As I roamed the sunny streets of Mayfair, London, yesterday, Leica X1 in hand, I felt privileged to be holding something so prestigious. Leica may be a small company, but it has a big reputation for top-quality cameras that attract discerning customers from far and wide. Some are photography professional or enthusiasts who appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into creating each ...

Park Cameras (www.parkcameras.com)  kindly loaned me a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV recently. Priced at £4,099 on their website (a respectable saving on the RRP: £4,779.99) it still represents a fair investment for the serious photographer. What do you get for the price? Well the Mark IV isn't just a slightly tweaked Mark III - it's got a whole new APS-H 16.1mp sensor (with a 1.3x crop factor), dual DIGIC 4 ...

I finally got around to working on some of these in StereoPhotoMaker so I could start sharing some results from my review of the Fuji 3D camera, and here they are! If you've got some 3D glasses lying around, put them on and take a look or - as one of our ingenious readers / DP gallery users, Primus P suggested - two Quality Street wrappers (red and green, with the ...

I had the pleasure of taking the new lightweight and compact superzoom, the Samsung WB5000 out for an excursion yesterday afternoon, and thought I'd report back on its performance so far. This little workhorse sports a 24mm, 24x optical zoom lens and a 12.5mp sensor, and is equipped with full manual controls and the ability to shoot Raw files to boot. ...

I've just finished writing up my review of Canon's latest innovation - the EOS 7D - and thought I'd share a few examples of the sort of image this camera produces at high ISOs. Obviously, with Nikon stealing the show in this aspect up until now, the 7D has its work cut out if it's going to compete. The good news is, Canon's done a great job at keeping noise to ...