March/ April 2021

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Film and digital insights and equipment for photography enthusiasts

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Australian Camera
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. All copyrights
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Re-conceived Perceptions
Some of the product testing I’ve been doing for this issue has challenged accepted wisdom, and that’s a good thing. In any pursuit, it’s easy to get locked into certain thoughts and practices that can actually end up being restrictive, preventing you
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New Fujifilm X-e4 Is A Pocket Rocket
FUJIFILM CONTINUES TO fine-tune its X-mount camera lineup, and the X-E series has been given a reset with the much more compact X-E4. The X-E cameras have rangefinder-like styling, but the X-E4 is actually closer to the X-A series in size while still
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About Time
AT THIS POINT in time there’s a good chance quite a few of you will be starting to think about replacing your DSLRs. Believe it or not, it’s now been at least four years since the activity in new model DSLRs started to decline, so there’s probably pl
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Sony Alpha Flagship Has 50mp With 30fps
SONY CONTINUES ON its merry way to what must surely be eventual dominance of the interchangeable lens camera (ILC) market. As if the A7R IV, A9 II and A7S III didn’t already hit all the right spots, here’s the Alpha 1 which, as you can probably tell
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Fujifilm Packs 102mp Into A Smaller MF Body
THE FOURTH DIGITAL medium format mirrorless camera from Fujifilm, the GFX 100S combines the 102MP sensor from the GFX 100 with a more compact and lighter body similar to that of the GFX 50S. In fact, the GFX 100S weighs in at a modest 900g (500g ligh
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Leica Adds More Video Goodies To New Sl Body
ESSENTIALLY A REPLACEMENT for the original 24MP Leica SL, the new SL2-S shares the same more compact body as the existing SL2, but has an all-new 24MP sensor and significantly enhanced video capabilities. The SL2-S joins a growing line-up of L-mount
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Olympus Completes Camera Business Transfer
OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS Corporation is the new name of the operation set up by Japan Industrial Partners Inc to continue the manufacture, marketing and sales of Olympus camera products. The transfer of the camera business from Olympus Corporation to JIP
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Sigma Launches New Line Of Compact Mirrorless Lenses
MAKING THE MOST of what can be achieved in designing lenses for mirrorless cameras, Sigma has introduced a new line of compact premium primes in the Sony FE mount and the L mount (which it shares with Leica and Panasonic). Designated the I series, th
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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Due to the social distancing requirements demanded by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, galleries, many exhibition spaces and museums are only allowing limited admission or are open for shorter times, depending on the local situation. However, many are
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The End Of A 70-year Era For Photokina
FIRST STAGED IN 1950 – when Germany was at the centre of the camera industry – the Photokina trade exhibition has been officially put on hold “until further notice” and, consequently, is unlikely to be held again, at least not at its traditional loca
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Sony Masters The Fast 35mm Wide-angle
THE NEWEST ADDITION to Sony’s growing line-up of premium G Master lenses for the FE mount is the FE 35mm f/1.4 GM. It’s the 39th FE mount lens, giving Sony’s full-frame mirrorless camera system the most extensive line-up of dedicated lenses. It featu
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Leica Revives Famous Noctilux Lens
THE LATEST ADDITION to Leica’s Classics range of M-mount lenses is a reprise of one of its most famous. The new Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH is a re-issue of the original Noctilux-M 50mm f1/1.2, which was made between 1966 and 1975, and was the world’s
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Camerapro Opens Sydney Photo Store
A VOTE OF confidence in photo retailing, CameraPro has opened a new camera store in Sydney which, it says, is a direct result of a Covid-related expansion of its business. The store is located in the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, and convenient
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Farewell To Photokina
My first Photokina was in 1986 and it was quite a shock. Nothing could prepare you for the sheer size of the thing and the physical effort required to cover everything to ensure a comprehensive report for the magazine. I’d joined Camera back in 1982
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Motion And Time
It can be quite a challenge to achieve effective images from deliberate camera movement. Many photographers like to try their hand, if only as a mild diversion from main pursuits. In fact, the practice now has a name - ICM or ‘intentional camera move
