May - June 2019

Camera

Film and digital insights and equipment for photography enthusiasts

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Facing The Future
IN CASE YOU HADN’T ALREADY NOTICED, this issue of Camera marks the magazine’s 40th birthday; forerunner Camera Craft having been first published in June 1979. This, of course, is cause for a bit of champagne-quaffing and high-fiving, accompanied by t
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Samyang First Independent To Launch Canon Rf Mount Lenses
SOUTH KOREAN LENS maker Samyang has become the first independent brand to introduce lenses for Canon’s EOS R full-35mm mirrorless system. Samyang is launching two RF mount lenses, both manual focus primes with weather-sealed external constructions an
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Lack Of Instruction
So what’s with the increasing reluctance of camera manufacturers to supply instructions and full specifications with their products. And I’m not just talking about the good old-fashioned printed user manual – that’s a rare luxury these days – but any
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Travel Light With Fujifilm’s New Xf 16mm Wide-angle
A RECENT ADDITION to Fujifilm’s X mount lens line-up will be a welcome one for many users of its ‘APS-C’ format mirror-less camera system. The new Fujinon Super EBC XF 16mm f2.8 R WR is the equivalent of a 24mm wide-angle in the 35mm format, but is e
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Fujifilm Value Adds To New X-t30
JUST AS THE X-T20 borrowed quite a number of features from the higher-end X-T2, Fujifilm's X-T30 is essentially a junior edition of the much-acclaimed and very capable X-T3. Similar in size and weight to the compact X-T20 and with the same classical
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Lee Filters Debuts Modular Holder
BRITISH FILTER MANUFACTURER Lee has launched a new holder and filter system. Compatible with its existing Lee 100mm filters and adapter rings, the new LEE100 system holder is manufactured from injection-moulded composite materials to combine strength
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Canon Emphasises Affordability With EOS Rp
AS IT HAS done many times in the past, especially with digital cameras, Canon is again resetting the expectations about how far your money can go. Like the EOS D30, 300D and original 5D, the new EOS RP delivers a new level of affordability and access
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Two Up… New Leica Q2 Has More MP And 4k Video
THE ORIGINAL Q has proved to be a big seller for Leica, combining many of the traditional values of a classic M camera with modern amenities such as autofocusing, an electronic viefinder and programmed exposure control. The new Q2 model has the same
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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Current to 21 July: Exhibition. Street Photography 1930s – 1960s. Photographs drawn from private collections documenting Sydney’s busy streets shown alongside contemporary street photography by photomedia artist Anne Zahalka. At the Museum Of Sydney,
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Olympus Packs 16.6x Zoom Into Compact Lens
OLYMPUS IS AGAIN stressing the advantages of the Micro Four Thirds sensor size when it comes to more compact lenses, this time showing off a 12-200mm superzoom – which is equivalent to 24-400mm in 35mm format terms. The lens is a fraction under 100 m
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NIKON UNVEILS 24-70mm f2.8 ZOOM IN Z MOUNT
NIKON CONTINUES TO deliver on the promise of introducing more Z mount lenses as quickly as possible and, following the announcement of a 14-30mm f4.0 ultra-wide zoom, a 24-70mm f2.8 standard zoom also joins the line-up of ‘S Line’ high-performance mo
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A Good Thing In A Very Small Package
SONY HAS LAUNCHED a new version of its RX0 sub-compact camera which packs in more features and more performance. Sony claims the new RX0 II (full title DSC-RX0M2) is “the world’s smallest and lightest premium compact camera”. For the record, it measu
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Sigma Plans 11 L-mount Art Series Lenses
LENS MAKER SIGMA has begun fleshing out its participation in the L-Mount Alliance, of which it is a member along with Leica and Panasonic. Sigma is giving the L-Mount a further boost by announcing that 11 of its much-awarded Art series lenses will be
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Panasonic Adds More Video Goodness To New Lumix G95
HAVING ONLY JUST launched its first Lumix S series of full-35mm format mirror-less cameras, Panasonic is making good on its assurances that the Lumix G M43 system won’t be neglected. So here’s the Lumix G95, its latest SLR-style M43 body which boasts
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Canon Australia Launches Equipment Sharing Program
