Cameras
Smartphones crushing point-and-shoot camera market
Hiroshi Hiyama 8:52am The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, analysts say.
Olympus Pen E-PL5 compact system camera
IMAGING This is Olympus imaging at its consistent best. The touch-sensitive Super Control Panel is brilliant.
Uploading the director's cut
IMAGING Know-how lets you post different versions of your masterpiece.
Review: Nikon Coolpix 7700 Compact
IMAGING This 12-megapixel camera with a 28mm-200mm zoom lens is at the top of Nikon's compact range.
It shoots, they score
IMAGING Canon's boffins are working on solving the problems of maintaining focus while taking video on an SLR.
Review: Nikon Coolpix S800C compact
Reviewed by Terry Lane This compact camera's claim to fame is it is 'powered by Android' - it uses the Google operating system to blur the distinction between a camera and a phone.
Visions of art and science
Katie Cincotta After showing us toads up close, a cameraman now has his 3D sights set on the final frontier.
Review: Adobe Photoshop Elements 11
IMAGING Anyone coming to Elements from the big Photoshop will be frustrated by its limitations, but for a newcomer with limited demands, the program should do nicely.
Review: Canon SX500 IS
IMAGING This is a camera designed in the marketing department and intended to impress with its numbers.
Go-anywhere camera flies high with YouTube generation
Nick Bilton A tiny, ultra-high-resolution camera that can record in the most improbable of places has shot into the stratosphere.
Little things that count
IMAGING Plenty of software is available to help keep your photos in clear focus.
Review: Panasonic Lumis GF5
IMAGING This camera, with a 12-megapixel sensor, is Panasonic's latest entry model in its micro four thirds interchangeable lens range.
Pieces of 8 come together
IMAGING Photo editing in the coming Windows update improves but seems stuck in the era of 7.
Review: Nikon D600 DSLR
IMAGING For anyone with Nikon lenses and accessories, the D600 is the logical step into full-frame photography.
Review: Panasonic Lumix LX7
IMAGING Panasonic invented this category and it is still the one to beat.
Apple says camera's purple haze is 'normal'
Stan Schroeder Apple Support claims that the ugly purple haze that pops up in some iPhone 5 photos is "normal behaviour".
Flaw in iPhone 5 camera reveals purple haze
Charlie White If you point the iPhone 5's camera toward the sun or bright lights, a purple halo appears around those light sources, and in some cases, purple lens flares also appear within the frame.
Seeing double puts 3D on TV
IMAGING To enjoy three-dimensional images at home, you can go cheap or expensive, writes Terry Lane.
Light-bulb moment: invention adds new depth to digital camera field
ASHER MOSES You know you've come up with a pretty spectacular invention when the tech pundits are comparing you to Steve Jobs and Jobs himself invites you to give a private demo at his house.
Canberra through a child's lens
Jessica Frecklington Armed with digital cameras and some expert advice, it was the tiny details of the world that attracted the close up attention of a group of budding photographers this week.
Smile please! Click-free camera takes photos for you
Paul Sandle A groundbreaking new wearable camera automatically decides when to take photos as users go about their daily lives.
Clicking beats page flicking
IMAGING Viewed on a high-resolution monitor, online magazines are something special.
Review: Canon IXUS 510 HS compact
IMAGING The 510 takes a fundamentally excellent camera and spoils it with an unworkable touchscreen.
Apple's Ive to design one-of-a-kind camera
Stan Schroeder Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, Sir Jonathan Ive, will design a limited version of the Leica M camera, company owner Andreas Kaufmann announced at a special event in Cologne, Germany this week.
Review: Canon Powershot D20
Terry Lane We liked the D10 very much and we like the D20 even more, although we wish Canon had kept the World War III ''army surplus'' look of the old camera.
Review: Eye-Fi wireless memory card
Terry Lane The Eye-Fi card is a way to make your present camera into a wireless device.