Paul Burrows
Paul has been writing about cameras, photography and photographers for 40 years. He joined Australian Camera as an editorial assistant in 1982, subsequently becoming the magazine’s technical editor, and has been editor since 1998. He is also the editor of sister publication ProPhoto, a position he has held since 1989. In 2011, Paul was made an Honorary Fellow of the Institute Of Australian Photography (AIPP) in recognition of his long-term contribution to the Australian photo industry. Outside of his magazine work, he is the editor of the Contemporary Photographers: Australia series of monographs which document the lives of Australia’s most important photographers.
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Video-driven camera design is actually good news for still photographers

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news The budget-priced Epson Expression Photo XP-980 aims to make home photo printing exciting again

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30 years old APS was meant to give film photography a new lease on life, but it soon became clear that digital imaging was the future

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Opinion We don't need more quirky film cameras, we need this classic design to make a comeback

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Opinion There are still tons of photographers who are using reflex cameras… and some of them are NASA astronauts!

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Features Keen to take her underwater photography projects a lot further, Tamara Dean turned to a freshwater swimming pool specialist to create her a custom underwater studio

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opinion The point-and-shoot camera is back from the dead

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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.

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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

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Opinion By leaving out these features, modern cameras are quite literally short-sighted

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Opinion The "two-legged zoom"… This is why everyone is ditching interchangeable lenses for big sensor, fixed-lens compacts

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These are the cameras, lenses and printers from the last 12 months that impressed the most

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HISTORY Why money and vision, not just heritage, determine a camera brand's survival

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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

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Classic cameras Inspiring the new digital Fujifilm GFX100RF is a long line of Fujifilm fixed-lens rollfilm cameras dating from the late 1970s

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Opinion 'Forgotten' photos are changing how we see the 20th century – but will rediscovered gems like this become a thing of the past?

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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.

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Opinion I tried Fujifilm's film camera mode and remembered why I permanently switched to shooting digitally

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Opinion Why the new wave of enthusiast compact cameras is essential for us photographers

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Camera icon From 35mm film to medium format digital compact: the evolution of the XPan panoramic camera

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opinion Your next camera may look completely different – as the compact camera revival brings a break from the mainstream

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HISTORY From tourist snapper to pocket digital powerhouse: the full history of Fujifilm's fixed-lens giants
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