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Tech Talk Tony Kemplen on the … Chinon Bellami Snaffled for £3 at a charity shop, this 1980 model uses barn doors to protect the lens Y ou wait ages for an The lens gives quite invaluable resource is Mike article about a barn crisp images Butkus’s site (Google it) where he door design camera, has made available scans of then two come along to find that the film advance lever hundreds of old manuals. They’re at once! Last month I wrote about doubles as the door release. free to download, but if you find a cheap and cheerful camera When you pull it backwards it them useful a small voluntary which used ‘barn doors’ to opens the doors with a satisfying donation would be welcome. protect the lens when not in use. clunk. It requires a fair amount of This month’s camera, the Chinon torque to operate, and if I hadn’t The Bellami was released in Bellami, is a step up the ladder in read the manual I probably 1980, and has similar terms of build quality and wouldn’t have had the nerve to specifications to the Olympus specifications. It’s one of those pull quite so hard. The doors are XA2 which was introduced the cameras that I hadn’t been aware closed by pushing the wind-on same year. Both cameras are of until I spotted it in a charity lever forwards, in what feels like able to use dedicated electronic shop. It’s not in perfect condition, a counter-intuitive manoeuvre; flashes, which rather than use a the rewind crank is missing, and but once you’ve done it, it all hot shoe are attached to the side the battery compartment hosted makes sense. When it’s not on of the camera via a proprietary a leaky corroded mess, but at £3 door duty, the lever winds on the connection and secured in place I thought it was worth a punt. A film and sets the shutter ready to using a screw operated by a true collector would have given thumb-wheel. it a wide berth, since to describe take a photo. its condition as scruffy would be The exposure When I got to the end of the generous. But for me, the film I remembered that the rewind important thing is to be able to system is automatic, crank was missing, so I had to wrangle a photo out of my delivering shutter unload the film in a dark bag. It ragbag finds. Luckily the leaky speeds from 1/8th to was worth the minor batteries hadn’t done any serious 1/1000th and inconvenience because all the damage, and after lightly sanding apertures from f/2.8 shots I took were correctly the contacts, all the electrics down to f/16. The user exposed and the images are seemed to work. has no control over any quite crisp. This pink abstract of this, their only input image presented itself to me I looked in vain for a button or being to set the focus after a short sharp rain shower. lever to release the barn doors, using a scale on the lens. and had to resort to the manual Incidentally, if you need a manual for an old camera, an A pair of barn doors protects the lens when not in use Tony Kemplen’s love of photography began as a teenager and ever since he has been collecting cameras with a view to testing as many as he can. You can follow his progress on his 52 Cameras blog at 52cameras.blogspot.co.uk. See more photos from the Chinon Bellami at www.flickr.com/tony_kemplen/sets/72157628349305067.
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Best Buys A round-up of the AP testing team’s favourite and most highly rated kit, including both cameras and all kinds of accessories, across a wide range of price points Olympus Tough TG-6 Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III Fujifilm X100V l £369 l www.olympus.co.uk l £1,139 l www.canon.co.uk l £1,349 l www.fujifilm.eu/uk Olympus’s Tough compacts have habitually This unique zoom compact offers excellent Fujifilm’s charismatic rangefinder-styled won our underwater camera group tests, image quality by employing the same compact employs a fixed 23mm f/2 lens, and this latest model is still the best of its 24.2MP APS-C sensor as several of Canon’s APS-C sensor, traditional analogue controls type. It’s waterproof to 15m, shockproof DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, along with and a unique hybrid optical / electronic against a 2.4m drop, crushproof and a 24-72mm equivalent lens. A central viewfinder. In this latest version the lens freezeproof. The 25-100mm equivalent lens viewfinder, fully articulated touchscreen and has been redesigned for improved is paired with a 12MP sensor, and viewing is comprehensive external controls round off a sharpness, and the back is now adorned via a 3in LCD. This is also one of the few superb little camera for enthusiast with a tilting screen. It’s a truly gorgeous rugged cameras that can record raw files. photographers. little camera. ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Reviewed Reviewed 25 Apr 2020 3 Feb 2018 Panasonic LX100 II Sony RX100 VII Sony RX10 IV l £749 l www.panasonic.com/uk l £1,049 l www.sony.co.uk l £1,499 l www.sony.co.uk A high-end compact for creative Sony has somehow crammed a 24-200mm This sets a new standard for superzoom photography, the LX100 II is based around a equivalent zoom, pop-up electronic cameras, with a 24-600mm equivalent lens, 24-75mm equivalent f/1.7-2.8 lens and a viewfinder, tilting screen, 20 fps shooting 20MP 1in sensor, and 24 fps continuous 17MP Four Thirds sensor that features a and 4K video recording into a body that you shooting. Its SLR-shaped body hosts a large true multi aspect-ratio design. It also boasts can slip into a jacket pocket. With the firm’s electronic viewfinder and a decent set of a full range of traditional analogue control latest AF technology also on board, it’s physical controls. It’s the best dials, and the corner-mounted viewfinder is without doubt the most accomplished all-in-one camera for complemented by touchscreen LCD. pocket camera on the market. wildlife or travel photography that ★★★★ ★★★★ you can buy right now. Reviewed Reviewed 1 Sep 2018 5 Oct 2019 ★★★★★ Reviewed 2 Dec 2017 www.amateurphotographer.co.uk 55
BEST BUYS REVISITING GREAT KIT FROM OUR TEST ARCHIVES Nikon D3500 Canon EOS M50 Mark II Fujifilm X-S10 l £499 with 18-55mm VR l www.nikon.co.uk l £699 with 15-45mm lens l www.canon.co.uk l £999 with 15-45mm lens l www.fujifilm.eu/uk Nikon’s entry-level DSLR hits a sweet spot This likeable little camera is simple and Fujifilm’s latest model brings a distinct of capability versus affordability. It sports a approachable for novices, while offering change in design. It looks much like a 24MP APS-C sensor with a sensitivity range plenty of manual control for enthusiasts. Its conventional DSLR, with electronic dials for up to ISO 25,600, and can shoot at 5 central electronic viewfinder is joined by a changing exposure settings. But you still get frames per second. Its Guide Mode makes fully articulated touchscreen, autofocus is Fujifilm’s signature fine image quality, along the camera easy to use for beginners, while fast and accurate, and it’s capable of with in-body image stabilisation. The result full manual control producing consistently fine is a camera that’s is also available. images. The updated perfect for Mark II version APS-C DSLR ★★★★★ adds a few users looking minor extra to upgrade to Reviewed features. mirrorless. 9 Feb 2019 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Reviewed Reviewed 22 May 2021 23 Jan 2021 Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV Fujifilm X-T30 II Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III l £749 with 14-42mm lens l www.olympus.co.uk l £849 with 15-45mm lens l www.fujifilm.eu/uk l £1,049 body only l www.olympus.co.uk With a charismatic retro design, fine This lovely little camera provides excellent This small, fully featured and weather- handling, highly effective in-body performance, while preserving the charm sealed mirrorless camera is both a stabilisation and attractive JPEG output, and charisma of the X-series. It’s a great pleasure to use, and capable of great Olympus has made a camera that’s more all-rounder, and handles exceptionally well results. Its petite body finds space for an pleasant to use than its entry-level thanks to an intuitive interface based extensive complement of controls, along competitors. Its 20MP sensor delivers good around traditional analogue dials. Image with class-leading 5-axis in-body image results up to ISO 3200 at least, and its quality is superb in both raw and JPEG, stabilisation, yet weighs in at tilting screen can be set to face forwards aided by just 414g. On-chip beneath the camera. Fujifilm’s phase detection The 16MP peerless Film enables fast, Mark III is Simulation decisive also still a modes. autofocus. great buy. ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★ Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed 8 Feb 2022 11 Jan 2020 26 Sep 2020 Panasonic Lumix G9 Fujifilm X-T4 Canon EOS 250D l £899 body only l www.panasonic.com/uk l £1,549 body only l www.fujifilm.eu/uk l £699 with 18-55mm IS lens l www.canon.co.uk The finest Micro Four Thirds stills camera Fujifilm has built on its outstanding X-T3 by One of the smallest DSLRs around, the EOS Panasonic has ever produced, the G9 backs adding in-body image stabilisation and a 250D strikes a great balance between up its sturdy construction with a winning vari-angle screen. With high speed, portability and usability. It’s equipped with a combination of high-speed shooting, fast impressive resolution and sophisticated novice-friendly Guided Mode, while Canon’s focusing and effective in-body stabilisation. autofocus, the X-T4 is the finest APS-C Dual Pixel CMOS sensor provides excellent Boasting a control layout as complete as mirrorless camera yet, and a great choice autofocus in live view. Image most pro-level DSLRs, it’s an for both demanding quality is very good, extremely versatile professionals delivering vibrant camera that’s and keen colours and capable of enthusiasts plenty of fine dealing with who would like detail. any subject. to build a smaller, lighter ★★★★★ ★★★★ system. Reviewed Reviewed ★★★★★ 7 Sep 2019 27 Jan 2018 Reviewed 11 Jul 2020 Subscribe and save money! 56 www.amateurphotographer.co.uk
Nikon Z 6II Nikon Z 7II Sony Alpha 7R IV l £2,099 body only l www.nikon.co.uk l £3,099 body only l www.nikon.co.uk l £3,199 body only l www.sony.co.uk This upgraded full-frame mirrorless Nikon has delivered a sensible update to its With its 61MP sensor, the A7R IV takes all-rounder boasts a 24.5MP sensor, flagship high-res model, with an additional full-frame image quality to new heights, 273-point autofocus and rapid 14fps burst SD card slot and slightly faster shooting. As without compromising on speed or dynamic shooting. It also gains an SD card slot, before, its 45.7MP sensor gives stunning range. It’s as accomplished when shooting alongside XQD/CFexpress. Its excellent image quality, backed up by 5-axis in-body sports or wildlife as it is for landscapes or viewfinder is complemented by a tilting image stabilisation and fast, accurate portraits. With an excellent screen, and both image quality and handling autofocus. The viewfinder is superb, and viewfinder and effective are superb. The older F-mount SLR lenses can be in-body stabilisation, Z 6 remains used via the it’s the most capable a good buy FTZ adapter. all-rounder you can for £350 currently buy. less. ★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★ Reviewed 6 Feb 2021 Reviewed Reviewed 12 Oct 2019 9 Jan 2021 Sony Alpha 7 IV Nikon D850 Leica M10 Monochrom l £2,399 body only l www.sony.co.uk l £2,799 body only l www.nikon.co.uk l £7,200 body only l uk.leica-camera.com Sony’s latest enthusiast-focused full-frame This brilliant professional all-rounder Within its own specialist niche, this mirrorless model sets a new standard in its provides a winning combination of high monochrome-only manual-focus class. Its 33MP full-frame sensor delivers resolution and speed. Its 45.7MP sensor rangefinder is almost perfect. Its build excellent image quality, and it can shoot at produces fine results at high ISOs, and the quality is stunning, and the pared-back up to 10fps. Its practically foolproof autofocus is incredibly responsive and design allows you to immerse yourself subject-detection AF can now recognise accurate. Build quality and handling should completely in the process of taking birds as well as humans and satisfy the most demanding of pictures. Most importantly, the 40.9MP animals. A large, users. It’s an sensor produces fantastic results, clear viewfinder and absolutely reaching a new fully articulated sensational camera pinnacle in touchscreen round capable of tackling black & white off the package. any type of image quality. subject. ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Reviewed Reviewed 11 Dec 2021 Reviewed 22 Feb 2020 21 Oct 2017 Nikon D780 Canon EOS R6 Fujifilm GFX100S l £2,299 body only l www.nikon.co.uk l £2,399 body only l www.canon.co.uk l £5,499 body only l www.fujifilm.eu/uk This highly accomplished 24MP full-frame With this powerhouse all-rounder, Canon has Fujifilm’s second-generation super-high model shows that there’s life in the DSLR finally got full-frame mirrorless absolutely resolution camera places a 102MP yet. It’s superbly built with extensive right for stills photographers. It handles medium-format sensor in a body the size of weather sealing, handles brilliantly, and brilliantly, its subject-tracking autofocus is a full-frame DSLR. On-chip phase detection gives excellent results in any conditions. It’ll incredible, image quality is superb in both provides rapid autofocus; in-body image provide top-level service to photographers raw and JPEG, and the addition of in-body IS stabilisation allows the camera who want to keep using their is transformative. It also works brilliantly to be used handheld F-mount lenses with adapted EF-mount DSLR with confidence. It’s and still prefer lenses. perfect if you need an optical to shoot in the viewfinder. ★★★★★ field without compromising on ★★★★★ Reviewed image quality. 10 Oct 2020 Reviewed ★★★★★ 4 Apr 2020 Reviewed May 2021 Stay inspired all year, never miss an issue and get AP delivered straight to your door every week. See page 51 for details of our latest offer www.amateurphotographer.co.uk 57
BEST BUYS REVISITING GREAT KIT FROM OUR TEST ARCHIVES Billingham Hadley Pro 2020 Essential Film Holder Kit Manfrotto 190 Go! MT190GOC4 l £260 l www.billingham.co.uk l £90 l www.clifforth.co.uk l £279 l www.manfrotto.com/uk-en The latest model in this iconic line of Many photographers either still enjoy British-made satchel-style bags includes shooting film, or have old negatives and With 4-section carbon fibre legs that can some well-considered updates, such as a slides that they’d like to digitise. Probably each be set to four angles, this detachable shoulder strap. It’s impeccably the best way to do this is to copy them sturdy, versatile tripod constructed from premium materials to using a DSLR or mirrorless camera. This achieves a maximum height keep your kit protected, including easy-to-use device holds film flat over a of 147cm while folding Billingham’s signature triple-layer canvas lightbox for copying. It gives excellent down to 45cm, and that’s impermeable to water. It’s pricey, but results and is much quicker than using a weighs 1.35kg. But its will last for decades. party trick is a centre scanner. ★★★★★ column that can be ★★★★★ Reviewed 5 Oct 2019 set horizontally for Reviewed overhead or 29 Aug low-level 2020 shooting. ★★★★★ Reviewed 1 Jun 2019 Vanguard Veo Select 49 NiSi Bluetooth Remote Control Benro GD3WH l £119 l www.vanguardworld.co.uk l £29.90 l www.nisioptics.co.uk l £165 l www.benroeu.com This cleverly designed bag comes with both If you use strong This relatively a backpack harness and a shoulder strap, neutral density and can be switched filters, this device lightweight and between the two carrying makes it much modes quickly and easier to work portable geared easily. There’s space with the long for one or two exposures head employs an cameras and 3-5 extra required. It lenses, along with a connects to your Arca Swiss type separate compartment smartphone by Bluetooth for a 15in laptop and and is controlled by NiSi’s free ND quick release. Three a tablet. Calculator app. Camera connection cables cost £5.90 each. large control knobs, ★★★★★ ★★★★ Reviewed 11 Jan 2022 one for each axis Reviewed 6 Jul 2019 of movement, Gitzo Adventury 30L drive the camera directly l £219 l www.gitzo.com/uk-en in the corresponding direction, allowing This sizeable backpack will hold a pro-spec DSLR with a 70-200mm lens attached and highly accurate setting of composition. With a second body plus up to 4 lenses. An expandable roll top provides plenty its sturdy magnesium alloy construction, it’s of space for personal items, and the bag rated to support a 6kg load. also boasts tablet and laptop