Affordable professionalism

Anyone with a passing interest in photography knows that the point-and-shoot cameras will only get you so far - SLRs provide far more flexibility and quality. Digital SLRs are only just coming down out of the stratosphere in price and Canon's entry-level products are well-specced for the money. Today in the paper we take a look at Canon's EOS 400D, which is an upgrade to the highly regarded 350D.

In games, Yakuza (PS2) exploits the almost untapped world of Japanese gangsters. It's a bit GTA, a bit The Warriors, a bit Shenmue - and highly enjoyable. Enchanted Arms (360) leans too heavily on the crutch of RPG cliches for it to be interesting. Lastly, the Xbox Live Vision Camera is Microsoft's attempt to do an EyeToy on the 360, a webcam that uses motion tracking to control the action on-screen. Short version: it suffers from the same problems as EyeToy but the bigger problem is whether Microsoft can make any decent games using it.