November/December 2021

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Film and digital insights and equipment for photography enthusiasts

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Away With The Birds
I’M WRITING THIS AS – IN NSW – THE PROSPECT of a picnic at a local park is being anticipated with the same enthusiasm as was once reserved for visiting much more exotic destinations overseas. Said park is within walking distance of my home, but this
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Camera Australia
Editorial Editor: Paul Burrowspaul.burrows@futurenet.com Art Director: Kristian Hagenkristian.hagen@futurenet.com Sub-editor: Sharmishta Sarkarsharmishta.sarkar@futurenet.com Contributors Bruce Usher, Trevern Dawes, Stephen Dawson, Alison Stieven-Tay
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Improving With Age
IT’S A BIT hard to pin down an anniversary for the introduction of digital imaging because there were a couple of false starts, followed by a pretty long lead-in time when the photo industry was hedging its bets and even considering hybrid systems su
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What’s New
PANASONIC HAS INTRODUCED its second box-style, modular pro-level video camera to join the existing Lumix BGH1 Micro Four Thirds model. However, the new Lumix BS1H uses the same full-frame sensor as the hybrid S1H and shares many of its features. It a
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Australia’s Largest Specialty Photographic Retailer
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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Current to February 2022: Exhibition – We Bleed The Same. Thirty-six portraits by Tim Bauer. The exhibition explores the experiences of both migrant and indigenous Australians. At the Australian National University, Research School Of Social Sciences
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2022 Camera Magazine Imaging Awards
The knock-on effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have been many and varied on both individuals and industries, and the photography world has experienced its fair share of related difficulties. Many working photographers simply couldn’t work, whi
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Favourite Things
Originally photographed as part of an ongoing series in White Horses magazine called ‘A Few Of My Favourite Things’. Former professional surfer Jodie Cooper is photographed in the driveway of her Northern Rivers home in May 2021. She has worked on ma
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Speed Is The Essence
BODY: Integrated vertical handgrip as per Canon’s pro-level DSLRs, but it’s both smaller and lighter (around 425g lighter than the EOS-1D X III). One-piece magnesium alloy chassis and covers with weather sealing to the same level as the-1D X Mark III
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Planting Seeds Tips For Photography In The Garden
It’s understandable that visiting a new place is a great stimulus for photography, but so can taking a fresh look at what’s around you… and even, quite literally, in your own backyard. Gardens can be full of different things to photograph, from the l
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10 Ways To Nurture Beautiful Garden Photo
1 Watch how the light changes during the day so you can work out the best times for photography 2 Avoid direct sunlight as it can create too much contrast and ugly shadows 3 Get your tripod out; in any lighting situation it’ll help with maintaining y
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Past And Present
Way back in the July 1982 issue of this magazine – then called Camera Craft – the Nikon FM2 was only the second camera I’d ever reviewed. It replaced the FM which, in 1977, introduced a new generation of enthusiast-level 35mm SLRs to replace the vene
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Making Movies
You might think a camera with its DNA rooted in film photography might not need to be especially well equipped for video, but Nikon sees content providers and vloggers as a key part of the Z fc’s target audience (likewise with the Z 50). Consequently
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Nikon Z Fc $1,649
Type: Enthusiast-level digital mirrorless camera with Nikon Z bayonet lens mount Focusing: Automatic via 209-points wide-area system (90 percent vertical/horixontal frame coverage) using hybrid phase/contrast detection. Focus points may be selected m
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Money No Object
Right from the start Fujifilm has considered its mirrorless medium format system its answer to full frame… only bigger. Early on, it used the term ‘super full-frame’ for its 33x44 mm sensor size before trumping everything and adopting ‘large format’…
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Making Movies
There’s really no doubting that the GFX 50S II is a camera designed for photography, but it has some video capabilities simply because it has to these days. That said, what it does as a video camera, it does well and the inherently shallower depth-of
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Wide Life
We’ve noted on many occasions recently that the mirrorless camera systems are as much about the lenses as the camera bodies. In this regard, the Micro Four Thirds sensor size has an awful lot going for it. It was, of course, the fi rst, courtesy of O
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FUJIFILM GFX 50S II $6,499 body only
Type: Professional digital medium format mir rorless 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 (7x7, 5x5 or 3x3 p
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OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8-25mm f/4.0 PRO $1,599
Format: Micro Four Thirds. Effective Focal Length: 16-50mm. Angle-of-View: 107 to 47 degrees (diagonal). Construction: 16 elements/10 groups. Eight special elements – one DSA (Dual Super Aspherical) type, one Super ED (Super Extra-Low Dispersion) typ
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Shooting Star
Amid the ongoing flurry of activity in the lens systems for full-frame mirrorless cameras, it’s been a bit quiet in the APS-C format (with the possible exception of the Fujifilm X-mount). Even M43 users have been better served of late. However, both
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SAMYANG AF 12mm f/2.0 E $599
Format: ‘APS-C’ size digital sensors. Effective focal length is 18mm. Angle-of-View: 99.1 degrees (diagonal on ‘APS-C’). Construction: 12 elements/10 groups. Minimum Focus: 19 centimetres. Maximum Reproduction Ratio: 1:11.1. Aperture Range: f/2.0 to
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Shimoda Action X50 Photo Backpack
You could be forgiven for wondering whether we really need another brand of camera bag when there’s already a bewildering array of makes and models on the market. Good point, but there’s always room for something different and, in fact, it’s what’s n
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Heavy Metal
So what do the Nikon FM and the Z fc have in common exactly? Well, in reality, not very much. It’s interesting that Nikon chose the FM2 – the FM’s successor – as the inspiration for the Z fc as the two really couldn’t be more different. Even the semi
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Nikon Fm
Type: 35mm single lens reflex camera with interchangeable lenses using Nikon F bayonet mount (Ai version). Focusing: Manual via split-image rangefinder and microprism collar. Metering: TTL centre-weighted average using two gallium arsenide phosphide
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Fujifilm Showcase
Although this year was another with frequent lockdowns around the country and ongoing travel restrictions, Fujifilm Showcase entrants still managed to find plenty to photograph, perhaps not far from home. Once again, we ended up with 12 strong finali
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Digital Slr Cameras Buyer’s Check List November/december 2021
THIS CHECKLIST is designed to allow direct comparisons between different camera models, listed here 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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