March - April 2019

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Just One Small Thing
THE ARRIVAL OF OLYMPUS’S NEW OM-D flagship – which is already making quite a splash – got me thinking again about the whole topic of camera size. Essentially, right from the start of photography, the idea has been to build ever-smaller cameras so you
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Fujifilm Adds First Telezoom To Gfx System
THE FIRST TELEPHOTO zoom lens for Fujifilm’s digital medium format mirror-less camera system has arrived in the shape of the GF 100-200mm f5.6 R LM OIS WR. It has a 35mm-equivalent focal range of 79-158mm and can be used with the GFX system’s 1.4x te
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Falling In Love Again
Once in a while – and it doesn’t happen very often – you get the very strong impression that a new camera has importance far beyond simply what it can do. And the Olympus OM-D E-M1X can do a helluva lot, but it’s making some bold statements about, sp
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Leica’s M10-p Goes On Safari
ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED FOR wildlife and bird photographers, the ‘Safari’ Leicas have now become limited editions with the latest being a run of 1500 M10-P digital rangefinder camera bodies finished in an olive green enamel. A matching Leica Summicron-
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Nikon Unveils Z Mount Ultra-wide Zoom
NIKON HAS STARTED delivering on the promises of more Z mount lenses made when it launched its full-35mm mirrorless system in 2018. The new arrival is a 14-30mm f4.0 ultra-wide zoom which joins the three existing ‘S Line’ high-performance models. The
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Panasonic Reveals Full Lumix S Specs
ANNOUNCED AT LAST year’s Photokina and due to go on sale locally during April, Panasonic’s all-new Lumix S full-35mm format mirrorless camera system will launch with two bodies and three L mount lenses. With Lumix S, Panasonic will start competing wi
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Sony’s New A6400 Gets The A9’s Fast Af And More
WITH ALL THE activity surrounding Sony’s full-35mm FE mount system over recent months, fans of its ‘APS-C’ E mount line could be forgiven for feeling a bit neglected, but the good news is that there’s a new A6000 series body. The A6400 (a.k.a. the IL
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1 PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Current to 21 July: Exhibition. Street Photography 1930s – 1960s. Photographs drawn from private collections documenting Sydney’s busy streets shown alongside contemporary street photography by photomedia artist Anne Zahalka. At the Museum Of Sydney,
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Olympus Launches Om-d “Flagship Re-imagined”
OLYMPUS IS PROMOTING itself as the champion of the Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera format, announcing a number of new products which clearly emphasise the benefits to be derived from the smaller sensor size. The new OM-D mirrorless system flagshi
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Six In A Shot
The general area known as ‘Paradise’ lies about ten kilometres beyond Glenorchy on the South Island of New Zealand. Late in the afternoon, a house, trees and nicely positioned sheep in a paddock were highlighted by dark shadows on the hills behind. A
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Up To Speed
Melbourne-based photographer and film-maker Michael Hurren likes a challenge. He’s built a successful business tackling the trials of shooting in extreme locations and extreme conditions… which means he’s a bit hard on his camera gear. Well, actually
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Close Encounters
Stuck for something to photograph? There’s actually a huge variety of exciting and challenging subjects lurking right in your backyard. Going in close reveals that the world is full of visual surprises. Visiting somewhere new is always a good tonic
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Great And Small
OK, so we need to talk about the elephant in the room. The Fujifilm GFX 50R is the elephant in the room. If you have only seen illustrations so far, then you’re probably picturing an X-Pro2 that’s been at the party pies. Nope, the GFX 50R is much, mu
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Making Movies
the GFX 50R solely for making videos even if it is the most sensor you can buy for the money. If you really want a Fujifilm medium format camera for videography then the GFX 100 Megapixels – with its 4K recording and in-body image stabilisation – is
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FUJIFILM GFX 50R $7099 body only
Type: Professional/enthusiast-level digital medium format mirrorless camera with Fujifilm G bayonet lens mount. Focusing: TTL automatic using contrast-detection measurements. 117 or 425 measuring points (13x9 or 25x17 patterns). Single-point, zone (
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Is Six Greater Than Seven?
We may have had to wait a perplexingly long time for Nikon to get its act together with a high-end mirrorless camera system, but after testing the flagship Z 7… well, all is forgiven, isn’t it? It’s a brilliant interpretation of the mirrorless brief
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Making Movies
While, not surprisingly, the Z 6 and Z 7 share a lot when it comes to video recording, there are some key differences. The most important of them is that the Z 6 records with a full pixel readout (i.e. no pixel binning) from across the full sensor wi
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Vital Statistics
Type: Enthusiast/professional digital mirrorless camera with Nikon Z bayonet lens mount Focusing: Automatic via 273-points wide-area system (90 percent vertical/horixontal frame coverage) using hybrid phase/contrast detection. Focus points may be sel
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Up There For Thinking
We need to talk about sensor size. The introduction of mirrorless camera systems from Canon, Nikon and Panasonic which use 35mm format sensors has reignited the debate about whether bigger is better. Of course, these brands – along with Sony and Leic
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Making Movies
The Micro FourThirds sensor format is tailor-made for video which is why Panasonic has its GH series cameras and Olympus has been emphasising the video capabilities of the E-M5 Mark II and E-M1 Mark II. The E-M1X has more, but interestingly Olympus s
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OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1X $4499 body only
Type: Professional interchangeable lens digital mirrorless camera with Micro Four Thirds System bayonet lens mount. Focusing: Automatic hybrid system using contrast-detection and phase-difference detection measurements via the imaging sensor with 121
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Gotta Love A Good ‘Must Do’ List,
While the typical ‘try before you die’ lists are generally mostly light-hearted, we’ve added a small element of seriousness here by avoiding the unobtainable. There’s little point in making these recommendations if you can’t actually find the camera
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Fujifilm Showcase 2019
The 2019 Fujifilm Showcase runs until 31 August 2019. Entries received after this date will be entered in the 2020 competition which will start with the November/December 2019 issue. You can enter the Fujifilm Showcase as many times as you like durin
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LisTed
THIS CHECKLIST is designed to allow direct comparisons between different camera models, here listed in price order within each brand. The published prices are mostly supplied by the distributors as recommended retail prices (RRPs). However, some dist

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