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Leica's Q Typ 116 camera features a full-frame sensor and 28mm f1.7 lens.

Just how good is a $5900 camera?

Digital cameras are getting more advanced and more specialised. Just how good is the $5900 Leica Q or Panasonic’s phone/camera hybrid? We can tell you.

STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL JULY 7. 2015: A photo taken white-water rafting in Vail, Colorado, with the GoPro Hero Session action camera.

GoPro launches tiny camera to go

THE world’s leading action camera maker, GoPro, is going small with its latest big release — an action camera with a minimum of fuss.

Panasonic HX-A1 action camera which, when paired with an infrared torch, is able to capture video in total darkness. Picture: Supplied

Camera to capture action in the dark

PEOPLE whose best action moments happen in the dark will now be able to capture it all on video with the first action cam to have a night vision mode.

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Canon EOS M3

Third time lucky with compact M3

CANON’S third attempt at cracking the compact system camera market shows improvement – but one big question remains.

‘Tell me you didn’t shoot him’

‘Tell me you didn’t shoot him’

A MAN walks towards an officer with a knife. The officer shoots him dead. The footage is disturbing, but it’s on YouTube. WARNING: Graphic content.

Perth photographer Ryan Chatfield chases his drone to rescue it from falling into the sea.

Epic chase to catch lost drone

WATCH: IT is every drone owner’s worst nightmare — the batteries going flat over the ocean. So when Perth photographer Ryan Chatfield saw his gadget going down he went after it.

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Olympus OM-D EM5 Mark II digital camera.

Sharp shooters better than ever

WHETHER you’re after a pocket-size camera or something with way more focus, this week’s gadget releases have it covered.

Escher's Market Picture: Karl Grenet, Winner, Australia, National Award, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Year: 2015 I came across this scene one afternoon in November 2014 while exploring the maze-like Mirza Ghalib Municipal Market in the Null Bazar area of Mumbai, India. As this is a 24-hour market, the shopkeepers take any possible opportunity between sales to rest for a few minutes. I chatted with the shopkeepers at this stall for 20 minutes, all the while making images of the scene, with no two images being the same due to the constant movement of shopkeepers going to their own stalls to make a sale, then returning to this stall to rest.

The best Australian photo of the year

THIS picture by Sydney’s Karl Grenet has won the Australian title in the world’s biggest photography competition. Here’s how he got the shot.

Navman MiVUE 580

Gadgets you need on the road

WITH smartphones squeezing the market, car navigation firms are adding extras. Here are five gadgets worth considering for your next road trip.

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Shot by Brendan Ó Sé. in Copenhagen, Denmark Shooting from an unexpected angle can add an interesting twist. Here, it creates contours in the lines that convey a sense of movement to the viewer. Apps used: Camera, Snapseed Image in the Apple World Gallery (http://www.apple.com/iphone/world-gallery/)

Apple fights back with incredible photos

APPLE has responded to today’s jibes from Samsung about the iPhone 6 camera with a global project that shows off some of the best iPhone pictures ever.

Boxing day Test day 3 Australia vs Pakistan at the MCG. Glen McGrath celebrates his second wicket with Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden. Pic Kelly Barnes 27/12/04

Game on: Show them the money

EVER dreamed about facing off against Glenn McGrath in a game of cricket? Here is your chance.

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Travel Incidents

Man who sneaked onto plane foiled by selfie

Man who sneaked onto plane foiled by selfie

WHAT this man did for love was criminally insane. But he could have got away with it if he didn’t make one fatal mistake.

Sony Alpha 7S full-frame digital camera.

The digital cameras you can’t miss

KEEN to take your photography seriously this year? From DSLR cameras to those primed for adventure, there are plenty of options to help you.

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 06: A GoPro Hero 4 camera is displayed at the 2015 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 6, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. David Becker/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Apple camera patent to rival GoPro

APPLE has patented a design for a digital video camera that could potentially compete with the rugged portable cameras made by GoPro.

