When to work in manual mode

Take manual control over a host of photographic settings

Overcome common problems and create better-looking shots

1 Tap the flash icon to turn it on or off, to suit current lighting conditions. 2 Tap this to change the Night Mode setting. A slider lets you switch from Auto to manually setting the time length of t

Get to grips with the powerful toolset on Mac

Avoid the Instagram hotspots and go off the beaten track to reveal more interesting images of your visit

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…