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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opinion … but will be from one of the big-name manufacturers or from a lesser-known Chinese brand?

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Classic cameras Introduced in 1963, over 70 million Kodak Instamatic cameras were sold by the start of the 1970s and became part of a great many people’s lives

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Buying advice With the development of new DSLRs now all but at an end, enthusiasts are being forced to go mirrorless. Here’s everything you need to know about making the big switchover.

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Review It’s a question I get asked a lot by readers and I’ve always erred on the side of ‘no’, but the chance to retest the Leica Digilux 3 from 2006 gave me the chance to gather more evidence

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opinion DSLRs and mirrorless cameras usually come in either black or chrome... but that's not always the case

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opinion Paul Burrows talks about his recent enjoyment he has had from using lenses old and new

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news A2-sized prints, big 200ml cartridges and a new violet ink are the key attractions of this new large-format printer

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Fujifilm thinks out of the box with its cameras. They don't always sell well - but they then become sought-after classics

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opinion The Editor of Australian Camera Magazine Paul Burrows reminises on classic cameras new and old

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The Pentax SLR had huge influence on a generation of photographers - including the Fab Four

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Opinion Lots of photographers still stick to DSLRs, so there it is great to see Ricoh still giving us an alternative to mirrorless cameras

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Opinion Canon built its reputation with mass-market DSLRs – and it is finally getting its budget mirrorless strategy right, too

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review Combining a shotgun microphone and a digital audio recorder, the Zoom M3 is an on-camera mic like no other

By Paul Burrows Published
review Available under both Rokinon and Samyang brands, this 75mm f/1.8 is a welcome new telephoto for Fujifilm X shooters

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opinion Paul Burrows looks back at nearly 50 years yearning after the latest photographic kit (and the classic cameras)

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opinion Pro photography is facing an intelligence test, says Australian industry veteran Paul Burrows

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Not yet ratedreview OM System M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro lens delivers an extraordinary effective 4:1 magnification ratio

By Dallian Macadam Published
How to A medical condition meant that Dallian Macadam was at a greater risk from the Covid-19 virus so needed to fully isolate…which also meant no more photography. Or did it? Stuck inside, a new passion was born

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opinion Ricoh is looking at bringing back 35mm film cameras. I hope they bring back Pentax's best-selling SLR of all time

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opinion The first major mid-priced camera of the post-Pandemic era

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Features The Olympus camera designer who put the M into the OM system

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Features It’s not a military Leica (and not even a Leica). This is the twisted tale of the Russian counterfeit Wehrmacht Leicas
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