Digital Camera World - 25 Apr 2025
FREE! WITH THIS ISSUE
EDIT PHOTOS LIKE A PRO
ANIMAL MAGIC!
Canon EOS R50 V & PowerShot V1
Sony A1 II
Welcome
This issue’s bonus gifts
SUBSCRIBE AND GET A LOWEPRO NOVA AW II SHOULDER BAG WORTH £88!*
ANIMAL MAGIC!
Digital Darkroom _ Five editing tutorials, including part one of our new series on DxO PhotoLab 8
Sony A1 II
ON1 Photo RAW 2025
Hotshots _ Our selection of the finalists from the 9th Xposure International Photography Awards
The Art of Seeing
One to One
Capture animal magic
Camera Clinic
Canon RF 16-28mm F2.8 IS STM
Digital Darkroom
Photo Active
Interview
Hotshots
Remembering Wildlife
In Focus
Nikon Coolpix P1100
Ask Matthew
Readers’ letters
Reader Gallery
Interview
Photo Active
Camera Clinic
Subscribe and get a Lowepro Nova
AW II camera bag, worth £88*
Joel Meyerowitz
Will Cheung
Barbara Davidson
Andy Gray
How to get your 12 digital gifts
BONUS SOFTWARE EXTRAS!
Taking it to the edge
Taking it to the edge
Andy Gray
Use an L-bracket
Essential kit for peak scenic shots
Top tips for scenics like Andy Gray
How to shoot a wreath
How to shoot a wreath
Use your tips cards
Shooting the scene
Lighting options
Metering and aperture
ICM in the city
Focus manually
Fine-tune speed
Pixel shift shooting
Capture spring insects
Pro tip for controlling focus
Try a focus stack
Go on a local safari
Go on a local safari
Faces in the great outdoors
Depth and lines
In the environment
Shapes and colours
The backdrop
Horsing around
Horsing around
Lens choice
Feel the power
1 Compose the image
2 Shoot at dusk
Lens choice
3 Blur the steam
5 Use a polariser
4 Choice of aperture
Get low down with a hog
Optional kit
Farm or country life challenge
The winner of the ‘Bad weather’ challenge is… Edyta Rice
The art of seeing
Benedict Brain
Hotshots Our selection of finalists from the 9th Xposure International Photography Awards
About the competition
GO WILD FOR LOCAL NATURE
PRO SHOT Short-eared owl
WHICH SHUTTER TYPE TO USE?
3 TELEPHOTO LENS
2 STABLE SUPPORT
KIT ESSENTIALS FOR NATURE
1 A QUALITY CAMERA
WHICH SHUTTER TYPE TO USE?
5 ESSENTIAL EXTRAS
4 IT’S IN THE BAG
WATCH YOUR ISO
PRO SHOT Chalkhill Blues
PRO KIT PLAYING THE LONG GAME
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ON YOUR DOORSTEP
EXPLORE THE REALM OF BEAUTIFUL BUGS
PRO ADVICE FOCUS BRACKETING
EXPLORE THE REALM OF BEAUTIFUL BUGS
PRO ADVICE DRAGONS ON THE WING
PRO SHOT Migrant Hawker
SIX TIPS FOR BAGGING BIRD PHOTOS TO BE PROUD OF
PRO ADVICE HOLDING IT STEADY
PRO SHOT Wheatear
GO WILD FOR SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
PRO SHOT Hare
GO WILD FOR SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
PRO KIT EXTENDING YOUR REACH
WHAT’S PRE-RELEASE MODE ALL ABOUT?
PRO ADVICE PROTECT YOUR KIT
Reader gallery
Reader gallery
SEND US YOUR IMAGES!
This month: Shooting into the light
Will Cheung
Taking control of challenging light
What’s on the menu?
Get the knowledge
Perfect examples of contre-jour photography
SUNSET SPLENDOUR
HORSING AROUND
LOW-LIGHT LIGHTHOUSE
The art of successful exposure bracketing
Try exposure bracketing
Shooting into the light
Camera know-how Light measuring patterns
Shooting into the light
Camera tech Take control of exposure
Shoot photos like a pro
Software skills Merging bracketed exposures
Pro tip Solar peek-a-boo
Shot of the month
Henrik Hagerup
MEET YOUR TRAINERS
Lightroom
DxO PhotoLab 8
Affinity Photo 2
Adobe Camera Raw
Photoshop
Use Camera Raw to edit your jpegs
Let’s get creative with colour
Use Camera Raw to edit your jpegs
Create scintillating sunsets
Crop to perfection
Create scintillating sunsets
Have fun with colour
Have fun with colour
Join the movement
Optional tweaks
Get to know DxO PhotoLab 8
Get to know DxO PhotoLab 8
FOUR CREATIVE COLOUR ACTIONS
Nine Actions and a preset for your photos
SCINTILLATING SUNSETS PRESET
FOUR ACR-BASED COLOUR ACTIONS
How to use your software extras
10 Years of Remembering Wildlife About the winning images
BUY THE BOOK!
Ask Matthew...
Matthew Richards
Second-hand superstar
Spring special from Canon
Fujifilm GFX 100RF
Focal point
52 Assignments: Night Photography
Win a copy of The Ultimate Photography Ideas Book
Nikon launches Z5 II
Scanning ahead…
Niall Hampton
Canon RF 16-28mm F2.8 IS STM _ Affordable trinity zoom alternative
Nikon Coolpix P1100 _ ‘Compact’ bridge camera with 125x zoom
ON1 Photo RAW 2025 _ Photo editing software with improved AI
Sony A1 II _ Flagship camera gets an amazing autofocus upgrade
Sony A1 II £6,299/$6,499 (body only)
Specifications
Rival cameras
Lab tests
Digital Camera verdict
Nikon Coolpix P1100 £1049/$1098
Specifications
Lab tests
Digital Camera verdict
Canon RF 16-28mm F2.8 IS STM £1,249/$1,149
Centre sharpness
Digital Camera verdict
Specifications
ON1 Photo RAW 2025 £195/$170 (new); £175/$150 (upgrade)
Digital Camera verdict
Gurushots
Enter GuruShots contests
Honourable mentions
GURU’S TOP PICK Dimitris Emmanoulopoulos , Greece Haim Berman,
Israel
TOP PHOTO Michael Firmbach, Germany
More honourable mentions
Barbara Davidson
Barbara Davidson
Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz
Star letter
Charles Bridge at sunset
Street sharp
More tip card tips
What the f-stop?
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