Canon gear of the year

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

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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…

Finally, a camera that looks as good as the pictures it takes

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