LIKE THE IDEA of making some extra money from your camera gear when you’re not using it? Canon Australia has launched a program called Kyo - yu - – the Japanese word for share – which enables users of Canon equipment to rent their camera bodies and l
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Right Place, Right Time
The Catlins Coast on the South Island of New Zealand is mostly undeveloped and has many nooks and crannies to keep a photographer entertained. Close to sunset, the headland at Cannibal Bay was highlighted by a burst of sunshine. With a touch of clear
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Camera Is 40 (1979 2019)
Nineteen seventy-nine. The last year of a decade which tends to be known for not much more than the ten years that separated the 1960s and 1980s. It was the year that the USA and China first established full diplomatic relationships. Punk rocker Sid
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Time Served
THE PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRY in Australia seems to foster longevity, if not in life then certainly in tenure of position. I joined Iris Publishing – the first publisher of Camera – in March 1982 and a surprising number of the people I first met back then
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Tipa World Awards 2019
Regular readers of this magazine will know that our mirrorlessversus-D-SLR discussions have been going on for quite a while, gaining more momentum as the higher-spec mirrorless cameras started to arrive from the likes of Fujifilm, Olympus, Sony and P
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Speed And Light On A Fast Track With Darren Heath
Just seeing a Formula 1 racing car at 300 km/h is a shock to the system. It’s not just the noise (which is like nothing else), but the sheer physicality of something travelling so fast… that first experience shakes you to the core and, to be honest,
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Seeing And Believing
No professional photographer worth their salt would be without a calibrated monitor as the all-important starting point in a managed digital colour workflow, but it’s something many amateurs don’t use… and for a variety of reasons. For starters, a de
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Dollar Might
There’s a very long list of Canon interchangeable lens cameras that have made high-end features more accessible and turned value expectations upside down. We’re not talking cheap here, but cheaper than had previously been the case, including from Can
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Vital Statistics
Type: Enthusiast/professional digital mirrorless camera with Canon RF bayonet lens mount. Focusing: Automatic via 4779-points wide-area system using phase-difference detection measurements via ‘Dual Pixel CMOS AF’ giving 100 percent vertical coverage
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Mine’s Bigger Than Yours (no, Really, It Is)
There’s no such thing as a free lunch so, no matter how much you juggle with sensor size and focal length magnification ratio, an effective 3000mm comes with baggage… namely the incredible hulk that is the Nikon Coolpix P1000. Nothing will quite prep
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Making Movies
Like the EOS R, the RP is a bit of a mixed bag for video shooters and, consequently, it’s unlikely to challenge the EOS 5D Mark IV as the Canon weapon of choice of serious videographers, even if it does offer all the advantages of the mirrorless conf
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Making Movies
You can see the attraction of shooting video with the Coolpix P1000, can’t you? The drama of the massive zooming range really is emphasised when experienced through moving pictures and the good news is that the P1000 has enough on board for the enthu
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2019 Fujifilm Showcase Fourth Round Winners
Night photography has plenty of challenges, but images like this one illustrate why it can be well worth the time and effort. Jason Freeman was the man behind the camera and he’s made great use of the vertical format, as well as the classic rule-of-t
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Vital Statistics
Type: Enthusiast-level, fixed lens ‘superzoom’ digital camera. Lens: Nikkor 4.3-539mm f2.8-8.0 ED VR (equivalent to 24-3000mm), 17 elements in 12 groups (including five ED elements and one ‘Super ED’ element). 4.0x digital zoom. ‘Dynamic Fine Zoom’ f
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Fujifilm Showcase 2019
The 2019 Fujifilm Showcase runs until 31 August 2019. Entries received after this date will be entered in the 2020 competition which will start with the November/December 2019 issue. You can enter the Fujifilm Showcase as many times as you like durin
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LisTed
THIS CHECKLIST is designed to allow direct comparisons between different camera models, here listed 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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