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Review: Sigma DP2

Sunday 31 Jan 2010
Review image Sigma may be better known as a supplier of affordable third-party lenses, but it has been developing digital cameras that make the most of its heritage and deliver digital SLR quality within compact casings.

Review: Ricoh GR Digital III

Sunday 31 Jan 2010
Review image The latest austere-looking Ricoh digital model marries a high-quality, 10-megapixel sensor to new processor and high-quality, wide-angle lens.

Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1

Sunday 31 Jan 2010
Review image This 12.1 megapixel Lumix is the only one in this test that lets you change lens.


Review: Kodak EasyShare Z950

Sunday 31 Jan 2010
Review image Pitching itself at the value end of the market, this Kodak model has plenty of surprises.

Review: Fujifilm FinePix F70EXR

Sunday 31 Jan 2010
Review image Our second-cheapest camera looks like a normal compact – albeit with a stylish, metal build.

Review: Canon PowerShot G11

Sunday 31 Jan 2010
Review image The G11 sits at the pinnacle of Canon’s consumer models, and follows on from last year’s G10.

Review: Xerox Phaser 7500

Monday 18 Jan 2010
Review image The 7500 offers fast, exceptional output and is the best on the market, though it’s not without idiosyncrasies, and one of its headline features is only indirectly relevant.

Review: Datacolor Spyder3Studio SR

Monday 18 Jan 2010
Review image The Spyder3 Studio SR opens up colour management to illustrators, photographers and designers with high-end colour needs but shoestring budgets.

Review: E-on Software Vue 8

Thursday 14 Jan 2010
Review image 3D landscape-generation software Vue 8 has gone from strength to strength, continuing to innovate way past old competitors like Bryce.

Review: Sony HDR-XR520VE

Monday 28 Dec 2009
Review image With a massive on-board storage capacity, good manual control placement and an optical viewfinder the Sony HDR-XR520VE has a lot to offer.

Review: Sony HDR-CX520VE

Monday 28 Dec 2009
Review image With a good range of features including manual controls; good video quality and a solid build the Sony HDR-CX520VE has much to offer.

Review: Panasonic HDC-TM300

Monday 28 Dec 2009
Review image With a light, yet chunky, build the Panasonic HDC-TM300 offers an excellent picture quality by day or in low light.

Review: Panasonic HDC-HS300

Monday 28 Dec 2009
Review image With an excellent picture quality - even in low-light - and a good range of controls, the Panasonic HDC-HS300 is a good camera for feature junkies.

Review: JVC Everio GZ-HM400

Monday 28 Dec 2009
Review image With an excellent picture quality; and a tonne of manual control options; the Everio GZ-HM400 is a good camera for precision shooting.

Review: Canon Legria HF S10

Monday 28 Dec 2009
Review image Boasting a 1/2.6-inch CMOS image sensor (an effective 6.01 megapixel resolution) and a Digic DVIII processor with face detection; the Canon Legria HF S10 is a good all-purpose camera.

Question of the day!

Neil Bennett
Editor

Do you share your creations online?

Question of the day!

Do you share your creations online?

% of Digital Arts readers agree with you

Yes
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What do you create and how do you share it?

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paintings & illustrations, mostly, which i upload to flickr.RT @fragmentedm

I draw manga/anime characters. I also do graphic design and photography.RT @spialelo

Yes. I usually put them up on my #deviantart account for feedback on how to improve.RT @spialelo


Review: Maxon Cinema 4D R11.5

Thursday 10 Dec 2009
Review image Maxon’s modelling, animation and rendering software fills a technical and economic niche between the likes of quick modellers, such as SketchUp, and the full-blown power of Maya.

Review: Autodesk Softimage 2010

Thursday 19 Nov 2009
Review image The 2010 version of the formidable Softimage modelling and animation suite – formerly Softimage|XSI – runs faster, thanks to the updated engine, Gigacore III.

Review: Red Giant Mojo

Monday 16 Nov 2009
Review image Magic Bullet Suite is one of the most popular colour-correction tools on the market. The latest addition, Mojo, offers a simple way to ‘punch up’ footage.

Review: Sony Vegas Pro 9

Friday 06 Nov 2009
Review image In Vegas Pro 9, Sony's video-editing essential comes of age in a 64-bit environment.

Review: Premiere Pro CS4 4.1

Friday 06 Nov 2009
Review image Should you consider Premiere Pro CS4 in its own right, or as part of the CS4 Production Premium suite?