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

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

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…

Canon’s latest compact has a super-wideangle 16-50mm equivalent zoom lens that’s ideal for video, but also has some photography uses. Richard Sibley checks it out

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