compartments. ★★★★★ Reviewed 26 May 2018 It’s comfortable to carry fully loaded and offers Novo Mantis T3 Vanguard VEO 2S first-class protection. Mini Travel Tripod AM-264TR ★★★★★ l £70 l www.ukdigital.co.uk l £99 l www.vanguardworld.co.uk Reviewed 8 Sep 2018 This neat 27cm-tall mini tripod This unusual monopod boasts has two-section carbon-fibre an extended height of legs that can be set to three 1630mm, a folded height of different angles, and chunky 565mm and a maximum load rubber feet that unscrew to capacity of 6kg. Three foldable reveal ground spikes. The legs at the base provide a tri-stand matched MBH-25 ball platform, and are linked to the head (£60) provides four-section carbon fibre leg via a impressive strength, ball joint that allows smooth and an optional panning and tilting motions. centre column is available for £30. ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Reviewed 30 May 2015 Reviewed 6 Feb 2021 Subscribe and save money! 58 www.amateurphotographer.co.uk
Nissin i40 Formatt Hitech Onyx Epson Expression 85mm Seascape Kit Photo XP970 l £159 l www.kenro.co.uk l £345 l www.formatt-hitech.com l £219 l www.epson.co.uk A compact flashgun that’s designed for mirrorless cameras, the i40 stands out for This 85mm filter kit is ideal for APS-C or An update to the XP960, which won our its high specification, compact size and Micro Four Thirds users. It includes a coveted gold award, this impressive ease of use. Its auto-zoom head covers polariser, 6-stop neutral density, and 3-stop multifunctional unit provides A3 printing lenses from 24-105mm equivalent. With a soft-edge and hard-edge ND grads. It’ll fit ability while retaining a compact footprint. powerful output that filter threads up to 77mm, with step rings Along with a conventional USB connection, it belies its size, and for 72mm, can print over Wi-Fi, or directly from an SD a built-in LED video 67mm and card or USB stick, controlled using the light, it’s available 58mm excellent colour LCD touchscreen. Other for most brands of supplied in useful features include an A4 scanner and camera. the box. double-sided document printing. ★★★★★ ★★★★ ★★★★★ Reviewed Reviewed 3 May 2014 6 Feb 2021 RØDE VideoMicro Calibrite ColorChecker Studio Biolite Charge 80 PD l £45 l en.rode.com l £520 l www.colourconfidence.com l £70 l uk.bioliteenergy.com Previously known as X-Rite i1 Studio, this kit RØDE has a strong reputation for its enables users to adopt a completely Powerbanks can high-end microphones. Its VideoMicro is a colour-managed workflow, from capture be invaluable directional unit that primarily picks up through display to print. It allows profiling of when you sounds from in front of the camera, and is cameras, scanners, monitors, projectors want to keep designed to match small mirrorless and printers, and works with both Mac and shooting for cameras. It uses ‘plug-in power’ that’s Windows computers. It’s a great tool for any longer. This device supplied by many cameras, and as there’s photographer who likes to print at home. houses a 20,000mAh no battery it’s short and Li-ion battery, which is light. It comes complete ★★★★★ Reviewed 19 Jan 2019 capable of replenishing the with a Rycote average camera battery up to ten shock mount Kase Wolverine Magnetic times. It can also be used to power and a large Circular Filter Entry Kit certain cameras directly. furry windshield. l £210-£285 l www.kasefilters.com ★★★★★ Reviewed 10 Jul 2021 ★★★★★ These clever kits include circular polarising, 3-stop and 6-stop neutral density filters that Fujifilm Instax Mini Link Reviewed snap magnetically onto adapters that screw 21 May 2016 into your lens. This considerably speeds up l £115 l www.instax.co.uk the process of using filters and encourages Hahnel ProCube2 you to use them Powered by a built-in rechargeable battery, creatively. Kits are this smart little printer l £69 l www.hahnel.ie available in 77mm connects to your 82mm, and 95mm smartphone via Bluetooth This dual battery charger boasts a sturdy sizes, with adapter and is controlled using an metal shell and interchangeable plates that rings from attractively designed and each accept a pair of batteries. An LCD 49mm up. intuitive app. It’s small display shows progress, and a 2.4A USB enough to slip into a output allows phones or tablets to be ★★★★★ coat pocket or bag, charged once the and delivers gorgeous camera batteries Reviewed little prints with fine are full. 8 Aug 2020 detail and vivid colour. Versions are available for all ★★★★★ the main camera brands. Reviewed 2 Nov 2019 ★★★★★ Reviewed 24 Feb 2018 Stay inspired all year, never miss an issue and get AP delivered straight to your door every week. See page 51 for details of our latest offer www.amateurphotographer.co.uk 59
