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TIP 3 GET CREATIVE BETTER BORDERS While some locations offer a steady stream 51 of natural borders, at other locations, you may have to take matters into your own hands and get more creative. While we don’t suggest damaging foliage, there’s nothing wrong with lowering a branch to fit with your composition. What’s more, the truth of this technique is that you don’t need a huge border to make a big difference to your frame. Even picking up a curved stick can provide interest to the corners of the frame. In bright light, it may also be worth switching back to the optical or electronic viewfinder, because LCDs can sometimes be difficult to view due to the glare from the sun, especially when shooting in the middle of the day. TIP 4 TIME TO EXPERIMENT The clue to creative framing is in the name. Get high, get low and switch up your focal lengths to vary your imagery. Don’t be afraid to experiment, and why not set yourself the challenge of capturing the same subject (in our case, this stately home) from multiple viewpoints using different natural borders. Once you’ve tried this technique once, you’ll begin to notice natural borders wherever you go and can incorporate them into other genres of image-making. For example, the next time you’re shooting portraits or street photography, try framing the subject with a natural border (as above). It’s challenging but rewarding! The Canon Magazine

THE MISSION Old lenses, new tricks! To use a Canon Dan Mold gets hold of four of Canon’s EF-EOS R adapters and shows EF-EOS R mount you how you can use them to give your EF lenses a new lease of life adapter to give old lenses a new W ith Canon’s EOS EF-S lenses for your DSLR. Do mirrorless EOS R with lease of life 850D being the last you keep them with your old autofunction and lens Canon DSLR to be camera as a backup or trade them communication; another adapter Time needed released, all the way in to get some cash towards your with a control ring, which has 30 minutes back in February 2020, we mirrorless purchase? In this become commonplace in the latest Canon users have been project, we look at a third option: 5)OHQVHVDQGWZRGURSLQÀOWHU Skill level given little option other using one of Canon’s EF-EOS R variants that enable you to use a Basic than to switch to mirrorless adapters (of which there are drop-in polarizer or variable when looking to upgrade several iterations) that enables QHXWUDOGHQVLW\\ÀOWHUEHKLQGWKH Kit needed if we want the latest and you to continue using your old rear element of the lens, so can • Canon EF or greatest camera innovations lenses with the new EOS R series work with any EF lens, even if it and new technology. of mirrorless cameras. has a bulbous front element and EF-S lens QRIURQWÀOWHUWKUHDG,QWKLV • Canon full-frame We’re sure that, like us, you The four adapters we’re project, we examine each one have also had to face the tricky looking at here are: the standard FORVHO\\WRÀQGRXWZKLFKLVWKH mirrorless EOS R dilemma of what to do with your EF-EOS R, which enables you to best option. series body collection of old Canon EF and use your EF lenses on a full-frame • Canon EF-EOS R mount adapter 52 www.digitalcameraworld.com

VIEW THE VIDEO WATCH VIDEO ONLINE EOS ADAPTERS http://bit.ly/pp_193_3 PROJECT 3 THE SETUP HOW TO GIVE DSLR LENSES NEW LIFE Use one of Canon’s mount adapters to seamlessly use your EF lenses with RF mount bodies 01 CANON EOS R MIRRORLESS 02 CANON EF & EF-S LENS 03 CANON EF-EOS R ADAPTER All four of the adapters we’re looking at Give any of your old Canon DSLR EF or There are several options when it comes in this project are designed to work with EF-S lenses a new lease of life by using to EF-EOS R adapters, including a basic Canon’s full-frame mirrorless EOS R one of Canon’s adapters, because all four model, another featuring a control ring, lineup, such as the EOS R, EOS RP and mount adapters in this project make it and also options with a drop-in filter, which EOS R5. So, if you’ve upgraded, you might possible to use your old lenses on the new enables you to use circular polarizer or not need to sell your old optics. EOS R full-frame mirrorless bodies. variable neutral density filters. 01 02 03 CANON EF-EOS R MOUNT ADAPTERS YOU CAN see two markings on the EF A closer look at some of the details of the EF-EOS R mount adapters mount side: the red dot is for Canon’s full-frame THE FILTERS for the EF lenses and the white drop-in filter mount square is for APS-C adapter slot in or out lenses, but attaching an at the push of a button, EF-S lens means your making them super-easy pictures are shot in a to switch and clean. The cropped mode on EOS R filter attaches before mirrorless cameras. the rear element, so it works with any EF lens 53 you already have. The Canon Magazine

WATCH VIDEO ONLINE VIEW THE VIDEO http://bit.ly/pp_193_3 PROJECT 3 TIP 1 EF-EOS R ADAPTER The EF-EOS R Mount Adapter is the standard version Canon makes, enabling you to fit your collection of old Canon EF or EF-S lenses to its new mirrorless full-frame RF mount bodies, such as the EOS R6. It’s also the most budget-friendly of the four adapters we look at here, costing just £119 at the time of publication. The adapter increases the flange distance caused by having a mirror in Canon’s DSLRs but this is absent on mirrorless models, and the spacer allows the older lenses to be used correctly. These adapters also feature electronic connectors so that lens and camera communication is possible, which means you can adjust your aperture and use features like autofocus without a hitch. TIP 2 CONTROL RING MOUNT ADAPTER EF-EOS R The Control Ring Mount Adapter for EF-EOS R gets an upgrade in the form of a control ring, which has become commonplace on Canon’s RF lenses. It enables you to control settings in much the same way as the command dials on the camera body control the aperture and shutter speed. We find the extra dial handy for quick ISO adjustments when using your old EF optics. To set up the control ring, press the Menu button and scroll through the Function menus until you see Customize Dials, where you can make changes to your front and rear command dials, as well as assign a function to the control ring on the adapter. 54 www.digitalcameraworld.com

WITHOUT POLARIZER EOS ADAPTERS WITH POLARIZER TIP 3 CIRCULAR POLARIZER WITH VND FILTER A circular polarizing filter is essential for a number of photographic disciplines, but perhaps most notably for increasing punchy blues in skies when shooting landscapes, and for reflections in water or metal and glass, which make them useful for product and automotive photography, too. This adapter from Canon uses the Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter for EF-EOS R and comes loaded with a removable C-PL filter. “Circular” refers to the pattern etched on the glass and not the shape of the filter itself. A wheel on the drop-in filter is used to turn the polarizer in order to change its strength, and is a breeze to fine-tune even when your eye is looking through the EOS R camera’s electronic viewfinder (EVF). WITHOUT VND FILTER TIP 4 VARIABLE ND FILTER 55 Just like the circular polarizer drop-in adapter above, the variable neutral density (VND) adapter uses the same Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R housing, and can be bought separately without the housing, which would save a little money. The great thing about these adapters is that the filters are positioned behind the rear element of the lens, so filters can be used even with wide lenses that have a bulbous front element and no front filter thread – when these optics would usually require an elaborate and expensive filter housing. VND filters enable you to gradually block out light for slower shutter speeds, blocking out 1-stop of light at the minimum setting and a whopping 9-stops at the maximum setting. Variable ND filters are great for video use, too. The Canon Magazine

WATCH VIDEO ONLINE VIEW THE VIDEO http://bit.ly/pp_193_4 PHOTOSHOP CC THE MISSION Add atmosphere with digital lightbeams Use your free Lightbeam Jon Adams explains how you can turn your photos into mesmerising Brush Kit to add sunlit shots with this month’s free Lightbeam Brush Kit atmospheric beams of light to images I f you want to add striking or streaming through the canopy the brushes supplied, you should Time needed lighting effects to one of LQDZRRGODQGVFHQH\\RXFDQÀQG be able to manifest the exact 45 minutes your images, the free gift the ideal effect in our 20-brush kit lightbeams you want in any photo. Skill level supplied with this issue in download link (bottom left). Beginner will have you beaming. It In this easy project, we take Kit needed comprises 20 custom-made The brush shapes aren’t limited you through the process, from Photoshop CC brushes that can be used to either, because they’re designed installing the brushes to adding add amazing lightbeams to be applied to a fresh layer and them to a shot and getting them DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES to your shots. Whether you then pulled into the exact form into shape. Once you’ve practised TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM: want to have rays of light boosting you want via Photoshop’s Free it a few times, you’ll be amazed http://downloads. the mood in a window-lit interior Transform command. Between at how quickly you can achieve photoplusmag.com/pp193.zip Free Transform and the variety of some great effects. 56 www.digitalcameraworld.com

DIGITAL LIGHTBEAMS STEP BY STEP ADD RAYS OF SUNSHINE Use your free Lightbeam Brush Kit to let light stream in to any image 01 LOAD YOUR LIGHTBEAM BRUSHES 02 SET UP YOUR BRUSH To install the Lightbeam brushes in Photoshop CC, Open the image to which you want to add lightbeams copy the LightbeamBrushes.abr file from the download or try out the technique with Window.jpg from the (see bottom left for link) to your computer by dragging download. Open the Layers panel (Window>Layers) and dropping it. Now open Photoshop CC and go to and click on the Create A New Layer icon (or press Window>Brushes. In the Brushes panel, click the flyout Ctrl/Cmd+Alt+Shift+N). With a new blank layer active (the four-bar icon in the top-right of the panel), and at the top of the stack, select the Brush tool from the choose Import Brushes from the drop-down Toolbox. In the Brushes panel, select a brush by list. Navigate to the folder into which you copied the clicking on it (we used Lightbeam 02). You can LightbeamBrushes file, and double-click on it. Your reduce or increase the size of the brush by pressing new brushes are recognized by Photoshop, which the left or right square bracket keys: [ and ]. To set the installs them automatically. Scroll down to the bottom foreground colour to white, press D, then X. If you want of the list in your Brushes panel to find them. Each a different colour, click on the foreground colour brush has a small preview to help you tell them apart. swatch and select one from the Color Picker. ABOUT YOUR LIGHTBEAM BRUSHES 03 ADD A LIGHTBEAM TO YOUR SHOT 04 FINISHING TOUCHES The Lightbeam Brush Kit can be used in Don’t worry too much about the angle or position at With lightbeams in position, you can darken the image Photoshop CC or any first – just click on the image to add the brush effect to make them more prominent. To do this, click on the other software that uses to the new layer. To get them into shape, press Ctrl/ Background Layer, then click the Adjustment Layer .abr brush files. The Cmd+T to bring up the Free Transform bounding box. icon, choosing Curves from the list. Pull the middle of brushes can be used to Drag outside the box to rotate, and pull the corner the curve down slightly. To add a light source behind the create rays of light on handles while holding Ctrl/Cmd to distort. To break brush, create a new layer, drag it to the top of the stack any picture – and out of proportion to make the beams longer or wider, and fill it with black (hit D, then Alt+Backspace). Click because they are regular hold Shift and drag the middle control handles. Once where it says Normal, select Screen Blending Mode and brushes, you can adjust you’ve adjusted the size, shape and position to your go to Filter>Render>Lens Flare; with the 50-300mm the size, colour and liking, press Return to confirm it. If you want a brighter- zoom option, click roughly where you want the flare. To opacity in the same looking brush, you can press Ctrl/Cmd+J to duplicate fine-tune its position, bring up Free Transform and drag way you would with the layer and double up the effect. the corner handles. Press Return when you’re finished. any other brush. To download your brush kit, please see link bottom left of page 56. The Canon Magazine 57

WATCH VIDEO ONLINE VIEW THE VIDEO http://bit.ly/pp_193_5 TOOL SCHOOL Part 7 of a series! THE MISSION Focus-stack fast in Photoshop STACKINGINCREMENTS Create incredibly detailed close-ups James Paterson introduces the tools you need by using focus- to create super-detailed close-ups in seconds stacking and Photoshop Time needed 30 minutes Skill level Beginner Kit needed F ocus-stacking is a great point. Take a shot, then manually When you shoot a focus stack, use Photoshop CC way to increase depth shift the focus slightly and take Aperture Priority or Manual mode. As the RIÀHOGLQFORVHXSV another, continuing until you’ve camera is on a tripod, you needn’t worry DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES ODQGVFDSHVRUDQ\\ recorded front-to-back sharpness. about slow shutter speeds – choose TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM: scene where you want front- The Canon EOS R5, R6 and 90D, whatever aperture you like. Most lenses http://downloads. to-back sharpness. This isn’t for example, have built-in focus have a sweet spot of sharpness at around photoplusmag.com/pp193.zip always possible in one exposure bracketing modes that shift the f/5.6 to f/8. Using a mid-range aperture – especially if you want to include focus automatically for you. like this means less depth of field than, details that are very close to the say, f/16, so you need to take more shots lens – but by shooting a set of To composite our images, we with smaller focus-increments. If your photos with varying focus points, used two auto Photoshop tools: camera has a focus-stacking mode, you we can combine the sharpest parts Auto-Align ensures all the details can choose the number of shots – it’s into a single image later on. line up on top of one another, and best to error on the side of quantity. Auto-Blend seeks out the in-focus To shoot for a focus stack, use parts and merges them into one a tripod and focus on the closest super-sharp image in seconds! 58 www.digitalcameraworld.com

FAST FOCUS-STACKING TOOL SCHOOL FOCUS-STACK THE FAST WAY Photoshop enables you to composite focus-stacked images quickly and easily 01 LOAD FILES INTO STACK 02 AUTO-ALIGN 03 ADJUST MASKS Before we can blend our focus-stacked When we adjust the focus point backwards Once Auto-Blend has isolated the sharp images, we need to load them all into a while shooting for a focus stack, the frame parts from each image, we’re left with single file in Photoshop. There’s no need to zooms slightly out. The effect is more a stack of layers, with masks that hide copy and paste images manually: go to pronounced in close-up photography. This everything else. If your blend looks slightly File>Scripts>Load Files Into Stack, then slightly messes up the alignment of our wrong or areas are soft, there may be a select the set of photos you want to use. photos, even when we use a tripod, but sharper area hidden on another layer. Alternatively, if you use Bridge, select the Auto-Align fixes things. Highlight all the You can go through each layer and try to set of images and go to Tools>Photoshop> layers in the Layers panel, then go to Edit> find sharper details. Alternatively, clone Load Files Into Photoshop Layers. Auto-Align. Choose Auto and click OK. sharper pixels from elsewhere to tidy up. 01 02 03 04 05 06 04 CROP THE EDGES 05 NOT FOR PANORAMAS 06 AUTO-BLEND Auto-Align resizes some layers slightly The Panorama feature lets you stitch This tool recognizes the sharp parts from so they all match up with each other. This several frames together, but it’s rather each of our layers, then hides everything leads to messy overlapping edges, so we superfluous here. There are better else, creating a single, super-sharp blend need to crop in slightly to remove them panorama tools on offer elsewhere, such from our images. Begin by highlighting all using the Crop tool. It’s worth keeping this as the Photomerge tool in Photoshop (go the layers in the stack, then go to Edit> in mind when you frame your close-up to File>Automate>Photomerge) or the Auto-Blend. Tick Stack Images and shots; it may affect the composition if you similar Merge commands in Camera Seamless Tones And Colors, then click need to crop in later on. If you’d rather not Raw (select images, right-click and Merge OK. Auto-Blend can also blend colours and crop, try Content-Aware Fill Transparent To Panorama) or in Lightroom (select, tones in two images for a seamless whole Areas in the Auto-Blend settings. right-click and Photomerge>Panorama). – to make a fun face-swap, for example. The Canon Magazine 59

