Amateur Photographer

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Halloween it may be, but there is plenty to lift the spirits and lighten the shorter days in this packed issue. We check out the inspirational winners of the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, for instance, another reminder that there ar

WHEN Canon’s full-frame mirrorless EOS R system was announced with a new lens mount in October 2018, it seemed only a matter of time until the APS-C EOS M series was wound up. This now appears to be official, as all Canon EOS M cameras are marked as

ELINCHROM has announced its latest portable battery-powered photography light, the Elinchrom THREE. The compact and lightweight strobe offers a 1.2-second recycling time, a high speed sync speed of 1/8000sec and 525 full-power flashes on a single cha

LONDON Camera Exchange (LCE) has unveiled its first Photographer of the Year competition. The free-to-enter contest has a £12,000 top prize, with 14 categories, including landscape, portrait, street and macro. There’s also a People’s Choice category.

ONEPLUS has announced its first folding smartphone, the OnePlus Open. As well as a very slim design for a folding phone, it’s got a powerful triple-camera set-up – a rarity among folding devices that we’ve seen so far, including the Samsung Galaxy Fo

ADOBE has rolled out new versions of the standalone Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, the latter used for video editing. Photoshop Elements 2024 gets a fresher interface, with more modern fonts, icons, buttons, and colours that are easier on

Nikon D7200, Sigma 150-600mm C, 1/200sec at f/7.1, ISO 100, -0.7EV ‘I saw a red deer stag with his hinds in the distance. As I slowly walked closer, the sun rose above the mountain, illuminating the clouds orange. This allowed me to capture a pleasin

Once more, the iconic Landscape Photographer of the Year competition showcases and celebrates the truly magnificent and varied scenery found in and around the Great British Isles. Charlie Waite, the awards founder, says, ‘Over 16 years, Landscape Pho

Email ap.ed@kelsey.co.uk Editorial Group Editor Nigel Atherton Deputy Editor Geoff Harris Technical Editor Andy Westlake Features Editor Amy Davies Technique Editor Hollie Latham Hucker Online Editor Joshua Waller Deputy Online Editor Jessica Mille

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This oddly named and strange looking camera was made in Ukraine in the 1990s. The factory in Kharkiv where it comes from dates back to Soviet times, when its output was marked as made in the USSR. The FED BOY was first made in 1988, but mine was clea

Cameras come in three types: DSLRs with optical viewfinders, mirrorless models with electronic viewing, and compact cameras with non-interchangeable lenses ALMOST all serious photographers prefer to use cameras with interchangeable lenses, as this g

It almost certainly will seem shocking to most of us that once every three years the Torajan people of Northern Indonesia bring their dead ancestors out from their resting places to be dusted off, washed and to have their clothes changed. Why is it s