CAMERA REVIEWS & ADVIce
First test yourself, then advise.To be honest, in recent years we have focused more on testing lenses than on testing cameras. So this page is still being worked on, so that we can catch up with the camera recommendations. Bad cameras no longer exist. The quality differences between cameras are getting smaller and smaller: the bottom of the market are the smartphones. And you can really make beautiful recordings with a modern smartphone! So what are for you the most important features of a system or SLR with interchangeable lenses – apart from the price and possibly the dimensions?
Recente camera(p)reviews

Review Sony RX100 VI
The Sony RX100 VI is already the sixth camera in the series of premium RX-100 compact cameras from Sony. The…
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PREVIEW NIKKOR Z 50MM F1.2 S
When presenting the Z system cameras, Nikon claimed that the large diameter of the lens mount and the short register…
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(P)Review Nikon Z 6II
The Nikon Z 6II is the new all-round full-frame system camera from Nikon. This successor of the Z 6 maintains…
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(P)Review Nikon Z 7II
The Nikon Z 7II is the new top model with full-frame system cameras from Nikon. The successor of the Z…
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(P)Review Fujifilm X-S10
Fujifilm has added a new model to the X-series. The X-S10 bundles the specifications of the X-T4 into a smaller…
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Review Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
In 2011, Canon released its first Cinema camera, the C300. A year later, the C100, C500 and 1DC followed. The…
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Preview Panasonic Lumix S5
Panasonic has announced the LUMIX S5, a full-frame mirrorless system camera with L lens mount that can be described as a…
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Review Canon EOS R5
EISA CAMERA INNOVATION 2020-2021Canon EOS R5As the first mirrorless camera to be capable of recording 8K video, Canon’s EOS R5…
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Review Fujifilm X-T4
EISA CAMERA OF THE YEAR 2020-2021Fujifilm X-T4 The Fujifilm X-T4 is an outstanding mirrorless camera with a 26-million-pixel X-Trans CMOS…
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Review Panasonic Lumix G100
The Panasonic Lumix G100 is a compact and light camera that has been specially developed for vloggers. The G100 has…
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PREVIEW: SONY A7S III
It took almost four years for a new Sony A7S to arrive, but finally the time has come. The Sony…
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PREVIEW OLYMPUS OM-D E-M 10 MARK IV
The Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV is the next generation of Olympus entry-level model. The E-M10 Mark IV has a…
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(P)Review Nikon Z5
The Nikon Z5 is a full-frame entry-level model from Nikon. The camera is slightly simpler than the Z6 and Z7…
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Review Sony ZV-1
The best camera for vloggers? Sony confidently announced the ZV-1 as "the ideal vlogging camera in pocket size." We started…
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Review Olympus OM-D E-M1 MARK III
The new Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III has (almost) all the advanced functions of the E-M1X, but in the smaller…
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Review Nikon D6
After Canon, Nikon is now also launching a professional DSLR camera for sports and news photographers. What is the difference…
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Review Sony RX100 VII
More than a year after the introduction of the Sony RX100 VI (tested in Focus 10-2018), Sony already presented another…
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Review Fujifilm X100V
The X100V is the fifth generation of Fujifilm premium compact camera. The X100 series has a loyal flock of followers…
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STARTER
Budget is important. Your new camera may not cost more than approximately 500 euros, including the lens.

AMATEUR
Fun in photography is paramount. But it must also remain affordable. So camera body of under 1,000 euros.

PROSUMER
Will it be a high-end camera with a crop sensor? Or an affordable full frame? It’s completely up to you

PRO
You are looking for the highest quality. That may cost some in euros & drops of sweat (size and weight)
What do you want to use the camera for?

Holidays
Carefree shooting, without having to think about shutter speed, ISO or aperture. Without having to change a lot of lens. Fun is paramount, but the image quality must be good.

Landscape or studio
Many megapixels, a high dynamic range, low noise and beautiful, saturated colors. A camera with a large, clear viewfinder.

Sports or nature
Dust, drizzle or freezing cold? It is extremely important that your camera can take a beating. And quickly focuses. Shoots many images per second without the buffer becoming full. And…

50 megapixels is not enough
To double the resolution,you need 4 times as many pixels At the start of the megapixel race, you could see clear differences in resolution…
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AF test (2): How accurate is Auto Focus?
In a previous article about the speed of the auto focus, we discussed how the various AF systems work. And why…
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How do I spot dirt/dust on the sensor?
With system cameras with interchangeable lenses, it is unavoidable that the sensor will get dirty—whether that is dust from the environment, oil from moving parts (like the mirror in an SLR camera), fibers from a cleaning brush/cloth or an unintentional fingerprint. It happens to us all, although you do not see it on every picture. Even if you never change lenses, there is a chance of the sensor getting dirty. A small number of the—generally more expensive—cameras and lenses are extra-well sealed against dust. Even that is no guarantee that no dust will reach the sensor. Dust is everywhere. If you use a zoom lens that changes length when zooming in and out, then you also suck new air—and thus dust—into the camera. The question is thus not whether your sensor will get dirty, but when your sensor will get so dirty that you will start to see it.
How do you recognize dust and other dirt on a camera sensor? Someone who wants to buy a second-hand camera should certainly know the answer to this question. How do you clean a sensor, and how do you prevent it from getting dirty again?

Panasonic GH4R / V-Log L
At the start of this month, the Panasonic GH4R was announced at the IFA trade show in Germany, along with an extensive software update for existing Panasonic GH4 users. The GH4R is Panasonic's answer to the growing demand from the film industry for a hybrid photo/video camera with unlimited (read: longer than 30 minutes uninterrupted) 4K recordings in diverse recording speeds and formats (Cinema 4K: 4096x2160 / 24 fps and QFHD 4K: 3840x2160 / up to 30 fps in MOV/MP4), including compatibility with V-Log L video.
The new functions - except for the unlimited video - are also available for existing users of the Panasonic GH4 via a paid software upgrade, by purchasing a software key and updating the firmware of the camera to version 2.4. The updated GH4 can not record for longer than 30 minutes without interruption after installation of the firmware update. I have made a number of 4K video recordings of situations with an extremely high contrast, in order to see whether I could see a difference between Vlog-L and the ‘Natural’ image style of the Panasonic GH4.

AF test (1): How fast is auto focus?
For cameras and lenses, speed and accuracy of the auto focus are an important part of our testing procedure. We have written little about that, and we are going to change that. The differences in AF speed and AF accuracy between the various camera types, such as SLRs and mirrorless system cameras, are significant. The fastest AF is ten times as fast as the slowest! That a mirrorless system camera with contrast AF is slower than an SLR camera with phase-detection AF appears to be a fable. The lenses used do play an important role. Why is that? And what can you do with it? |

Dynamic range of 60 cameras reviewed
From our survey, it appears that CameraStuffReview readers think that dynamic range is the most important property of a camera.…
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