Computer Shopper - UK (2020-04)

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PHOTOGRAPHY

CANONEOSR

★★★★★

£2,9 (^99) • http://www.johnlewis.com

FUJIFILM X-T3

★★★★★

£1,599•www.amzn.to/2LGwj5K

NIKONZ6

★★★★★

£1,5 (^99) • http://www.jessops.com

SONYA6400

★★★★★

£1,199•www.amzn.to/2KO1PPj

SONYA9

★★★★★

£2,999•www.wexphotovideo.com

ThisisCanon’s first mirrorless

full-frame camera, but you wouldn’t

know it. Image quality is among the

very best, and the included kit lens does afantastic job.You can also

get it body-only and attach your own RF-mount lenses.

Afantastically versatile

mirrorless camera, capable of

taking perfect stills as much as it is recording

high-quality video.There are plenty of pro-level features, too.

If you can’t quiteafford the

exemplary Z7,thenthe Z6 is

the perfect alternative.It’s

every bit the mirrorless all-rounder,and while it has alower-

resolution sensor than the Z7,thisallows it to shoot at afaster rate.

Sony’s tiny mirrorless camera

doesn’t sacrifice quality in the

name of portability.The 1,200-zone metering system

helps produce balanced photos, and the A6400 particularly excels at

speed-shooting, so it’s definitely worth alookfor action photography.

Even aprice this high

makes sense forthe

A9.Its combination of

aclever stacked CMOS design and all-round good build make this an

elitestills camera. Video footageisexcellent, too.

SENSORRESOLUTION30.3 megapixels•SENSORSIZE36x24mm•FOCALLENGTH

MULTIPLIER1x•VIEWFINDERElectronic (3.6 milliondots)•LCDSCREEN3.2in(2,100,000 dots)•

VIEWFINDERMAGNIFICATION(35mm-EQUIVALENT,COVERAGE)0.76x, 100%•

WEIGHT580g•DIMENSIONS98x136x84mm•WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILS

http://www.canon.co.uk•FULLREVIEWSep 2019

SENSORRESOLUTION26.1 megapixels•SENSORSIZE23.5x15.6mm (APS-C)•FOCALLENGTH

MULTIPLIER2.7x•VIEWFINDERElectronic (3.69million dots)•LCDSCREEN3in(1.04 million

dots)•VIEWFINDERMAGNIFICATION(35mm-EQUIVALENT,COVERAGE)0.75x, 100%•

WEIGHT539g•DIMENSIONS93x133x59mm•WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILS

http://www.fujifilm.com•FULLREVIEWMay2019

SENSORRESOLUTION24.5 megapixels•SENSORSIZE35.9x23.9mmCMOS•VIEWFINDER

Electronic (3.69milliondots)•LCDSCREEN3.2in(2milliondots)•VIEWFINDERMAGNIFICATION

(35MM-EQUIVALENT,COVERAGE)0.8x, 100%•WEIGHT1,175g•SIZE(HXWXD)101x134x68mm

• WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.europe-nikon.com•FULLREVIEWJuly 2019

SENSORRESOLUTION24.2 megapixels•SENSORSIZE23.5x15.6mm (APS-C)•FOCALLENGTH

MULTIPLIER1.5x•VIEWFINDERElectronic (2.36milliondots)•LCDSCREEN3in(921,000 dots)•

LENSMOUNTE-mount•WEIGHT403g•DIMENSIONS67x120x60mm•WARRANTYOneyear

RTB•DETAILSwww.sony.com•FULLREVIEWOct2019

SENSORRESOLUTION24.2 megapixels•SENSORSIZE35.6x23.8mm•FOCALLENGTH

MULTIPLIER1x•VIEWFINDERElectronic (3,680,000 dots)•LCDSCREEN3in(1,440,000 dots)•

LENSMOUNTSony E-mount•WEIGHT588g•DIMENSIONS96x127x63mm•WARRANTYOne

year RTB•DETAILSwww.sony.co.uk•FULLREVIEWJan2020

POLAROIDOriginalsOneStep2

★★★★★

£93•www.amzn.to/2DQhr05

The OneStep2brings

back the simple joys of

instant photography.

Although the stock can get quitepricey,

your shots will look just as theywould on

aclassic Polaroid –perfect forsharing or

simply sticking to the fridge.

PHOTOSIZE3.1x3.1in•BATTERYLIFE15-20packets of film•PORTS1x MicroUSB•

WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.polaroidoriginals.com•FULLREVIEWJan2018

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Abasicdigitalcamerawillsuit

someonewhowantstotakepictures

to view on their computer and create7x5in

prints. It should cost around £80, but there

maybehidden downsides such as slow

performance and very basic user controls.

02

Spend alittle more and you’ll get a

higher resolution. A16-megapixel

sensor has the potential to produce sharp

prints up to A3 size,but only if it and the lens

are of asuitably high quality.Very high

resolutions in compact cameras tend to

boost noise more than detail levels, so many

of the best models strike asensible balance

by usinga12-megapixel sensor.

Back-illuminated CMOS sensors tend

to produce less noise than CCDs, but

Choosinga... Digitalcamera

check our reviews to find out how a

particular model performs.

03

A3xzoom lens provides you with

reasonable scope forframing your

shots, but alarger range can do wonders

foryour photography.Most compact

cameras can manage a5xzoom, while

pocket-size ultra-zoom cameras can

provide 24x zoom ranges.

Numbers such as 28-105mm tell you the

wide-angle and telephotolimits of the zoom

range.Big zooms require optical image

stabilisation to avoid blur due to camera

shake when zoomed right in.

04

Most cameras now have a3in screen.

Look out for900,000-dot resolutions

or higher forasharper picture.A

touchscreen is useful formoving the

autofocus point.

05

Leavesome room in your budget fora

memory card, as the bundled memory

provided with acamera is never enough. A

16GB card costs less than £10. Youmay also

need to buy batteries.

06

Don’t forget that acamera’s

specification tells you very little

about its image quality.You’ll need to read

our reviews forthat. With acompact

camera, we believe the user shouldn’t have

to grapple with complicated controls in

order to take great pictures in arange of

lighting conditions.

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