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DIGITAL 50 YEARS

We love moaning. The raw file won’t open, the firmware update wiped your settings. But spare a thought for the early adopters – when digital photography meant ghostly battery life, media cards that could barely hold a lunch break, colours that made everything look a bit ill. Peter Dench hears from top shooters about those early frustrations and breakthroughs, and adds his own…

GRAB YOUR OLD KODAK AND SWAP YOUR SMARTPHONE FOR A BRICK: IN AN ERA OF RAPID INNOVATION, THERE’S AN ANALOGUE REBELLION BREWING. SHANNON MAHANTY INVESTIGATES THE ART OF OFFLINING

Brands have heeded the call to innovate, says Jon Devo , and the possibilities are intriguing

Answer: the first digital camera – John Wade explains how it all began

Software remasters are in – now it’s time for hardware to lean into retro appeal