WATCH VIDEO ONLINE VIEW THE VIDEO http://bit.ly/pp_193_6 AFFINITY PHOTO BEFORE AFTER THE MISSION Building blocks Transform a Learn how to transform a photo into bold, blocky shapes as building into a James Paterson explains key tools and filters in Affinity Photo graphic painting with filters and S ome scenes are so download) to follow along, but the second stage here takes slightly the Pen tool iconic that they can same technique can be used for longer, but results in a graphic be reduced to simple all kinds of images, not just look that would be impossible to Time needed blocks of colour and buildings, so if you have a photo DFKLHYHZLWKÀOWHUHIIHFWVDORQH 30 minutes still remain instantly of your own in mind, give it try! We use the Pen tool to isolate recognizable. The There are two stages to this sections of the building, then Skill level Guggenheim Museum in effect. First, we transform our copy and blur them into single Intermediate Bilbao, Spain, is a case in photo into a pencil sketch using a blocks of colour. This means point. In this project, we clever combination of layer blend spending time with the Pen tool Kit needed look at how to transform the PRGHVDQGEOXUÀOWHUV7KLVJLYHV to trace around surfaces and Affinity Photo ÁRZLQJOLQHVRIWKHEXLOGLQJ XVDÀQHGHJUHHRIFRQWURORYHUWKH objects. If you’ve not used it before into graphic shapes like a look of the sketch effect, as we can – or if you’re a little rusty – this is DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES minimalist painting. We’ve make the lines thicker or thinner a great way to brush up on your TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM: provided the image (link on left to by adjusting the blur strength. The Pen tool skills. http://downloads. photoplusmag.com/pp193.zip 60 www.digitalcameraworld.com

BUILDING SIGHTS STEP BY STEP BUILDING BETTER Create a sketch effect with bold blocks of colour in Affinity Photo 01 PHOTO TO SKETCH 02 BOOST THE CONTRAST PEN TOOL SHORTCUTS Hit Cmd/Ctrl+J to copy the bottom layer, then Cmd/ Increase the blur to make a sketch effect. Next hit Ctrl+U to bring up HSL. Drag Saturation to -100. Cmd/Ctrl+L for Levels and drag in black and white When using the Pen tool, Highlight the middle layer, hit Cmd/Ctrl+I to invert, set points to increase contrast. Next hit Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+ there are a few essential Blend Mode to Colour Dodge in the Layers panel. Go Alt+E to merge a copy of all the layers. Rename the shortcuts. When you to Filter>New Live Filter Layer>Blur>Gaussian Blur. new layer Sketch, then hide all but the bottom layer. start using it, a new Curve layer appears in the Layers panel, which is the home for the path. Click between two points to make a straight line, or click+drag to make a curved line. If you need to create an acute angle, Alt+click a point to remove the outer handle. When plotting a point, you can hold Space to shift the position, or afterwards Cmd/ Ctrl+drag to change the position. The Node tool can also be used to edit the path. 03 TRACE AROUND THE BUILDING 04 BLUR THE SURFACE QUICK TIP! Grab the Pen tool. Choose a surface and click on the Click the Selection button in the Pen tool options at If you just want to corner to add a point. Click+drag to make another the top to convert the Pen tool path to a selection. create a fun sketch – the wider you drag, the more curved the line. Plot Press Cmd/Ctrl+J to copy the selected area to a new anchor points to trace around a section of the layer, then go to Filter>Blur>Average. Press Cmd/ effect, you can building, then click on the first point to close the path. Ctrl+D to deselect, then highlight the bottom layer. stop following the walkthrough after you’ve completed steps 1 and 2 05 BUILD IT UP 06 TONE AND BLEND NEXT MONTH SHAPE- Grab the Pen tool, trace around another section, then Click the Tone Mapping Persona at the top-left. SHIFTING repeat the process to copy and blur it. Continue, Choose a preset – we used My Eyes See In HDR. PORTRAITS isolating areas with the Pen tool, then blurring them Finally, reveal the Sketch layer at the top and change until the whole image is covered. Once done, press the Blend Mode to Multiply. Add a layer mask and Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to merge a copy of all layers, paint black to hide any unwanted parts of the sketch. The Canon Magazine 61

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CATHERINE O’DONNELL Among all the faces in frames, Catherine O’Donnell’s portrait photography stands out for its relaxed style and classic lighting. She tells Keith Wilson about the wedding that changed her life and the big ball of light she takes on every shoot… EARING Catherine O’Donnell talk about how she moved into photography after a successful career in magazine journalism, you can almost imagine her being described back then as “the accidental photographer”. She prefers to use the word “serendipitous” when explaining the sequence of events that took KHUIURPHGLWLQJDQLQÁLJKW magazine for TUI (“Ironically, ,·PTXLWHVFDUHGRIÁ\\LQJµ WR taking pictures at a friend’s wedding in Menorca, which led WRKHUÀUVWZHGGLQJSKRWRJUDSK\\ commission. “I’d always taken pictures but I’d never ever considered it as something I could do as a career,” she VD\\VZKHQUHFDOOLQJWKDWÀUVWSDLGVKRRW Up until then, Catherine had used some of her photos as reference studies for paintings, but the success of that wedding PDGHKHUUHHYDOXDWHKHUSKRWRJUDSK\\ $QGWKDW·VQRWDOO:KLOHSKRWRJUDSKLQJ the guests, there was something else – correction, someone else – she saw ZKLOHORRNLQJWKURXJKWKHYLHZÀQGHU 01 BEACH LIFE For this group portrait, the bright sun has backlit the family and grasses perfectly, but a very fast exposure was required. Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Exposure 1/4000 sec, f/2, ISO100 63

THEPROINTERVIEW 02 THE BROTHERS 02 An example of a children’s lifestyle portrait that Catherine decided looked better converted to black and white. Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Exposure 1/800 sec, f/2, ISO125 03 CLEA & LACEY Taken during the pandemic, when Catherine decided to use the time to pursue a personal project on motherhood. Lens Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Exposure 1/250 sec, f/2.2, ISO320 04 COCOON CHILD Lifestyle portraits are collaborative: “It’s almost like a dance, you find your groove and then move in sync with each other.” Lens Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Exposure 1/800 sec, f/2.8, ISO125 who was to have an even greater impact RQKHUOLIHDQGFDUHHU)URPWKDWPRPHQW Catherine’s photography and personal life would become inseparable… :DVSDLQWLQJ\\RXUÀUVWORYHLQ complicated, learning all the technical KXVEDQGZKR,ÀUVWVDZ 03 terms of artistic expression? VLGH2IFRXUVH\\RXQHHGWRNQRZWKH through the lens of my camera ,ZHQWWRXQLYHUVLW\\DQGVWXGLHGÀQHDUW technical stuff, but you almost need to when I was photographing him! DQGPHGLD,·YHDOZD\\VSDLQWHG,·YH know it in order to forget it and be able always drawn and I’ve always taken WRIRFXVRQZKDW·VLQIURQWRI\\RX'RHV That wedding has an awful lot to pictures, but painting was certainly that make sense? answer for. P\\ÀUVWORYH²,XVHGWRWDNHSLFWXUHV ,WKDV:HHQGHGXSIDOOLQJLQORYHDQG WKLQNLQJ´,·OOSDLQWWKDWDWDQRWKHUGDWHµ Yes, it certainly does. JHWWLQJWRJHWKHUDQGZHKDGRXUÀUVW Then photography took over when I took I often think being a photographer is VRQ,WZDVDOOLQDIDLUO\\VKRUWVSDFHRI some time out in my late 20s and went almost like being a swan; there’s always time, so when my son arrived, I was travelling, taking a lot of photos, so much going on beneath the surface almost obsessed with taking pictures FDSWXULQJP\\DGYHQWXUHV:KHQ,FDPH WKDWRWKHUSHRSOHGRQ·WVHH%XWLW·V\\RXU RIKLP)URPWKHUHLWVSLUDOOHGDQG, back, one of my best friends was getting job to keep everything calm and a nice realized it was portraiture that I was PDUULHGLQ0HQRUFDVR,ÁHZRXWWKHUH H[SHULHQFHIRUHYHU\\RQH more interested in, and these days I rarely ,KDGP\\ÀUVWOLWWOH'6/5ZLWKPHDQG take on weddings; it’s mainly portraiture afterwards I sent round a link of the Were your early bookings all RUFRPPHUFLDOZRUNZLWKDOLIHVW\\OHIHHO pictures I’d taken to all the guests in case through word of mouth? WKH\\ZDQWHGDQ\\2QHRIWKHJXHVWVVDZ <HVWREHJLQZLWK,DJUHHGWRWDNHRQWKLV How has your style of portrait and them and loved them, and asked if they ÀUVWZHGGLQJDQGWKHQVHWDERXWWHDFKLQJ lifestyle photography developed FRXOGERRNPHIRUWKHLUZHGGLQJ P\\VHOIDQDZIXOORW$WWKDWÀUVWZHGGLQJ since you’ve been doing it? when I was taking pictures of the guests, :KHQ,VWDUWHGHYHU\\WKLQJZDVTXLWH How did you react? one of the shots I took was of my now VWLII,KDGVRPHSRUWUDLWVWDNHQRIRXU I spent a while trying to persuade them to book a professional, but they really ZDQWHGWRERRNPH,QWKHHQG,DJUHHG and I set off on a journey from thinking I could take quite good pictures to “How on Earth do I take a picture?” It was so “Children don’t come with a manual. They’re not always going to do what you want” 64 www.digitalcameraworld.com

CATHERINE O’DONNELL 04 family when they were very young was important to have my own portrait PDQXDO7KH\\·UHQRWDOZD\\VJRLQJWRGR DQGWKHH[SHULHQFHZDVDZIXO7KH taken so I can put myself in the shoes what you want but sometimes that’s the photographer made my son cry, it was just RIP\\FOLHQWV,W·VQRWWKHPRVWUHOD[HG joy of it and sometimes that’s when you DKRUULEOHH[SHULHQFH,·YHDOZD\\VKDGWKH thing in the world, having a camera in JHWWKRVHPDJLFDOPRPHQWV opposite kind of ethos – I want to make your face, so it’s about trying to get LWDQHQMR\\DEOHDQGUHOD[HGH[SHULHQFH the best out of people and make them The spontaneity? That way, you get the best out of people, relax so much that they almost forget <HDKH[DFWO\\,KDYHSUREDEO\\ and if they enjoy the experience, they’re WKDWLW·VWKHUH photographed children a little bit less going to look back with fond memories on VLQFHWKHSDQGHPLF7KHZKROHZRUOG WKRVHSLFWXUHV<RX·UHJRLQJWRJHWWKRVH So what are your tips to ensure was turned upside down, but I often get a pictures anyway if people are relaxed and that everybody is enjoying the hug from the children at the end of the KDYLQJDQLFHH[SHULHQFH experience? session, which is probably not allowed )LUVWRIDOO,GRQ·WJHWP\\FDPHUDRXW WKHVHGD\\V7KDW·VMREZHOOGRQHLI\\RXJHW Absolutely. The sitter has to feel VWUDLJKWDZD\\,WDNHWKDWWLPHWRKDYH DKXJIURPWKHFKLOGUHQ comfortable, whether they’re a a chat and when we do get the camera child or a grown-up. RXWZHMXVWGRWHVWVKRWV,DOVRPDNHVXUH Do families come with particular Yes, and people are quite nervous about WKDWSHRSOHWDNHEUHDNV,W·VDOPRVWOLNHD requests or are they more open to KDYLQJWKHLUSLFWXUHWDNHQ,WKRXJKWLW FROODERUDWLRQ,WKLQNZKHQ\\RX·UHWDNLQJ your suggestions on the day? portraits, particularly lifestyle, it’s almost ,W·VIDLUO\\RSHQ6RPHWLPHVWKHUHPLJKW OLNHDGDQFH²\\RXÀQG\\RXUJURRYHDQG be special requests, like a mother wanted \\RXWKHQPRYHLQV\\QFZLWKHDFKRWKHU to have pictures of her breast-feeding her It’s quite a unique experience on both child, which I wouldn’t have done unless VLGHV,W·VDERXWEHLQJFRPIRUWDEOHZLWK VKHKDGDVNHG6RWKLQJVOLNHWKDWZH RQHDQRWKHUDQGZLWKFKLOGUHQHVSHFLDOO\\ can build in and tailor things, so that they’re bespoke if they do want Yes, children aren’t always easy VRPHWKLQJVSHFLDO to handle… You want to make it a relaxing experience How do you make the best use of and parents often think that their the time, especially with children? children are not behaving, but it’s really The lifestyle shoots tend to go on a little important that you just let them be bit longer, so they’re an hour and a half FKLOGUHQ&KLOGUHQGRQ·WFRPHZLWKD or two hours, but that is so children can The Canon Magazine 65

THEPROINTERVIEW 05 REBEKAH 05 Her go-to lens is the EF 50mm f/1.2L USM but she used the 85mm f/1.8 USM here as there was more space to move around. Lens Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Exposure 1/2000 sec, f/2.2, ISO125 06 FAMILY SPRING Also taken during the pandemic. For the right moment to emerge, the sitter had to be totally at ease with the photographer. Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Exposure 1/500 sec, f/2, ISO250 07 IVY AND REGGIE Shot with the EF 50mm f/1.2L USM again, this time at maximum aperture to soften the background and give a film-quality feel. Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Exposure 1/1000 sec, f/1.8, ISO320 have breaks and it isn’t rushed, and you FDQWDNH\\RXUWLPH,ILW·VDVWXGLRVHVVLRQ then they are shorter and I try to make them enjoyable, and we have a bit of PXVLF&KLOGUHQ·VDWWHQWLRQVSDQVDUH shorter, so you have to keep them engaged and just make it fun for them, talk to them – they love telling you jokes, WKH\\OLNHWREHLQYROYHG,·YHKDGSDUHQWV VD\\´2KP\\GDXJKWHULVUHDOO\\VK\\DQG she doesn’t like having her picture taken,” but when you make it fun for them and they’re part of the experience, you see a ZKROHGLIIHUHQWVLGH Your pictures are a mixture of How did lockdown affect you cocooned her for about a month because studio and location, so how do initially and how did you respond? I was paranoid about germs and her you determine that choice? Just before lockdown, I’d just had a JHWWLQJVLFN7KHQZKHQ,ZDVUHDG\\WR It’s usually whether somebody wants a baby, so it was meant to be my relaxing see the world again, everything went OLIHVW\\OHVHVVLRQRUDVWXGLRVHVVLRQ)RU maternity year, and it was the absolute XSVLGHGRZQDQGZHZHQWLQWRORFNGRZQ instance, I sometimes give things a more SRODURSSRVLWH,·GEHHQORRNLQJIRUZDUG editorial style in the studio, so they’ve got to this time because I had been working From one crisis to the next… DOLWWOHELWRIOLIHWRWKHP,·YHZRUNHGZLWK so hard – I was even working for a client 6RWKHUHOD[LQJPDWHUQLW\\OHDYHGLGQ·W kids’ brands where the studio turns more until midnight the day before I went into happen as I’d planned and I was into a set, but again you’re trying to bring KRVSLWDOWRKDYHP\\EDE\\ homeschooling my other children that element of a bit more life and soul to LQVWHDG,WZDVDQLQFUHGLEO\\LQWHQVH WKHSLFWXUHV,·YHZRUNHGZLWKDFKLOGUHQ·V No way! time, but as a photographer, I felt brand a couple of times where we have It’s not a sensible thing to do, and I was compelled to document it and my created scenarios that have a lifestyle looking forward to bringing my baby IDPLO\\OLIH(YHQWXDOO\\,IRXQGP\\VHOI feel, and some are in the studio and some home, but she’d got really poorly when going out and taking pictures outside of DUHRXWVLGH,WGHSHQGVXSRQWKHFOLHQW she was about 10 days old and we ended our family, and doing a personal project up going into hospital with her on 1st on motherhood, because it was such a “I have a lovely, big ball -DQXDU\\:HZHUHWKHUHIRURYHU XQLTXHWLPHWRKDYHDEDE\\DQGWRLVRODWH of sunshine as continuous DIRUWQLJKW6KHKDGWREHRQR[\\JHQ light that I use” It was a very scary time, a horrible Is that the project that became H[SHULHQFH,QWKHHQGVKHZDV2. Lockdown Little Love Stories? :KHQZHEURXJKWKHUKRPH,DOPRVW <HVWKDW·VULJKW 66 www.digitalcameraworld.com

