Expert reviews and analysis of the best cameras products
Sony's flagship APS-C mirrorless: excellent 26MP image quality, class-leading AI autofocus, 5-axis stabilisation and 4K 120p video in a compact, weather-sealed body — a superb hybrid all-rounder, bar a cramped viewfinder.
The definitive pocket superzoom: a 24-200mm equivalent zoom and fast autofocus in a genuinely pocketable compact — unmatched versatility, if held back by weak ergonomics and short battery life.
The best fixed-lens compact camera: a 40.2MP APS-C sensor, in-body stabilisation, a bright f/2 35mm-equivalent lens and a clever hybrid viewfinder — held back only by short battery life and a single fixed focal length.
An excellent affordable interchangeable-lens vlogging camera with a cinema-derived sensor, 4K 60fps 10-bit video, seamless autofocus and a flip-out touchscreen — its only real gap is the lack of in-body stabilisation.
A hands-on first look at the Leica SL3-P: a rugged, IP54-rated full-frame mirrorless with a 44-megapixel sensor, a faster 819-point autofocus, 40fps bursts and 8K video, ahead of a full test.
The sixth-generation Alpha 7R keeps Sony's class-leading 66-megapixel full-frame detail and adds much faster AI autofocus, roughly 30 fps bursts and outstanding 8K video, topped by a superb viewfinder.
Fujifilm's X-H2 pairs the most-defined APS-C sensor of its day — a stabilised 40.2 Mpx X-Trans — with internal 8K ProRes video and 15 fps bursts in a weather-sealed body: an excellent all-rounder, if short on exposure latitude and a step behind the best autofocus.
The Lumix FZ1000 II pairs a 16x 25-400 mm equivalent Leica zoom with a 1-inch 20.1 Mpx sensor in a versatile, keenly priced bridge camera — strong stills and stabilisation, held back by a cropped 4K mode and no weather sealing.
The Ricoh GR IIIx stretches the GR III street-photography formula to a 40 mm equivalent lens: a genuinely pocketable APS-C compact with superb image quality and a sharp lens, let down by erratic eye-tracking and a badly dated video mode.
The Sony ZV-1F strips the ZV-1 vlogging formula to its simplest form: a pocketable 1-inch compact with a fixed 20 mm lens, reactive autofocus and lovely JPEG output — minus optical stabilisation, raw files and real-time tracking.
