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Saturday 28 August 2010
FOR EVERYONE WHO LOVES PHOTOGRAPHY, EVERY WEEK!
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Anti-shake lenses compared
ON A BUDGET
LENS TEST
New and second-hand round-up
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TOP READER TIPS
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WHITE PEAK SECRETS
Best photo locations in the UK
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Contents
THE AP READERS’ POLL
IN AP 14 AUGUST WE ASKED…
Amateur Photographer For everyone who loves photography
THERE isn’t a name for the antithesis of the ‘early
adopter’, but we should work on one patience
deserves some formal recognition. Early adopters,
though, are an essential part of any forward-moving
industry. They represent the advance guard delivering
early returns on a manufacturer’s investment, but
their rewards are the premium price for being one
of the fi rst, and the faults the quality-control
department missed. Firmware updates, recalls and
bug-fi xing all come with the territory. Early adopters
are the modern Forlorn Hope, storming the city
walls, pushing the enemy back to open the breach
for the army waiting to spring from the trenches. It’s
a glorious death, but death all the same.
For the right cause I might volunteer for a place
with the Forlorn Hope, but when it comes to the
adoption of new technology I’m ore he ype o
stroll in once the war damage is
repaired, peace has returned an
the cafés are reopened. I like to
expect the expected and invest i
certainties. Cameras at the end f
their shelf-life offer no surprises,
and while the technology might
be about to be surpassed, the
cost savings can be signifi cant.
Right now, before the autumn
launches, is a great time to buy.
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News I Analysis I Comment I PhotoDiary 28/8/10
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early history of
photography
History re-examined, page 7
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Nikon has
revamped its
projector-equipped
camera, the Coolpix
S1100pj, to allow
images stored on a
computer to be viewed
via the projector.
Nikon claims that the
projector on the
S1100pj is also 40%
brighter than its
predecessor, enabling
images to be seen
more easily when
projected against
lighter surfaces, for
example. For more see
next week’s News.
CANON’S EOS 550D
has been voted European
Camera 2010-11 by the
European Imaging and
Sound Association (EISA).
The EISA judges, who
included AP’s Editor Damien
Demolder, praised the DSLR
as an ‘excellent entry-level
camera, as it offers a wide
range of features in a well-
designed body’.
The judging panel added: ‘Full
HD video recording is available
with full manual control over
exposure and focusing, as
well as still-image modes for
photographers of all skill levels.
‘The camera has the same
18-million-pixel resolution as
the high-end EOS 7D, and
offers very similar image quality,
but in a camera that is much
more affordable.
‘This is a well-specifi ed
camera packed with features
that will help all types of
photographer enjoy their
hobby more.’
The 550D’s higher-spec
sibling, the EOS 7D, triumphed
in the Advanced SLR category,
while Sony’s NEX-5 was
praised for its ‘simple and
straightforward’ user interface
and secured victory in the Micro
System Camera category.
Last year’s European SLR
Camera title was won by the
EOS 550D’s predecessor,
the Canon EOS 500D.
Meanwhile, Nikon’s D3S
bagged this year’s European
Professional Camera title.
The Nikon D3S was lauded
as the ‘perfect DSLR for
professional sports, action
and low-light photography’.
Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-G2
was deemed the best
Multimedia Camera, with judges
praising its ‘impressively fast’
contrast-detection AF system
and good image quality both
in still and movie modes.
EISA’s European Lens 2010-
2011 was Sigma’s 17-70mm
f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
macro zoom. Judges noted its
‘exceptional value for money’
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AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G
ED VR II, described as a ‘natural
choice for photographers
specialising in nature, wildlife
and fast-action sports’.
The best European Printer was
Epson’s Stylus Pro 3880, an
A2+ (2880x1440dpi) model,
described as ‘small enough to be
classed as a desktop model’.
And Tamron’s SP 70-300mm
f/4-5.6 Di VC USD triumphed
in the European Zoom Lens
category. ’Its greatest asset is the
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said the EISA panel.
The title European Micro
System Lens title was awarded
to Olympus’s M.Zuiko Digital ED
9-18mm f/4-5.6, while Apple’s
Aperture 3 won best European
Photo Software.