CATHERINE O’DONNELL STORY BEHIND THE SHOT THE WHITE SHIRT A portrait series of women wearing a simple white shirt typifies Catherine’s love for a classic and timeless style of photography 06 Among the sessions you offer is ‘White Shirt’, which is for women’s GDUNQHVVRIWKLVKRUULEOHWLPH,IRXQG portraits. How did the idea for that myself photographing my family an awful come about? ORW6RPHRIP\\IDYRXULWHSLFWXUHVDUH I do those from time to time and I love IURPWKHODVWFRXSOHRI\\HDUV shooting white shirts. I’m drawn to simplicity. I think the white shirt is so Do you mostly work with window classic and beautiful and timeless. I light, or do you supplement with admire photographers who have that kind other lighting? of classic and relaxed feel. I love taking I love working with natural light, but pictures that are timeless. You don’t have VRPHWLPHVSDUWLFXODUO\\LQ%ULWLVK to be a supermodel to feel beautiful. I think weather, it’s not always possible, so every woman loves a beautiful picture of LW·VJRRGWRKDYHDOLWWOHKHOS,KDYHD themselves, that captures them at their lovely, almost a big ball of sunshine as finest. Pre-pandemic, the last one I did was FRQWLQXRXVOLJKWWKDW,XVH,W·VD-LQEHL so nice because we incorporated the white ()/(',ZDVORRNLQJIRUVRPHWKLQJ shirt in this lady’s session and she just that gave that natural quality, the feeling wanted to celebrate herself. RIQDWXUDOOLJKW,XVHWKDWDORWDQG,DOVR XVHLWLQP\\VWXGLRDORQJVLGHDÁDVKEXW Are the white shirt portraits VRPHWLPHVÁDVKFDQEHRIISXWWLQJ)RU primarily studio-based? VLPSOHSRUWUDLWV,PDUU\\DÁDVKLQWKH I do them in the studio or they can be studio, but I can always take that light lifestyle. The last couple I did were lifestyle, ZLWKPH6RPHWLPHV,KLUHWKH3URIRWR in a bedroom or by a window. %VDVZHOO 07 Do you have a go-to Canon lens? ,ORYHXVLQJP\\&DQRQ()PPI/ At least that was a good thing to $OVR,ORYHXVLQJWKHPP²LW·VMXVW come out of it, a type of story that ¶ZRZ·²EXW,WKLQNP\\PPLVP\\JRWR wouldn’t have occurred otherwise. 7KDWLVP\\IDYRXULWHOHQV ,WZDVDXQLTXHWLPH3HRSOHJRLQJLQWR hospitals, sometimes people couldn’t even A lot of people would think that WDNHDSDUWQHUZLWKWKHP*RLQJWROLWWOH for portraiture you’d go for playgroup sessions, something that something longer, like an 85mm, mothers before were taking for granted, so what is it about the 50mm? but now that wasn’t happening, then ,ORYHZRUNLQJZLWKSULPHOHQVHV7KH() suddenly when you could, you had to PPILVORYHO\\DVZHOOEXW\\RXQHHG ZHDUDPDVNDQGVLWRQDQ;RQWKHÁRRU PRUHURRP,W·VJUHDWRQDEHDFKEHFDXVH and the children couldn’t go near other \\RXFDQJHWEDFNIXUWKHUEXW,ÀQGWKH FKLOGUHQ+DYLQJDEDE\\ZDVDOLJKWLQWKH PPWREHYHU\\YHUVDWLOHDQGLW·VFORVHU WRWKHH\\HWKHZD\\ZHVHH7KDW·VWKHEHVW ZD\\,ZRUN:KHQVKRRWLQJSRUWUDLWV\\RX The Canon Magazine 67

THEPROINTERVIEW 08 SWEET KISS An intimate moment that relied more on Catherine’s ability to react quickly than the subjects’ abilities to follow instructions. Lens Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8LII USM at 53mm Exposure 1/100 sec, f/2.8, ISO400 09 QUIET THOUGHTS Outdoor lifestyle shoots are usually done with natural light, as any supplementary lighting risks being too intrusive. Lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Exposure Shutter speed not recorded, f/2.2, ISO160 10 MAY AND ROSIE To keep her subjects at ease, Catherine doesn’t get her camera out until they’re relaxed and comfortable in her presence. Lens Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Exposure 1/160 sec, f/5, ISO100 ZDQWWRZRUNTXLFNO\\DQGZRUNRQWKHÁ\\ almost, so when I have a zoom I use the ()PPIEXWWKDWDGGVDQRWKHU FKRLFH)RUPHWKH()PPLVTXLWHDQ LQWLPDWHOHQV What camera bodies do you use? ,XVHD&DQRQ(26'0DUN,,,7KDW·VP\\ ZRUNKRUVHZLWKWKHPPPPDQG RFFDVLRQDOO\\WKHPPDQGPP ,·YHJRWDFRXSOHRIOLJKWHUERGLHVWRR What are those back-up bodies? 08 09 ,KDYHD'EXW,WHQGQRWWRXVHLWVR PXFK0RUHLI,·PGRLQJDZRUNVKRSWR and feel comfortable with, but the only you can almost get overwhelmed by let other people have a play, and I have GRZQVLGHWRWKDWLVWKHKHDYLQHVV everything else going on around you, but a little mirrorless camera that I use :KHQ\\RX·UHQRWWKHELJJHVWSHUVRQLQ QHYHUIRUJHWWKHFRQWHQWRIWKHSLFWXUH VRPHWLPHV7KDW·VPRUHIRUKROLGD\\VDQG WKHZRUOG>XVLQJD'6/5@LVDZRUNRXW $QQLH/HLERYLW]WROGKHUWKDWDQGVKHWROG SHUVRQDOZRUN LWÁH[HV\\RXUPXVFOHV:KHQ,ZDV PHVRWKDW·VWKHNH\\WKLQJWRUHPHPEHU LQYHVWLQJLQWKH'0DUN,,,²,·YHKDG 7KHUH·VGHÀQLWHO\\DVZLQJWR it for a couple of years now – it was the You work in both colour and black mirrorless among professionals intuitiveness of how you use it and how and white. When do you decide to now, so do you think you will be quickly you can feel comfortable with it choose between the two? switching to a mirrorless Canon WKDWZDVDPDVVLYHSOXVIRUPH Usually, I convert a colour image to black for your portraits? DQGZKLWHODWHU2FFDVLRQDOO\\,KDYHKDG 3RVVLEO\\,W·VDELJVWHSZKHQ\\RX·YHEXLOW clients who solely want black and white this family of tools that you can rely on “You can almost get Especially when everything is overwhelmed by everything measured by what you can get else going on around out of a limited time? you, but never forget the $EVROXWHO\\<RXZDQWWRIHHOVR content of the picture” comfortable with your equipment that you don’t want to have to think about it WRRPXFK<RXFDQIRFXVRQZKDW·VLQ IURQWRI\\RX:KHQ,ZDVVWDUWLQJRXW, won a competition through Marie Claire magazine with a lovely mentor called 0DU\\5R]]LDQ$PHULFDQIDVKLRQDQG SRUWUDLWSKRWRJUDSKHU6KHVDLGWRPH 68 www.digitalcameraworld.com

CATHERINE O’DONNELL PROFILE Catherine O’Donnell Portrait and lifestyle photographer and I’ve worked with a couple of brands 10 An award-winning ZKHUHWKH\\SXUHO\\ZDQWEODFNDQGZKLWH portrait photographer, That’s unusual in the sense that usually to keep things within your style, so Catherine is known for I don’t switch it in camera beforehand, NHHSLQJLWTXLWHQDWXUDO,OLNHWRKDYHD her refreshing, relaxed so I’m shooting knowing that it’s going ÀOPTXDOLW\\WRP\\HGLWDFLQHPDWRJUDSK\\ lifestyle approach. Her WREHLQEODFNDQGZKLWH$VLGHIURPWKDW IHHOVRWKH\\IHHOOLNHDVWLOOIURPDPRYLH images have been ,PDNHWKDWGHFLVLRQDIWHUZDUGV6RPH published in numerous pictures lend themselves to black and What is the best single piece of UK and international ZKLWHDQGVRPHZRUNZHOODVERWK, advice you’d give to someone titles, including Vogue think black and white adds a timeless wanting to become a portrait Italia, and her clients TXDOLW\\WRSLFWXUHV and lifestyle photographer? include lifestyle brands It would be to believe in yourself and Cocoon Child, Little How much time do you spend to give yourself that permission slip, Baby Boutique, editing your shots? especially if you’re self-taught, to go out Gillen De Alwis, ,WU\\QRWWRRYHUHGLW6RPHWLPHVLWFDQEH and seek experience, to get in touch with Fashion Show Live TXLWHWLPHFRQVXPLQJ$OVREHFDXVH, people that you admire, see if you can go and many others. In tend to take more pictures than I plan, DQGDVVLVW%XWDOVRVSHQGWLPHWRÀQG 2017, she won The Smallish Magazine just going through and culling can be \\RXUSRLQWRIYLHZ7KHUHDUHDORWRI Design ‘Gold’ Award for Best Photography TXLWHWLPHFRQVXPLQJ:KHQ,ÀUVW photographers out there, but I think to Brand, and has been featured on the started out, I found that incredibly hard ÀQG\\RXURZQSRLQWRIYLHZ\\RXURZQ renowned Seamless Photo Be Inspired because I’d feel attached to the pictures eye, your own style as a photographer is Podcast. The mum of three works from her – it was hard to let go – but I’ve learnt to NH\\$QGWU\\QRWWRORRNDWHYHU\\ERG\\HOVH home in Bedfordshire and describes her work EHPRUHGHFLVLYH:LWKHGLWLQJ\\RXZDQW around you in terms of competition, but as having “an effortless, light, emotive and as inspiration to build your own element soulful quality”. Catherine is best known RIWUXWK for her lifestyle, fashion, editorial and commercial work, as well as personal branding shoots for business owners in the creative and lifestyle sectors. She is also an accomplished writer, having worked as a magazine journalist and editor of an in-flight magazine before becoming a professional photographer, and continues to write stories to accompany her personal photo projects. www.catherineodonnell.co.uk Next time: Award-winning travel and landscape photographer, Jeremy Flint “I like to have a film quality to my edit, a cinematography feel, so they feel like a still from a movie” The Canon Magazine 69

PHOTOSTORIES Photo essays from PhotoPlus readers and professional photographers alike JOIN IN THE FUN! One of the great things 01 about photography is being able to share your PROJECT INFO Fire and ice view of the world. This month, one photographer NAME: Ita Martin Ita took some incredible landscape shots shoots stunning scenery in on a short visit to photogenic Iceland Iceland, while another stays LOCATION: Iceland closer to home to capture MISSION: To photograph as My eagerly volcano Fagradalsfjall. We Cambridge cyclists. many iconic landscapes as awaited trip to proceeded eastwards on the possible in her week-long visit Iceland began south coast as the weather We want your photos to Iceland ZLWKDÁLJKW improved and were able to and stories! For your KIT: Canon EOS R5 and Canon from Dublin to visit Strokkur geyser. chance to show off your RF 15-35mm F2.8L IS USM Reykjavik in September images in PhotoPlus, email INSTAGRAM: @itamartin1 2021. I chose to go with a On the next day, we three to five high-resolution travel guide as I wanted travelled to Reynisfjara, the JPEGs, along with a brief to take as many images world-famous black sand synopsis – explain why you of iconic places as beach area with its basalt took the shots, the location, possible over the week. stacks, roaring Atlantic whether they’re part of an waves and amazing ongoing project or a one-off Iceland welcomed us panoramas, giving us shoot, and anything else with incredibly challenging numerous opportunities for unusual or interesting. Also weather conditions: torrential images. This beach was the include Canon EOS camera, rain, high winds and sleet. As location for scenes in Game of lens and exposure details. a result, we had to abandon Thrones and Star Wars ÀOPV our planned trip to the active We continued along the south Email images and info to [email protected] www.digitalcameraworld.com Catch us online at www.facebook.com/ photoplusmag www.instagram.com/ PhotoPlusCanonMag www.twitter.com/ photoplusmag 70

YOUR PHOTO STORIES 02 04 FEEDBACK Ita’s come back from her trip with an incredible variety of top shots. She’s certainly smashed her goal of trying to get to as many iconic locations as possible 03 and she’s given us some serious coast, eastwards towards even got to see the tcsrotalolverecytlioeannnvdoyf!wlTeahncidassn’icstapwaeabsirttilthlioaantsteteell a Landmannalaugar (highlands) Northern Lights. more from her travels in the and on to Haifoss and Granni future, wherever that may be. waterfalls. These were Our journey back GLIÀFXOWWRUHDFKDQGDJDLQ was via the largest waterfall in southern severe weather conditions Iceland – Skogafoss, a most were a challenge, but the bad beautiful sight. We carried 01 BLACK SAND BEACH weather made for some RQZHVWWRRXUÀQDOORFDWLRQ Sand formed from volcanic rock gives it the distinctive black colour atmospheric photos. Kirkjufellsfoss. A photographic Lens Canon RF 15-35mm F2.8L IS USM Exposure 1.6 secs, f/16, ISO50 The next destination was hotspot with panoramic views 02 KIRKJUFELL Vestrahorn mountain, also at sunset produced amazing The famous conical mountain makes a fabulous focal point known as Stokksnes. It’s a landscapes with incredible Lens Canon RF 15-35mm F2.8L IS USM Exposure 0.4 sec, f/13, ISO100 spectacular sight, especially waterfalls in the foreground under the Northern Lights, and the mountain in the 03 FIRE AND ICE and one of the most iconic EDFNJURXQG,W·VGLIÀFXOWWR Ita catches some fantastic colours in the sky at this sunset landmarks in the country. We take a bad photo here. Lens Canon RF 15-35mm F2.8L IS USM Exposure 30 secs, f/11, ISO50 spent hours at this location, Despite the weather, my 04 VIK I MYRDAL CHURCH where the light changed experience was a wonderful A lovely shot of this red-roofed church with the road acting as perfect dramatically every minute, week of amazing locations giving us many opportunities and a must for any landscape leading lines, and amazing snowy mountains in the background to shoot in different spots. We photographer’s bucket list. Lens Canon RF 15-35mm F2.8L IS USM Exposure 1/250 sec, f/13, ISO200 The Canon Magazine 71

PHOTOSTORIES PROJECT INFO 01 I like to ride my bicycle Peter headed to his home town of Cambridge to capture cyclists along the scenic streets by using different photographic techniques NAME: Peter Baker L iving around 20 because it’s already really bikes into them, making them minutes outside heavily photographed so it can the star of the show. LOCATION: Cambridge Cambridge city EHGLIÀFXOWWRÀQGDXQLTXH centre, I often visit angle. When I looked through Some of my images were MISSION: To photograph the because it’s brilliant my stock of 200 Cambridge impromptu street shots, hustle and bustle of cyclists in for shopping as well as street photos from last while others were planned his home town of Cambridge street photography. A summer, I noticed a strong ZLWKDVSHFLÀFODQGPDUNLQ visitor to Cambridge preference for catching the background, where I KIT: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, cannot fail to notice the cyclists. This gave me the would sit and wait for a cyclist Canon EOS 80D, Canon EF 70- ‘big three’ – colleges, lightbulb moment of trying to pass through the frame. 300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM, Sigma punts and bicycles. to look for variations on the 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM much-photographed postcard I have a bit of a phobia of Brilliant though Cambridge scenes around Cambridge shooting above ISO800, but INSTAGRAM: @images3904 LVLWFDQEHDFKDOOHQJHWRÀQG town centre and incorporate due to low lighting when something different to portray shooting in early morning, I’ve had to step out of my comfort 72 www.digitalcameraworld.com

