Reviewer Profile

Every photographer longs for a single camera that can tackle any job, but the SX1 goes further – it\'s also a full HD camcorder! What’s your idea of the ultimate camera? For some people it’s megapixels, for others it’s superzooms. The SX1’s ten-megapixel resolution is not to be sneezed at, of course, but its real selling point is its 20x optical zoom. It has a focal range equivalent to 28-560mm, so it can take on anything from wide-angle shots to ultra-long range wildlife and sports photography.     But that’s not all. You can get this in cheaper cameras, like the Canon SX10 a

On the face of it, the GXR is a crazy idea. It’s an interchangeable lens camera with the added cost of a sensor built into every lens. But it has enabled Ricoh to produce carefully tailored pairings of lens and sensor, and there are advantages. The body/camera unit combinations are smaller than rival cameras, even Micro Four Thirds models, and the sealed camera units mean no more problems with sensor dust. Not only that, the lens designers can choose any back-focus distan

Create your own Panorama

Some vistas are so beautifully expansive that a single shot with a wide-angle lens just won’t do it justice. Panoramas allow you to push the boundaries of the frame, leaving the photographer no longer restricted by how wide angle

Shooting fashion with the Leica X1

Yet again I have the priviledge of testing another beautifully engineered Leica this month: this time it's the small-but-perfectly formed X1. It looks and handles just like a miniaturised M9, with all of the controls you need right at your fingert

Take This Shot: Landscapes

We’re lucky enough to have some of the most beautiful scenery in the world in the UK, but taking great landscape shots that capture the beauty of a location isn’t often easy: as with most things in life, practice makes perfect. Mak