Innholdsfortegnelse for V73 Issue 1 i Pro Photo

At the Japanese launch of the GFX digital medium format camera system – in the historic city of Kyoto – the press event was kicked off by Fujifilm’s Chairman and CEO, Mr Shigetaka Komori. I’ve sat through a few of these things over the years and mostly all you get from the top man is fluff of little consequence. This is either because he hasn’t really got a clue what’s going on or there are bigger fish to fry than imaging products (often a small part of a much bigger business). Komori-san is different. Yes, Fujifilm has lots of irons in lots of fires and apparently his attendance at the GFX launch was indeed considered a bit of a coup, but the reason became clear as he continued to speak.…

Leica has reworked its digital rangefinder M to create the M10 which is not only the most compact version of the camera so far, but also returns to a conventional model numbering system. After the M9 model, Leica adopted its factory codes to designate new digital M models, but the ‘Typ’ coding hasn’t always been easy for consumers to understand. Although the traditional M styling is retained, the M10 has an all-new magnesium alloy bodyshell which is slimmer than the previous M Typ 240 model. The top and bottom plates remain brass components. A dial for setting the ISO now accompanies the one for selecting shutter speeds. The classical optical rangefinder is retained, but with a larger field-of-view (increased by 30 percent) and a higher magnification (now at 0.73x). Additionally,…

An updated version of Leica’s T ‘APS-C’ mirrorless camera is now available. The new Leica TL features the same hewn-from-solid aluminium bodyshell as the T, but there’s a choice of three finishes in silver, black or titanium. This last version also features bevelled edges on the top and bottom plates. On the inside there’s a bigger 32 GB internal memory (actually twice the previous capacity) and various improvements to the autofocusing system especially in the continuous mode. The new TL supports SL System lenses with optical image stabilisation and allows the use of Leica R System lenses in combination with the R Adapter L. What’s now known as the TL System currently comprises six lenses – three primes and three zooms which span a focal range of 17mm to 200mm…

Current to 19 February: Exhibition. New Matter – Recent Forms Of Photography. Recent works by Australian and international photographers who interrogate the limits of photographic representation. Artists include Jacqueline Ball, Walead Beshty, Matthew Brandt, Zoë Croggon, Christopher Day, Cherine Fahd, Todd McMillan, Justine Varga and Luke Parker. At the Art Gallery of NSW (Photography Gallery), Art Gallery Road, The Domain, NSW 2000. Gallery hours are 10.00am to 5.00pm daily (open to 9.00pm on Wednesdays). Admission is free. For more information visit www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au or telephone (02) 9225 1744. 10 March to 27 August: Exhibition. Bill Henson. Recent photographs selected by the photographer, including portraits, nudes and landscapes. Part of the NGV Festival Of Photography. At NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3000. Gallery hours are 10.00am to 5.00pm daily.…

Since announcing its mirrorless digital medium format camera system back at last year’s Photokina in Germany, Fujifilm has kept a tight lid on the first GFX camera’s full specs and pricing. Now all is revealed and, by the time you read this, the first shipment of bodies and lenses should be landing in Australia. Let’s cut to the chase regarding pricing first. The GFX 50S body delivers on the promise of being “well under $10,000”, but that’s in US dollars of course. In Australia it just scrapes under at $9999 which still makes it a lot cheaper than Hasselblad’s rival X1D and in the ballpark in terms of competing with the top-end full-35mm D-SLRs from Canon and Nikon. The standard GF 63mm f2.8 R WR lens (equivalent to a 50mm)…

The World Rally Championship (WRC) has selected Lexar data storage products – including customised USB drives – to be used in various areas of competition coverage. Lexar microSD cards are being used in stage-side GoPro cameras and aboard DJI drone aerial cameras. Lexar’s Compact Flash memory cards are in the CineFlex cameras used in the helicopters which follow each special stage, and Lexar Pro Workflow Hub readers are used in each rally’s editing studio. CEO of Filmworks and Head of Production for WRC, Marco Viitanen explains, “The Lexar storage cards and workflows are integral to the production and broadcast of every event. There are four Lexar CFast cards in every WRC rally car, capturing video from all the in-car cameras and capturing telemetry data that is used by the teams…

Although most attention is on Fujifilm’s launching of the GFX mirrorless digital medium format camera system, it isn’t neglecting the camera which started the brand’s current revival in high-end cameras. The X100F is the fourth generation iteration of the original X100 which was unveiled at the 2010 Photokina and went on sale early the following year. It’s subsequently been followed by the X100S (2013) and X100T (2015) which have both introduced updates and refinements. The X100F is more of a major upgrade as it has a new sensor and processor, an improved AF system and quite a number of significant ergonomic changes. An important new feature is the facility to automatically recognise when the wide-angle and telephoto converter lenses – themselves updated to incorporate electronic connections – are attached, adjusting…

Unveiled at last year’s Photokina and launched at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, Panasonic’s new Lumix G flagship raises the bar again in terms of mirrorless camera capabilities both for still photography and video-making. Featuring a more streamlined bodyshell than its predecessor, the Lumix GH5 is still a comparatively compact camera which again will be the attraction when competing against the likes of Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. The magnesium alloy body is fully weather-sealed and has a new OLED-type EVF with an increased resolution of 3.68 megadots and a magnification of 0.76x. The monitor screen is an 8.1 cm LCD panel with a resolution of 1.62 megadots, touch controls and a full range of tilt/swing adjustments. As before, there are two SD memory card slots, but both are…

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Both Fujifilm’s ‘APS-C’ format mirrorless flagships are now being offered in special Graphite editions. The X-Pro2 Graphite Edition and X-T2 Graphite Silver Edition have new high-grade metallic finishes created via a multi-layering process. The X-Pro2 Graphite Edition is packaged with an XF 23mm f2.0 R WR lens which is also finished in the same graphite colour. This kit is priced at $3699. The X-T2 Graphite Silver Edition is priced at $2799 for the camera body only and is accompanied by matched accessories comprising a leather camera strap, aluminium hotshoe cover and a dedicated version of the EF-X8 bundled accessory flash unit. The body colour on this model is created by first applying a matte black undercoat over which is sprayed a graphite silver layer created using ‘Thin Film Multilayer Coating…

“I try to get it right in camera as much as I can, and that goes back to the old days when you were shooting on transparency film, which was a real discipline.” Motorsports can be gruelling, and not only for the drivers and crews. Sydney-based photographer Andrew Hall knows only too well what it’s like to stay awake for 41 hours while covering the famous Le Mans endurance race in France, or to weather the sand storms and blistering desert heat in Bahrain. But despite the times when he’s been unable to see because of pelting rain or conversely from the sweat running down his face, he wouldn’t change his job for anything. Over 30 years, Andrew Hall has carved an enviable career as one of the world’s top…