02 04 03 01 ON YER BIKE Peter captured a student at dawn on an empty street in Cambridge Lens Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM Exposure 1/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO3200 02 TO THE RIVER Peter kept his camera as still as possible and waited for cyclists to enter the frame to record their movement with a slow shutter speed Lens Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM Exposure 1/20 sec, f/5, ISO3200 03 SPOTLIGHT Golden light floods in from the iconic Trinity Lane, highlighting this cyclist perfectly Lens Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM Exposure 1/500 sec, f/6.3, ISO400 04 RUSH Peter tried his hand at panning to inject a rush of movement and colour Lens Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM Exposure 1/30 sec, f/11, ISO100 zone and shoot at ISO3200 – a I found I did better if I FEEDBACK little extra grain was worth it clamped my elbows into my to get the shot I envisioned, so ribs and swivelled at my hips PWaasphseroaeetocnlepetulrsonhsnv,edhdeaaartsn1tsiohdd/weite5slraveo0klecolinseoksannllsege’fctscrosteortfiwamoowotntireeata,crrlpflahdyaahlitnnnetshgitonghoaiuhainssmgtrgetsphaie,c,.ginaaweAssgstesrmhmwtseiasooeuebtnr’gdiselogsizhpleohiukoasfotdettttihsoetuisnirosswitassnwiotlpegshoeeMonaelhdodiodisaesderidhseafpsulu2hatfolto.oebfwtWrriotovgessartrkmrpohaio.eoepoetphosdyetyl.ohotwefhr,is this project has made me more rather than shoulders. For FRQÀGHQWXVLQJKLJKHU,62V other shots, like To The River, 73 I introduced movement by Another tricky area was staying as still as possible and panning. I needed to improve letting the speeding cyclists my panning to pick out the create their own blur. guy speeding to lectures. The Canon Magazine

NEWSERIES MARCUS HAWKINS CANON PHOTO EXPERT SCHOOL Marcus has been passionate about photography for more than 25 In part 15 of our series: We help you get to grips with years. A former editor of our sister Canon’s own collection of useful photography apps publication Digital Camera, he has written about photography and cameras for a wide range of clients, including Canon and Jessops, and uses a Canon EOS 5D Mk IV. Go further with Canon apps Control, shoot and share your images – straight from your phone T hese days, there’s an apps that can help you get Canon’s Camera Connect app is easy to use, once you’ve managed app for everything. more from your Canon to establish a connection with your smartphone… Want to turn your camera? The best known and phone into a fake most handy has to be Camera electric shaver? There are Connect, which you can apps for that. Feel the need download for free for Apple to add a cat to any photo? or Android devices. Get stuck into CatPaint. Of course, there are also sackfuls Camera Connect enables of apps for photographers, too you to do a range of things, but – from tips and techniques to its core function is to connect complete photo-editing suites. your camera and smart device Dig deep enough and you’ll via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, and find plenty of practical apps enable you to control your that let you do juicy camera camera remotely. And it does stuff, such as calculating the much more than turn your exposure time you need to phone into a glorified remote use when you’ve got a strong release – although you can neutral density filter attached keep it simple with the to the lens, working out the Bluetooth remote function if hyperfocal distance for you prefer. The app is able to maximizing depth of field, or display the Live View feed, so plotting the position of the sun you can make adjustments and moon at any location. to the camera settings and fine-tune the image directly on But did you know that your phone before taking a Canon has its own range of shot or recording a video. Get your camera and the Camera Connect app talking E-OSSet5uDp mMeanruk IV TO CONNECT your smartphone and into the communications settings EdeOdSicRat6ed–menu Camera Connect to your camera, you on your camera. These are either in need to establish a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth the yellow Setup menu or in its own connection. Some cameras and dedicated main menu tab in more phones have built-in NFC (near field recent EOS cameras. You need to communication), which means activate the option on the camera you can tap the device and camera before you try connecting the app together to quickly set up a wireless – which you can do directly to the LAN (local area network) connection. camera, or through an existing wireless LAN, such as the one based If you need to set up the wireless around your home broadband router. connection manually, you have to dip 74 www.digitalcameraworld.com

CANON APPS GET CONNECTED Camera settings & remote control Use the Canon Camera Connect app to fine-tune features like focus and exposure D epending on which lens – either by tapping on the means that you won’t or group portrait, where you shooting mode image displayed on your phone accidentally nudge the camera can position yourself in the you’ve set for the screen or by using the focusing when it’s mounted on a tripod. correct spot with the help of camera, you can adjust the buttons to electronically adjust If your camera isn’t equipped the Remote Live View image. aperture, shutter speed and the focus position in small with a vari-angle screen, being There is a limit to how far the ISO in the Camera Connect increments. You can then take able to compose, focus and camera and phone can be from app. You can also apply a shot (or record a video) and fine-tune settings from an each other before you see the exposure compensation, check the results afterwards. otherwise-awkward camera refresh rate of the image and change the white balance or angle is useful. It’s a similar the response of the autofocus Picture style and even focus the Being able to control the story if you’re shooting a selfie start to slow, though. camera using your phone Tap the cog icons to change the Adjust aperture, ISO and so on by Touch a detail to focus on it, or If the lens is set to AF, you can display and control options – such tapping the icon and sliding your as activating Touch AF finger along the scale activate the AF button; tap, hold make manual focus adjustments and slide it to take a burst of shots by tapping the arrows Other useful Camera Connect options IN ADDITION to the ability to geotag the format and resolution of the releases firmware updates that images, control flash (via the ST-E10 saved files – you can choose to save remove bugs and introduce new Speedlite Transmitter) and act as a the original Raw file or a processed features, but up until now you had to Bluetooth remote, one of the key JPEG, for example. It’s also possible check if new updates were available benefits of the Camera Connect app to send images to other Canon apps, on the Canon website. With the EOS is the ability to browse images on such as Digital Photo Professional R3, PowerShot Zoom and future the camera’s memory card. You can Express for editing. cameras, you can download the review images for composition and firmware to your phone and transfer sharpness, apply ratings and even One fairly new addition to the it to the camera, where the firmware delete them. You can also import Camera Connect app is the ability update is applied automatically. shots from your camera to your to be notified when there’s new phone, from where you can share firmware available for the camera You can change the number of them easily via text, email or social. – and update it remotely without images displayed, as well as filter Tap the cog icon and you can adjust having to hook your camera up to and rate them a computer. Canon periodically The Canon Magazine 75

CANONSCHOOL MOBILE EDITS To export images edited in Editing on the move DPP Express, you need to take out a subscription Process your Raw files on an iPhone or iPad D igital Photo to stump up a monthly Professional subscription of just 72p! Express takes many of the image-processing You can use Camera features of Canon’s free Connect to browse for images DPP computer software and on the camera’s memory card squeezes them into an app and import .CR3 Raw files, for Apple devices. But while JPEGs or HEIF files directly into you can edit images in DPP DPP Express, or import images Express, in order to save your from your phone’s camera roll. adjustments and unlock the ability to export your images While it is limited, you do get without a watermark, you need edit histories, and can easily create multiple versions of an image to compare. Many of DPP’s Raw tools are in Express, including white balance, tone curve and HSL. Click the paintbrush icon to create different versions Mobile File Transfer Meet the convenient app designed for pros in the field I f you’re a semi-pro or easier, as it enables you to Android users can use the AD-P1 Multi-Function Shoe Adapter to attach fully professional quickly tag images with IPTC a phone to a compatible EOS camera and transmit images rapidly to MFT photographer, metadata – the industry Canon’s Mobile File Transfer standard way of adding details app may be of use. MFT is such as subject, description, not an app you download location, keywords and on a whim, as it’s entirely copyright. You can create a file function over form. Again, it’s with this info before or after moving to a subscription-based you’ve captured the image, model soon, but if you earn and can even add a voice money from photography and memo to images automatically. need to upload images to an A wired or wireless connection FTP server straight after you’ve transfers the images from the shot them, you’re probably camera to the app, then you happy to take on the cost. can use the smartphone’s The MFT app is designed to 4G/5G or Wi-Fi to transmit make your wireless workflow images to an FTP server. 76 www.digitalcameraworld.com

CANON APPS MORE IN STORE And there’s more… Get more from your EOS camera, store images in the cloud and get printing Y ou can’t accuse you haven’t or you’re looking days. So, essentially, you get a background if you’re using a Canon of not trying to declutter your digital life, month to download or transfer Wi-Fi-enabled Canon camera to do something for image.canon is well worth them. You can also enjoy 10GB released from 2020 onwards. everyone when it comes to considering. It’s a free cloud of long-term storage, too. Alternatively, you can manually practical apps. At one end of service that enables you to transfer them to your image. the scale you have the hardcore store your files, including Raw To keep things simple, canon hub, then use the app Mobile File Transfer (and the files and 4K movies, free for 30 you can set up your files to to manage them from there. Content File Transfer app, transfer automatically in the which does a similar job but for movie files from a Canon Canon’s Photo The image.canon app Creative Park camcorder), and at the other Companion app end, there’s the family-friendly Canon’s cloud management app Keep your kids entertained Creative Park app that enables The app’s tutorials and tips is free to use, but you need with Canon’s papercraft- you to create papercrafts, such are customized to your camera to create a Canon ID account themed app that’s big on as cards and decorations. model, skill level, and interests to do so printer interaction… It’s the apps in between that are more relevant to most of us photographers. Take the Canon Photo Companion app. This collection of advice, tips, techniques and exercises is designed to help you get more creative with your EOS camera. It’s called ‘Companion’ for a reason: select your camera model, and the app serves up bespoke articles that are relevant to that camera and the level of experience that photographers using that model may have. Then there’s image.canon, an app that’s designed to streamline the way you get pictures from your camera to your devices and web services. You may have a preferred workflow for getting your images into the cloud, but if School tip Better battery life Switch off the Wi-Fi connection to save some juice SOME EOS cameras feature a checking the top-plate LCD if your PART 16 low-energy Bluetooth option for camera is equipped with one, or on connecting to a smartphone with the the Quick Control Screen – as shown Next issue: Camera Connect app installed. Wi-Fi, on the EOS 250D here. Canon APS-C on the other hand, is something of a vs full-frame battery hog, so it pays to turn it off It’s advisable to turn Bluetooth once you’ve finished using it. It’s and Wi-Fi off if you’re going to be on a cameras off by default as a precaution. You plane – some EOS cameras that have can check the status of the Wi-Fi a dedicated communications menu 77 connection on your camera by include an Airplane Mode option, just like a phone. The Canon Magazine

CANONSCHOOL BRIAN WORLEY SOFTWARE CANON PRO SOLUTIONS Brian is a freelance photographer Our resident Canon expert Brian shows you how to use and photo tutor, based in Canon’s DPP to create unforgettable summer images Oxfordshire. He has unrivalled EOS camera knowledge as he’s been working for Canon for over 15 years, and will help you master all EOS products. www.p4pictures.com Super summer holiday shots Sunny days at the beach are great for photos – find out how to give your holiday pics a boost B right sunny days head to the beach, it is adjustment to gamma curves. more contrast and colour, make the perfect worth protecting your The key is to enhance the gamma adjustment is where summer holiday for camera with a clear FRORXUVDQGWKHÀUVWVWHSLVWR \\RXFDQÀQGDORWRIKHOS,W·V most people, but plastic bag to keep the tweak the colour adjustment a powerful tool, so take your strong harsh light can sand away, and use a lens curves; this tool works with time and experiment with lead to less than ideal hood if you have one. both JPG and Raw images. To the multitude of adjustable pictures. If you process make the blue skies look even parameters. It enables you to your holiday photos After a great day on the EHWWHUDGMXVWVSHFLÀFFRORXUV À[H[SRVXUHFRQWUDVWDQG with DPP, the results can beach, your images may need using the colour adjustment, saturation in one place. You make perfect memories some enhancement to give and target the main tones in can also process one image of a great summer them that extra boost. DPP has the picture for a little lift. If and then copy the recipe to experience. If you do lots of tools for adjusting your you have an image that needs RWKHUVIRUDIDVWHUZRUNÁRZ pictures, ranging from colour STEP BY STEP CREATE PERFECT HOLIDAY MEMORIES Canon’s Digital Photo Professional can help create seaside images you’ll be proud to share USE EVALUATIVE 01 FIX COLOUR BALANCE WITH CURVES 02 TARGET ESSENTIAL SUMMER COLOURS METERING AND SHOOT RAW Image tone curves can be used for Raw and JPG Use the Adjust Image Colours tool for JPG and Raw images, and are ideal for well-exposed shots. Adjust images. This image has blue skies, a blue outfit and To make things as simple individual curves for maximum flexibility. Pull up the a bright yellow beach hut, but the harsh sun as possible, use Evaluative red curve to add red, push down for cyan, the green flattened these essential colours. Increase the metering, then your camera curve tweaks green and magenta, and the blue one saturation of the key tones in the photo without can determine the ideal deals with blue and yellow. Here the red curve gets a forgetting the neighbouring colours, such as blue exposure for you, with plenty minor adjustment, while blue has a larger one. and aqua. Reduce the lightness (L) to darken a tone. of scope for post processing. Shoot in Raw to have the most processing flexibility, especially for recovering bright highlights and pulling detail from deep shadows. 78 www.digitalcameraworld.com

CANON IMAGING SOFTWARE SUNNY SOUVENIRS 03 ADD VIBRANCE TO YOUR PICTURES 04 ADJUST GAMMA TO FIX EXPOSURE You need to shoot Raw to use the Gamma Adjust For a challenging mix of deep shadow and bright tool. Drag the left-hand vertical line to the right to highlights, Gamma Adjust can save the day. Activate darken the shadows, and move the right-hand the highlight adjustment warnings, then move the vertical line leftwards to brighten highlights. The shadow (left) and highlight (right) adjustments. The middle adjustment affects overall exposure and midpoint lifts the exposure to lighten the face. Move may move automatically if you have Move Midpoint the Advanced sliders with a mouse to jump whole To Match checked. numbers or click the arrows for smaller increments. The Canon Magazine 79

CCAANNOONNSSCCHHOOOOLL BRIAN WORLEY Our technical guru is here to help. No Canon conundrum is too CANON PRO big or small. Get in touch today at [email protected] Brian is a freelance photographer and photo tutor, based in Oxfordshire. He has unrivalled EOS DSLR knowledge, after working for Canon for over 15 years, and is on hand to answer all your EOS and photographic queries How do Canon photographers capture action photos in low light? Jamie Wiggeth, St Agnes BRIAN SAYS… In low light post processing of your The coloured balls were dropped on a black surface and photographed or bright light, the typical images can minimize the with a 1/6 sec shutter speed and 20Hz frequency set on the Speedlite requirement for action photos visible effect of the noise. is a fast shutter speed. As the Take care to be selective Can you explain multi-flash mode on light level drops, the way to with sharpening, particularly the Speedlite 600EX; it only fires the flash fast shutter speeds is wide- avoiding over-sharpening once when I use it? aperture lenses with higher out-of-focus shadows. If you ISO settings. At sporting have a great action shot, the Matthew Baker, Derby events, you’ll see professional action is the important part photographers using lenses and no one else with the same with f/2.8 aperture as their equipment could achieve a standard for faster shutter less noisy result. It’s easy to speeds and maximum quality. obsess about noise on screen at 100%, but few other The higher ISO settings are viewers will see that. the most noisy, but sensible Speedway riders were captured at 1/1000 sec with ISO8000 to freeze BRIAN SAYS… Multi-flash than 1/4 sec or you only get a the action. Noise reduction was needed after when editing images or stroboscopic mode fires single flash. You also need to a series of flashes while the ensure the subject moves fast shutter is open. If the subject enough that it is in a different is moving, it is illuminated location each time the flash each time the flash fires. Multi fires. If you use a faster mode is like manual exposure frequency, the amount of in that you need to determine power for each flash is limited, the flash power output as so often it’s used in dark there’s no automatic flash environments, not daylight. metering. You also set the frequency and, optionally, the number of flashes to be fired. One of the most common problems is not using a slow enough shutter speed on the camera to allow multiple flashes to happen while the shutter is open. If you set the Speedlite to 4Hz, it fires every 0.25 seconds, so you need a shutter speed slower 80 www.digitalcameraworld.com

