Innholdsfortegnelse for September - November 2019 i Photo Review

Why visit No visit to Japan is complete without a trip to the photogenic city of Kyoto, where you could easily spend a week and not run out of subjects for your camera. And no visit to Kyoto should be completed without seeing the Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine. Located in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward, the shrine sits at the base of Inariyama, a mountain that reaches 233 metres above sea level. Dating back to 711 A.D., the shrine has enjoyed imperial patronage since the ninth century and now includes several main buildings, two avenues of red torii and trails extending four kilometres up the mountain to many smaller shrines. It takes approximately two hours to climb to the top. The shrine is dedicated to Inari, who is primarily known as the protector…

The main reasons for AF microadjustment are to correct for tiny deviations in the manufacturing process that can influence focusing accuracy. At lens apertures smaller than the f/3.5-f/5.6 range found on standard consumer-level zooms, the depth of field is often wide enough to mask minor focusing errors, although they will be evident at wide apertures with faster lenses. Microadjustment, which lets users fine-tune AF settings for different lenses, can provide the necessary corrections. Theoretically each camera and lens combination should focus at the same point; but if you're unlucky, one might be off-focus in one direction while the other is off in a totally different one. Moving the exact point of focus slightly forwards or backwards can keep the camera and lens in perfect alignment. While this can improve the…

Choosing an interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) requires more thought than simply selecting a camera+kit lens package because of its price, or on the basis of somebody's recommendations. The camera body you select will lock you into a system that includes lenses and other accessories, so be careful how you choose. Photographers who already own a DSLR kit will likely have one or more 'legacy' lenses that will provide an incentive to buy other lenses with the same mount (although not necessarily the same brand since 'third-party' lenses can be viable alternatives). Photographers swapping from DSLR to mirrorless kits should consider whether the lenses they want are available for their new camera – or whether adapters are available for fitting their existing lenses to the new camera body. If they aren't, consider…

How and why did you first get into astrophotography? In the early 1970s, when I was 10 or 11 years old, I became fascinated with the universe. It was very much the space-race era, with the first man walking on the moon, the first spaceships landing on Mars and the Voyager spacecraft flying past the big planets. I remember asking my grandmother to get me a telescope for Christmas, and eventually, after much begging, she did [leading to the e-book Australian Night Sky, by Paul and his partner, Sylvia Mayo, being dedicated to the memory of his grandmother, Dorothy Ashman]. One of the main reasons I’ve always done this type of photography is to be able to show the pictures to other people and share my fascination. To say, ‘This…

It can be frustrating and dispiriting when you can't rely on your camera and lens to focus accurately every time you take a shot. And it's often difficult to track down the source of the problem; so many variables have to be considered and it can take time and effort to find and fix them. In this feature we'll outline some of the main reasons your camera and lens might be unable to focus precisely. Regardless of the conditions in which focusing fails, it's always best to do the simplest, cheapest things first. Switch off the camera then detach and re-fit the lens. Turn the camera on and see whether the problem persists. Power-down the camera again and remove and replace the battery; check the battery has sufficient charge. Check…

Wolf spider and spiderlings By Margherita Standing Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II; 60mm macro lens; f/10; 1/60s; ISO 200; fill flash and torch light These guys come out at night and generally stay still long enough for you to capture them. I am always amazed at how the mum can keep all her spiderlings safe on her back and grab a snack along the way. Don’s response This is an exceptional macro study both for its fascinating subject matter and the technical mastery of the image capture. The plane of focus is expertly placed so as to deliver an image that is sharp from the legs in the foreground almost out to the tips of those at the top of the frame. I like the nearly, but not quite featureless…

‘My most vivid memory of my first time in the ocean was when I was about four years old whilst on holiday with my family on Rottnest Island in Western Australia,’ said Warren Keelan. ‘I was exploring the crystal-clear rock pools in front of my parents when for some reason I decided to step into one. The junior version of me couldn't swim at this stage, so I plunged to the bottom. It was literally only a few feet deep but it may as well have been the bottom of the ocean. I remember having my eyes open, looking up at the sky from below the surface and reaching up, feeling the dry air above the surface. Seconds later I was reefed up and out of the rock pool by…

In theory, mirrorless cameras should be able to maintain their focus accuracy better than DSLRs because focus is measured on the main image sensor, not separate sensors beneath a reflex mirror. Because the light has to be reflected off one or more mirrors before reaching the AF sensor in a DSLR, errors can happen when the mirror in displaced by less than a millimeter from the correct position. The use of phase detection pixels on the sensors of both DSLRs and mirrorless cameras have gone some way to improve autofocusing speed and accuracy. However, these 'hybrid' systems only work with the Live View modes in DSLRs although mirrorless cameras can use them for shooting with the monitor or the EVF, the latter being handy when recording movie clips. But phase-detection…

Simply submit up to three of your favourite images for your chance to win one of four Fujifilm X-T100 with XC15-45mm lens RRP $1049 each. (See more on the X-T100 at www.fujifilm.com.au) Send your images to imagereview@photoreview.com.au • jpeg, minimum 200mm on the longest side, at 300 DPI • your name and image title in the jpeg file name • camera/lens used and image description/comments IMAGE REVIEW 11 Second winner will be selected 2nd December 2019. See terms and conditions at www.imagereview.com.au…