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Digital Camera Magazine

Oct 01 2026
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

Welcome

This month’s contributors

How to get your 30 digital gifts

Digital Camera Magazine

Red route • How to shoot cars, on location at the Haynes Motor Museum, with top pro James Mann

How to shoot cars • Things to bear in mind when taking pictures in a motor museum

Technique assessment • Top tips for terrific photos of cars – whether static or on the move

Pro portfolio James Mann

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…

Scanning ahead… • AI-generated imagery is a present danger, says Jon Devo, but could it rewrite the past, too?

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

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10 skills for you to learn this month

AWESOME AUTUMN • Learn to capture seasonal colour like the pros by mastering top landscape shooting techniques with Peter Fenech

Hotshots • Category winners from the 19th iPhone Photography Awards

CAMERA CLINIC • Master the art of modern photography

Get the knowledge • Different subjects suit different lighting types

How to make the most of light • Every photograph needs light, but you also have to use it right

Making the most of great light • Don’t miss the shot, get familiar with your kit

Shoot photos like a pro • There’s no such thing as poor light, just poor photography

Shot of the month • Helena Miscioscia captured the shared experience of the partial solar eclipse with this endearing portrait of her mother

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

Turn photos into watercolours • Dan Mold creates painterly effects in Photoshop using Smart Filters, downloadable brushes and his free fine-art paper textures

Use a vignette to help direct your viewer’s gaze • Sean McCormack explains how to use the Vignette tool in Lightroom to focus on the key part of your image

Edit your jpegs like a raw file • James Abbott unleashes the creative power of the Adobe Camera Raw filter in Photoshop

Make it raw mono • Wendy Evans looks at creating B&W images with the Raw developing module in Affinity

Glitch it up • Wendy Evans explains how to use one of Affinity’s Live filters for creative effect

14 Actions, presets, textures and macros • As seen in this month’s tutorials, give your shots a new look with our collection of software extras

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

6 OF THE BEST TRAVEL CAMERAS • The best small shooters for stills and video

Lumix S1R II £2,999/$3,299 (body only) • A proper hybrid flagship at a price that’s hard to resist

Meike 85mm F1.4 Mix II £429/$569 • Desirable portrait prime for Nikon, Sony and L-Mount full-frame cameras

Tamron 35-100mm F2.8 Di III VXD £799/$895 • Useful range and a...

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