EOS S.O.S Ask Brian! Confused with your Canon camera? Send your questions to EOSSOS@ futurenet.com When panning with your subject, switch to mode 2 IS on the lens if possible, so the intended panning movement is not corrected IS helps you eliminate camera shake Discover what image stabilization does and when it can’t help I mage stabilization (IS) was which moves the sensor to keep the Image stabilization helps keep static created by Canon to enable subject in place even if the lens moves. subjects sharp with slower shutter speeds, you to capture shake-free but has no effect for a moving subject! photos when using longer lenses. You Optical image stabilization in the are probably used to the hand-holding lens is typically better suited to the subject, and this intentional movement rule that says you should shoot with a angular movement that occurs with could be registered as requiring shutter speed that is the reciprocal of longer lenses, while In-Body IS (IBIS) is stabilization. Therefore, many lenses the focal length or faster to avoid better for shift movement that occurs have a mode switch that should be set shake. So, for a 500mm lens, the rule with shorter focal lengths and close-up to mode 2 when panning a lens to avoid means 1/500 sec or faster shutter photography. Some lenses, such as the IS attempting to counteract the speed. IS was developed to allow slower the EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM and intended movement. Some lenses also shutter speeds to be used and still EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM, include a have mode 3 IS, which only stabilizes avoid camera shake. special hybrid optical IS that works for when the image is captured, so the Canon launched the world’s first shift and angular motion. viewfinder accurately shows the scene lens with optical image stabilization even when changing from one subject in 1995, the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS IS can only reduce the effect of to another in a different location. USM, which featured two stops of camera or lens movement; it has zero stabilization. For a film camera, this effect on subject movement. The only When a tripod is used to hold a was beneficial due to the limited range way to freeze a subject is with a fast camera still for long exposures, it is of ISO available for film. Since then, IS shutter speed. EOS R cameras with advised to switch IS off, so the system has been developed and added to many IBIS combine lens and body IS, allowing doesn’t add blur by trying to react to no lenses. More recently, cameras have up to 8-stops slower shutter speeds camera movement. Some lenses have added in-body stabilization (IBIS), while hand-holding. a tripod detection capability, but it is usually best to turn the IS off yourself. Sports and wildlife photographers often pan the camera to follow the The Canon Magazine 81

CANONSCHOOL Sports mode is suitable for all kinds of action shots, where a fast shutter Why doesn’t The TC-80N3 offers delay, interval shooting, speed, tracking autofocus and continuous shooting are all needed the flash pop up bulb timing and preset numbers of images automatically on I use auto mode on my Canon EOS the EOS 850D in Is it possible to delay 800D, but want better results for action low light? the start of a time-lapse by photos – what settings should I use? several hours? Craig Payne, South Shields Jade Nickinson, Worcester Travis Randall, Lancaster BRIAN SAYS… Older BRIAN SAYS… Your camera has several shooting modes. models of EOS cameras BRIAN SAYS… Yes – use the Timer The main ones are portraits, landscapes, close-ups and automatically raised Controller TC-80N3, a remote release sports. Turn the mode dial to sports mode to optimize the the flash when using with four functions: delay before camera for capturing action. This sets the focus to track auto modes, but the release, interval shooting, bulb timing moving subjects and activates the continuous drive mode so latest EOS cameras and a specified number of frames. All pictures are taken at high speed while the shutter is pressed. require the flash to can be combined, so you could have As you become more advanced, try Shutter Priority Tv mode be manually raised, a two-hour delay, then 60 exposures, and choose a fast shutter speed to freeze action, or a slower then the camera each lasting five minutes at six-minute one if you pan the camera to follow a moving subject. When determines if it is intervals. For your time-lapse, set the using Tv, you must select high-speed drive and AI Servo AF. needed in auto modes. delay and interval. It wakes the camera from auto power off before each shot. I set my camera to Daylight white Is it possible balance as I like the colours, but what to change the Selectable AF points can be limited by is the best option for woodlands? continuous drive number to speed up moving between them speed on the EOS Patrick Pearsen, Muckleton 5D Mark IV? If a camera has many AF points, why can you BRIAN SAYS… Daylight white balance, like other Kevin Turton, Dolgarrog reduce their number? preset settings, limits the range of colour temperatures that can be accommodated. In woodland, Daylight is BRIAN SAYS… This Judy Short, Bude coloured by leaves on trees, adding a green cast. is one of the options that was removed from BRIAN SAYS… Cameras with over Set your camera to record Raw images and make a the EOS 5D Mark IV, 60 AF points are helpful for precise AF few test shots. Then process the images with DPP to so it is not possible to point placement, but moving from one see which white balance setting delivers results that change the continuous section of the frame to another can be best match your expectations and use that. Experiment shooting speed from made faster by reducing the number of with the white balance shift setting, shifting tones the defaults. AF points. Advanced EOS DSLRs can be configured with a limited number towards magenta to counter the What cable do I of active AF points, or only those that green light. For critical photos, use to connect are cross-type sensitive. This makes it use a grey card to create a my Speedlite on faster to move the active AF point and custom white balance first. angle bracket to ensures the most reliable cross-type the hotshoe – to AF points are used. DPP was used to process this image avoid red-eye? with a Kelvin white balance at 6400K, and white balance shift to Paul Blackwell, Tewkesbury magenta and amber directions BRIAN SAYS… With a Canon off-camera cord OC-E3, you retain E-TTL automatic flash exposures, can change flash functions from the camera’s flash menu and the Speedlite head zooms with the lens when pointed forwards. 82 www.digitalcameraworld.com

EOS S.O.S SHOOT IN STYLE Working through my new Canon EOS menu settings, I found Picture Style. What does it do and what’s the best setting? Ashley Davidson, Keele BRIAN SAYS… Picture Styles saturation of primary colours The colours of tone and sharpness. While change how the colours, and increases contrast and this bird have been the defaults are different for contrast and sharpness in sharpness, while portrait enhanced with the some styles, the pictures look your photos are processed. smooths out skin tones and use of Landscape different even if you match They are applied when the avoids over-enhancing skin Picture Style the adjustments and use a camera creates a JPG image, texture. Fine detail is the most different named style. The and used to create a preview recently added style and it is 5200K light. Monochrome final look is a combination of of a Raw image on the camera arguably a better default than style creates black and white the selected style’s profile LCD. Standard Picture Style standard, as the colours are images with the effect of a with the parameters applied gives bright clear photos with slightly less saturated. If your colour filter over the lens, and on top. Canon DPP allows the good contrast and colour. camera is set to auto Picture toning similar to black and style to be changed when Landscape boosts the Style, it evaluates the scene white film. The three user- processing Raw images. and applies either standard, defined styles can be replicas Picture Style settings determine landscape or portrait styles. of the existing styles or your how images will look using a own, created with the Canon combination of the named style Neutral and faithful Picture Style editor software. and user-adjustable parameters styles allow maximum post-processing flexibility for Each has adjustments for a JPG, with limited contrast, saturation, contrast, colour sharpening or saturation. Your images may appear flat and need some post- processing with these. With faithful style, colours are technically accurate if your subject is illuminated with RATE MY PHOTO Lens RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1L IS USM Get Exposure 1/320 sec, f/8, ISO2000 critiqued! Broad-billed motmot Email your best photos to EOSSOS@ PETER FRIEDMANN, WILTSHIRE futurenet.com with SAYS… I have recently switched over to a Canon EOS R6 and took it to Costa Rica the subject ‘Rate for a bird photography trip. I had spent My Photo’ time working out suitable AF settings, and it largely was successful for all kinds of head. The background behind the bird is birds. A lot of the bird-watching was in natural and out-of-focus enough that it jungle forests, so the birds were usually in helps the bird stand out. I think it’s deep shade and gloom, so I had to use important that you have included the higher ISO settings. I used GIMP to edit bird’s tail-feathers below the branch. my shots, with most of the pictures needing some highlight and shadow correction, plus sharpening. BRIAN SAYS… This is a great shot tiny part at the top right-hand side, of the bird in its natural environment. where there’s a bright leaf that draws I can certainly see how this would be a the eye away. I do like the way the twig challenge to capture without Animal Eye over the bird’s head helps to frame it, AF. I suggest a little change to the crop, yet fortunately it doesn’t obscure the so that you remove some of the space on the left side of the frame, and just a The Canon Magazine 83

CAMERATEST SPECIFICATIONS SENSOR 24.2MP APS-C IMAGE PROCESSOR Digic X MOUNT Canon RF AF ZONES 651 Dual Pixel CMOS AF II divisions ISO RANGE 100-32,000 IMAGE STABILIZATION No MAX IMAGE SIZE 6000x4000 pixels MAX VIDEO RESOLUTION 4K 60p, 4K 30p (oversampled 6K), 1080p 120p VIEWFINDER 2.36 million dots, 120fps MEMORY CARDS 1x SD/SDHC/SDXC, UHS-II LCD Articulating touchscreen, 1.04m dots MAX BURST 23fps electronic, 15fps mechanical CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, Bluetooth, USB-C, microphone jack SIZE 122.5 x 87.8 x 83.4mm WEIGHT 429g (battery and memory card) PRICE £899.99 body only/£999.99 with RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM CANON EOS R10 The new Canon DSLR, while retaining a light, R10 is noticeably compact footprint. smaller and lighter At the heart of the Canon EOS The new budget APS-C Canon EOS R10 is a sub-1K mirrorless than an 850D R10 is a reworked version of DSLR, yet packs Canon’s familiar 24.2MP APS-C image sensor, which has been camera that’s faster than the top pro-level Canon EOS R5! a real punch when re-engineered to deliver improved it comes to AF UHDGRXWVSHHGV²FXOPLQDWLQJLQ the lightning-fast 15fps mechanical Canon has truly outdone WKHURDGDKHDG²DQGWKH&DQRQ specs and burst or 23fps electronic burst shooting. itself with the EOS R10. EOS R10 could be the ultimate performance Here we have a body beginner camera to get people In an astonishing move for an that’s priced at under a invested in its mirrorless vision. entry level camera, the R10 gets grand in the UK and US, yet it the same Dual Pixel CMOS AF II offers shooting speeds that Key features found in the high-end R3, R5 and match or exceed those of the R6 bodies, with full subject AF top pro sports cameras on Aimed at enthusiasts, travel tracking for humans, animals and the market. We’re not suggesting photographers and lifestyle content vehicles. Not only was the latter that the Canon EOS R10 is the best creators, the R10 is designed previously exclusive to the professional camera you can buy. to pack all the features that a pro-grade Canon EOS R3, but However, it is mechanically faster photographer could need when the camera also features AF case than the Canon EOS R3, and beats graduating from a smartphone or studies and can achieve autofocus the R5 and R6 when shooting both down to an impressive -4EV. mechanically and electronically. The R10 can capture 4K 60p, We weren’t surprised to see an although this invokes a 64% crop entry level EOS R camera in an (giving a frame similar to Super APS-C body, but for it to pack this 35), and can capture 4K 30p oversampled from 6K, along with PXFKÀUHSRZHU²PDNLQJLWVHQVRU 1080p at 120p for slow motion. size notwithstanding, a faster and Canon claims around 60 minutes of higher resolution Canon camera this kind of high-intensity shooting than everything except the R5 and before overheating or recording limits kick in. 5²LVTXLWHH[WUDRUGLQDU\\ The new EOS R10 is an affordable entry-level APS-C camera, Canon may have been late to the launched by Canon to attract beginners to EOS R mirrorless Build & handling mirrorless dance, and it may have The R10 is an incredibly small and muddled some of the steps between lightweight camera, at just 122.5 x the new APS-C EOS R line and the 87.8 x 83.4mm and 429g, giving it existing APS-C EOS M line, but it now seems to have a clear idea of 84 www.digitalcameraworld.com

HANDS-ON REVIEW EOS R10 a feel not unlike but smaller and The new R10 was right-hand side, on the rear changer for your photography. That lighter than the EOS 850D DSLR launched with a dial. The camera also includes said, while the burst speed is of a (131.0 x 102.6 x 76.2mm and new RF-S mount a microphone jack, which pro standard, the buffer capacity 515g). Pair it with the new Canon kit lens; the tiny complements the fully articulating (21 Raw/123 JPEG) obviously RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM RF-S 18-45mm touchscreen to make it vlogging- isn’t going to rival that of the best kit lens and you’ve got an ultra- F4.5-6.3 IS STM and video-friendly, and also professional cameras. However, lightweight powerhouse. suits the equally LQFOXGHVDSRSXSÁDVKEXLOW while photographing professional compact R10 LQWRWKHYLHZÀQGHUKXPS ice skaters and skittish wildfowl Obviously, it isn’t as robust as alike, we were able to capture something like the Canon EOS R7 Although the EOS Performance HYHU\\IUDPHZHZDQWHG²VRWKH (see next page) and it doesn’t R10/R7 and EOS M SHUIRUPDQFHLVGHÀQLWHO\\QRWWR boast any weather sealing, so share the same 7KHÀUVWWKLQJZHGLVFRYHUHGLVMXVW be underestimated. don’t get too cocky with it in APS-C size how effective the subject tracking extreme environments. mirrorless format, and AF are on the R10. We’ve done While there isn’t as much you can’t use the a lot of shooting with the market- latitude here when pushing the <RX·OOÀQGDMR\\VWLFNRQWKH same lenses due leading autofocus on the EOS R5, ISO, particularly with slower back of the camera but the Canon to their mounts but for an entry-level camera to lenses, there is plenty of pin-sharp control wheel is absent. However, have an autofocus system this detail in the images, especially front and rear exposure dials give sophisticated, it’s just unheard of. when you treat the sensitivity you full control over your imaging This really is pro-level performance with respect. if you want to venture into full at an unbelievable position in the PDQXDOVKRRWLQJ$QGTXLFNGUDZ market, and it’s a potential game The 4K 60p crop is, in one sense, one-handed shooters will be happy profoundly unwelcome, rendering that the power switch is on the your already 1.6x compromised lenses by a further 64% in terms of WKHLUIRFDOOHQJWK²VRLI\\RXZDQWWR shoot wide, you’re going to need a very wide lens, because it is going to be effectively 1.6x longer. This DPSOLÀHGIRFDOOHQJWKLVRIEHQHÀW for wildlife or sports shooters, WKRXJKVR\\RXFDQDUWLÀFLDOO\\ extend your reach even further when shooting video (and stills). And you can always shoot in 4K 30p to avoid the crop if you prefer. Canon has introduced a new line of RF-S mount kit lenses, like EF-S lenses, which are the APS-C version of EF-mount glass. More on these RF-S lenses on page 89. However, the Canon EOS R10 uses the same RF mount as its IXOOIUDPHFRXQWHUSDUWV²ZKLFK means that existing full-frame RF lenses can be used natively, while EF and EF-S lenses can also be used via the Mount Adapter EF-EOS R. EARLY VERDICT First impressions of Canon’s entry-level R10 APS-C mirrorless T he Canon budget, beginner EOS R10 – with professional-level autofocus and speed, 4K 60p imaging and 120p slow motion at 1080p – offers performance that punches well above its weight class. It seems churlish to bristle at the lack of in-body image stabilization or the crop at 4K 60p, but those are really the only drawbacks to what is a fantastic APS-C body for hybrid shooting. PROS: Pro-grade autofocus • Pro-grade burst shooting • 4K 60p and 1080p 120p CONS: No in-body stabilization • 4K 60p is cropped • No weather sealing The Canon Magazine 85

