“there’s no point having expensive glass and more bokeh you can shake a stick at if the camera is at home and you aren’t”

One of Nikon’s last DSLRs, the pro-spec D850 still has a lot to offer, as John Gilbey discovers

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…

I am getting increasingly annoyed with companies that make it difficult to update their software. Ideally, an app should have a “Check for update” menu item. Even better if there’s a “Check every day”

Take manual control over a host of photographic settings

This 24MP camera promises the ‘essentials’, but is it just playing second-best to its higher-end S1II sibling? Andy Westlake finds out

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