Digital Camera Magazine

Digital Camera is the definitive guide to digital SLR photography and will show you how to improve any digital photo. It’s packed with practical photography advice and Photoshop tutorials to help you become a better digital photographer. With buying advice to help you choose the DSLR, compact system camera, lens, tripod, printer, or camera bag that’s right for you, it covers all DSLRs including Canon EOS/Rebel and Nikon systems. The perfect title for both amateur and pro photographers

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Pitch perfect • We invite a reader to the Fir Park Stadium touchline to capture a local clash in the Scottish Premiership, under the watchful eye of pro Raymond Davies

Football photos 101 • Things to consider for a successful and enjoyable first football shoot

Technique assessment • Top tips for setting up autofocus for rapid-fire action shots

Pro portfolio Raymond Davies

TIPA crowns its 2026 winners • Over 40 different awards were bestowed on last year’s best photo products, as judged by 24 imaging magazines and websites, including Digital Camera

Focal point • Rounding up what’s new and exciting this month

DxO Nik Collection 9 • The brand’s ‘most ambitious’ update to its plug-ins suite boasts AI-powered masks, an all-new colour-grading tool for Nik Color Efex, new creative filters and more

AskMatthew • All your questions answered. Send your questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

Second-hand superstar • Full 1.0x macro magnification comes with a smart range of features in this Sigma lens

Readers’Letters • Have a burning question about the future of photography? Want to discuss a feature or a tutorial in the magazine? Send us your letters

The art of seeing • On a ‘Mountains and Metaphors’ retreat in North Wales, Benedict Brain ignores the panorama and lets a conifer steal the scene

Reader gallery • Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

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NEW EDITION FOR 2026 • ALL OF THE BEST CAMERA, LENS AND ACCESSORY REVIEWS THAT YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE THE MOST INFORMED PURCHASES.

PHOTO SKILLS • Tips, tricks and techniques to improve your photography

The need for speed • Top Gun Wendy Evans explains how to shoot aircraft at a military aviation museum

02 URBAN • Mike McMahon shoots post-industrial urban landscapes using canals to reflect city lights

Coastal waterfalls • Wendy Evans explains how to capture a rare coastal waterfall, such as St Audrie’s Waterfall in Somerset

Make your own diffusers • Wendy Evans gets busy with bubble wrap and hosiery for a bespoke diffusion effect

05 LANDSCAPES • Daniel Řeřicha explains how to capture the retreating sea and give it a sense of movement

Helping hands • Wendy Evans has some handy tips for styling portraits

Hitting the photographic peaks • Lee Howdle explains the photography behind his book, Seasons in the Peak District

Rate my photo • Dave Newman’s diving kingfisher comes under scrutiny

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Sinister City Hall • Simon Tregidgo was the winner of last month’s ‘Architecture’ challenge with this imposing shot

Mammals challenge • Let’s see your best shots from this group of animals in this month’s challenge

HOW TO SHOOT BETTER BIRD PHOTOS • Great wildlife photography starts at home, says Dan Mold, who explains how to take top bird pictures in your backyard

1 GET THE RIGHT GEAR • Start with our kitbag essentials for back garden bird and wildlife photography

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