, locked-in AF, fast burst modes, and crisp video
The best bridge camera in 2025: ultra-zoom cameras for far-off subjects
BUYING GUIDE The best bridge camera will deliver high-quality images, have a relatively big zoom, and DSLR-style handling
Lowest EVER price on the Canon EOS R50 V with a lens! This content creation camera is slashed to £799
DEAL This is an outstanding deal: the Canon EOS R50 V with Power Zoom lens is down to just £799 – it's lowest price ever!
Crazy Canon compact camera drops to its BEST-EVER price
Cyber Monday Record FullHD video at the touch of a button with this pocket-sized space-age monocular now slashed in price
Are primes dead? Are bridge cameras underrated? Can you shoot landscapes in bad weather? It's Episode 2 of our Bokeh Face podcast!
In our latest podcast, James and Mike discuss primes vs zooms, a camera with a 24-3000mm lens and how to shoot landscapes in poor conditions
Panasonic is announcing a new camera on Thursday! Here's what it could be
NEWS A new Lumix camera looks set to be announced this week – but will it be a full-frame, Micro Four Thirds or compact camera?
Too good to be true? This compact camera legend could finally get a successor this week!
NEWS A compact camera so good that it has been re-released 6 times in the last 7 years mght finally be getting a proper successor
"The ultimate bokeh" – This lens is so good that it's worth abandoning Canon and Nikon
NEWS "This is the lens you want, if you want the ultimate bokeh… It's literally so good that it's a reason to invest in the L or the E mount," says YouTuber
The compact camera conundrum: Why do Canon, Kodak, Sony and Fujifilm all have different solutions to the same problem?
OPINION "Dig UP, stupid": Compact cameras have dug a hole that manufacturers are all trying to dig out of in completely different ways
Here are the Ricoh GR IV "film looks" shot on a smartphone. Are they enough to make you ditch your compact camera?
NEWS Want compact camera "film looks" on your phone? These Ricoh GR IV image tones are coming to this new Pro phone
Nikon's Sony FX3-killer is selling so fast, it's already delayed in its home country
NEWS "Overwhelming demand" for the Nikon ZR – its first crossover camera with Red – means that it's already on backorder in Japan
Do you wish your mirrorless camera could fit in your pocket? With this super-slim pancake lens, it can!
Opinion This $50 pancake lens made my mirrorless camera the same size as my compact camera – now it easily slips in my pocket
This lens is a cheat code for macro photography!
OPINION Do you want to try macro photography? My favorite lens has 1.25x magnification, autofocus plus a unique trick – and it's been slashed by $100
Naked truth: One of the world's largest public art exhibitions is being staged to highlight the climate crisis
EXHIBITION Photographers and artists are creating "nationwide galleries" by taking over hundreds of billboards that will be seen by millions
This TINY lens is an 80-300mm equivalent zoom – and it's discounted by at least 30%
PRIME DEAL Smaller than a soda can, save at least 30% on this mini Micro Four Thirds lens that has an equivalent zoom of 80-300mm!
The "perfect camera" just hit its lowest ever price! The OM System OM-3 has NEVER been cheaper
DEAL I already bought this camera… and now it's £336 off in this early Prime Day deal, I'm kicking myself!
(00)7 real cameras used by James Bond
007 CAMERAS Today is James Bond Day! To celebrate, here are the (00)7 real cameras (not gadgets!) used by the super spy
A Sony RX compact camera with an APS-C sensor? "Personally I would love it" says senior exec
NEWS Sony exec "would love" an APS-C RX compact camera – but the process is more complex than you might think
The Digital Camera World podcast is here! Welcome to Bokeh Face
PODCAST In the very first episode of the DCW podcast, Chris and James get real about half-frame, compact cameras and shallow depth of field on small sensors
Olympus is NOT dead! This unique camera will have you taking out-of-this-world photos
NEWS A NEW Olympus camera just launched! This very special body is made to order, and comes with clever new body filters
Smaller than a deck of cards! This compact camera body is what everybody has been begging for
NEWS FINALLY! This French camera company is making the super-compact mirrorless body that Japanese manufacturers refuse to give us
Why hasn't Sony made these 5 lenses, after 15 years and 82 lenses in its E-mount lineup?
OPINION Sony makes 82 E-mount lenses – but I think it needs to fill these 5 gaping holes in the lineup. See the full list and decide for yourself
