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PHOTOGRAPHY
CANONEOSR
★★★★★
£3,270•www.johnlewis.com
FUJIFILMX-T3
★★★★★
£1,699•www.amzn.to/2Fccak5
NIKON Z6
★★★★★
£1,879•www.amzn.to/2VAlqcN
PANASONICLumixGH5
★★★★★
£1,358•www.wexphotovideo.com
PANASONIC LumixDMC-G80
★★★★★
£693•www.jessops.com
This is Canon’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,then the Z6 is
the perfect alternative.It’s
every bit the mirrorless all-rounder,and while it has alower-
resolution sensor than the Z7,this allows it to shoot at afaster rate.
This updatetothe brilliant
GH4 can take great photos,
but it’s video capture where the GH5 truly excels. Its
4K, 60fps footage is crisp enough forserious indie filmmaking, and it
supports 10-bit recording and an optional flat colour profile as well.
The G80 is ahead of the pack
when it comes to video quality,
and its stills look great as well. It’s
more expensive than the preceding G7,but includes a
superior 12-60mm kit lens, among other improvements.
SENSORRESOLUTION30.3megapixels•SENSORSIZE36x24mm•FOCALLENGTH
MULTIPLIER1x•VIEWFINDERElectronic(3.6milliondots)•LCDSCREEN3.2in(2,100,000dots)•
VIEWFINDERMAGNIFICATION(35mm-EQUIVALENT,COVERAGE)0.76x,100%•
WEIGHT580g•DIMENSIONS98x136x84mm•WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.
canon.co.uk•FULLREVIEWSep2019
SENSORRESOLUTION26.1 megapixels•SENSORSIZE23.5x15.6mm(APS-C)•FOCALLENGTH
MULTIPLIER2.7x•VIEWFINDERElectronic(3.69milliondots)•LCDSCREEN3in(1.04million
dots)•VIEWFINDERMAGNIFICATION(35mm-EQUIVALENT,COVERAGE)0.75x,100%•
WEIGHT539g•DIMENSIONS93x133x59mm•WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILS
http://www.fujifilm.com•FULLREVIEWMay2019
SENSORRESOLUTION24.5megapixels•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•FULLREVIEWJuly2019
SENSORRESOLUTION20megapixels•SENSORSIZE17.3x13mm•FOCALLENGTH
MULTIPLIER2x•VIEWFINDERElectronic(3.68milliondots)•LCDSCREEN3.2in(1,620,000dots)
- LENSMOUNTMicroFourThirds•WEIGHT725g(withkitlens)•DIMENSIONS98x146x88mm•
WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.panasonic.com/uk•FULLREVIEWSep2017
SENSORRESOLUTION16megapixels•SENSORSIZE17.3x13mm•FOCALLENGTHMULTIPLIER
2x•VIEWFINDERElectronic(2.36milliondots)•LCDSCREEN3in(1,040,000dots)•
LENSMOUNTMicroFourThirds•WEIGHT715gwithkitlens•DIMENSIONS79x137x130mm•
WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.panasonic.com/uk•FULLREVIEWJul2017
POLAROIDOriginalsOneStep2
★★★★★
£99•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•BATTERYLIFE15-20packetsoffilm•PORTS1xMicroUSB•
WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.polaroidoriginals.com•FULLREVIEWJan2018
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01
Abasic digitalcamerawillsuit
someonewho wantstotake pictures
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 using a12-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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