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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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Cosplay in the castle • James Artaius couldn’t pass up the chance to photograph top models in a stately home

Photo Active • 10 things you can shoot and create this month, from nuclear subs to Neolithic monuments

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain discovers a newfound appreciation of natural light after packing the wrong charging cable on a trip to Patagonia

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Hotshots • Finalists from the World Sports Photography Awards 2025

STEP INTO SPRING! • As nature awakes from its winter slumber, Dan Mold shows us how to get back into the swing and jump-start a year of photography

CAMERA CLINIC • Master the art of modern photography

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

Shot of the month • ‘Sunkissed Boy’ by Capri McPherson-Noel won top prize in LCE Photographer of the Year

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

Master the Art History Brush • No painting skills? No problem, says James Paterson. Transform photos into brush-based works of art with this powerful Photoshop tool

Making contrast masking magic • Sean McCormack uses Lightroom’s masking tools to highlight areas of focus in an image

Enhance moodiness • James Abbott boosts dramatic scenic shots in Photoshop using these four treatments

Make your stills filmic • Wendy Evans explains how to create, save and import lookup tables in Affinity Photo 2

Organise and edit images in NX Studio • Wendy Evans rounds off this three-part series by taking a closer look at NX Studio’s editing features

30 brushes, Actions, LUTs and presets for you • As seen in this month’s tutorials, transform your shots in a few clicks with our Actions, presets and LUTs

Subscribe today and get digital access to our back issues! • Subscribers now get instant access to back issues of Digital Camera dating from 2009 (iOS) or 2012 (Android), which you can enjoy on your phone, tablet or computer

Ask Matthew… • Puzzled by perspective correction? Procrastinating over a printer purchase? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

In Focus • The latest photography news from around the globe

Scanning ahead… • Heading for a world where we don’t own our content? Jon Devo sees the clouds gathering

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

Leica SL3-S £4,500/$5,295 (body only) • Leica’s fastest ever camera could also be its best mirrorless

Lumix TZ99/SZ99 £469/$498 • A pocket-sized point-and-shoot camera with an epic zoom range

Viltrox AF 135mm F1.8 LAB £719/$599 • A premium lens for portraiture, still-life and more

Radiant Photo 2 £159/$159 (new); £99/$99 (upgrade) • Does what you’d expect it to do, but surprisingly well

The Photography & Video Show 2025 • Photographers came in their thousands to the UK’s best photography show. We go behind the scenes of a successful debut at ExCeL in London

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