Innholdsfortegnelse for 9/17/24 i Amateur Photographer

Having seemingly given up on the idea of participating in photography’s future (by refusing to go mirrorless), Pentax has turned to the past for inspiration and surprised the world with a new 35mm camera that capitalises on the renewed and growing interest in film, while acknowledging the cost of it by going with half-frame. Better still, its vertical images are perfect for social media, where the images will most likely be viewed. The stylish Pentax 17 may be a bit pricey, but I hope it’s a huge success for the firm. With the Olympics gripping the world over the summer, we talk to three sports photographers about how they shot the games and what kit they used; and we test the latest Sony G Master 85mm F1.4 portrait lens, which…

Sigma has announced the 28-105mm F2.8 DG DN | Art, a standard zoom lens for Sony E and L mounts which combines a large aperture with a portrait-friendly 105mm telephoto end. Key features include 18 elements in 13 groups, including 2 FLD, 1 SLD, and 5 aspherical elements. These aim to suppress colour fringing while delivering sharp detail across the entire image. Autofocus is driven by Sigma’s Highresponse Linear Actuator (HLA) motor, while a 12-blade aperture diaphragm promises smooth background blur. Physically it is, unsurprisingly, fairly sizeable. The barrel measures 88mm in diameter and 158mm in length, with the lens weighing in at just under a kilogram. It employs 82mm filters. The lens is set to cost £1,399, with sales starting on 26 September. Sigma also announced the 10-18mm F2.8…

Mint’s new 35mm full-frame film camera, the Rollei 35AF, is now available to pre-order for £665 including postage. It has a metal body similar to the Rollei 35 (which was the smallest 35mm film camera when it came out in 1966), and a 5-element all-glass 35mm lens with coatings on every side. The aperture range goes from f/2.8 to f/16 and the camera also features a built-in light meter, auto-exposure and autofocus. Full details at bit.ly/mintrollei…

£50, GOST, hardcover, 126 pages, ISBN: 9781915423382 Pierpaolo Mittica found himself drawn to Chernobyl for its photographic potential. Its haunting reality has become a fascination for tourists, photographers and historians over the years. First travelling to the area in 2002, Mittica has returned many times. Instead of concentrating on the ruins and relics left behind however, he has sought to tell the stories of the people encountered in this special place. The resulting book, Chernobyl, documents the communities who inhabit and pass through the exclusion zone, which covers some 2,600sq km around the site of the 1986 nuclear reactor disaster. Six years in the making, the book includes pictures showing the daily lives of the ‘samosely’, the people who returned to the heavily contaminated villages after evacuation following the disaster.…

● £219 ● vanguardworld.co.uk Vanguard’s Veo City B46 backpack is a stylish everyday bag for the city and travel photographer. Its design is fairly typical, with a top compartment for personal items and a main camera compartment that’s accessed from the rear. The top compartment has space for essentials such as food or a packable jacket. It also has a zipped compartment with two internal pockets. These have red and green markers, making them a good option for charged and used batteries. There’s also a compartment for a 10in tablet. Externally, there’s a large flap on the front, which stays in place using a magnet. On its rear there’s an RFID-protected pocket; this is a great idea, but it isn’t the most secure place to keep your cards. There’s a…

IN ASSOCIATION WITH OM System Tough TG-7 ● £499 ● explore.omsystem.com This latest model in a long line of class-leading rugged cameras is waterproof to 15m, shockproof against a 2.1m drop, crushproof and freezeproof. The 25-100mm equivalent lens is paired with a 12MP sensor, with in-body stabilisation to combat shake. Viewing is via a 3in LCD. The TG-7 is also one of the few cameras of its type that can record raw files. Reviewed 2 Apr 2024 Ricoh GR III ● £949 ● ricohgr.eu/en-gb A favourite of street photographers, the GR III combines a 24MP APS-C sensor and a sharp 28mm equivalent f/2.8 lens in a slim, pocketable body. It offers sensitivities up to ISO 102,400 and 4fps shooting, while in-body image stabilisation helps keeps image sharp. Viewing is via…

AMY DAVIES Features Editor Amy looks at the 60-year history of WPY and she also tests the Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM II JESSICA MILLER Dep. Online Editor Jessica reviews Pentax’s first-ever half-frame film camera, the Pentax 17 STEVE FAIRCLOUGH Steve finds out the techniques pros used to shoot the big sports events this summer DAMIEN DEMOLDER The former AP editor interviews New York photographer Sherrie Nickol MICHAEL TOPHAM In Second-hand Classic, former reviews editor Michael revisits the Lumix GH4 RICHARD SIBLEY Former AP deputy editor Richard assesses the new Vanguard Veo City B46 camera backpack…

