Lens & Shutter

The Canon R10 remains one of Canon’s strongest compact APS-C cameras for action, wildlife, family photography, and learning beyond automatic mode. Its combination of 15fps mechanical bursts, subject-detection autofocus, a useful grip, and uncropped oversampled 4K30 is unusually capable for its size.

It is not automatically the best buy at any price. The EOS R10 has no ...

The Panasonic Lumix ZS70, also sold as the Lumix TZ90 outside North America, is one of those compact travel cameras that makes more sense when you stop judging it like a modern phone and start judging it like a pocketable 30x optical zoom camera. In this Panasonic Lumix ZS70 / TZ90 review, I am looking at it as a small travel tool: useful reach, a built-in viewfinder, a flip-...

This Nikon COOLPIX S6900 review needs a different lens than a normal camera review. The S6900 is not interesting because it beats a modern phone on image quality. It is interesting because it is a tiny 2010s selfie compact with a flip screen, a built-in stand, real optical zoom, and the kind of simple JPEG look people are actively hunting again.

That makes the buying d...

This Nikon D3000 review is best read as a used-camera reality check. The D3000 is old, basic, and missing features that even cheap cameras now take for granted. It is also a simple way to learn photography. You get a real optical viewfinder, a proper grip, and Nikon F-mount lenses.

I would only buy one at the right used price. If a clean D3000 kit with the AF-S 18-55mm...

This Nikon D3400 review is really a used-camera review now. The D3400 is no longer the obvious new-camera choice, but it can still be a smart beginner DSLR if the price is right, the kit lens is clean, and you understand exactly what you are giving up.

I still like the D3400 for one reason: it teaches photography without getting in the way. You get a 24.2MP APS-C senso...