CAMERATEST CANON EOS R7 Taking the essence “The R7 overpowers of the EOS 7D the old EOS M system The APS-C mirrorless camera you’ve all been waiting for DSLR series, the to give Canon the most as the EOS R7 combines unparalleled speed and resolution new EOS R7 is powerful APS-C camera aimed at wildlife on the market” W e’ve been waiting for such, this could become the best and sports the Canon EOS R7 camera for wildlife and sports photographers since the launch of SKRWRJUDSK\\WKDQNVWRLWVXQLTXH who prefer the the EOS R system combination of resolution, crop reach of APS-C back in 2018. The long- factor and sheer all-round speed. crop-sensor DZDLWHGÀUVW$36&PHPEHU EOS cameras of the EOS R family, the R7 Key features overpowers the old (smaller Below: Using the It also features staggering shooting and more compact) EOS M The R7 is built around a 32.5MP R7’s AF Servo with speeds of 15 frames per second system to give Canon the APS-C sensor, which packs more AF detection set PHFKDQLFDOO\\²IDVWHUWKDQDQ\\ PRVWSRZHUIXO$36&FDPHUD resolution than any cropped- to People, and its other Canon EOS camera, on the market. sensor camera on the market, 15fps burst mode, including the R3, R5 and R6 which will be music to the ears the R7 made light ²DQGIUDPHVSHUVHFRQG Offering a burst speed that of sports, wildlife and bird work of locking on electronically, matching the R3. matches (and, mechanically, beats) photographers, always keen for to the skater’s the Canon EOS R3, and resolution more freedom to crop in. eyes and head, 7KLVLV&DQRQ·VÀUVWHYHU$36& second only to the EOS R5, the EOS even as they camera to feature in-body image R7 is a technical marvel. Following While it’s not a completely spun around! VWDELOL]DWLRQ²DD[LVV\\VWHPWKDW in the footsteps of the Canon EOS new sensor (it’s built on the same delivers up to 8-stops of imaging 90D and EOS 7D Mark II APS-C architecture as the 32.5MP sensor compensation, depending on the DSLRs, you can utilize its 1.6x crop in the 90D and EOS M6 Mark II), lens (it offers 7-stops, for example, factor to amplify the effective focal it features optimized wiring layer on the new Canon RF-S 18-150mm length of full-frame lenses. As and microlens technology to F3.5-6.3 IS STM kit lens). deliver improved signal readout. It also boasts the EOS R system’s newest, sophisticated autofocus developments: Dual Pixel CMOS AF 86 www.digitalcameraworld.com

HANDS-ON REVIEW EOS R7 SPECIFICATIONS SENSOR 32.5MP APS-C IMAGE PROCESSOR Digic X MOUNT Canon RF AF ZONES 651 Dual Pixel CMOS AF II divisions ISO RANGE 100-32,000 (exp to 51,200) IMAGE STABILIZATION 5-axis IBIS, up to 8-stops (lens dependent) MAX IMAGE SIZE 6960x4640 pixels MAX VIDEO RESOLUTION 4K 60p, 4K 30p (oversampled 7K), 1080p 120p VIEWFINDER 2.36 million dot, 120fps MEMORY CARDS 2x SD/SDHC/SDXC, UHS-II LCD Articulating touchscreen, 1.62m dots MAX BURST 30fps electronic, 15fps mechanical CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, Bluetooth, USB-C, headphone jack, microphone jack SIZE 132 x 90.4 x 91.7mm WEIGHT 612g (battery and memory cards) PRICE £1,349.99 body only/£1699.99 with RF-S 18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM II, with human, animal and vehicle Canon took its something that’s going to take a your muscle memory if you’re used subject recognition, case studies sweet time to little getting used to is the new to spinning the wheel to adjust DQG$)DFTXLVLWLRQGRZQWR(9 bring us an APS-C arrangement of joystick and control settings mid-shoot. smaller-sensor ZKHHO²WKHODWWHURIZKLFKKDV In terms of video, the R7 is EOS R mirrorless moved from its familiar position at Once your hands are used to the TXLWHWKHSRZHUKRXVHFDSDEOH camera, but the the lower-right of the camera’s rear, new layout, though, it feels logical of uncropped 4K 60p, 4K 30p R7 has been worth and now encircles the joystick at the and sensible to have the wheel and oversampled from 7K, and 1080p the wait top, just next to the EVF. WKHMR\\VWLFNLQWKHVDPHSODFH²DQG XSWRS²DQG&DQRQWHOOVXVWKDW LW·VDQHIÀFLHQWZD\\WRPD[LPL]H you can record around 60 minutes The control wheel is smaller and space on the smaller body. of video before overheating and more delicate than on other EOS record limits come into play. The bodies, and may threaten to feel Obviously, the body is smaller camera features Canon Log-3, clean DOLWWOHÀGGO\\LI\\RXKDYHODUJH thanks to the smaller sensor. And HDMI out, as well as a microphone thumbs. You’ll also need to adjust to accommodate the smaller sensor, input and headphone jack. Canon has introduced a new line of lenses with the APS-C format in Build & handling The EOS R7 gets a new control setup at the rear, with the mind: RF-S lenses (taking their joystick encircled by a control wheel, just right of the EVF name from the EF-S standard, The R7 is smaller and lighter than which was the APS-C version of the 90D, offering a compact chassis ()PRXQWJODVV²PRUHRQSDJH  that’s still somehow reassuringly chunky, thanks to its thick grip. The reduced sensor size and It also features the same weather throw of the APS-C format means sealing as the 90D, along with dual WKDWVPDOOHUOLJKWHUOHQVHV²VXFK UHS-II SD memory card slots. as the new Canon RF-S 18-150mm ),6670²FDQEHPRXQWHG Perhaps more than any other R on the system. However, because system camera, it feels most like the the Canon EOS R7 uses the same EF mount body it’s replacing when RF mount as its full-frame EOS R held and used, with the familiar family, existing full-frame RF lenses grammar of the EOS menu system, can be used natively, while EF and making this a natural way to EF-S lenses can also be used via the graduate from a Canon DSLR. But Mount Adapter EF-EOS R. Do note, The Canon Magazine 87

CAMERA/LENSTEST “We shot a range of subjects, from fast- moving skaters to birds and models, and the AF never let us down” however, that EF-M lenses (APS-C With a burst the speed and resolution to also variety of birds outdoors, and the optics designed for Canon’s other mode to burn make the most of premium full- autofocus never let us down. APS-C line, the EOS M system), and intelligent AF frame glass, such as the Canon RF will not work with the EOS R7, tracking, the R7 85mm F1.8L USM. We found the Although we found using the despite them sharing the same is a brilliant EOS bigger L-series lenses felt oversized RF-S 18-150mm lens at 150mm and sensor format. camera for all for the svelte APS-C R7 body, but f/6.3 couldn’t produce fast enough types of action you can’t fault the results. shutter speeds for action in the low Performance OLJKWDWWKHLQGRRULFHULQN²RQO\\ Where the R7 really comes into VHFDW,62²XVLQJWKH In a lot of ways, shooting with the LWVRZQLVLQLWVDPSOLÀFDWLRQRI R7 with an RF 70-200mm F2.8L R7 really does feel like shooting IRFDOOHQJWKVDQGKRZWKLVEHQHÀWV instantly upgraded our experience. with a mirrorless (as in, sleeker and wildlife shooters. Mount the Canon At f/2.8, we could achieve a fast VPDOOHU (26'²EXWZLWKZD\\ RF 800mm F11 on the R7 and shutter speed of 1/1600 sec at more specs and tech to help you. you’ve got an effective 1280mm ISO6400. With the AF set to Servo, lens to capture the smallest wildlife detection AF set to People, and The camera really feels tailor- from a good distance, plus 32MP of Whole Area AF, we could easily made for the RF-S 18-150mm lens, resolution to crop images as well. focus on the fast-moving ice skaters’ and the pair makes a formidable IDFHVDQGKHDGVKRZHYHUTXLFNO\\ combination for run-and-gun, travel The AF subject detection and they moved and whatever the light DQGHYHU\\GD\\SKRWRJUDSK\\²DQG tracking are, as we’d expect of the OHYHOV²ZKLFKFRQVWDQWO\\FKDQJHG even videography. This is a great brilliant Dual Pixel AF II technology, as they skated in and out of tandem for all-purpose shooting superb. We shot a range of subjects, spotlights and shadows. and content creation. However, if from fast-moving ice skaters in dark you want to get serious, the R7 has conditions to static models to a The AF was also instinctive when shooting different birds waddling and swimming erratically through the frame. The AF performs brilliantly when shooting video, too, not even being fooled by subjects disappearing behind obstructions. While it possesses lightning-fast shooting speeds, the buffer’s limited by the choice of SD cards over CFexpress, with maximum bursts hitting 46 Raws and 184 JPEGs. EARLY VERDICT Our thoughts after first tests of the Canon EOS R7 speed machine T he Canon EOS R7 is the first camera you will reach for if you want the advantages of APS-C combined with pro-level speed and intelligent AF, with big-time image resolution. It’s a fantastic addition to the EOS R ecosystem and a worthy successor to the 90D and 7D lines, making the R7 a great proposition for wildlife and sports enthusiasts, and anyone wanting to get the most out photography. Whole Area AF makes the most of the R7’s 651 AF zones, so it’s PROS: 32.5MP sensor • Up to 30fps bursts • 7K oversampling • In-Body Image Stabilizer incredibly easy to lock focus on subjects anywhere in the frame CONS: Not the biggest buffer • Unique control wheel 88 www.digitalcameraworld.com

HANDS-ON REVIEW LENSES NEW CANON KIT LENSES Canon’s new RF-S DKLJKPDJQLÀFDWLRQ]RRPUDQJH RF-S 18-45mm and RF-S 18-45mm and covering wide-angle to telephoto 18-150mm IS STM lenses RF-S 18-150mm lengths, and is capable of a IS STM lenses PD[LPXPPDJQLÀFDWLRQRI[ The budget RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM & 18-150mm launch alongside in MF mode to explore macro F3.5-6.3 IS STM kit lenses are for the APS-C EOS R7 and R10 the new EOS R7 photography. In our initial tests, we and R10 APS-C found the RF-S 18-150mm F3.5-6.3 mirrorless IS STM lens felt well matched on cameras WKHHTXDOO\\OLJKW(265DQGLV certainly a pretty good kit lens with Canon has launched two 2XUÀUVWLPSUHVVLRQZKHQXVLQJ a large focal length range to cover new RF-S kit lenses as the RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 was everything when shooting in budget-friendly, light, how tiny and light it felt; when decent light, from wide-angle small and versatile compacted down, it’s no bigger landscapes at 18mm to distant optics for the new Canon EOS than a pancake prime lens. With a wildlife at the longer 150mm end. R7 and R10, in the slender shape of the RF-S 18-45mm ÀOWHUVL]HRIRQO\\PPWKHOHQVLV The RF-S 18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS F4.5-6.3 IS STM and RF-S just 44.3 x 69mm when retracted, 670ÀOWHUVL]HLVPPDFRPPRQ 18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM. and weighs a mere 130g! To start size for Canon EF-S 18-55 kit using the lens, you simply twist the lenses), and is just 69 x 84.5mm The new mirrorless APS-C- zoom ring to 18mm and beyond when retracted, weighing 310g. format lenses offer 35mm Both the RF-S HTXLYDOHQWIRFDOOHQJWKVRI Featuring Canon’s advanced 29-72mm and 29-240mm ²WKHUH·VQRORFNVZLWFK,WVFRPSDFW 18-45mm and optical technology that minimizes respectively. With built-in optical size makes it well suited to the chromatic aberrations and offers IS, they’ve been developed as RF-S 18-150mm distortion correction, these lenses the ideal partners for shooting aim to deliver crisp, sharp images. everything from landscapes and HTXDOO\\VPDOO(265$36&ERG\\ are compact and Working collaboratively with the portraits to food and vlogs. Meanwhile, the new Canon RF-S lightweight lenses In Body Image Stabilizer (IBIS) in the Canon EOS R7 and Movie The RF-S 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS 18-150mm F3.5-6.3 IS STM offers at budget prices Digital IS in the Canon EOS R10, STM is a multi-purpose lens for WKHVHOHQVHVDUHHTXLSSHGZLWK everyday shooting, thanks to its Dynamic IS and in-lens optical compact design and lens-retraction image stabilization, enabling up to mechanism, which makes it perfect 7-stops of IS in the Canon RF-S for travelling and packing away in 18-150mm and 6.5-stops in the smaller camera bags. With a RF-S 18-45mm. With a 7-blade manual focus override and circular aperture, photographers leadscrew-type STM for smooth, can create beautifully soft TXLHWPRYLH$)LW·VDOHQVIRUDOO backgrounds and sharp subjects. types of photos and video content. With the release of these two RF-S kit lenses, Canon is set on expanding the lens series for EOS R cameras, which currently features a total of 26 lenses, ranging from 5.2mm to 1200mm. The new Canon RF-S lenses are available separately from July. CanonRF-S18-45mm F4.5-6.3 ISSTM£319/$299 CanonRF-S 18-150mmF3.5-6.3ISSTM £519/$479 The Canon Magazine 89

SUPERTEST THE CONTENDERS Canon EF Canon RF Canon RF Sigma 100- Sigma 100-400mm 100-400mm 100-500mm 400mm f/5-6.3 150-600mm f/5-6.3 f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM F5.6-8 IS USM F4.5-7.1L IS USM DG OS HSM | C £2589/$2399 £699/$649 £2979/$2899 DG OS HSM | C £699/$799 £849/$899 90 www.digitalcameraworld.com

SUPER-TELEPHOTO ZOOMS SUPER-TELE ZOOMS We test the best-buy super-telephoto zoom lenses for your Canon EOS camera, great for shooting fast action, sports, wildlife and more Sigma Tamron Tamron SP T here are many times when we simply 150-600mm f/5-6.3 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 150-600mm f/5-6.3 can’t get as close to our subject as we would like. If you’re shooting DG OS HSM | S Di VC USD Di VC USD G2 anything from small timid birds to £1329/$1999 £819/$799 £1249/$1399 planes at an air show, from athletes to motor sports, or wildlife on safari, you need a long lens that really covers the distance. A super-telephoto lens can get you there, and a zoom beats a prime for flexibility when your movements are limited. That’s especially true if you’re confined to a hide for shooting wildlife or in a spectators’ area at a sporting event. A super-telephoto zoom can also come in handy for shooting candid portraits at events, so you can be unobtrusive and pick people out from a distance, while also blurring the background with a fairly tight depth of field. They can even give a creative alternative for landscape photography, giving a different look by compressing perspective. All in all, they’re extremely versatile pieces of kit. This type of lens is typically big, heavy and expensive, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Canon’s new RF 100-400mm for EOS R mirrorless is refreshingly lightweight and affordable, as are the competing Sigma and Tamron 100-400mm lenses, designed for DSLRs. And naturally, if you mount one of these on an APS-C format camera, you effectively boost the zoom range to a powerful 160-640mm. Let’s take a closer look at what all the leading contenders have to offer. The Canon Magazine 91

