Chris George
Chris George has worked on Digital Camera World since its launch in 2017. He has been writing about photography, mobile phones, video making and technology for over 30 years – and has edited numerous magazines including PhotoPlus, N-Photo, Digital Camera, Video Camera, and Professional Photography.
His first serious camera was the iconic Olympus OM10, with which he won the title of Young Photographer of the Year - long before the advent of autofocus and memory cards. Today he uses a Nikon D800, a Fujifilm X-T1, a Sony A7, and his iPhone 15 Pro Max.
He has written about technology for countless publications and websites including The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Dorling Kindersley, What Cellphone, T3 and Techradar.
Latest articles by Chris George

Samyang is cooking up a new pancake lens for Sony photographers
By Chris George published
news It's thin and claims to be stylish... what will Samyang's next prime lens for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras be?

The best camera wrist strap
By Gavin Stoker last updated
buying guide Keep your camera safe with one of the best camera wrist straps

Adobe Lightroom now gets Frame.io cloud-to-camera collaboration
By Chris George published
Deals All photographers can now use Frame.io, as Lightroom Beta launches on World Photography Day

Mesmerizing James Webb Space Telescope photo lets you gaze into a hungry black hole
By Chris George published
News European Space Agency releases new photograph of the Messier 106 spiral galaxy

Stunning finalists from Ocean Photographer of the Year will take your breath away
By Chris George published
news Here are our ten favorite images from Oceanographic's 2024 contest

Photography cheat sheet: Shutter speed stops
By Chris George last updated
CHEAT SHEET What are shutter speed 'stops' and what do they mean in photography?

Photography cheat sheet: Color temperature & the Kelvin scale
By Chris George last updated
Cheat sheet Get perfect color rendition from your camera in different lighting conditions by mastering manual white balance

Tamron 28-300mm superzoom stretches range for Sony full-frame photographers
By Chris George published
news Tamron 28-300mm f/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD launched for Sony FE mirrorless camera mount

Is this the best photo of the 2024 Olympics? With 6 million likes it may be!
By Chris George published
news A stunning shot by Jerome Brouillet of Brazilian surf star Gabriel Medina has been making waves on the internet

Weekly Wash: the 5 biggest camera news stories of the week (July 28)
By Chris George published
WEEKLY WASH The top news stories on Digital Camera World over the last seven days from the world of photography

Vivo X200 Pro to get 200MP telephoto camera (and is coming to Europe)
By Chris George published
news EE lets slip the name of Vivo's next flagship phone - and rumors are it'l have set a new record for telephoto photography

Photography cheat sheet: How to understand ISO settings
By Chris George last updated
Cheat sheet What is ISO in photography and how to make sense of your camera sensor's sensitivity

Novoflex adds specialist tripod heads to give more precision to your photography
By Chris George published
News Novoflex Kopf2 gimbal head and Novoflex Qube goniometer head get launched at Birdfair

Big Canon EOS R announcement next week (and we're all invited!)
By Chris George published
news Canon is inviting us all to a Canon EOS R online event next week - and that must been big news

7Artisans AF 85mm f/1.8 is company's second autofocus lens for Sony cameras
By Chris George published
News New low-cost full-frame portrait lens for Sony mirrorless shooters

Pixii Max brings full-frame to the stylish Leica rangefinder alternative
By Chris George last updated
Updated 64-bit full-frame French rangefinder goes on sale this week

Laowa launching the world's first-ever zoom shift lens next week
By Chris George published
news Teaser for ground-breaking zoom lens appears on Weibo, which will be announced on Monday 8 July

Bridge cameras are not dead! Panasonic brings Lumix FZ80D & FZ82D back to life
By Chris George published
news Panasonic bucks the trend and launches a newish superzoom compact camera with 20-1200mm lens

Man swallows camera live on stage to show us the insides of his stomach
By Chris George published
NEWS Jaw-dropping TED Talk shows us what the futuristic PillBot could do for medicine

70mai A510 dual-channel dash cam has every angle covered thanks to rotating rear camera
By Chris George published
News GPS and a Sony Starvis sensor are standout features of this latest front--and-rear dashboard camera kit

Today is National Camera Day! Here are 5 ways to celebrate
By Chris George published
news Saturday 29 June 2024 is THE day to celebrate photography. Here are five things you can do to join in the action

Amazon Prime Day 2024 dates are official and it's going to be the longest sale yet!
By Chris George published
This year's Prime Day dates have been released, and we expect another big money-saving camera deals fest during the first ever week-long members-only sale.

The world's first dash cam with 4K cameras at front AND rear
By Chris George published
news Miofive S1 Ultra dashboard camera records UHD video quality of what's behind you, as well as what is coming up ahead
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