The Goldilocks of stills – The Canon 5D Mark III
Is it possible to buy one single camera that does it all? A camera that can replace any others you might own and negate the need to buy another for a long, long time? That’s the question I had in…
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A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
Ravioli, Ravioli, Ravioli
A balanced, three course meal of photography, tech and repair
Category Digital Camera Reviews
All my digital camera reviews in one place – bargain basement budget busting bokehlicious bodies once worth thousands, now available for pennies.
Infrared from the factory – the Olympus Camedia C2020 Z
In my constant search to find something interesting from the past, I’ll often pick up huge piles of old photography magazines. Not only are they a time capsule of social history, they’re also a great source of unexpected inspiration. You’d…
What can you get for £1.98? A Kodak DX7590 and EasyShare Printer as it happens…
I had no intention of buying a 2003, 5MP digital bridge camera, nor did I have any particular need for one but when you just happen to spot an auction ending for a bunch of camera gear and the price…
It’s a camera, it’s a music player, it’s a… Fuji Finepix 40i
In 2007 Steve Jobs stood on stage an introduced the first iPhone. “It’s an iPod, a phone, a mobile internet communicator,” he repeated, “are you getting it?! These are not three separate devices.” This had been coming for quite some…
£28 Canon 400D – A budget bargain in 2024?
There’s no doubt that Canon set fire to the digital SLR market back in 2003 with the release of the 300D and then continued to pour fuel on the flames with their successors the 350D and 400D. With the 300D…
Pictures for a Pound – The Fujifilm S3500
A reoccurring theme over at Canny Cameras is the “camera for a quid.” Short of being gifted a camera, which is cheating, a single pound is about the most rock bottom price you could expect to pick up a camera…
Good enough for the RAF – The last of the massive floppy disk Mavica’s – The Sony Mavica FD200
Sony are synonymous with innovation and have overseen the development of some monumentally successful product releases that have changed the markets in which they have entered. Walkman, Betamax and Playstation will instantly spring to mind for anyone who grew up…
They’re all dead, Dave – One of the last surviving Canon Digital Ixus 400’s – A retrospective review
The Canon Digital Ixus 400 (Ixy 400 in Japan and Powershot S400 in America) was an utterly iconic digital compact camera, released in March of 2003 into an intensely competitive marketplace. Digital compacts were all the rage in the very…
Completing a 25 year circle – revisiting and reviving one of the first consumer digital cameras – a 1995 Casio QV-10
A story of struggling against the passage of time, technology and endless rummaging in the garage for old computer parts… This one is special, for me personally at least. A great deal has already been written about the Casio QV-10…
The Connoisseur’s Compact Camera of Choice (in 1999 that is) – Canon Powershot S10
Originally, the very raison d’être of this site was the enjoyment of photography on a shoestring budget, literally how much fun can you have for a crisp £5 note. As they always do, things develop and I’ve gone down various…