About Camera Labs



Gordon at Old Trafford
 
Camera Labs' test shot - Queenstown, New Zealand
 
Camera Labs was launched in December 2005 as an online 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.

Camera Labs is edited by Gordon Laing, a British technology writer and former Editor of Personal Computer World magazine in the UK. Gordon is a Personal Computer World columnist and a regular contributor to T3 and other publications in the UK. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Kent, has been a photographer for over two decades and professionally reviewed digital cameras since the 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.

Camera Labs has grown steadily since launch and in April 2008 served 3,008,872 page impressions over 567,517 visits. As of April 2008, our video reviews have been watched by over 2.7 Million people.

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.

Recommended sites
Several websites have been kind enough to link to our reviews. We greatly appreciate your support.

Mark Goldstein's PhotographyBLOG
Darren Rowse's Digital Photography Blog
Hans and the team at DCViews
Paul at Digital Photography Journal
The team behind TechEblog
  Riyad Emeran's Trusted Reviews
Mike Magee's The Inquirer
Tony, Drew and the team at The Register
J Mark Lytle's Digital World Tokyo
Ian Burley's Digital Photography Now

Many thanks to you all, and of course anyone we haven't mentioned!

How to support Camera Labs

Thanks for supporting our site with your price checking clicks!


   

The testing and reviewing undertaken at Camera Labs is a very time consuming process. If you find our reports useful and would like to support Camera Labs, please check the latest prices by clicking the store logos in the Pricegrabber boxes at the bottom of each review page - or the flags to the left. And when you’re ready to buy, please consider purchasing from one of our affiliate stores. You pay exactly the same price, but we receive a small referral fee which keeps us up and running. It's a win-win which funds our reviewing and testing process and ensures you find the best price for your new lens or camera.


How to contact Camera Labs

We welcome your comments on our site and take on-board any suggestions you have. If you'd like to make any comments, please click here or better still post your message in the Forum. Please note we cannot offer technical support or additional buying advice beyond that published in the reviews. If you'd like a recommendation, please visit our Buyers Guide.


How we test cameras and lenses

To learn how we put cameras and lenses through their paces, view our camera and lens testing page.


VIP code for forum registration

If you're registering on the Cameralabs forums, you'll need a VIP code. This is to reduce spammers and other automatic registrations. The current code is 7791.

After completing the registration, you'll be sent an email to activate your account within a few moments. If you don't receive this email, first check your junk mail folder, as sometimes it's mistakenly filtered-out. We have found Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail and Comcast accounts often don't appear to receive the message. If you haven't received the email after a few minutes, please email us with your Forum username at "contact at cameralabs.com" (replacing 'at' with the @ symbol) and we'll do our best to fix the problem and get you on-board!


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