Digital Camera, Issue 301 (December 2025)

Sharper photographs, more imaginative use of lenses and a fresh set of shooting ideas anchor the December 2025 issue of Digital Camera. Issue 301 brings together practical advice, photographic inspiration, editing tutorials and camera-kit reviews for readers who want to make more deliberate pictures—and understand the gear behind them.

Make sharpness work for the photograph

Photographer and writer Andrew James leads the cover feature with a technique refresher on getting images sharp where it matters. The issue also takes readers into Richmond Park for a wildlife photography session with Dan Mold, offering a close look at photographing deer during the rut.

Find a fresh angle on familiar kit

In Camera Clinic, Will Cheung explores creative ways to use camera lenses. The emphasis is on seeing optics as more than a route to a technically correct image: a different approach to lens use can bring variety and personality to a photographic portfolio.

Ideas to take out with you 📷

Photo Active supplies new projects across a range of subjects, including winter coastal scenes, model villages and Christmas markets. A monthly reader challenge invites photographers to respond to the theme of long exposures, while the Hotshots gallery showcases winning work from the 2025 Cewe Photo Award.

Editing guidance and equipment reviews

Digital Darkroom tutorials cover Lightroom, Photoshop and Affinity Photo 2, including vintage-film effects, monochrome conversion and correcting converging verticals in architectural photographs. The gear section reviews the Canon EOS R1, Nikkor Z 24–70mm f/2.8 S II, Tamron 18–300mm and DxO Nik Collection 8.

For photographers who like to keep learning

With wildlife and creative photography features alongside software instruction, award-winning images and hands-on kit coverage, this issue offers several ways to refresh your practice—whether you are planning your next shoot, refining an edit or weighing up photographic equipment.