25-Nov-2017

Amateur Photographer

Amateur Photographer is the world's oldest weekly magazine for photography enthusiasts

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Konica Auto-Reflex
Top-plate of the1966 Konica Auto-Reflex, showing the ‘Full' and ‘Half' format lever Masks slide into position to produce half-frame images John Wade examines an unusual dual-format, auto-exposure 35mm SLR LAUNCHED 1966 PRICE AT LAUNCH £110 GU
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Final Analysis
‘My own few successes with double exposures have been the result of pure luck’ It’s always tempting to attribute the success of others to their membership of some sort of mafia – surely you’ve heard of the art mafia – or to funny handshakes, or fri
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Using The NEO 2 For Video
WE AT AP have tried many small LED video lights, so the first thing to figure out is what the NEO 2 offers that the others don't. It doesn't take long to find out. First, it is brighter than other similar-sized lights we have used. When shooting some
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Why Do So Many Pros Use Lee Filters ?
By now you’ll have learned the basics of using the Lee Filters system, and seen some interesting creative applications. Of course, there are other filter systems, but the sheer number of top pros who use Lee Filters speaks volumes. In the landscape a
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Lee Filters ProGlass IRND
Type ‘Big Stopper' into a search engine and you'll be presented with a selection of stunning images that all have one thing in common – they've been taken using a Lee Filters Big Stopper. Since its arrival seven years ago, the filter has become synon
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Reader Portfolio
Robert's father was a professional wedding photographer for more than 25 years. After growing up around photography and developing a passion for the medium, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps. When Robert was younger he often took a camer
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Tech Support
Q I use an Olympus FL-50R flash and recently I have been having trouble getting it to work. Despite using sets of rechargeable NiMH batteries that were only recently charged, when switching the flash on, instead of getting a steady flash-ready light
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Top 50 Accessories
• www.leefilters.com • £38 Keeping all your filters safely in one place is a good idea, to prevent any getting damaged or lost. The Lee Filters field pouch is one of the best examples and its lid covers the entire pouch to prevent inclement weather
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Stocking Fillers
Online photo lab WhiteWall’s ultra HD photo print service is its latest gallery-standard offering. If you’d like to create sharp, punchy prints on high-gloss paper, we recommend it A TLR-shaped sharpener with a built-in drawer to collect shavings L
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Making The Grad
Unlike Lee Filters’ Stopper and ProGlass IRND filters, which are both made from glass, the company’s graduated neutral-density (or ND grad) filters are made from resin and dipped by hand. That’s because resin allows tight control over the graduation
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Rotolight NEO 2
The NEO 2 provides 85,000 full-power flashes on six rechargeable AA batteries. You can also physically connect to your camera via a flash lead. Power and colour temperature are easily controlled via these buttons, which also bring up the more advance
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Fast, Portable And Flexible
Optional barn doors help control the spill of light THERE'S a lot more to the NEO 2 than its portable design, impressive build quality and simple arrangement of twin dials. One of the key features I was keen to try out was its flash capability, and
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Extending Exposure With Lee Filters
With the Little Stopper in place, a base exposure of 1/20sec becomes three seconds Nikon D800E, 24-70mm f/2.8 at 44mm, 3 seconds at f/11, ISO 50, 0.6 ND soft grad, Little Stopper Lee Filters called the first of its Stopper range the Big Stopper bec
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Get Creative With Long Exposures
With a very long exposure you can often eliminate people from your image, while a moderate exposure captures the atmosphere Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, 12-40mm f/2.8, 30 seconds (below left), 20 seconds (below right), ProGlass IRND 3.0ND (10-stop) fil
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Inbox
The recent Rotolight advert that irritated Bill Houlder Email ap@timeinc.com and include your full postal address. Write to Inbox, Amateur Photographer, Time Inc. (UK), Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hants GU14
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Tour De Force
In the British Army not all shooting is done with guns – sometimes they use cameras, and some of them are really rather good at it. The annual Army Photographer of the Year contest – this year co-judged by AP Editor Nigel Atherton, along with award-w
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Tripod Masterclass
Buying a tripod is just as important as buying a new lens – you have to make sure you select the best option for you and your photography. Maximum and minimum height, head, weight, features and budget are all variables that you need to take into acco
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Changing Exposure With Lee Filters
All Stopper filters have a foam seal to prevent light leaks from spoiling the image ‘Long exposures have the effect of causing anything that is moving to become blurred’ Now in its 50th year, Lee Filters is the world’s leading manufacturer of pr
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Silent City
Hollywood Sign I, Hollywood Hills, 2017 The documentation of the American landscape is a firmly established practice in American photography, both past and present. The city of New York, for example, has found itself subject to the scrutinising eye
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Viewpoint Keith Wilson
Brent Stirton's distressing winning image from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition Not everyone is happy about Brent Stirton's butchered black rhino winning Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017. It's not a pretty picture in
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On1 Photo Raw Now Available For Download
AFTER announcing the development of the latest version of On1 Photo Raw in October, the software is now officially available to download. Pitched as an alternative to Adobe's Lightroom, a range of new features and improvements have been made to the a
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Bystander: A History of Street Photography
One of Joel Meyerowitz's most famous street images, ‘Fallen Man', taken in 1960s Paris ‘Aden, Yemen 2007' by Maciej Dakowicz features in this fascinating volume Anyone with a passing interest in street photography should check out this updated
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UK’s Largest Camera Shop Opens Its Doors
The 7,000ft store includes a drone flight zone and events space among other things THE NEW flagship store of the recently merged Wex Photographic and Calumet UK, now known as Wex Photo Video, has opened its doors to the public for the first time. C
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News Round-up
A self-portrait captured by Captain Scott and his team during their 1910–13 Antarctic expedition is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in London. It was taken in January 1912 using an automatic camera trigger, and was one of the last photos of the men who
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How To Use An Nd Grad
The purpose of an ND grad is to reduce the amount of light that reaches the sensor in one area of the image, making it appear darker than it would otherwise. Typically, it's used to darken a bright sky so that the exposure it requires comes close to
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Using Proglass Irnd Filters
Long exposures need your camera to be perfectly still, so a sturdy tripod is essential. Set it up, then compose the image and focus the lens. You may be able to use AF with the filter in place, but often (especially with the Super Stopper), you need
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Also Out Now
Fred Lyon, Princeton Architectural Press, £30, 224 pages, hardback, ISBN 978-1-61689-651-5 This is a timely book to get our hands on, given the main review in this issue. Now 92, Fred Lyon is known as San Francisco's Brassaï, and has prowled the cit
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Online Picture Of The Week
*PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 28 DAYS FOR DELIVERY Nikon D750, Nikon 16-35mm f/4, 1/160 sec at f/10, ISO 160 This stunning sunset was uploaded to our Twitter page using the hashtag #appicoftheweek. It was taken by photographer Garry Solomon in Old Hunstanton

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