Camera

Recently I was back at Leitz Park in Germany for a pre-launch preview of the new SL2 (about which you can read much more elsewhere in this issue). Leitz Park is on the outskirts of Wetzlar – the historic town where the original company was founded ba

IT WOULDN’T BE a Camera news section these days without a Leica limited edition, would it? This time it’s one for fans of the CL ‘APS-C’ format mirror-less camera and it’s been worked on by the famous British fashion designer, Paul Smith, who is best

Standardisation has always been an elusive goal in the camera industry and, with the continued advances in technology, it now seems all but impossible. Take lens mounts, for example. There have been some noble attempts to get everybody sing ing from

BOTH A STYLING makeover and a significant performance upgrade have gone into Leica’s second-generation full-35mm L mount mirror-less camera. The SL2 looks a whole lot softer than its overtly ‘Germanic’ predecessor and, consequently, seems smaller alt

OLYMPUS IS AGAIN emphasising the size advantages of its OM-D Micro Four Thirds mirror-less camera system with the launch of the third-generation E-M5 mid-range model. The E-M5 Mark III also channels the original OM-1 35mm SLR with its styling, partic

FANS OF FUJIFILM’S hybrid viewfinder X-Pro series of RF-style cameras will be pleased to know that the line is continuing with a third-generation model. The X-Pro3 inherits the same ‘X-Trans CMOS 4’ sensor as is used in the X-T3. It uses a backside-i

USING THE SAME Z mount as the full-35mm Z and Z 7 bodies, Nikon’s new ‘APS-C’ mirrorless camera system kicks off with the Z 50 body and two zooms. The Z 50 will, of course, accept all Nikon’s ‘DX’ format D-SLR lenses via the existing FTZ mount adapto

WE PROBABLY SHOULDN’T be too surprised at Canon’s announcement that it’s planning to build an EOS-1D X Mark III. This, of course, follows Nikon’s reveal of a D6 for launch sometime in the future, but neither camera will signal a revival in the D-SLR’

THE WORLD’S LEADING awards for food photography and film are back for 2020. The Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year attracted more entries than ever this year and from no fewer than 77 countries. The Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year compet

s the sponsor A of all manner of high-powered and extreme sports, it’s not surprising that drinks company Red Bull is behind the world’s biggest action and adventure photography competition. The Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2019 is the fifth time the

There is no better example of form follows function in the camera world than Leica’s M3. Nothing is superfluous on that camera and it is all purely about the function, but consequently, the form is absolutely right as well. Tellingly, the basic confi

If there is one location in New Zealand that can offer dramatic seascape photography, it is surely Curio Bay on the relatively isolated Catlins Coast of the far south-east corner of the South Island. Several high vantage points are easy to access; in

Some people just love horses. It’s in their blood, part of their DNA. Photographer Nicole Emanuel is one of those people. Since her youngest years she’s been drawn to these majestic animals, first sketching and later photographing them. Today she is

SENSOR: Sigma returns to a conventional Bayer-pattern CMOS for its first L Mount camera (so, no Foveon imager). Imaging area is 23.1x35.9 mm and the total pixel count is 25.3 million, yielding an effective count of 24.6 million. Backside-illuminated

If you visit Melbourne-based photographer Ewen Bell’s Website (the address is at the end of this article), you’ll find it’s a very busy place indeed. There’s travel photography, bird photography, a bunch of photo essays, pictures from recent shoots,

Back in 1934, photography as a popular past-time was still in its infancy. There was virtually no Japanese camera industry, 35mm was a relatively new format for stills, and the compact single-lens-reflex design was just starting to appear, but wouldn

For a long time there was what virtually amounted to a ‘secret society’ of Samyang lens users who had discovered just how much optical performance was available for so little money. Cinematographers were some of the keenest supporters – even before S

Let’s kick off with a little lesson about sensor resolution and pixel size. It’s pretty simple really; at any given sensor size, if you keep adding pixels they’re going to be smaller, right? When a photodiode converts photons into electrons, it creat