SUPERTEST CANON EF 100-400mm FEATURES f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM £2589/$2399 01 The second edition of this classic lens adds a new The redesigned twist on a favourite photographic formula hood has a sliding panel to facilitate Canon’s original XQDIIHFWHGPDNLQJLWHDVLHUWR filter rotation. 100-400mm IS USM WUDFNHUUDWLFREMHFWV,WLVUDWHG lens was launched in DWVWRSVFRPSDUHGZLWK 02 VWRSVLQWKHRULJLQDO ZLWKÀOPFDPHUDV Keep-clean fluorine ÀUPO\\LQPLQG,WFRQWLQXHGWR Performance coatings are on front be desirable with the advent and rear elements. of DSLRs, both for full-frame $XWRIRFXVLVYHU\\IDVWZLWK and APS-C bodies, with an JRRGWUDFNLQJ6KDUSQHVVDQG 03 effective zoom of 160-640mm FRQWUDVWDUHLPSUHVVLYHDW short-to-mid-zoom settings, At the centre of the RQWKHODWWHU/HVVSRSXODUZDV EXWWKHUH·VDGURSDWWKHORQJ barrel, an adjustable LWVWURPERQHVW\\OHSXVKSXOO HQGDQGLW·VRXWFODVVHGE\\WKH friction damper can PHFKDQLVP7KDW·VFKDQJHGWR 5)PPOHQVDWDOO avoid the risk of a twist-action zoom ring in the IRFDOOHQJWKV&RORXUIULQJLQJ zoom creep. is also worse than average at VHFRQGHGLWLRQZKLFKUHSODFHG WKHVKRUWHQG 04 WKHRULJLQDOLQ:HDWKHU VHDOVZHUHDOVRDGGHG SHARPNESS The triple-mode  7KHRSWLFDOSDWKLQFOXGHV stabilizer has a WRSJUDGHÁXRULWHDQGVXSHU 2500 4-stop rating. 8'XOWUDORZGLVSHUVLRQ  JODVVDQGLVPRUHVRSKLVWLFDWHG Centre 2000 05 than in the original, with four 1500 The tripod mounting H[WUDHOHPHQWV/LNH&DQRQ·V foot can be detached ODWHVWPPI/,6,,, 1000 without taking the USM, there’s a high-tech ASC lens off the camera. 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 $LU6SKHUH&RDWLQJ SOXV f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 VERDICT ÁXRULQHFRDWLQJVRQERWKWKH IURQWDQGUHDUHOHPHQWV 2500 FEATURES Another neat feature is the Edge 2000 BUILD & HANDLING WULSOHPRGHLPDJHVWDELOL]HU 1500 PERFORMANCE As well switchable static and 1000 VALUE SDQQLQJRSWLRQVWKHWKLUG PRGHDSSOLHVVWDELOL]DWLRQ 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 OVERALL RQO\\GXULQJH[SRVXUHV7KH f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long YLHZÀQGHULPDJHLVWKHUHIRUH Short HOW WE TEST T o test real-world performance, In-camera corrections for chromatic we use lenses in all sorts of aberrations and peripheral illumination We combine real-world shooting results lighting conditions, both (where available) are disabled with rigorous lab testing to arrive at our indoors and outdoors. We check throughout all testing, to better reveal overall ratings for good build quality and handling, the true performance of each lens. We smooth and precise operation of all also run a full range of lab tests under 92 controls, the speed and accuracy of controlled conditions, using the Imatest autofocus, and the effectiveness of Master and DxO Analyser suites. image stabilization, where it’s fitted. Photos of test charts are taken across We typically test full-frame compatible the range of apertures and zoom lenses on a range of both full-frame settings (where available), then and APS-C format bodies, whereas analysed for sharpness, distortion and lenses that are designed specifically chromatic aberrations (colour fringing). for APS-C format bodies are only A summary of results is shown on the tested on the latter. following pages. www.digitalcameraworld.com

SUPER-TELEPHOTO ZOOMS CANON RF 100-400mm FEATURES F5.6-8 IS USM £699/$649 01 Canon’s second super-telephoto RF zoom to the Super Spectra market is much more lightweight and affordable coating minimizes ghosting and flare. L ess than a quarter of 8'HOHPHQWDQGRQHSUHFLVLRQ WKHSULFHRI&DQRQ·V5) PRXOGHGDVSKHULFDOHOHPHQW 02 PP)/,6  ,W·VFRPSDWLEOHZLWK&DQRQ·V USM and much more 5)[DQG[H[WHQGHUV Unlike in the RF FRPSDFWDQGOLJKWZHLJKWWKH 100-500mm, the newer RF 100-400mm is Performance third control ring is WHPSWLQJ,QGHHGLW·VWKH placed at the front. smallest lens here and is little $XWRIRFXVVSHHGDQG more than half the weight of VWDELOL]DWLRQOLYHXSWRWKHLU 03 WKHFRPSHWLQJ6LJPDDQG FODLPVZKLOHLPDJHTXDOLW\\LV 7DPURQPPOHQVHV LPSUHVVLYH6KDUSQHVVZDV Nano USM $OOLQDOOLWORRNVDQGIHHOVOLNH YHU\\JRRGLQUHDOZRUOGWHVWV autofocus is rapid DPPWHOH]RRP but lab results from shooting for stills and enables  7\\SLFDORI&DQRQ·VQRQ close-range charts was less smooth transitions L-series lenses, the RF LPSUHVVLYH&RORXUIULQJLQJ for movie capture. PPGRHVQ·WKDYHDQ\\ DQGSLQFXVKLRQGLVWRUWLRQ weather-seals and the hood is DUHIDLUO\\PLQLPDO 04 VROGVHSDUDWHO\\EXWEXLOG TXDOLW\\IHHOVVROLGDQGWKHUH SHARPNESS The 5.5-stop optical DUHSOHQW\\RIHQWLFLQJIHDWXUHV image stabilizer is  $XWRIRFXVLVGULYHQE\\D 2500 particularly effective. Nano USM motor, which is VXSHUIDVWIRUVWLOOVZLWK Centre 2000 05 smooth focus transitions for PRYLHV7KHUH·VDVWRS 1500 Aperture is RSWLFDOVWDELOL]HUERRVWHGWR controlled by a VWRSHIIHFWLYHQHVVZLWK(26 1000 well-rounded nine- 5V\\VWHPFDPHUDVWKDWIHDWXUH blade diaphragm. IBIS, and there’s an additional 500 control ring that can be f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 VERDICT assigned functions such as DGMXVWPHQWRI,62DSHUWXUH 2500 FEATURES DQGH[SRVXUHFRPSHQVDWLRQ 8SPDUNHWJODVVLQFOXGHVRQH Edge 2000 BUILD & HANDLING 1500 PERFORMANCE 1000 VALUE 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 OVERALL f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long Short DISTORTION Distortion4 6TCCCSSS0aiiiaaa0gggTnnnmarooommmmonnnamaanrm111ERRo1055FFFGn001112001-0---0005466400000---00-00544000000mmmm000mmmmmmmSCmmm There’s usually not much to cause concern when it comes 2 1.58 1.41 1.59 to distortion with super-telephoto zooms 1.33 1.45 1.20 1.75 1.54 U nlike many wide-angle and even standard zoom lenses, 0 0.91 1.39 0.83 0.7 1.57 distortions tend to be quite minimal in super-telephoto zooms. The Canon EF 100-400mm gives the worst -1.11 -0.04 barrel distortion at the short end but it’s still pretty minimal, and they all have slight pincushion towards the long end. The Sigma –2 -2.29 150-600mm Sports has particularly negligible pincushion throughout its entire zoom range. The Canon RF 100-400mm –4 and Tamron 150-600mm have a little more pincushion distortion at all zoom settings but it’s still of a fairly low order. –6 The Canon Magazine Negative results show barrel distortion; positive indicates pincushion distortion. Blue represents zoom’s short end; orange is the long end 93

SUPERTEST CANON RF 100-500mm FEATURES F4.5-7.1L IS USM £2979/$2899 01 Doing the quick, quick, slow, it’s an up-market, Fluorine coatings are native super-tele zoom for EOS R System cameras applied to both front and rear elements. T here’s a wealth of VHWWLQJ7RSEXLOGTXDOLW\\VHHV VXSHUWHOH]RRPVWKDW FRPSUHKHQVLYHZHDWKHU 02 FDQÀWRQ(265VHULHV VHDOVDQGÁXRULQHFRDWLQJV FDPHUDVYLDDQ()(265 RQIURQWDQGUHDUHOHPHQWV The triple-mode PRXQWDGDSWHUEXWDVDQ5) optical image OHQVWKHPPLVD Performance stabilizer is 5-stops. SHUIHFWÀW,WWDNHVLWVFXHV IURPWKH()PPDOVR 7KHDXWRIRFXVV\\VWHPPDNHV 03 RQWHVWDQGLVVOLJKWO\\ORQJHU the most of the advanced EXWDOLWWOHOLJKWHU,WDGGVDQ WUDFNLQJDELOLWLHVRIWKH Dual Nano USM extra 100mm of reach but the (265DQG5FDPHUDV autofocus is FRPELQLQJZLWKWKHRSWLFDO super-fast for stills DSHUWXUHUDWLQJDWWKHORQJ image stabilizer to deliver an yet smooth and HQGLVWZRWKLUGVRIDQIVWRS LPSUHVVLYHKLWUDWHIRUDFWLRQ silent for video. VORZHUDWI7KHUH·V VKRWV6KDUSQHVVLVH[FHOOHQW nothing slow about its while colour fringing and 04 autofocus, however, which is GLVWRUWLRQVDUHPLQLPDO based on dual Nano USM You can adjust SHARPNESS the torque of the PRWRUV$VVXFKLW·VEOD]LQJ zoom ring. IDVWDQGYLUWXDOO\\VLOHQW 2500  7KHRSWLFDOSDWKKDVVL[8' 05 HOHPHQWVDQGRQHVXSHU8' Centre 2000 while the image stabilizer is The customizable 1500 control ring can be UDWHGDWDQLPSUHVVLYHVWRSV used for exposure the effectiveness of which can 1000 compensation, aperture and ISO. EHIXUWKHUERRVWHGE\\WKH 500 LQERG\\VWDELOL]HUVRIWKHODWHVW f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 VERDICT (255FDPHUDV+DQGOLQJLV HQKDQFHGE\\DVLPLODUWRUTXH 2500 FEATURES DGMXVWPHQWULQJIRUVWLIIHQLQJ BUILD & HANDLING or loosening the zoom ring as Edge 2000 PERFORMANCE VALUE RQWKH()PPOHQV 1500 OVERALL along with a customizable control ring for altering the 1000 150mm OLNHVRIDSHUWXUHRU,62 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 www.digitalcameraworld.com f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long Short GOING THE DISTANCE 100mm Put your telephoto reach into overdrive T he typical focal length extremities at each end of the range offered by super- telephoto zooms tend to be 100mm, 150mm or 200mm at the short end, and either 400mm or 600mm at the long end. This sequence of shots shows the amount of pulling power that each major focal length gives you. Naturally, the effective telephoto reach is boosted if you use any of these lenses on an APS-C format Canon EOS camera, which we’ll come to next. 94

SUPER-TELEPHOTO ZOOMS SIGMA 100-400mm f/5-6.3 FEATURES DG OS HSM | C £699/$799 01 Sigma upgrades and upsizes its telephoto offering The hood has a for the budget market sector groove that acts as a finger grip, enabling I QGD\\VJRQHE\\6LJPDDQG switchable custom modes, a comfortable push- 7DPURQZHUHUHQRZQHGIRU ZKLFK\\RXFDQVHWXSXVLQJ pull zoom action. their 70-300mm zooms, 6LJPD·VRSWLRQDO86%'RFN which delivered good 02 Performance SHUIRUPDQFHDQGXQGHUFXW The zoom and focus &DQRQ·VRZQ$VSDUWRILWV /HYHOVRIVKDUSQHVVZHUHDELW rings operate with *OREDO9LVLRQOLQHXS6LJPD XQLQVSLULQJLQODEWHVWVEXWLQ smooth precision. has reinvented the budget real-world shooting, the Sigma ZDVYHU\\VKDUSLQWKH 03 WHOHSKRWR]RRPLQWKHVKDSH 300mm section, and didn’t of this 100-400mm lens, and GURSRIIPXFKDWPP7KH There is a focus wealth of switchable modes distance scale below 7DPURQKDVIROORZHGVXLW DQGFXVWRPL]DEOHRSWLRQVDOVR a viewing panel.  7KH6LJPDOHQVLVQRWLFHDEO\\ boosts real-world handling VKRUWHUEXWPDUJLQDOO\\KHDYLHU DQGSHUIRUPDQFHPDNLQJWKH 04 WKDQWKHFRPSHWLQJ7DPURQ OHQVDJUHDWEX\\DWWKHSULFH +DQGOLQJLVYHU\\UHÀQHGEXW Dual custom modes XQOLNHZLWKWKH7DPURQ SHARPNESS enable changes to 6LJPDGRHVQ·WRIIHUDWULSRG stabilization effect PRXQWLQJULQJDVDQRSWLRQDO 2500 and more. H[WUD7KHFRQVWUXFWLRQIHHOV robust and includes a weather- Centre 2000 05 VHDOHGPRXQWLQJSODWH 1500 No optional tripod  7KHRSWLFDOSDWKKDVIRXU mount ring but there 6/'VSHFLDOORZGLVSHUVLRQ  1000 is a weather-sealed elements, autofocus is of the mounting plate. 500 IDVW\\HWZKLVSHUTXLHWULQJ f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 VERDICT W\\SHXOWUDVRQLFYDULHW\\DQG WKHVWRSLPDJHVWDELOL]HUKDV 2500 FEATURES DVZLWFKDEOHSDQQLQJPRGHWR SDQLQDQ\\RULHQWDWLRQ'XDO Edge 2000 BUILD & HANDLING mode switchable autofocus 1500 PERFORMANCE FDQJLYHSULRULW\\WR$)RU manual override, there’s a 1000 VALUE short/long autofocus range limiter switch, and two 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 OVERALL f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long Short 200mm 400mm 600mm The Canon Magazine 95

SUPERTEST SIGMA 150-600mm f/5-6.3 FEATURES DG OS HSM | C £849/$899 01 Sigma’s Contemporary lens gives you maximum Moisture- and reach for minimum outlay grease-repellent fluorine on front T KLV&RQWHPSRUDU\\OHQV HQJDJHGDWDQ\\]RRPVHWWLQJ and rear elements. goes the full distance, WKDWKDVDPDUNHGIRFDO stretching to a 600mm length, and dual custom 02 PRGHVFDQEHVHWXSYLD IRFDOOHQJWK\\HW 6LJPD·VRSWLRQDO86%'RFN The filter thread is VLJQLÀFDQWO\\XQGHUFXWV large at 95mm, but FRPSHWLQJ]RRPVRQSULFH Performance smaller than the 1RWRQO\\HDVLHURQ\\RXUZDOOHW Sigma Sports. LW·VDOVRHDVLHURQ\\RXUEDFN $OODVSHFWVRISHUIRUPDQFH WKDQWKH6LJPD6SRUWVOHQVRQ DUHYHU\\UHVSHFWDEOHIURP 03 WHVWEHLQJQHDUO\\NJOLJKWHU DXWRIRFXVVSHHGDQG  ,W·VDOVRIDUPRUHFRPSDFW VWDELOL]DWLRQWRLPDJHTXDOLW\\ The zoom ring can WKDQWKHPP6SRUWV ,QGHHGLW·VDVVKDUSDVWKH be locked at any lens, being a more similar size 7DPURQPP*OHQV setting that has a and doesn’t fall far behind the marked focal length. DQGZHLJKWWRWKH7DPURQ 6LJPDPP6SRUWV PP*7KHWULSRG OHQV$OOLQDOOLW·VJUHDWYDOXH 04 collar is removable and can SHARPNESS There’s the same full EHUHSODFHGZLWKDSURWHFWLYH range of switchable UXEEHUULQJ,QWKH6SRUWVOHQV 2500 modes as in other RQO\\WKHIRRWLVGHWDFKDEOH Sigma lenses here. Centre 2000 Posh glass includes one 05 FLD element and three SLD 1500 Unlike in the Sigma HOHPHQWV'HVSLWHWKHSULFH 1000 Sports, the tripod GURSIURPWKH6SRUWVOLQH collar is removable. OHQVHV\\RXVWLOOJHWWKHIXOO 500 range of autofocus, AF range f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 VERDICT limiter, stabilization and 2500 FEATURES FXVWRPVHWXSPRGHV,W·VQRWDV H[WHQVLYHO\\ZHDWKHUVHDOHGEXW Edge 2000 BUILD & HANDLING VWLOOKDVDUXEEHUJDVNHWRQWKH PRXQWLQJSODWHDORQJZLWK 1500 PERFORMANCE ÁXRULQHFRDWLQJVRQWKHIURQW DQGUHDUHOHPHQWV 1000 VALUE  $VZLWKLWV6SRUWVVLEOLQJ WKH]RRPORFNVZLWFKFDQEH 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 OVERALL f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long Short RANGE BOOSTER Crop-sensor cameras can boost reach S igma and Tamron say their super-tele FULL-FRAME: 600mm APS-C: 600mm zooms in this test can be used with their latest tele-converters. The same APS-C format Canon EOS cameras, such as the EOS 90D or 7D Mark II, or EOS R7 and R10, all goes for Canon lenses, via EF or RF extenders. have a 1.6x crop factor, which gives an effective focal length of 960mm from a 600mm lens The advantage is outweighed by a narrowing of aperture by one or two f/stops when using a 1.4x or 2x tele-converter. The 1.6x crop factor of an APS-C body, like the EOS 7D Mark II, gives no aperture loss. The effective maximum focal length of a 600mm lens is boosted to 960mm. 96 www.digitalcameraworld.com

