# What's inside Digital Camera's October issue

> Issue 312 packs autumn landscape masterclasses, car photography, a light course and 16 digital gifts.
- Title: What's inside Digital Camera's October issue | Shortify
- Summary: Issue 312 packs autumn landscape masterclasses, car photography, a light course and 16 digital gifts. Issue 312 is built around one big autumn colour feature…
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- Source: Digital Camera World — https://digitalcameraworld.com/photography/magazines/get-16-bonus-gifts-with-the-october-2026-issue-of-digital-camera-magazine
- Published: 2026-09-11T12:15:58+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: photography, magazines, autumn, tutorials, camera gear
## A magazine for every skill level
Digital Camera launched in 2002 and has been teaching photographers ever since. Each issue mixes technique, tutorials, reviews and buying advice.

> The world's leading digital photography magazine
## Twelve pages on autumn colour
October's cover feature is a guide to shooting the season's colours in creative ways. It starts on page 62.
## Landscapes with Peter Fenech
Outdoor photographer Peter Fenech walks through the landscape techniques that work best once the light and weather turn.
## Harvest, smoke and still life
Photo Skills opens on page 41. Chris Gurton explains his harvest-time pictures, plus a floral still life lit with smoke and cloud blur using a 10-stop ND.
## Mice, gardens and a Margate zine
Other projects cover photographing harvest mice and country house gardens. Imogen Tinkler talks about the photo zine she made documenting Margate.
## A day shooting cars
Pro car photographer James Mann coaches reader Rufus Rogers at the Haynes Motor Museum, including a Ford Mustang GT Coupe. Page 8.
## Ten pages on light
Will Cheung argues light is the skill worth learning above all others. His Camera Clinic course on using it well starts on page 82.

> Of all the photo skills worth learning, how to use light tops the list
## iPhone winners and a Scottish coast
Hotshots shows the category winners of the 19th iPhone Photography Awards from page 74. An interview on page 120 covers Ken Crossan's Caithness book, Life At The Edge.
## Watercolours and vignettes
Digital Darkroom turns photos into watercolour-style artwork, covers Lightroom's Vignette tool, and unlocks the Adobe Camera Raw filter in Photoshop.
## Six travel cameras, head to head
Kit Zone tests half a dozen small cameras that handle stills and video, with a winner named from page 106.
## Two new lenses tested
The Tamron 35-100mm F2.8 Di III VXD for Sony E and L-Mount, plus the Meike 85mm F1.4 Mix II, an affordable portrait prime that fits Nikon Z.
## Sixteen gifts in the bundle
Nine photo tips cards, 32 minutes of video tutorials, 14 actions, presets and LUTs, a post-production e-book and a 250-page camera buyer's guide.
## Key takeaway

Issue 312 is built around one big autumn colour feature plus a 10-page course on reading and using light.