V76 Issue 3

Pro Photo

The magazine for Imaging Professionals

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Editor: Paul Burrows paul.burrows@futurenet.com Art Director: Kristian Hagen kristian.hagen@futurenet.com Sub-editor: Sharmishta Sarkar sharmishta.sarkar@futurenet.com Bruce Usher, Trevern Dawes, Stephen Dawson, Alison Stieven-Taylor. Advertising Dir
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Bracing For – Or Embracing – The Future?
Right now, it’s impossible to tell what the world of professional photography will look like when we eventually emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and its after-effects, except that it will have changed… again! It’s the economic impact – potentially l
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EOS R5 And EOS R6 – All Has Been Revealed!
You’d have to say that, since the launch of the EOS R in September 2018, Canon’s progress with its full-frame mirrorless camera system has been slow, especially compared to the activities of, for example, Sony or Fujifilm. Now, though, prepare for li
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Canon Creates A New Class Of Supertelephoto Prime Lens
Along with the two new EOS R camera bodies, Canon has launched four RF mount lenses and two teleconverters (1.4x and 2.0x). The newcomers extend the RF mount system to 15 lenses (plus the extenders) and significantly increase telephoto capabilities.
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Panasonic Launches Lightest L Mount Lens
Users of L mount full-frame mirrorless cameras have a new compact and lightweight standard zoom to consider, courtesy of Panasonic. The Lumix S 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom weighs in at just 360g and is only 87mm in length. On the outside it features a wea
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Telezoom And Macro Expand Canon RF System Capabilities
While the fixed-aperture supertelephoto lenses from Canon are creating quite a stir, they’re not the only interesting new lenses added to the RF mount system. The new RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM telezoom is another example of what’s achievable whe
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Fujifilm Adds Prime Wide-Angle To GF System
Fujifilm has expanded its GF mount lens system to 11 with the arrival of the Fujinon GF 30mm f/3.5 R WR prime wide-angle. On the ‘44x33’ medium format sensor, it has an effective focal length of 24mm. The GFX medium format mirrorless camera system no
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Make A Date
Current to 28 February 2021: Exhibition. Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2019. Winners and finalists – 100 images in all – displayed on special light panels. Australian National Maritime Museum, 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW 2000. T
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Canon Launches Smaller Format ImagePROGRAF Printer Range
Nearly lost amid all of Canon’s EOS R system news, is the arrival of a new pro-level A3+ inkjet photo printer. The imagePROGRAF PRO-300 adopts the same branding as Canon’s wider-format professional models, taking over from the PIXMA name predominantl
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Leica Launches 40MP RGB Digital M
The legendary Leica M line of rangefinder cameras continues with the launch of the M10-R. The new camera shares the same body and basic feature set of the 24MP M10, but has a 40.8MP full-frame sensor which is essentially the colour version of M10 Mon
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Olympus Confirms Supertelephoto Zoom For Year’s End
First announced along with the E-M1X at the start of 2019, Olympus says the M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO zoom will be launched during the Northern Hemisphere’s winter (so around year’s end for us). The standard focal range is equ
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Epson Goes Big On The Desktop
It’s been pretty quiet on the photo printer front of late, but Epson has kicked things off with a pair of new SureColor series pro-level models. Both are desktop printers, with the SureColor P706 being A3+ format (i.e. 13-inch wide media) and the P90
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Samyang Updates Popular MF Primes
South Korean lens maker Samyang has updated two of its most popular manual-focus prime lenses. Both the MF 14mm f/2.8 ultrawide and the MF 85mm f/1.4 short telephoto are now available in Mark 2 versions. The optical constructions remain the same as p
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’Blad X1D II Upgrade Adds Video And More
Hasselblad has announced the much-anticipated firmware upgrade that finally adds video recording capabilities to the X1D II 50C medium format mirrorless camera. The new firmware is also available for the 907X Special Edition body with the CFV II 50C
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Major Firmware Upgrade For Fujifilm GFX Cameras
All three of Fujifilm’s current GFX series medium format mirrorless cameras benefit from new firmware upgrades – the most extensive since the system was launched three years ago. All three get the new Film Simulation profiles introduced on the X moun
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Olympus Announces Plans To Sell Camera Business
Olympus Corporation says it has signed an agreement which will see it transfer its camera-making operation to private equity company Japan Industrial Partners by the end of 2020. JIP, which specialises in buying tech brands, will create a new company
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Superwide Zoom Takes Sony FE Mount Line-Up To 35
The latest addition to Sony’s growing G Master (GM) series of high-performance lenses is a superwide zoom – the FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM. It’s the 53rd E mount lens – which is quite an achievement – and brings the full-frame format FE mount line up to 35
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Pink Lady® Food Photographer Of The Year 2020
A powerful and emotional photograph, titled After Exodus, taken by Bangladeshi photographer K M Asad, has won the overall prize in the Pink Lady® Food Photographer Of The Year 2020, the world’s premier celebration of the art of food photography and f
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First Look Game On!
Bodyshell: External covers are magnesium alloy with weather sealing at all junctions, and insulation to enable shooting in sub-zero temperatures. The R5’s weather protection measures match those of the EOS 5D Mark IV, but the R6 has lower-level prote
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Match Maker BENQ SW321C PHOTOVUE
on affordable high-performance monitors for video and gaming, but it turned its hand to photo monitors a few years ago and is now gaining a strong following in this sector. A few product design awards have helped, including the latest from TIPA (Tech
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Staying In The Game
Things were looking grim in the newspaper business even before the COVID-19 pandemic decimated ad budgets. Many staff photographers had already found themselves out of a job as the major mastheads in Australia tried to cut production costs. Others we
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Viva La Resolution! SONY A7R IV
Undoubtedly the most successful of the digital-era arrivals looking for a slice of the still camera market, Sony has not only been a serious challenger to the traditional photo brands, but looks all set to take the number one spot in interchangeable

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