About Gordon Laing and Camera Labs
Gordon Laing is the Editor of Camera Labs, based in Queenstown. New Zealand. He's a British technology writer and former Editor of Personal Computer World – the first, and longest-running PC magazine in the UK. Over a 20 year career in journalism, Gordon has also reviewed products for magazines including Digital SLR User, Professional Photographer, MacUser, PC Pro, Computeractive, T3, The Times Educational Supplement, The London Evening Standard and The Register website.
He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Kent, has been a photographer for over 25 years and professionally reviewed digital cameras since their birth starting with the 0.3 Megapixel Apple QuickTake 100 back in 1995. His first book, Digital Retro, an illustrated history of home computers in the 80s, was published in October 2004 by Ilex Press and Sybex Books. Google-plus followers can check out Gordon's plus profile.
Camera Labs was launched in December 2005 as a source of unbiased digital
camera and lens reviews. On this site you'll find detailed reports and video tours of the latest
digital photography products, along with workshops and features explaining how to make the most of
them. Whether you're upgrading your camera, considering a new lens, or joining
the world of digital photography, Camera Labs is here to help you make the right
choice.
At Camera Labs, my policy is to test products in real-life outdoor conditions as I believe this greater reflects how they’ll be used rather than studio tests performed with two dimensional charts at close range under artificial light. As such my current camera reviews exclusively employ real-life tests performed in and around the beautiful Queenstown area. You can find out more about my testing policy here. If you'd like to learn more about the Queenstown area and the locations used for my test and gallery shots, please see this thread in the Camera Labs forums!
Camera Labs has grown steadily since launch and in December 2010 served 3,886,604 page impressions over 1,079,956 visits. My video reviews have been watched by over 21 Million people (as of August 2011).
Additional reviews by Ken McMahon.
Original site design and programming by Nik
Rawlinson.
Additional programming by Nick
Jarman.
Logos and additional design by Jon Mason.
ISO and MTF test charts by Sine Patterns, supplied by Applied
Image.
Geometry and uniformity results analysed by Imatest.
Many thanks to Norman Koren.
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