this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump's controversial supreme court nominee, who's facing sexual assault claims, looks likely to be appointed this weekend after two previously undecided senators said they would back him. susan collins, who was regarded as a republican waverer, announced she would support brett kavanaugh. a court in chicago has convicted a white police officer of the fatal shooting of a black teenager in 2014. jason van dyke shot laquan mcdonald 16 times in a case that sparked months of protests in the american city. van dyke is to appeal. the united nations says it's urgently trying to raise $50 million "for immediate relief" to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami in indonesia. at least 1500 people are confirmed to have died on the island of sulawesi. now on bbc news: in 15 minutes, newswatch, but now it's click.

if we want to take a quick snap these days we tend to use one of these days we tend to use one of these but if you are serious about these but if you are serious about these photos then this is still the camera of choice, the dslr. of course, not just the camera of choice, the dslr. of course, notjust the camera itself is bigger, the sensor to capture the image is also large are providing the professional standard known as full frame which is the equivalent

in size to the old 35mm film. the mobile phone had clearly taken its toll on the compact camera, but the dslr had remained largely untouched until the last couple of years, when a new system, called mirrorless, started to gain traction and respect. digital single lens reflex cameras use a mirror system to bounce the light coming through the lens up to the viewfinder, so you can see what you're shooting. but that has a few drawbacks. when you do take the shot, the whole mirror system has to flip away to reveal the sensor — that's noisy and can cause vibration. so enter mirrorless. now the light hits the sensor directly, which also handles autofocus and exposure. and, in doing so, it's also able to offer other features, like face or eye detection. the newer full—frame mirrorless camera houses larger sensors,

capturing more light for a better picture. now, to do all of this, the viewfinder is no longer optical. it's a tiny electronic screen with a live feed from the sensor, which initially put off some professionals. but is this the moment that the dslr has finally met its match? dan simmons has been to the world's biggest photo expo, photokina, in germany, to find out. photography isn't about cameras, it's about taking great pictures. but the introduction from heavyweights nikon and canon in the mirrorless full—frame market is turning the heads of pros as well as enthusiasts. i am an extreme sports photographer and i had the chance for about two months to test the new eosr. this is canon's new system.

on sale from tuesday, it will work with existing eos lenses and offers several big advantages over dslr. this new camera enables me to shoot scenarios that i couldn't shoot before. for example, if i get close to an athlete, he is in his zen mode where he prepares for a stance it's quite critical. if i disturb him too much, he might lose his stance and i might lose my picture. but eosr, i can put into silent mode and then it's really completely silent. it's like there is no noise at all. the only way you can understand that there is a picture being taken is little flash around the frame in your viewfinder. i was sceptical about electronic viewfinder. i was scared about how it would work. but when the light drops it is a whole new ball game. it is like putting on nightvision goggles because you actually see more with this camera than you can see with the eyesight. you can shoot images and you can create compositions that i could never have done before.

canon fans have been waiting for this system for some time now. they watched sony introduced the world's first full—frame mirrorless model back in 2013. so, why has it taken canon so long to catch up? well, you know, we come from a digital slr big leadership. we had to ensure that we offer people what they want. they wanted this full—frame mirrorless camera two years ago, that's when they wanted it. i don't know when they wanted it, but we believe this is the right time. sony have been out for five years with a camera similar this. it was a growing market. are you saying it wasn't worth putting out earlier? it was maybe worth it, maybe not. were you ready to put it out earlier? we are ready today, clearly. but were you ready before? this is canon. if we come up with something, it must be the best. the best in mirrorless is

understandably a bone of contention. so, before i tell you why it might not be, let me tell you four good reasons why that might be the best. canon claim the fastest autofocus, at one two hundredth of a second. more autofocus points than any other system — more than 5000, if you need them. and the ability to autofocus in darker situations than any other camera in the world, —6 ev if you're interested. for the true hard—core, they have a new 28—70 zoom that is f2 throughout the range. but is the eosr the best? nikon hasn't updated its famous camera lens f—mount system since it was introduced in 1959 — until last week, when it, too, went mirrorless. the new full frame 26 and z7 models are slimmer and lighter,