SUPER-TELEPHOTO ZOOMS SIGMA 150-600mm f/5-6.3 FEATURES DG OS HSM | S £1329/$1999 01 This high-performance super-telephoto zoom lens Compared to other should not be taken lightly 150-600mm zooms, the front section is F URPWKH6SRUWVVHFWRURI VHDOV7KHUHDUHIRXUH[WUD wider, with a 105mm Sigma’s Global Vision HOHPHQWVLQWKHRSWLFDOSDWK filter thread. including larger-diameter OLQHXSWKLVOHQVDLPV HOHPHQWVDQGWZRWRSJUDGH 02 IRUDOORXWSHUIRUPDQFH )/'HOHPHQWVUDWKHUWKDQRQH ZLWKQRFRQFHVVLRQVWRVL]H,W·V Due to the extra QRWLFHDEO\\ELJJHUWKDQ6LJPD·V Performance weight, strap lugs PP&RQWHPSRUDU\\ are fitted to the OHQVDQGQHDUO\\NJKHDYLHU 7KHVKDUSQHVVWKURXJKRXWWKH metal barrel.  $V\\RX·GH[SHFWWKH6SRUWV range is a close match to that OHQVLQFRUSRUDWHVDOORIWKH RIWKH&DQRQ()PP 03 IHDWXUHVIURPWKHORZHUSULFHG OHQV+RZHYHUWKH6LJPD PP&RQWHPSRUDU\\ JLYHV\\RXJUHDWHUWHOHSKRWR Has Sigma’s usual OHQV6R\\RXJHWGXDODXWRIRFXV UHDFKDWWKHORQJHQG&RORXU range of autofocus, and stabilization modes, a fringing and distortions are stabilization and YHU\\ZHOOFRQWUROOHG,WUHDOO\\ custom modes. WZRSRVLWLRQDXWRIRFXVUDQJH OLYHVXSWRLWV6SRUWVQDPH limiter switch and two custom 04 SHARPNESS PRGHV:LWKWKHVH\\RXFDQ Robust, with metal DOWHUDXWRIRFXVVSHHGWKH 2500 barrel and hood, and amount of stabilization effect comprehensive Centre 2000 weather-seals. YLVLEOHLQWKHYLHZÀQGHUDQG PRUHYLD6LJPD·VRSWLRQDO 1500 05 86%'RFN,WDOVRHQDEOHV\\RX WRDSSO\\ÀUPZDUHXSGDWHVDQG 1000 Tripod mounting ring ÀQHWXQHDXWRIRFXVSUHFLVLRQ is not removable. Again, the zoom ring can be 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 VERDICT ORFNHGDWDQ\\SRVLWLRQWKDWKDV DIRFDOOHQJWKRQWKHEDUUHO 2500 FEATURES  $VZHOODVEHLQJSK\\VLFDOO\\ PRUHLPSRVLQJWKH6SRUWV Edge 2000 BUILD & HANDLING OHQVKDVDPRUHUREXVWEXLOG Its barrel and hood are made 1500 PERFORMANCE from metal rather than 1000 VALUE SODVWLFDQGLWKDVDPRUH FRPSUHKHQVLYHVHWRIZHDWKHU 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 OVERALL f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long Lower values Short represent less fringing, and COLOUR FRINGING Fringing 4 therefore better 3 performance Chromatic aberrations are under control 2 1 Short T here’s fairly little colour fringing with Mid all of the lenses on test, throughout TaCCaaTmnnaCrSSSiioaioomggngnnnrom1momERnaa5naFFR1101111F5-500001006--000000----660-04445004000000m00000mm0mmmmmmmmmmmmmCS Long their respective zoom ranges. The EF G2 100-400mm is the worst of the group at its 97 shortest focal length, but gives barely any colour fringing at mid to long zoom settings. As with own-brand Canon lenses, the Sigma lenses on test are compatible with in-camera correction for lateral chromatic aberration, further boosting their effective performance. The Canon Magazine

SUPERTEST TAMRON 100-400mm FEATURES f/4.5-6.3 DI VC USD £819/$799 01 If you feel that bigger isn’t better, this is the preferable A fluorine coating is option from Tamron’s two offerings applied to the front element to repel S PDOOHUDQGEDUHO\\PRUH ZHDWKHUVHDOVDQGDÁXRULQH grease and moisture. than half the weight of FRDWLQJRQLWVIURQWHOHPHQW 7KHRSWLFDOSDWKLQFOXGHVDQ 02 7DPURQ·VPP /'ORZGLVSHUVLRQ HOHPHQW lens, this one goes and nano-structure coatings To enhance strength toe-to-toe with Sigma’s 100- WRPLQLPL]HJKRVWLQJRUÁDUH and reduce weight, 8QOLNHWKH6LJPDWKHUHLVDQ the outer barrel is PP]RRP,W·VSUDFWLFDOO\\ RSWLRQDOWULSRGPRXQWULQJ magnesium alloy. identical in terms of zoom and Performance 03 DSHUWXUHUDWLQJVDOWKRXJKWKH 7DPURQFDQIRFXVPDUJLQDOO\\ 6ROLGSHUIRUPDQFHLQDOODUHDV Switches are on FORVHUDWPLQVWHDGRIP ranges from fast autofocus hand for dual-mode ZLWKDVOLJKWO\\ODUJHU[ and effective stabilization to stabilization, AF/MF PD[LPXPPDJQLÀFDWLRQUDWLR LPSUHVVLYHFHQWUHVKDUSQHVV with a Limit option, %RWKOHQVHVKDYHULQJW\\SH +RZHYHUHGJHVKDUSQHVV and zoom lock. XOWUDVRQLFDXWRIRFXVV\\VWHPV GURSVRIIDWWKHVKRUWHQG DQGVWRSVWDELOL]HUVZLWK 04 VZLWFKDEOHSDQQLQJPRGHV SHARPNESS  :KLOHWKH6LJPDKDVDWKUHH The optional tripod SRVLWLRQDXWRIRFXVOLPLWHU 2500 mounting ring costs VZLWFKIRUORFNLQJRXWWKH around £109/$129. short or long end of the range, Centre 2000 05 WKH7DPURQKDVDVLQJOH/LPLW 1500 SRVLWLRQRQWKH$)0)IRFXV Like the Sigma, the PRGHVHOHFWLRQVZLWFK$VZLWK 1000 Tamron features WKH6LJPDDQRSWLRQDO86% weather-seals. GRFNLVDYDLODEOH²7DPURQ·V 500 7$3LQ&RQVROH$JDLQ f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 VERDICT ÀUPZDUHXSGDWHVDQGÀQH WXQLQJIRUDXWRIRFXVDFFXUDF\\ 2500 FEATURES FDQEHDSSOLHGEXWWKH7DPURQ ODFNVDGGLWLRQDO&XVWRP Edge 2000 BUILD & HANDLING PRGHVDYDLODEOHYLDDSK\\VLFDO VZLWFKRQWKHOHQVEDUUHO 1500 PERFORMANCE  %XLOGTXDOLW\\IHHOVUREXVW DQGWKH7DPURQIHDWXUHVERWK 1000 VALUE 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 OVERALL f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long Short KEEP IT STEADY Image stabilization is a massive bonus Stabilization off Stabilization on F or handheld shooting, you should use Most super-telephoto lenses have image stabilizers with a switchable panning IS mode – ideal a shutter speed that’s at least the for creating motion blur in backgrounds behind moving subjects with slower shutter speeds reciprocal of the focal length of a lens (effective focal length for crop sensor cameras). That equates to 1/500 sec at 500mm on a full-frame body, or 1/1000 sec at 600mm on an APS-C format camera. This can be difficult, with the widest available aperture often being f/6.3. Image stabilization enables sharp results, usually with speeds up to four stops slower. 98 www.digitalcameraworld.com

SUPER-TELEPHOTO ZOOMS TAMRON SP 150-600mm FEATURES f/5-6.3 DI VC USD G2 £1249/$1399 01 Just like other Tamron G2 lenses, this one is better The size and the second time around weight are a close match to Sigma’s T DPURQ·VÀUVW RQHRSHUDWLQJPRGH7KHVH 150-600mm 600mm lens was a QRZLQFOXGHVWDWLFSDQQLQJ Contemporary lens. DQGH[SRVXUHRQO\\PRGHV<RX JRRGEX\\DWWKHSULFHEXW can also customize VC Mode 1 02 WKH**HQHUDWLRQ  XVLQJ7DPURQ·VRSWLRQDO86% HGLWLRQLVEHWWHULQHYHU\\ZD\\ 7$3LQ&RQVROHIRUFRQVWDQW There are extensive 7KHRSWLFDOSDWKKDVEHHQ VWDELOL]DWLRQLQPRYLHFDSWXUH weather-seals and a redesigned and features three fluorine coating on Performance the front element. /'ORZGLVSHUVLRQ HOHPHQWV ZKLOHWKHROGHUOHQVRQO\\KDG 6DGO\\RXWULJKWLPDJHTXDOLW\\ 03 RQH$QHZPL[RIFRDWLQJV LVDOLWWOHOHVVLPSUHVVLYH features both regular and 6KDUSQHVVLVQ·WDVJRRGDV The G2 boosts the nano-structure varieties, and from the Canon and Sigma number of selectable lenses throughout the short to stabilization modes DÁXRULQHFRDWLQJLVDGGHGWR medium section, but it comes from one to three. WKHIURQWHOHPHQW7KH* RQVWURQJDWWKHORQJHQG also features more extensive 04 weather-seals and better build SHARPNESS You can lock the TXDOLW\\$QLQQRYDWLYH]RRP 2500 zoom ring at any ORFNPHFKDQLVPHQDEOHV\\RX position you like. WRORFNWKH]RRPULQJDWDQ\\ Centre 2000 GHVLUHGIRFDOOHQJWK 05  +HOSLQJWRNHHSSDFHZLWK 1500 DFWLRQWKHDXWRIRFXVV\\VWHPLV It’s compatible XSUDWHGIRUJUHDWHUVSHHGDQG 1000 with the optional DFFXUDF\\,QWHVWVLWZDVPXFK TAP-in Console. EHWWHUDWWUDFNLQJPRYLQJ 500 REMHFWVPRUHLQOLQHZLWKWKH f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 VERDICT &DQRQDQG6LJPDOHQVHV  7KHUH·VDQRWKHUKHDGOLQH 2500 FEATURES XSJUDGHIRUWKH9LEUDWLRQ &RPSHQVDWLRQV\\VWHP1RW Edge 2000 BUILD & HANDLING RQO\\GRHVLWGHOLYHUVXSHULRU VWRSHIIHFWLYHQHVVEXWLW 1500 PERFORMANCE gains three switchable modes 1000 VALUE ZKHUHDVWKHRULJLQDOKDGRQO\\ 500 f/11 f/16 f/22 f/32 OVERALL f/4-4.5 f/5-6.3 f/8 Mid Long Short SUPER-TELE AND SUPER-ZOOM Sigma’s 60-600mm stretches from standard to super-tele focal lengths T he Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 elements and one SLD (special low The Sigma 60-600mm is very versatile but properly DG OS HSM Sports gives dispersion) element. Fluorine coatings hefty long lens, and sells for around £1699/$1999 serious super-tele reach with a are applied to the front and rear huge 10x zoom range. This makes it elements to repel water and grease, ideal when you need to quickly swap and the lens is extensively weather- between standard and really long focal sealed. Handling exotica is the same lengths, without swapping the lens. The as in the Sigma 150-600mm Sports catch is that it’s big and heavy, at 2.7kg. lens on test. Image quality and all- The optical path includes three top- round performance are excellent but grade FLD (fluorite low dispersion) sharpness drops off at the long end. The Canon Magazine 99

SUPERTEST COMPARISON TABLE NAME CANON EF CANON RF CANON RF SIGMA 100-400mm SIGMA 150-600mm SIGMA 150-600mm TAMRON TAMRON SP 100-400mm 100-400mm 100-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS f/5-6.3 DG OS f/5-6.3 DG OS 100-400mm 150-600mm f/5-6.3 f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM F4.5-7.1L IS USM F4.5-7.1L IS USM HSM | C HSM | C HSM | S f/4.5-6.3 DI VC USD DI VC USD G2 www.canon.co.uk www.canon.co.uk www.canon.co.uk www.sigma- www.sigma- www.sigma- www.tamron.co.uk www.tamron.co.uk RF RF imaging-uk.com imaging-uk.com imaging-uk.com Mount EF 160-640mm 160-800mm EF EF EF EF EF Effective focal length 160-640mm 12/9 20/14 160-640mm 240-960mm 240-960mm 21/16 9 blades 9 blades 21/15 20/14 24/16 160-640mm 240-960mm (APS-C) Nano USM Dual Nano USM 9 blades 9 blades 9 blades Elements/groups No/Yes No/Yes Ultrasonic Ultrasonic Ultrasonic 17/11 21/13 5.5 stops 5 stops (ring-type) (ring type) (ring type) Diaphragm 9 blades 0.88m 0.9-1.2m No/Yes No/Yes No/Yes 9 blades 9 blades 0.41x 0.33x 4 stops 4 stops 4 stops Ultrasonic (ring Ultrasonic Autofocus type Ultrasonic No Yes 1.6m 2.8m 2.8m type) (ring type) (ring type) 67mm 77mm 0.26x 0.2x 0.2x No/Yes No/Yes None Hood, soft case Sealed mount Sealed mount Yes Internal zoom/focus No/Yes No Yes 67mm 95mm 105mm 80x165mm 94x208mm Hood Hood, soft case Hood, soft case Image stabilizer 4 stops 635g 1530g No Yes Yes 4 stops 4.5 stops £699/$649 £2979/$2899 86x182mm 105x260mm 121x290mm Minimum focus 0.98m 1160g 1930g 2860g 1.5m 2.2m distance 0.31x £699/$799 £849/$899 £1329/$1999 0.28x 0.26x Max magnification factor Weather-seals Yes Yes Yes Filter size 77mm 67mm 95mm Included accessories Hood, soft case Hood, pouch Hood, pouch Tripod mount ring Yes Optional extra Yes Dimensions 94x193mm 86x199mm 108x260mm (diameterxlength) Weight 1640g 1115g 2010g Target price £2589/$2399 £819/$799 £1249/$1399 FEATURES BUILD & HANDLING PERFORMANCE VALUE OVERALL THE WINNER IS... SIGMA 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | S It’s a big, hefty super tele zoom lens, but it packs a suitably heavyweight punch F or a zoom lens with 150-600mm G2 lenses are rating and superb fraction of the price. It’s a sheer super-telephoto rather more manageable, with build quality. Even cracking budget lens for EOS R clout and great the Sigma edging ahead for so, it loses out system cameras and all-round performance, features and image quality, to the newer RF unbeatable value. you can’t beat the Sigma while the Tamron has more 100-500mm for 150-600mm Sports. It’s extensive weather-seals. On all-round image superbly well engineered, balance, the Sigma is the quality and weather-sealed, has a wealth better buy and great value at maximum of high-end features and the price. telephoto reach, delivers excellent image quality. although the RF It’s also very good value for The Canon EF 100-400mm lens has a relatively money. However, there’s no is smaller and lighter than any slow aperture rating at full denying that it’s a big, heavy of the 150-600mm zooms and, stretch. The RF 100-400mm lens. The Sigma 150-600mm while it doesn’t have such long is amazingly compact and Contemporary and Tamron telephoto reach, it’s a fine lens lightweight and only costs a with a slightly faster aperture 100 www.digitalcameraworld.com