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Telling Stories
“We are all about the management of motion,” says Anthony Gordon of his film production company, which is prepared to take on any challenge anywhere in the pursuit of a compelling story. Filmmaker Anthony Gordon was in a remote part of South Australi
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Changing Spots
What’s going on here then? It’s a Fujifilm X-mount camera, Jim, but not as we know it. Initially, the X-S10 looks a bit like the answer to a question that’s nobody asked. Fujifilm says it essentially represents a new category of X-mount camera with a
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Making Movies
Fujifilm clearly also has videomakers in its sight as potential users of the X-S10 which offers plenty to keep them happy. In essence, it’s same suite of capabilities as the X-T30, but with extras such as proper 3.5mm stereo audio input and a supplie
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Fujifilm X-s10 $1,749
Type: Enthusiast-level digital mirrorless camera with Fujifilm X bayonet lens mount. Focusing: TTL automatic hybrid system using phase-difference detection and contrast detection measurements. 425 measuring points (in 25x17 or 13x9 patterns). Single-
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The Name Behind The Camera Victor Hasselblad
Fritz Victor Hasselblad was born in the Swedish port city of Gothenburg (Göteborg) on 8 March, 1906. The Hasselblad family were successful merchants who, since 1841, had mostly specialised in textiles and clothing, but in 1885, branched out into the
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Playing The Long Game
Supertelephoto primes have always been specialty lenses. Unless you were regularly shooting sports or wildlife, it was virtually impossible to justify the cost. Of course, a smaller sensor size makes it easier to get to the supertelephoto focal lengt
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CANON RF 600mm f/11 IS STM
Format: Full frame (i.e. 35mm format) digital sensors. Angle-of-View: 4.1 degrees (diagonal on 35mm). Construction: 10 elements/7 groups. Minimum Focus: 4.5 metres. Maximum Reproduction Ratio: 1:7.1. Aperture Range: Fixed at f/11. Overall Length: 199
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CANON RF 800mm f/11 IS STM
Format: Full frame (i.e. 35mm format) digital sensors. Angle-of-View: 3.05 degrees (diagonal on 35mm). Construction: 11 elements/8 groups. Minimum Focus: 6.0 metres. Maximum Reproduction Ratio: 1:7.1. Aperture Range: Fixed at f/11. Overall Length: 28
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The Long And The Short(er)
Among the various incentives for ditching the long- serving reflex configuration for interchangeable lens cameras is what can be achieved with lens designs once the mirror box is out of the way. The shorter flange distance – or back focus distance –
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CANON RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM $4,999
Format: Full frame (i.e. 35mm format) digital sensors. Angle-of-View: 24-5.0 degrees (diagonal on 35mm). Construction: 20 elements/14 groups. Minimum Focus: 90cm at 100mm, 1.2 metres at 500mm. Maximum Reproduction Ratio: 1:3 (at 500mm). Aperture Rang
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Circle Of Life Bruce Usher
Regular readers of Australian Camera will be familiar with Bruce Usher’s contributions to this magazine, whether they be his precisely-balanced portraits for the A Few Of My Favourite Things features – as much about the art of communication as photog
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Dark Star
What exactly is a hybrid mirrorless camera? You’d think it was a model that appeals equally to photographers and video-makers by virtue of its feature set and performance with both of these applications. Strictly speaking then, by this definition, on
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Making Movies
Sony has gone for solid specs and functionality with the A7S III rather than bling, essentially with the objective of making it as good as is possible for 4K UHD and Full HD recording, which is still the real world for the vast majority of videograph
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Sony A7s III (ilce-7sm3) $5,999
Type: Professional or enthusiast-level interchangeable lens mirrorless digital camera with Sony E bayonet lens mount (FE mount). Focusing: Automatic via hybrid contrast-detection and phase-difference detection systems. 759 points with phase-differenc
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The Rise, Rise, Rise… And Fall Of The Compact Camera
While the transition from film to digital was a major upheaval for the photo industry, it was arguably the demise of the compact camera that had the biggest economic impact. Many of these cameras may have been cheap and cheerful, but they sold in vas
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Fujifilm Showcase
Sometimes distilling an image down to the simplest of elements will actually make it much stronger. Here the soft tones of the predawn light and softer rendition of the waves creates a very atmospheric study. Colin Haigh was the man behind the camera
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Digital Slr Cameras
www.teds.com.au 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). Ho

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