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Smaller Is Bigger
Acouple of years on from the ejection from the parent ship, things are starting to look a lot brighter for OM Digital Solutions… which you and I previously knew as Olympus. There was much murmuring at time that a hard road lay ahead and, to some exte
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Going To Extremes Red Bull Illume Image Quest Winners 2023
The Red Bull Illume photo competition showcases the pinnacle of adventure, action and extreme sports photography, and attracts many thousands of submissions from both amateur and professional photographers from across the globe. The 2023 edition of R
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Watch The Birdie
The grand prize winning image in the 7th International Wedding Photographer Of The Year competition. This joy-filled picture was entered into the Single Capture category and beat more than 1700 images submitted by over 300 wedding photographers from
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Tipa Photo Contest – Picture This
The Technical Image Press Association's latest photo competition was titled Picture This and the theme was, cleverly, all about cameras and their relationships with photographers. Entries were invited in three categories titled My Camera And I, My Ca
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6th Gen Fujifilm X100 Has 40 MP, Ibis And 6k Video
IT'S THE GIFT that keeps on giving as far as contributing to the profitability of Fujifilm's camera division, and the previous model is not long off back order, but new one has many more reasons for wanting it. First launched at the 2010 Photokina, e
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Wider Appeal
As we've noted many times, it's with lenses that the cropped sensor formats deliver the most obvious savings in size and weight. And this is particularly true at either extreme of the focal length range – supertelephotos and ultra wide-angles. Typica
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The Long And The Short Of New Om System Lenses
THE OM-1 MARK II was accompanied by two new lenses; one a wide-angle zoom, the other a supertelephoto zoom. The M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 II is an OM System rebadge of the previous Olympus model with some small cosmetic changes. The effecti
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Wild Wide
Even with the extra freedoms derived from the mirrorlss camera configuration and the availability of in-camera correction processing, there are optical designs that remain challenging. One of them is combining an ultra-wide focal length with an ultra
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Digital Slr Cameras
CameraHouse© 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). Howev
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The 10th International Landscape Photographer Of The Year
Out of 4035 entries in the 10th International Landscape Photographer Of The Year competition, Western Australian photographer Tony Hewitt was eventually judged the overall winner with his portfolio of four remarkable aerial abstract images. However,
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Film Scores
THIS IS GOING the year. There's very little doubt that some before 2024 ticks away, we'll see the introduction of an affordablypriced new film camera from one or more of the major manufacturers. As I've always said, whoever gets there first will have
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Om-1 Mark II Debuts Live Graduated Nd Filters And More
THE OM-1 HAS been a big success for OM Digital Solutions, silencing the naysayers and giving OM System the boost it needed to make its way as a new brand. Along with the last few new M.Zuiko Digital lens releases, it's also helped OM System become th
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Hasselblad 500c
Akeen ornithologist and amateur photographer, Victor Hasselblad tried many camera systems in his quest to find the ideal tool for taking pictures of birds. He liked the image quality of 4×5- and 5×7-inch sheet film, but even ‘portable’ cameras like t
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Thanks For Your Support
It's always tempting to think that image stabilisation systems mean that you don't ever have to carry a tripod again, but the reality is that there are plenty of situations where one is essential. Very long exposures is an obvious one, but also it's
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Sigma Showcase
Long-time Showcase contributor Chris Carter from South Australia has been judged the overall winner of the 2023 Sigma Showcase competition with this evocative study of horses and an approaching storm. This photograph won the third round of the compet
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Sharpening Tool
There really is no more definitive statement of intent than the addition of a tilt/shift lens to a camera system… and Fujifilm has now introduced two and to its medium format mirrorless system no less. As it happens, the G mount mirrorless system is
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2023 Sigma Showcase Sixth Round Winners
A nicely balanced composition and the contrast of the Rainbow Lorikeet’s bright colours with the neutral greys of the tree trunk makes for an eye-catching bird study. Anne Somerville-Charles was behind the camera which was a Canon PowerShot SX60HS. T
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NEW G MASTER 300mm f/2.8 IS FIRST FOR MIRRORLESS
IT’S ANOTHER OF the ‘staple’ lenses for many photographers – especially if you shoot sports or wildlife – and Sony is claiming its new FE mount 300mm f/2.8 telephoto prime is the world’s lightest. Interestingly, it’s actually also the first for a ful
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Kodak Instamatic
If you were born in the 1960s or grew up in that decade, there’s a very good chance that the key milestones in your early life were documented by an Instamatic camera… most likely badged Kodak, but possibly also from Hanimex, Halina, Ricoh, Agfa and
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Epson International Pano Awards 2023
The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and continues to be the largest global competition for panoramic photography. Entries are invited in two competitions – Open and Amateur – each with two categ
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Heritage Value
Technology has rather trumped tradition in camera design over the last decade or so, but with retro being very much in fashion everywhere – and the promise of new film cameras (serious ones, that is) any time soon – the value of heritage is starting
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Epson's New 17-inch Photo Printer Sings The Blues
IT’S BEEN A while since we’ve welcomed a new photo printer and the Epson SureColor P5360 is a pro-level model which also introduces a new ten-colour pigmented ink set called UltraChrome PRO10. It comes in highcapacity 200 millilitre cartridges and in
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Leica Digilux 3
Type: Fully automatic DSLR with Four-Thirds Standard bayonet lens mount. Focusing: Automatic via three-point wide-area system using phase-detection type CCD sensor arrays. Focus points may be selected manually or by the camera. Oneshot and continuous
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Benq Photovue Sw272u 4k Adobe Rgb 90w Usb-c $2499
Panel Type: 68.4 centimetres (26.92 inches) IPS with white LED backlighting. Display Area: 596.7×355.6 millimetres. 16:9 aspect ratio. Native Resolution: 3840×2160 pixels (163 ppi). Viewing Angles: 178 degrees horizontal and vertical. Brightness: 400
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Canon Calls Time On EOS M
TO THE SURPRISE of nobody, Canon has announced its EOS M ‘APS-C’ mirror-less camera system is no more. The writing was on the wall from the moment the first RF-S series R mount models appeared in May 2022, although there hadn’t been much activity in
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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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Results Driven
Invest all you like in camera and lenses, but an absolutely key component in the digital imaging workflow – in terms of managing the final output – is a dedicated photography monitor. No self-respecting professional photographer would be without one,
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Lens Work… And Play
Regular readers will know about my love of lenses and all the physics, chemistry and mechanical engineering that goes into their designs. It really came about as a spin-off from my camera collecting – specifically 35mm SLRs – because often a body wou
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