Rod Lawton
Rod is an independent photography journalist and editor, and a long-standing Digital Camera World contributor, having previously worked as DCW's Group Reviews editor. Before that he has been technique editor on N-Photo, Head of Testing for the photography division and Camera Channel editor on TechRadar, as well as contributing to many other publications.
He has been writing about photography technique, photo editing and digital cameras since they first appeared, and before that began his career writing about film photography. He has used and reviewed practically every interchangeable lens camera launched in the past 20 years, from entry-level DSLRs to medium format cameras, together with lenses, tripods, gimbals, light meters, camera bags and more.
Rod has his own camera gear blog at fotovolo.com but also writes about photo-editing applications and techniques at lifeafterphotoshop.com
Latest articles by Rod Lawton

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Updated I think that the Canon EOS R50 is one of the all-time best cameras for beginners, but it doesn’t stop there. Here are some lenses that’ll take your creativity to the next level

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Updated I think the best lenses for the R10 should be compact, affordable and a pleasure to use, just like the camera itself!

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Updated Right now, these are the best lenses for the Canon EOS R7, Canon's flagship APS-C mirrorless camera.

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Opinion Modern AF systems are an exceptionally powerful and complex solution to a problem we don’t always have

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Opinion If you don’t tell it not to, your camera will adjust exposure and focus for EVERY shot, leading to inconsistencies that cause major headaches

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Opinion You think you’re in manual mode, but if you haven’t switched off auto ISO, the camera will still adjust the exposure automatically. Here’s why you should take back control

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Opinion Manual exposure can seem like a mountain to climb for beginner photographers, but I’m here to change your perception. After all, you only need three ingredients: shutter speed, lens aperture, and ISO

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Opinion Could relying on automatic white balance actually be suppressing the very thing you’re trying to capture?

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Opinion In the mirrorless era, photographers have never had more choice – or less direction. Here’s why I ditched debilitating choice in favor of self-imposed limitation

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Opinion Your camera is taking decisions that you should be taking and without even asking

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Buying guide Leica’s 60MP flagship produces superb images that deserve the best glass – so what are the best lenses for the Leica SL3?

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Opinion It’s also a weird story about how digital cameras can bring back analog film

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Opinion Digital imaging has turned me into a pixel peeper. I’m not sure how it happened or why… or what I can do about it now

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Opinion Why? Because it adjusts the exposure for every single shot – even when the light is the same

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Opinion Shooting raw files gives me endless processing choices later, but maybe what I actually need is decisions

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Opinion Canon’s long running entry level DSLR still has a lot going for it… and yes, we have heard of mirrorless cameras, thank you

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Review This Laowa tilt shift lens can do things that regular lenses can't, if you have the time and patience to use it properly

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Review Affinity is the old Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher rolled into a single app… and it’s FREE!

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Review This is a macro lens with a difference, as it can also make a great telephoto lens for outdoor nature and landscape shots

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Review This classic Lightroom Classic alternative combines beautiful image quality with smart professional workflows

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Review Skylum’s innovative photo-editing software is packed with reality-enhancing AI tools, with more to come

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Review The DxO Nik Collection gets its annual update, bringing deeper Photoshop integration, Silver Efex enhancements and more

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review Lightroom Classic may be the 'old' Lightroom, but don't be fooled by the name – it's still right up there with the latest tech
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