EISA’s membership is made
up of around 50 photo, video,
audio and mobile electronics
magazines from 20 European
countries.
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winners see next week’s issue
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Photographers who
own or who want to
hire a Hasselblad
camera now have
access to a new
‘drive-in’ studio facility
in east London. Based
in Hoxton Square, the
2,000 sq ft studio
houses a changing
room for models, a
dedicated styling and
hairdressing area, plus
a kitchen and parking
space. Photographers
can hire the studio for
up to a week, from
around £300 a day.
For details visit www.
hasselbladstudio.com.
AMATEUR ‘PRESS PASS’ SPARKS ROW
always been that everyone everywhere who
is seriously engaged in the news should
have right of enquiry,’ he wrote in a blog on
the Demotix website. ‘We also believe we
make better judges of that “seriousness”
than the globe’s police forces or, frankly,
bottlenecking trade organisations that
decide who gets the right to be a journalist.
‘Of course we will continue to do
everything we can to help you report, annoy
and photograph precisely those people and
events that the powers that be would like
to exclude you from.’
Demotix contributors have been told, via
email, that they are eligible for a press pass
if they have had at least ten of their articles
published. The card reportedly costs $20.
PROFESSIONAL journalism
bodies have hit out at an amateur ‘press
pass’ that has been launched by citizen
journalist website Demotix.
The UK Press Card Authority, which
issues media credentials to professional
newsgatherers such as those working
for the BBC, SKY and ITN, branded the
Demotix document as ‘hobbyist’.
It warned that the Demotix card does
not represent an accredited National Press
Card and pledged to alert all UK police
forces over its concerns.
The UK Press Card Authority chairman
Mike Granatt said: ‘The Demotix “press
pass” is nothing of the sort, despite the fact
that it is designed to look like a genuine
journalists’ identity document.
‘We have worked hard over many years
to establish the National Press Card as the
ID for professional journalists. It is designed
to assure the police and others that the
holder is a professional newsgatherer,
working full-time to serve the public. Our
concern is that the police and third parties
might be misled by the Demotix card.’
But Turi Munthe, chief executive of
Demotix, defended the card. ‘Our view has
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THE RISE of mirrorless interchangeable-
lens compact cameras has boosted the
UK’s digital camera market, but their
relatively high price will limit growth of
this sector in the short to medium term,
analysts warn.
The UK photo industry has surpassed
£615m in sales so far this year, fi gures
compiled by market analysts at GfK Retail
and Technology show.
‘With over half the year complete,
the Photo/Imaging market remains in a
relatively positive growth position…’ said a
GfK spokesman.
‘Looking at the changeable-lens category,
this has been helped by the growth of the
compact-system camera market, fuelled
recently by several new brands entering
this market, in addition to new models
from existing brands.
‘Consequently, the total changeable-lens
market posted growth of 14.9% in value.’
Digital camera sales (£385m) account for
nearly two-thirds of overall sales.
However, the news comes as analysts at
Futuresource warn that the ‘higher average
retail price’ of an interchangeable-lens
compact, compared to an ‘entry-level DSLR’,
will limit growth of this sector in Europe.
‘Another big infl uence on growth will be
whether Canon and Nikon which currently
dominate the wider interchangeable-lens
camera market decide to launch an
interchangeable-lens compact product,’
said Futuresource consultant James Wells.
‘In the short term, while we are expecting
signifi cant growth… it will still only reach
shipments of 377,000 units across
Western Europe in 2010, compared
to 3.3m units for DSLRs.’
EXHIBITION
Sales of interchangeable-lens cameras,
such as Sony’s NEX-5, have boosted the
UK’s digital camera market
Monday 30 August
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Wells added: ‘Panasonic, Olympus, Sony
and Samsung (with a 20% combined share
of interchangeable-lens camera shipments
in 2009) are expected to promote this
segment heavily in 2010, particularly at the
photokina show in September, in the run-
up to the important fourth quarter period.
‘The long-term aim [for them] is to try to
break Canon and Nikon’s stranglehold on
the interchangeable-lens camera market.
Suffi ce to say, this will be an interesting space
to watch in the next two or three years.’
