March - April 2023

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Film and digital insights and equipment for photography enthusiasts

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Editorial Editor: Paul Burrows paul.burrows@futurenet.com Art Director: Kristian Hagen kristian.hagen@futurenet.com Sub-editor: Sharmishta Sarkar sharmishta.sarkar@futurenet.com Contributors Bruce Usher, Trevern Dawes, Stephen Dawson, Alison Stieven-
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All Is Not What It Seems
This issue showcases some of the winning images from this year's Sony World Photography Awards, which is now by far the world's biggest photo comp. What you won't see here or on the World Photography Organisation's website is the image that initially
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LEICA M11 NOW IN BLACK & WHITE
GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT the M11 has been in the evolution of Leica's digital M line of rangefinder cameras, it's not surprising that there's now a B&W-only Monochrom model. it's the fourth-generation Monochrom M body and the monochromatic theme extends t
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Wonder (and) Lust
TECHNOLOGY MAY WELL be a significant driving force in a camera, but so is aspiration. I've lost count of how many times I've heard something along the lines of, "I'm shooting with a [insert model number], but what I'd really like is [insert another m
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Sony Is Full On With Fullframe Vlogging Camera
IF YOU DIDN'T already know it, the vlogging camera sector is now A Thing… and clearly quite A Serious Thing with a new Sony camera that's aimed at this audience and costs a cool $3,799 (body only). The Sony ZV-E1 is essentially the love child of the
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Masterful Fast Fifty From Sony
IT'S THE 17th model in Sony's G Master line of premium FE-mount lenses and also creates a trio of f/1.4 speed GM primes. The new Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 GM joins the existing 24mm and 35mm f/1.4 wide angles, and all three share similar designs, dimensions
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Leica Goes Longer With New Sl System Zoom
THERE'S ALREADY A very capable Sigma 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 telezoom available in the L mount, but if you're a Leica mirrorless user and want to keep everything in the family, there's now the Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3. It's accompanied by a new
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Canon Adds Fast Telezoom To Rf System
USERS OF CANON'S RF mirrorless camera system are already very well served when it comes to telephoto lenses, and now there's another telezoom in the line-up - the RF 100-300mm f/2.8L IS USM. In offering the combination of the 300mm focal length and t
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First Z-mount Power Zoom From Nikon
NIKON'S APS-C MIRRORLESS camera system is slowly gaining more lenses to support the current Z 30, Z 50 and Z fc bodies. The newest addition is the Nikkor Z DX 12-28mm f/3.5-6.3 PZ VR which has an effective focal range of 18-42mm. It's also a powered
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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Current to 4 June: Exhibition. Sydneyfiles. William Yang's breakthrough 1977 photography exhibition - first shown at the Australian Centre For Photography in Sydney - restaged for the first time at the State Library Of NSW as part of the Sydney World
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Tipa World Awards 2023
The last 12 months were again difficult for the camera industry as it contended with the various fallout effects of the Covid-19 pandemic particularly parts and staff shortages that resulted in serious supply chain issues for most manufacturers. In m
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High Art
Winner of the Natural Artistry Category in the 2022 Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition. The location is the Salar de Uyuni salt pan in the Daniel Campos Province, southwest Bolivia. Over 38,000 entries from 93 countries were received in th
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Smile On The Dial
While Fujifilm's X-mount APS-C mirrorless camera system has diversified into a number of model streams, at its heart is still the popular X-T series that began with the X-T1 in early 2014. Since then there have been some subtle shifts in emphasis, bu
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MAKiNG MOViES
If making videos is your priority, Fujifilm would like to sell you something else, namely the X-H2, which is the king of the X-mount hybrids. Video is undoubtedly the X-T5's part-time job, and you certainly get that message with the monitor screen's
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Vital Statistics
body only, recommended retail Type: Professional digital mirrorless camera with Fujifilm X bayonet lens mount. Focusing: TTL automatic hybrid system using phasedifference detection and contrast-detection measurements. 425 measuring points (in 25×17 o
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Top Mark
How much of an upgrade does it need to be to warrant just a 'Mark' version of the model designation or an entirely new model number? We've seen it before with Panasonic and the Lumix GH5 II and GH6 Micro Four Thirds cameras. The GH5 II kept the previ
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MAKiNG MOViES
The S5 is already a very capable video camera and the S5II takes it to another level (with the S5IIX a step up again). The built-in cooling fan removes any overheating-related restrictions on clip lengths, so these are unlimited when shooting in 4K o
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Xtras - What You Also Get On The Lumix S5iix
All the additional features available in the Panasonic Lumix S5IIX are aimed at videographers - particularly pros - and they're probably significant enough to warrant the extra investment - which is actually a quite modest $300. The S5IIX is the firs
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Vital Statistics
body only, recommended retail price Type: Enthusiast-level or semi-professional digital mirrorless camera with L bayonet lens mount. Focusing: Automatic hybrid phase/contrast-detection system ('Phase Hybrid AF') with 779 PDAF points and 315 CDAF poin
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2023 Sony World Photography Awards Overall, Open And Professional Category Winners
A staggering 415,000 images were submitted to the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards, received from photographers representing over 200 countries. Emerging victorious from the pack – as the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards Photographer Of The Year
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The Power Of The Project Camberwell Camera Club's Light Years
Documentary photography has been the catalyst for raising awareness – and instigating positive changes – since the camera could be taken into the field. However, it’s a genre more associated with professionals like photojournalists rather than most a
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Close Calls
The focal length magnification factor of a cropped sensor - relative to the 35mm format, which is the defacto reference image size delivers a 'virtual' telephoto effect because of a narrower effective field of view. The increased 'magnification' - ac
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OM SYSTEM M.ZUIKO ED DIGITAL 90mm f/3.5 MACRO IS PRO $2,249
Format: Micro Four Thirds. Effective Focal Length: 180mm. Angle-of-View: 14.0 degrees (diagonal). Construction: 18 elements/13 groups. Eight special elements - two Super ED (Super Extra-Low Dispersion) types, one Super HR (Super High Refractive Index
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2023 Sigma Showcase Third Round Winners
Regular Showcase entrant Chris Carter brilliantly captures the drama of an approaching storm at sunset, with the framing and composition adding to the dynamics of the sky and lighting. Chris captured this shot on his Samsung smartphone. Tell us how y
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Digital Slr Cameras Buyer's Check List
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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