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LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 06: A GoPro Hero 4 camera is displayed at the 2015 International CES at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 6, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 9 and is expected to feature 3,600 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 150,000 attendees. David Becker/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Apple camera patent to rival GoPro

APPLE has patented a design for a digital video camera that could potentially compete with the rugged portable cameras made by GoPro.

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An example of the Selfie Doll taken from Mahinarium's Facebook.

Groan. What the hell is a Selfie Doll?

IF RESEARCH reveals men who take selfies are more likely to possess psychopathic tendencies, what does it mean if you get a doll made in your selfies likeness?

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AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL IN THIS IMAGE - This image made from a video posted online by militants on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, shows slain hostage-taker Amedy Coulibaly, who shot a policewoman and four hostages at a kosher grocery in Paris, speaking in broken Arabic that he seems to be reading from a paper, in front of an Islamic State emblem, as he defends the attacks carried out on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, police and the Jewish store. At one point, Coulibaly says Charlie Hebdo will be attacked

Paris terrorist had a GoPro

GUNMAN Amedy Coulibaly was using a GoPro camera during the kosher supermarket siege, a hostage has revealed in a terrifying account of his ordeal.

The most expensive photo of all time

The most expensive photo of all time

AN Australian photographer has made history by selling this black and white print for $7.8 million — making it the most expensive photo ever sold.

Samsung NX1 mirrorless camera, the company's first professional level digital camera.

Samsung shooter takes aim at rivals

SAMSUNG has a new focus this Christmas, as the company releases its first professional level camera designed to push its rivals out of the frame.

Photographer with camera

New cameras ‘the death of DSLR’

DIGITAL SLR cameras could face extinction after Samsung predicted they would lose their lead over advanced smaller cameras in just 18 months.

GoPro Hero4 Silver

Cheaper GoPro is the one to beat

IT’S not the most expensive new GoPro that is the one to watch. One simple addition to the mid-range action camera makes it much simpler to use.

Lytro Illum camera that uses light-field technology developed by Australian researcher Ren Ng.

Lytro Illum: camera saviour or gimmick?

LYTRO’S first professional light-field camera lets users change focus and create movement in a photo after it is captured. Is it all just a novelty?

Young, beautiful girl with a backpack on her back

How to take your tech everywhere

MOBILE technology only lives up to its name if it’s going somewhere. We review five top technology bags that promise to keep your gadgets on the go.

Great white gobbles $12,000 GoPro

Great white gobbles $12,000 GoPro

THIS is the moment a great white shark ate a $12,000 GoPro camera rig, ripping it away from an Emmy award-winning wildlife cameraman with its powerful jaws.

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Parrot Jumping Sumo

Gadgets to make your daggy dad cool

FROM a new GPS for the car to a jumping robot that can do tricks, here are five inspiring gadgets that your dad could love this Father’s Day.

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Olympus Pen E-PL7 digital camera. EMBARGOED UNTIL 3PM, 28 AUGUST 2014.

Cameras evolve under selfie power

FIRST the smartphone smashed the cheap camera market. Now our obsession with shooting selfies has hit the high end.

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Sony reveals absurd selfie camera

Sony reveals absurd selfie camera

EAU behave! Sony has teased a new camera designed for selfies and it’s shaped like a perfume bottle. If you’re asking why, you’re not alone.

Killer selfie: Minutes later, this man was dead

Killer selfie: Minutes later, this man was dead

IN a selfie obsessive’s quest to post the most outlandish photos, one shot ended up costing him his life.

Confrontation ... Andrea Mears grabs Austin Haughwout's shirt and calls hima

Don’t fly a drone over a beach

THIS is what happens when you fly a drone taking pictures over a beach — you get called a pervert and allegedly assaulted. See the video.

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Lytro Illum camera that uses light-field technology developed by Australian researcher Ren Ng.

Wacky Aussie camera comes home

THE first high-end camera to use light-field technology that lets users change focus after they’ve taken a photograph is now on sale.

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