an adapter allows them to work with existing nikon lenses, and they sport a visible wider z—mount, allowing more light to hit the sensor. the idea is to create lenses which are tech sharp to the cornice. the new z—mount from nikon is more than 1000 times faster than the previous f—mount, which is still there. that is the speed the camera talks to the lens, and then the lens can then respond? exactly. to be honest, we are actually not using the speed yet, but that is looking forward. i don't know what we're talking about — in five years to ten years — then you might have quite different applications. is there any reason why we should still keep dslr? basically everything which has to be connected to artificial intelligence, augmented reality applications, whatever. i don't yet know what the future holds. i would be a rich man if i did.

definitely. dslr are still the ones that have, let's say, the long as battery life. they are — sometimes you actually need the sturdiness and the weight. the mirrorless cameras come there eventually. it may not be the nicest lens or have superfast autofocus, but it is mirrorless. this is the zozo suit and generally you would be wearing it in the privacy of your own home. the aim is that it helps create 3d measurements of you so you can order custom—made clothes online. around 400 unique markers are tracked by the phone's app. the company behind the suit, zoonown, although you may not have heard of it, is the biggest online fashion retailer in japan. a business which turned its founder, yusaku maezawa, from a drummer in a band into a billionaire. but he may be feeling a little distracted right now, as he has bought the first tickets for elon musk‘s 2023 mission

to the moon. he doesn't want to travel into space alone though. i met up with the avid art collector at the louis vuitton foundation in paris where his $110 million basquiat painting is currently on show. ever since i was a kid, i have loved the moon very much. after hearing about spacex, at what point did you start to think, yes, i actually want to go and do this? yusaku wants to bring artists along with him, at his expense, to see

how their experience inspires their work. maybe it will be a musician, a painter, a dancer, a film director, i don't know yet. so right now there are still a lot of things in question, a lot needs to be developed. how likely do you think is that this is going to go ahead? so you trust elon musk, you know him, do you like him,

are you friends, would you like him to come? he is crazy, like me. (laughs). is he crazy enough to want to go to the moon? i am very honoured to do that. what do you hope that you may come back thinking, feeling, or having learnt? how much does a ticket to the moon cost? i cannot say about that. but huge.

hundreds of millions? you're not allowed to say... thank you very much. and safe journey. thank you. you want to go? really? i mean, iwasn‘t expecting an invite! that is it for the short version of click. the full version can be found on bbc iplayer. you can keep track of what we are up one facebook and twitter at @bbcclick, and of course we will be back next week. hello and welcome to newswatch. i'm samira ahmed.

the dancing prime minister garnered most of the headlines at this week's conservative party conference but did the bbc do itsjob in covering policy as well as performance. and has the way we have got to talking about politics on the news just got too rude and argumentative? the party conference season is when we expect a leading politicians to set out their big ideas in the full glare of the media spotlight. sometimes though they declined broadcasters invitations to submit themselves to questioning and this week that led to a row. on tuesday, representatives from the bbc, sky, itv, channel 4 and channel five complained in a letter to downing street about what they called the prime minister's lack of availability for television interviews during her pa rty‘s conference. her director of communications replied that she had done 36

interviews during the conference. meanwhile, nick robinson mentioned on the today programme last week that although labour leaders normally appeared on the show during their party conference, they had been told that jeremy corbyn was unavailable to do so. signs perhaps of an increasingly fractious relationship between the news media and politicians and there have been more signs of that when party leaders have turned up interview. last sunday morning, theresa may appeared on the andrew marr show. it was necessary for us to take some tough decisions to deal with public finances because of the mess that the labour party had left them in. people have made sacrifices as a result of that. and they may have to make a lot more if we go for no guilt? i'm afraid we're out time, theresa may. we will be live next week... that rather abrupt end to the interview annoyed rather a lot of readers. two days later came the much trailed arrival in birmingham