Cameras and accessories to whet the appetite of photo enthusiasts

High-profile short films from around the world are now getting made on DSLR cameras, thanks to rapidly improving sensors and prices. Judge for yourself, with these five videos made with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

Simple controls, friendly design and a tiny size make the Nikon Coolpix S220 a great choice for summer snaps.

Olympus has confirmed the Pen E-P2 Micro Four Thirds snapper will be hitting shelves in December, complete with detachable viewfinder

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

One of the universe's greatest secrets may soon have its picture taken, thanks to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which can record 3,200 megapixel images

Want to mix it with the big boys? The Canon 1D MARK IV has you covered

Nikon has announced the D3s, the successor to last year's D3, and it comes wading in to the market bragging some pretty impressive specs.

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.

Choosing between a standard compact camera and a DSRL may be the biggest photography decision you have to make. We list a number of compelling reasons to sway you either way.

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.

Frederic Tapissier and Serge Brunier traversed the globe to capture 1200 stunning images of the Milky Way to help create the online based European Gigagalaxy Zoom project - an 800 million pixel panorama.

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

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

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.

For those looking to step up to a quality camera, the Micro Four Thirds is an exciting alternative to DSLRs. Here's what you need to know

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More pixels doesn't necessarily mean better image quality.To better understand why some cameras take better pictures than others, you need to look at the image sensor itself.

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