Rod Lawton
Rod is an independent photography journalist and editor, and a long-standing Digital Camera World contributor, having previously worked as DCW's Group Reviews editor. Before that he has been technique editor on N-Photo, Head of Testing for the photography division and Camera Channel editor on TechRadar, as well as contributing to many other publications. He has been writing about photography technique, photo editing and digital cameras since they first appeared, and before that began his career writing about film photography. He has used and reviewed practically every interchangeable lens camera launched in the past 20 years, from entry-level DSLRs to medium format cameras, together with lenses, tripods, gimbals, light meters, camera bags and more. Rod has his own camera gear blog at fotovolo.com but also writes about photo-editing applications and techniques at lifeafterphotoshop.com
Latest articles by Rod Lawton
DxO PureRAW 4 review
By Rod Lawton published
Review Your raw files never looked so good! DxO PureRAW 4 can extract amazing quality from the most mediocre camera gear
The best lenses for the Nikon Z30 in 2024
By Rod Lawton last updated
Updated It's Nikon's cheapest mirrorless camera and a great way to get into vlogging, but what are the best lenses for the Nikon Z30?
The best lenses for the Nikon Z50 in 2024
By Rod Lawton last updated
Updated What are the best lenses for the Nikon Z50, Nikon’s first and still perhaps its most practical APS-C mirrorless camera?
The best lenses for the Nikon Z5 in 2024
By Rod Lawton last updated
Updated This is a great full-frame camera at a really affordable price – but what are the best lenses for the Nikon Z5?
Best lenses for the Fujifilm X-S10 and X-S20
By Rod Lawton published
Buying guide What are the best lenses for the Fujifilm X-S10 and X-S20, two of Fujifilm's most affordable, versatile and compact cameras?
The best lenses for the Nikon Z6 II in 2024
By Rod Lawton last updated
Updated What are the best lenses for the Nikon Z6 II? It’s a very capable mirrorless camera that needs good lenses to do it justice
The best lenses for the Nikon Z7 II in 2024
By Rod Lawton last updated
Updated We think these are the best lenses for the Nikon Z7 II right now, blending versatility, performance and value
Best lenses for the Panasonic Lumix G7 in 2024
By Rod Lawton published
Buying guide The best lenses for the Panasonic Lumix G7 can extend this budget camera’s capabilities without breaking the bank
The Sony 24-50mm F2.8 G is a new compact and powerful standard zoom
By Rod Lawton published
News The Sony 24-50mm F2.8 G addresses a full frame mirrorless issue – lenses that are too big for compact full frame bodies!
OM System OM-1 firmware update will come, but it won't be what fans hoped
By Rod Lawton published
News The OM System OM-1 Mark II brought new features that many hoped would come to the Mark I as a firmware update...
Super-wide Sigma 15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye lens aims for the stars!
By Rod Lawton published
News The Sigma 15mm F1.4 DG DN Diagonal Fisheye looks ideal for astrophotography with exotic glass and weather proofing
Sigma 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS Sports is a surprising downsized super-telephoto
By Rod Lawton published
News The Sigma 500mm F5.6 DG DN OS | Sports goes for the gap between consumer zooms and pro telephoto primes
Laowa says new Nanomorphs are world’s first “Affordable Anamorphic Zooms”
By Rod Lawton published
News Launching on Indiegogo, these two T2.9 Nanomorph zooms will cover a combined focal length of 28-100mm
Now you can buy the wonderful Phase One XC medium format camera body only
By Rod Lawton published
News It means that if you already have a Phase One IQ4 digital back, you don’t have to buy another!
Manual focus lenses helped me rediscover the magic of depth of field
By Rod Lawton published
Opinion Depth of field measurement used to be easy. What happened?
Why did I ignore back button focus on my camera for so long?
By Rod Lawton published
Opinion Why does your camera have to focus the instant before the shutter releases? Why can't you decide when to focus?
I love DSLRs but mirrorless cameras are so much better at manual focusing
By Rod Lawton published
Opinion Sorry, but optical viewfinders just can't offer the magnified precision of EVFs
How I fixed my lens’s focus with kitchen foil and a pair of scissors
By Rod Lawton published
How to What do you do if your lens goes to infinity... and beyond?
Voigtländer 35 mm/1:2.5 Color Skopar P-Type II review
By Rod Lawton published
Review The Voigtländer 35 mm/1:2.5 Color Skopar P-Type II is an old-school rangefinder lens, but can modern sensors handle it?
Hit the right spot with your Canon camera's Spot metering mode
By Rod Lawton published
TUTORIAL Rod Lawton takes a look at this challenging metering mode, how it works and what it can do for your photographic projects
We photographers keep digging ourselves deeper into a hole with non-destructive editing
By Rod Lawton published
Opinion Non-destructive editing is a short-term tactic not a long-term strategy, unless you want to end up in a deep, deep hole
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR review: the X-mount's nifty fifty
By Rod Lawton published
Review The Fujinon XF35mmF2 R WR is like a ‘nifty fifty’ for Fujifilm X-mount cameras. It’s small, classy and rather good
Nikon in 2023: Cutting-edge flagships to film camera throwbacks
By Rod Lawton published
2023 IN REVIEW 2023 was a strong year for Nikon, with not one but two major camera launches and so many lenses it’s left us goggle-eyed
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