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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 Contributors Bruce Usher, Trevern Dawes, Stephen Dawson, Alison Stieven-Taylor. Photography All copyrights and trademarks are recognis
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Canon Is Firing Again
Watching from the sidelines it's looked pretty messy as Canon has struggled with the transition from DSLR to mirror, so it must have been even more torrid on the inside. As the mirrorless revolution took hold, Canon was in the unique position of bein
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Back To The Future
THERE OFTEN SEEMS to be a significant lag between the introduction of a new technology and its widespread adoption by the market. It's happened in photography quite a few times, but is particularly noticeable right now with interchangeable lens camer
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Faster Processor Revs Up Fujifilm's X-s20
FUJIFILM WENT MORE for the mainstream with the original X-S10 which offered a more conventional control layout and a carefully-curated balance of photo and video features. The new X-S20 has pretty much the same recipe, but with some notable upgrades
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Canon Launches Dedicated Vlogging Powershot Compact
NOW THAT VLOGGING cameras are officially A Thing, Canon has launched a new line of PowerShot digital compacts specifically designed for this application. In fact, the PowerShot V10 has a whole new form factor – so it looks like no other PowerShot mod
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Baby Boomer – Nikon's Z 8 Is Mini Z 9
AFTER ITS MUCH-ANTICIPATED launch, the Nikon Z 8 has been in high demand which is not surprising given how much of the flagship Z 9 you get in a more compact and significantly less expensive package. In many ways, the Z 8 is essentially the Z 9 minus
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Canon Beats The Budget With Economy EOS R100
THE EOS R50 has quickly lost its place at the entry point of the EOS R mirrorless system now that the even more pared-down R100 has arrived. Canon is following the exactly same strategy as it did with DSLRs, filling out the EOS model range's lower ra
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Leica On Q With 60 MP And 8k Video
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION of the first model back in 2015, the Leica Q full frame, fixed lens cameras have gained cult status and the new Q3 is the fourth model in the series. The combination of M-like handling and build quality with the convenience of
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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Current to 13 August: Exhibition. Steve McCurry ICONS. More than 100 large-format photographs of McCurry's most iconic images, including the legendary 1984 portrait of the Afghan Girl, Sharbat Gula. The images are shown over a one hour presentation.
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Pancake Wideangle Prime Is The Smallest Rf Mount Lens Yet
WEIGHING A FEATHERWEIGHT 120 grams, the Canon RF 28mm f/2.8 STM ‘pancake’ prime is the most compact and lightest lens in the current RF mount line-up. It's got plenty of potential applications too, including landscapes, street photography, interiors
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Sony A6700 Gets Big Boosts To Af And Video Performance
SONY IS CALLING the A6700 its “… most advanced ‘APS-C’ mirrorless camera to date” and it's certainly packed with a long list of new features and capabilities. It shares the same RF-style form factor as the previous Alpha 6000 series cameras and is bu
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Fujifilm Adds Widest Prime Yet To Xf System
WITH AN EFFECTIVE focal length of 12mm and an angle-of-view of 121 degrees diagonally, the new Fujinon XF 8mm f/3.5 R WR is the widest-angle prime lens in the X mount system (there's already the XF 8-16mm f/2.8 R LM WR zoom which is considerably bulk
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Puff Perfect
Winner of the Animal Portraits Category in the 2022 Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition. La Oliva, on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura which is one of the Canary Islands group in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Africa. Over 38,
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Visual Feasts Pink Lady® Food Photographer Of The Year 2023 Winners
Since launching back in 2011, the Pink Lady® Food Photographer Of The Year competition has grown to attract many thousands of entries from all over the world… this year submissions came from over 65 countries. Food is, of course, a vital part of life
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Heritage Value
Sometimes it's been a bit hard to fathom what Ricoh has been doing with Pentax, but as time goes on, it's becoming a little clearer… sort of. Firstly, there's a very good argument for being last man standing in DSLRs and what better brand to do this
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Making Movies
Many DSLRs are still being used to shoot video, but it's now a lot more likely that if this application is your main activity, you're going to buy one of the very capable hybrid mirrorless cameras that are now available. There's no doubt that the K3
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Legacy Lenses… There's Lots Of ‘Em
Using the K bayonet lens mount and retaining a body-based focusing motor, the Pentax K3 III is compatible with a huge selection of legacy lenses, both AF and MF. Many are as cheap as chips on the second hand market. Functionality varies from stop-dow
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Vital Statistics
body only, recommended retail price. Type: Enthusiast-level digital SLR with Pentax K-AF2 bayonet lens mount. Focusing: Automatic via 101-point wide-area system using phase-detection type CCD sensor arrays (41 are manually selectable, including 25 cr
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A Little Goes A Long Way
With the arrival of the EOS R100, the R50 moves up a rung in the EOS R hierarchy so we're calling it an ‘entrylevel +’ model, but the reality is that it's always been something more than entry-level. It's here that Canon has excelled ever since the f
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Making Movies
With vloggers and video content providers high on the list of the R50's potential buyers, the camera's video feature includes the features that these users are likely to want. It can record vertical video for social media applications and operate as
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Vital Statistics
with the Canon RF-S 18-45mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM zoom lens Recommended retail price. Type: Entry-level+ digital mirrorless camera with Canon RF bayonet lens mount. Focusing: Automatic via 4503-points wide-area system using phase-difference detection meas
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Head Start
This may be a bit controversial, but it seems that when a camera maker opens its lens protocols to third-party manufacturers, its system benefits in a number of ways. Sony, of course, is the prime example, and making licenses freely available right f
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Vital Statistics
Format: ‘APS-C’ digital sensors. Focal length is equivalent to 112.5mm. Angle-of-View: 21.9 degrees (diagonal on ‘APS-C’). Construction: 10 elements/9 groups. Five special elements – three extra-low dispersion (ED) types and two high refractive index
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Super Eight
It's clear that in the early days of the EOS R full frame mirrorless camera system Canon was finding its way a bit, and the first models weren't quite as cohesively executed as we'd come to expect with the brand's DSLRs. Then it realised it really di
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MAKiNG MOViES
As noted in the main text, the R8 has substantially the same video capabilities as the R6 Mark II, but there are some limitations related to the more compact body – which impacts on temperature management – the smaller capacity battery and the absenc
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Vital Statistics
Body only. Recommended retail price. Type: Entry/Mid-level full frame digital mirrorless camera with Canon RF bayonet lens mount. Focusing: Automatic via 4897-points wide-area system using phase-difference detection measurements via ‘Dual Pixel CMOS
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Sound Choice
When you start shooting video, you learn very quickly that the sound is as important as the vision. A good soundtrack adds more dynamism, depth and emotion to the imagery and, if you're recording voices, they need to be clear and understandable. Audi
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Vital Statistics
Design: Mid-side configuration. Mid mic = supercardioid with 133 dB SPL. Side mic = bidirectional with 119 dB SPL. Dual /AD converter circuits, so no input gain control necessary. Outputs: Line = 3.5 mm stereo minijack. Phono = 3.5 mm stereo minijack
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2023 Sigma Showcase Fourth Round Winners
The eyes have it with Steve Genesin's compelling portrait of a curious Currawong taken in the Victorian High Country. A key element of wildlife photography is making sure that the eyes are sharp and here the yellow also really contrasts with the blac
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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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