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Welcome to the 647th Digital Photography Review newsletter. What ho! camera people. Just when we thought we'd got through the backlog of cameras that had built up from Photokina, last year, the manufacturers have started releasing them again. Barney has jaunted off to Japan, to see if he can snag us a Fujifilm GFX 50S but, before we can all bathe ourselves in the warm glow of medium format loveliness, we've received a Panasonic GH5, a Fujifilm X-T20 and now Canon thrown its cards in with the release a trio of new EOSs. So it's going to be a busy couple of weeks, Chez DPR. Still, in the meantime, there are some lovely photos to look at: Challenge of Challenges 2017 winner announced Our Challenge of Challenges is one of the highlights of our year as we get to spend time looking at photos, rather than writing about cameras. Our challenges attract some incredibly talented and committed photographers, something made clear by the standard of the images that made it through to the final voting round of this year's competition. Below is forum member cand1d's winning image, but it's well worth taking a look at the breadth and quality of the images that were considered. Click to see the Challenge of Challenges results Fundamentals of Digital Photography We've written a series of articles, over the years, looking at a couple of commonly misunderstood concepts that underpin the very foundations of digital imaging. What if I told you that ISO doesn't mean what you probably think it means, that changing your ISO doesn't cause noise, that F2.8=F2.8=F2.8 often misses the point and that the size of your pixels doesn't particularly matter. That's got to pique your interest, surely? Fundamentals of digital imaging Nikon tilt/shift gives a new perspective Sam's been out shooting with Nikon's new 'perspective correction' PC 19mm F4E lens. It's a tilt/shift, using anyone else's terminology, which makes it great for architectural shots (and the odd creative, shifted plane of focus shot). Sigma gets more arty Just as we've got to grips with how good (and how big) Sigma's 85mm F1.4 Art lens is, the company has announced there'll be a 135mm F1.8 to tempt portrait shooters. In addition, there's to be a 14mm F1.8 DG for full-frame DSLRs in the Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts. Finally, there's a long-awaited 24-70mm F2.8 full-frame zoom added to the Art range. We can hardly wait. Click here to see detailed of the new Sigmas Canon refreshes the midrange Canon has not only introduced the EOS Rebel T7i/800D but it's also had another go at filling the gap between the Rebel lineup and the 80D range. The result is the EOS 77D, a camera we'll be looking at closely when production units become available. There's also a viewfinderless variant of the mirrorless M5, called the M6, which also looks pretty tasty. Click here to see Canon's latest launches.
As I say, there are plenty of promising-looking cameras on their way, along with our top-notch, never jet-lagged, reporting from the CP+ show in Japan. You know where to find us. Richard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Welcome to the 646th Digital Photography Review newsletter. Firstly, if you were expecting a newsletter last week, I'm sorry. I'd love to have an elaborate excuse, but the fact is that I was traveling and forgot to send it. So to make up for that, this week's newsletter is extra special, longer than usual, and bumper-packed with amazing content. Kind of. But the bit about 'amazing content' is definitely true. This week we're skiing in British Columbia with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, drinking whisky with the Panasonic DC GH5, and getting hansdy with Sony's latest telephoto prime lenses. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. Heliskiing in British Columbia: Scott Rinckenberger uses the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Scott Rinckenberger is a professional adventure and outdoor sports photographer. We lent him the new Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II for a few days, to shoot a wintry commission for outdoor clothing brand Eddie Bauer. The OM-D E-M1 Mark II is Olympus's flagship mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, and should be ideally suited to use in tough, wet (and cold) conditions. Watch our video to find out how it performed. Click to watch our video, featuring the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Sony SLT a99 II Review The Sony Alpha 99 II is a 42MP full-frame addition to the company's A-mount range of cameras. It uses a semi-transparent mirror to enable full-time secondary-sensor autofocus in conjunction with on-sensor phase detection. We're taking a look through that particular looking glass. Click here to read our review of the Sony SLT a99 II Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 sample footage With access to a pair of production-ready Lumix GH5s running near-final firmware, we headed to a local whiskey distillery to put them to the test. We shot the footage above at 23.9p, 150mbps, 10-bit 4:2:2. One camera was set to Cinelike D, while the other was shooting 'Like 709.' You'll also see examples of 60p footage slowed down by 2.5x as well as the camera's 'Focus Transition' mode. Click here take a look at what the new Panasonic DC GH5 can do Has a new champion been crowned? Sigma 85mm F1.4 Art lens review The Sigma 85mm F1.4 Art has been the talk of the portrait shooter town as of late, and for good reason since many testers have shown it to be the sharpest 85mm lens ever made. With that said, does it really live up to the hype? Click here to read our review of the new Sigma 85mm F1.4 Hands-on with Sony 100mm F2.8 STF G Master and FE 85mm F1.8 lenses Sony announced a pair of short telephoto prime lenses at this year's WPPI show in Las Vegas – the FE 100mm F2.8 STF GM OSS and the FE 85mm F1.8. We just got some hands-on time with them. Click here to learn more about Sony's new prime lenses Thanks for reading. Barney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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