From 1st July Olympus are offering £75 cashback on purchases of E-PL1 bodies and kits from authorised stockists.

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Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5 review : Although its appearance doesn’t betray it, the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5 is unique in its kind. In the first place, the Sony HX5 distinguishes itself with its image sensor. While 99% of compact cameras are equipped with a standard CCD sensor, the Sony DSC-HX5 is equipped with a so-called back-illuminated CMOS [...]

Panasonic releases the first firmware update for the DMC-FT2 / DMC-TS2, DMC-TZ8 / DMC-ZS5, DMC-TZ9 / DMC-ZS6 and DMC-ZX3 / DMC-ZR3 digital cameras. The firmware updates version 1.1 offers this improvement: • Optimization of light amount for the INON external flash types S-2000, D-2000 and Z-240. …

The Leica X1 is a premium camera with a premium price-tag – £1395 / $1995 is a lot to ask for a compact camera, albeit one with a large APS-C sensor, fast f/2.8, 36mm lens and superlative handling. Can the Leica X1 possibly justify its credit-crunching cost of admission? Read our in-depth Leica X1 review [...]

Panasonic has released firmware updates for its Lumix DMC-TZ10, DMC-TZ9, DMC-TZ8 and DMC-FT2 digital compacts. Version 1.1 for all the cameras improves improves flash exposure with the Inon S-2000, D-2000, Z-240 third-party underwater strobes. The TZ10′s latest firmware also improves the overall stabilty of the camera. The firmware updates are available for download from Panasonic’s [...]

Sigma has released an updated version of its Photo Pro image-editing software for immediate dowload. Version 4.1 extends RAW support to the SD15 digital SLR and adds compatibilty with 64-bit Windows OS. The latest versions available for download – 4.1.1.0 (3591) for Windows and 4.1 (1044) for Mac – also add bug fixes compared to [...]

Super wide angle lenses are usually exotic items of camera optics with a similarly exotic price tag. But you can, with a little bit of patience, get impressive wide angle results – using your ordinary ‘standard’ lens. All you need is a set of overlapping images and a panoramic image stitcher. This tutorial applies to [...]

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