Digital Photography Review (established November 1998) is a website

Website

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 about digital camera

Digital camera

A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...

s and digital photography

Digital photography

Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film...

. The website has comprehensive reviews of digital cameras, lenses and accessories, buying guides, user reviews, and very active forums

Internet forum

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 for the individual cameras as well as general photography forums. The website also has a large database with information about the individual digital cameras.

www.dpreview.com is one of the top 2,000 most visited websites on the Internet, according to Alexa Internet

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. The website itself claims that "These days the site is one of, if not the, premium digital photography site with an audience of seven million unique visitors a month reading over one hundred million pages".

Ownership history

Digital Photography Review was founded in December 1998 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 by Philip and Joanna Askey.

The website continued to grow and, on May 14, 2007, was acquired by Amazon.com

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Prior to the acquisition, the company name was registered in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 as Askey Net Consulting. It was changed to DPReview.com on May 9, 2007, and continues as a Private Limited Company in the United Kingdom with its registered office in Slough

Slough

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. The domain name

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dpreview.com is still registered to Askey Net Consulting Ltd.