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You can find out what I really think about Canon’s two new beginner DSLRS this issue (page 98), plus we’ve also got a Super Test of the best prime lenses for portraiture. If you’ve ever wondered how Canon pros get those dreamy defocused backgrounds in portraits, it’s with lenses like these! Our lens expert Matthew Richards tests eight choice lenses, see page 106. Lens tests are carried out with Imatest suite, with specially designed charts and data analysis to test lens performance We test cameras in laboratory conditions using DXO Analyzer hardware and software to check dynamic range and image noise