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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Mushrooms masterclass • One reader, one pro – we’re in the deep, dark woods with Courtney Victoria

In Focus • Photography news from around the globe

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

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 • Benedict Brain discovers his creative spark and unexpected meaning in the Fujifilm X half

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

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IMPROVE YOUR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY • How to capture more creative images whatever the season, with Andy Green

Hotshots • Winners from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2026

CAMERA CLINIC • Master the art of modern photography

Get the knowledge • Lens selection plays a key part in successful pattern photos

How to ensure spot-on focus • Patterns can confuse autofocus systems, so you may have to help

Pros and cons Produce powerful pattern photos • Hints and tips for capturing perfect patterns

Shoot photos like a pro • Get creative and make the most of patterns

Shot of the month • Radoslav Sviretsov won the Aurorae category of ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 18

Digital Darkroom • Transform your photos with our easy, effective guides

Smooth skin the pro way • Dan Mold explains how to use Frequency Separation in Photoshop to smooth skin textures for perfect portraits

Focusing on frozen fields • Sean McCormack uses Lightroom’s masking tools to direct attention to one particular area of an image

Get creative with misty landscapes • James Abbott reveals four techniques for enhancing mist in Photoshop by creatively accentuating the atmospheric conditions

Create a Tiny Planet • Wendy Evans explains how to use Affinity to create a 360º camera effect

Let’s get masking • Wendy Evans explores the textual habits of clipping masks in Affinity

12 Actions, presets and lookup tables • Smooth skin, boost your subject, enhance misty mornings and tone your cityscapes

KitZone • New gear, buying tips and the world’s toughest tests

OM System PEN £849/$999 • Makes a case for being the ultimate camera to carry every day

GoPro Mission 1 Pro £599/$699 (camera) • A premium action cam that puts the brand back on top of its game

Fujinon XF 400mm F4.5 R LM OIS WR £2,499/$3,199 • This silvery lens is going for gold as a sporty super-telephoto prime

DxO Nik Collection 9 £150/$180 (new); £80/$100 (upgrade) • Creative plug-in collection gets four new filters and AI masking

Margot Raggett • Remembering Giraffes is on sale now. Niall Hampton speaks to the creator of the series about the latest book

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