Tech Talk My dad was born 100 years ago. He was a competent photographer of family events and holidays, but for many years only owned and used one camera, this Zeiss Ikon Contina 1a. He bought it new in 1957, the year he married my mother, and it went around the world with him. Using mainly colour slide film, generally the late lamented Kodachrome, he covered all the usual bases of a keen amateur photographer. When I was 11, he used it to introduce me to the basics of photography, and encouraged me as my interest and proficiency developed. As a camera type, the fixed-lens 35mm compact camera is one of the most reliable and robust. Hundreds of different models were made by dozens of manufacturers from the 1950s through…

7 daysA week in photography AP picture of the week Kaleidoscope Vision by Shadman Sakib Sony Alpha 7C II, Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 with MC11 adapter and kaleidoscope lens filter, 1/200sec at f/1.8, ISO 250 ‘This portrait captures the model’s beauty through a kaleidoscope lens, creating a dreamy, layered effect that feels almost otherworldly. The soft lighting highlights her elegant white dress, delicate earrings, and necklace, while the shallow depth of field enhances her serene expression, making the image feel both intimate and captivating.’ Instagram: @sakib.shd_23Model Instagram: @zymoon_jiaAgency Instagram: @basemodelsuk #appicoftheweek Win! The AP Pic of the Week winner will receive a beautifully framed print of their winning image worth up to £100. If you Love it, Frame it! ThisPicture.com is an experienced, high-quality framing company with a unique, easy-to-use website.…

Apple has released a new series of iPhones – the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, the 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max. With the Pro and Pro Max, key changes include a dedicated Camera Control button, bigger displays (6.3in and 6.9in respectively) and a 48MP main ‘Fusion’ camera with a second-generation quad pixel sensor. Apple claims that this sensor reads data twice as fast as the previous version, helping to eradicate shutter lag. Also, the ultra-wide camera gets a 48MP sensor, a sizeable increase from 12MP, while the 16 Pro’s telephoto is now a 5x zoom. Other enhancements include 4K video recording at 120fps, which will help with slow-motion footage, and a new Photo Styles feature to facilitate image editing. But Apple’s focus was more on the touch-sensitive Camera Control button…

In more lens news, Nikon has announced a new 50mm f/1.4 prime for its full-frame Z-series cameras. It follows on from the 35mm f/1.4 lens and features fast, quiet AF, driven by Nikon’s multi-focusing system, 0.37m close focusing, a clickless control ring for adjusting aperture, ISO and exposure compensation and a relatively light weight of approximately 420g. For video, focus breathing is suppressed and linear focusing can be enabled for accurate manual focus pulling. All moving parts of the lens barrel are also dust- and drip-resistant. It is on sale now for £499.…

We are sad to report the death of Colin Doeg, a pioneering underwater photographer who cofounded the British Society of Underwater Photographers. Colin did a lot to popularise the genre and help to develop better equipment, and was named Underwater Photographer of the Year in 1968. He also contributed to AP and was a good friend of famous TV naturalist Dr David Bellamy. Furthermore, Colin Doeg influenced generations of nature photographers, including eminent National Geographic shooter David Doubilet. ‘He left a legacy to underwater photography that is difficult to overestimate,’ said fellow diver and photographer Steve Warren. (Steve’s in-depth obituary is at bit.ly/doegobituary).…

Richard Heathcote, Getty Images Canon Richard Heathcote is a Chief Sports Photographer at Getty Images, who won the Photographer of the Year from the Sports Journalists’ Association in 2020. He has over 20 years of experience and has covered FIFA World Cups, Olympic Games, the Rugby World Cup, golf’s four majors and The Ryder Cup. He has helped develop products and processes to advance the coverage of events for Getty, including the robotic camera systems used at major sports events and entertainment awards. Instagram at @rheathcote or see more at www.richardheathcote.com Julien Alfred leads Sha’Carri Richardson ‘I’d had the idea to mount a camera on the rail cam that travels up and down the home straight from the athletics track for several years. After a lot of planning, approval and…

Photo Critique When I think of Sherwood Forest my mind drifts towards Mel Brooks’s Robin Hood: Men in Tights and the peerless cinema star of my childhood in the 1940s and ’50s, the swashbuckling Errol Flynn – the Johnny Depp of his day. But for Terence Lane, Sherwood Forest was not a fictional location recreated in Hollywood, it was his playground when he was a lad. More painful bruised knees than celluloid men in tights. After many years his longtime attachment to the area has resulted in a most impressive exhibition and book, Sciryruda, the ancient name for Sherwood Forest. Photographic vision Photographs of the land and nature may represent the surface reality of what is in front of the camera, but in the hands of makers like Terence they…