{mosimage width=125} The Reflections competition was unfortunately delayed by technical difficulties with the site and possibly the longest "judging" period ever. Judging the entries from effectively a new start was extremely tricky, but the submissions reflected a widespread interpretation of the concept - the standard of entries was good, and as such choosing the final 10 really required a great deal of thought on how to interpret the requirements...

{mosimage width=125}The long awaited 'Holy Grail' of compact cameras is at last available, having been announced way back at Photokina '06. After some tweaking the camera was again shown at Focus 08 and is now available in the UK. We've had a serious play with it.

{mosimage width=125}Julian Ashborne takes a long hard look at the 24-60mm f/2.8 EX lens and gives us his conclusions.

{mosimage width=125}The Foveon CMOS sensor, as Sigma users know, is unique among camera imaging devices in abandoning the almost universally used Bayer mask approach in favour of a much more elegant three layer architecture which holds the promise of accurate colour rendition at each pixel site. Here, Julian Ashbourn gives his take on the subject

{mosimage width=125}Member Julian Ashborn gives us his verdict on the SD14

{mosimage width=125}A competition that caused more headaches than you will ever know, and apologies for the delay in posting the results. But, after much deliberation the winner is....

{mosimage width=125}In the three previous articles on local nature photography we have looked at the basic camera and lens types that can be used to good effect. If this has got your interest roused, you might have found a more specialized interest and want to get some more suitable gear. Here we look at dedicated lenses that fall into ultra telephoto and macro ranges.

Out of the Box – The Machine and its bits

{mosimage width=125}Some self-appointed style gurus have criticised the Sigma digital cameras for their rather angular appearance when, in fact, the basic shape has been subtly morphed in the SD14 to produce a body that fits very well in the hands and feels surprisingly solid – why the surprise well, having used Hasselblads, large Mamiyas, Nikons and others over many years I am a slight plasticophobe.