Latest articles by Paul Burrows
The Canon F-1 and New F-1 were more than just metal: these legendary professional SLR cameras have enduring appeal
Camera icons Canon was late to the pro 35mm SLR party, but it soon made up for lost time and F-1 models put the brand on top in this sector, establishing a legacy which carries through to today.
Voigtländer: the family name behind generations of cameras and lenses
Classic cameras Three generations of the Voigtländer family built one of Germany’s leading makers of cameras and lenses, with its origins dating back to the 19th century
This one missing feature is ruining the best new mirrorless cameras
Opinion By leaving out these features, modern cameras are quite literally short-sighted
Why are the best photographers obsessed with compact cameras like the Fujifilm X100VI and Leica Q3?
Opinion The "two-legged zoom"… This is why everyone is ditching interchangeable lenses for big sensor, fixed-lens compacts
Australian Camera Magazine Imaging Awards 2026 winners announced
These are the cameras, lenses and printers from the last 12 months that impressed the most
Wanna know how Leica and Hasselblad escaped the digital death spiral that killed off Rollei?
HISTORY Why money and vision, not just heritage, determine a camera brand's survival
Ricoh GR IV review: the cult compact gets its biggest upgrade yet
Review Ricoh’s beloved pocket-sized street camera returns with a new BSI sensor, redesigned lens, and major usability upgrades – all while keeping its cult-classic formula intact
Fuji GS645S Professional – how 6x4.5cm made medium format photography accessible to all
Classic cameras Inspiring the new digital Fujifilm GFX100RF is a long line of Fujifilm fixed-lens rollfilm cameras dating from the late 1970s
The shocking reason why your phone photos could be history's biggest loss
Opinion 'Forgotten' photos are changing how we see the 20th century – but will rediscovered gems like this become a thing of the past?
100 years of Leica – how a 'miniature format' took over the world of cameras forever
Photography was revolutionized after the appearance at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Fair in Germany of the Leitz Kleinfilmkamera – the first Leica camera to go into commercial production. This small camera was the start of something bigger than its creators could ever have imagined.
Testing Fujifilm's X-Half gave me a painful reminder of the reality behind the romance of film photography
Opinion I tried Fujifilm's film camera mode and remembered why I permanently switched to shooting digitally
The high-end compact camera is back – and that's a very good thing
Opinion Why the new wave of enthusiast compact cameras is essential for us photographers
The Hasselblad XPan remembered: the iconic camera that lives on in the Fujifilm GFX100RF
Camera icon From 35mm film to medium format digital compact: the evolution of the XPan panoramic camera
A new era of niche camera design is here – and I'm excited for what comes next
opinion Your next camera may look completely different – as the compact camera revival brings a break from the mainstream
Fujifilm's GFX100RF is the culmination of a 50-year quest to create the perfect fixed-lens medium-format camera
HISTORY From tourist snapper to pocket digital powerhouse: the full history of Fujifilm's fixed-lens giants
The design paradox: Why wacky digital cameras failed and classic shapes prevail
Opinion Digital cameras don't need to look like the ones that I used 50 years ago – but they do. Is it us or the manufacturers that are being conservative?
Caught off guard: Camera makers scramble to make compacts great again
opinion Everyone knows that old compact cameras are in hot demand. So when are manufacturers going to make modern versions?
Zoom H5Studio - a full-feature update to the classic portable audio recorder
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
Sigma's weird camera designs over the years – from familiar forms to "Beautiful Foolishness"
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
The GFX100RF is the compact camera Fujifilm HAD to make, to channel its medium format heritage
opinion Fujifilm channels its legendary roll-film DNA into a digital powerhouse
The SLR revolution you forgot: How Auto Exposure changed film photography forever
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
"The Sigma BF is as audacious as it is daring, but it’s hard to pin down exactly what it is. Fashion statement? Prestige product? Luxurious point-and-shoot camera? All the above?"
opinion The Sigma BF has set out to rewrite the camera design rulebook – and therein lie its greatest strengths and compromises
Retro and minimalist mirrorless designs are all the rage – but what pro photographers actually want is a camera that gets the job done
opinion As Sigma offers a new approach to camera design, Paul Burrows ponders what pro photographers actually want
