Digital SLRs have never been more accessible price-wise. The Retail Warrior has the best deals to ensure your festive holidays are snap-happy.

They may look big and complicated, but a digital slr is just as easy to use and takes far better pictures than a pocket digicam

As a reviewer, there is no greater thrill than being privy to a product that you know will either revolutionise or turn the world upside down. The first Palm Pilot, USB devices, and the Canon 1Ds.

The market is adapting to photo enthusiasts with a number of better-than-compact technologies and camera sizes. Here's a 5-minute primer to the pros and cons of four different types of digital cameras

The Olympus PEN E-P1 may look like a throwback to retro photography, but it’s expensive and flawed. However, it's beautiful image quality renders almost impossible to dislike.

The Power Zoom can help photographers achieve that perfect shot with a huge zoom capacity, but it can also mean a very heavy lens trade off in exchange.

A great combination of new features and the usual Nikon image and build quality make this a superb camera.

The A330 is a competent, fully featured and easy to use DSLR, but a backward step in some respects.

It looks eerily similar to the retro 1963 PEN, yet the Olympus EP-1 is bleeding edge. Meet one of the most interesting compact cameras you'll see this year

Not the pinnacle of image quality, but superbly compact with plenty of neat features

The A700 has excellent image quality, but is let down by design quirks and the high price.

Canon’s SLR fails to make the enormous splash of its predecessors, but it’s still a great camera in its own right.

The lack of a separate status LCD is annoying, but the 400D is great value and capable of great quality

By knowing your gear better, you will be in a better position to purchase the DSLR that is right for you. We look at five key areas that every DSLR photographer should keep in mind.

Nikon finally confirms the rumours about its latest DSLR camera, the 12-megapixel D5000 with twin lens kit for just under $2000.

The Olympus E-420 now has a successor - and the E-450 is apparently the lightest DSLR in the world

The aggressive price and Nikon design know-how mean there’s still a place for the D40

Forget budget DSLR, this is for serious photography. Extravagant in almost every way, the D700 is superbly responsive and produces stunning images

The entry-level market is heating up with new cameras from Canon, Pentax, and Sony.

The Canon EOS 500D is capable of great results, but a wallet-draining way of getting HD video on a DSLR.