GfK adds that the growth of the
changeable-lens market has had a positive
‘knock-on effect’ on the sales of accessories,
as consumers shun cheaper products in
favour of higher value items to go with their
cameras. Although sales volume fell, the
value of accessories sold rose.
‘Bags/tripods grew 0.6% in value for
the year to date compared to this time
last year, while lenses and memory cards
increased their market value by 5.8% and
0.3% respectively. Accessories were worth
£179m alone in July.
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SCIENTISTS INVESTIGATE
Niépce’s photographs anyalysed by Getty Conservation Institute
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PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
SCIENTISTS hope to
deliver a clearer picture of
historic work pioneered by the
Frenchman credited as the
world’s ‘fi rst photographer’
in previously unpublished
research later this year.
Amateur scientist Joseph
Nicéphore Niépce captured
the earliest surviving
photograph in around 1826.
Crucially, the Frenchman was
not only able to develop the
image, but he was also able to
fi x it, having fi rst experimented
by copying drawings through
the action of light and
subsequent etching more
than a decade earlier.
Niépce is believed to have
contributed to Louis Daguerre’s
discovery of the light sensitivity
of iodised silver plates in 1831.
Daguerre and British inventor
William Fox Talbot Daguerre
were regarded as the founding
fathers of practical, or ‘modern’,
photography in papers they
published separately in 1839.
Scientists at the Getty
Conservation Institute are due to
unveil the results from scientifi c
analysis of Niépce’s experiments
in a two-day conference at
the National Media Museum
Above: Joseph
Nicéphore Niépce
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en Ruines’, one of Niépce’s
plates studied by scientists
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in Bradford, West Yorkshire
on 13-14 October.
They will focus on three
photographic plates that Niépce
brought to England in 1827 and
say they will reveal more about
their history than has previously
been documented.
Getty Conservation Institute’s
senior scientist Dusan Stulik
told the museum: ‘Our fi ndings
[put] a different light on the
early history of photography
than has been described in
literature… Through scientifi c
means we are able to see into
the darkroom procedures
which Niépce was using and
we are trying to understand
why he selected different
photographic processes
what his thinking behind
the experimentation was.
‘What makes me very
excited about this whole
experience is that everything
we do [today] is a product
of that fi rst photograph all
photography fi lm, television,
even games and 3D TV.
Everything goes back to that
single moment in 1826 when
Niépce [pointed] his camera
out of the window and took
that fi rst photograph. It was a
magical moment.’
The Bradford conference
also aims to address future
conservation measures.
FOOTBALL PHOTO BAN PROMPTS CARTOON SUBSTITUTES
A NEWSPAPER resorted to a
Roy of the Rovers-style cartoon after
photographers were banned from covering
football matches.
The editor of the Plymouth Herald
commissioned Plymouth Argyle fan Chris
Robinson to sketch the team’s winning
goal after Southampton FC banned all
press photographers, apart from the club’s
own offi cial snapper, from covering home
games. Robinson said he created the
cartoon at home while watching the
match on TV.
Southampton FC had sought to use
a single photo agency, Digital South,
for match pictures. As part of the deal
Digital South would have been able to
syndicate its images from matches to
other media outlets.
However, the agency’s boss Robin Jones
refused to play ball on grounds that it would
the club told us: ‘The club has decided to
make available to external organisations
photographic images taken by the club’s
own professional sports photographers…
The purpose of this is solely to protect the
club’s commercial revenues derived from
the use of its wholly owned images.’
Telegraph Media Group was quick
to act, pledging not to use any of the
club’s pictures, and The Sun newspaper
lambasted the club’s boss, calling his
attitude ‘draconian’.
Steven Downes, secretary of the Sports
Journalists’ Association, praised Digital
South’s decision not to go ahead. ‘In these
tough economic times for the media,
Digital South has opted to do something
which will cost their business,’ he said.
‘Robin and his colleagues should be
thanked by all sports journalists for taking
a diffi cult, principled stance.’
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have been unfair to other media outlets
that would have had to buy the images
on ‘normal commercial terms’.
Confi rming the ban, a spokesman for
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