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Photo Critique Final Analysis Damien Demolder considers... ‘Swimming Pool designed by Alain Capeillères, Le Brusc, South of France, 1976’, by Martine Franck W hen I hear mention of the ©MARTINE FRANCK / MAGNUM PHOTOS ‘decisive moment’ it isn’t Henri Cartier-Bresson’s off. The ‘Accords’ and other laws passed in swift one-touch pass from Zinedine Zidane rather blurry figure leaping 1979 gave French workers new rights, but when he was playing his best football. The a Parisian puddle that is called to my also granted them an annual two-week figures in the background suggest an echo mind, but rather this astonishing picture paid holiday for the first time. The French of this tri-cornered theme, as do the taken by his wife. If you aren’t familiar summer holiday became a national spherical lamps in the top right of the with Cartier-Bresson’s defining ‘Derriere institution which, among other things, frame, while a huge waving line guides us La Gare De Saint-Lazare’ you might look spawned a new segment for French cinema from left to right, and nicely divides the it up. I wish he’d used a slightly shorter and a shortage of Peugeot and Citroen frame to close in on the action. shutter and had worked a little harder parts for the rest of the world every July. in the darkroom to increase the contrast Cartier-Bresson was impressed with between the figure and his background. I love the shape of the almost-silhouetted Franck’s pictures immediately he became Martine Franck’s picture of holiday-makers reclining boy in his hammock, and the aware of them in 1966. Franck reported by the pool might be somewhat less action- intensity of his shadow that delivers an that he used the classic photographer’s packed but to me it demonstrates a much explanation of his pose from a second chat-up line, ‘I want to come and see your more sophisticated example of a picture angle. The pattern of the criss-cross contact sheets’. It obviously worked, as in which the subjects have arrived in their shadows of the hammock strings contrasts they married four years later. She kept her optimal positions. It has the added benefits beautifully with the regimented grid of the own surname and was fiercely independent of being skilfully composed in a beautifully floor tiles, giving us a mass of rectangles photographically, being careful not to have designed frame, which makes it a finer and triangles to enjoy as they intersect and her career confused with her husband’s. inspiration for our artistic ambitions. compete. The gaze of the boy makes us visually aware of the satisfying triangle Admittedly, not all of Franck’s pictures So perfect is this picture that for some between his head, the sunbathing lady’s are better than Cartier-Bresson’s, but for me time after I first saw it I assumed it had arm-covered brow and the chequered this particular one out-decisive-moments been choreographed with actors for some cheeks of the man practising his Adho sort of advert. I imagined someone had put Mukha Svanasana. The lines of the tiles all of his photographs pencil to paper to sketch out where all the take the boy’s eye-line directly to the hands-down. elements should be in the frame, and that woman, and her outstretched leg deftly with the aid of a compass and calendar had knocks our attention on to the yogi like a Light On The Riviera – Photography of determined the best time and day on which to take the picture in the specified the Cote d’Azur is published by teNeues location. The coincidence of shapes, lines, shadows, poses and geometry is such that and costs £50. ISBN: 9783961713950 the chances of this moment being happened-upon are surely slimmer than a lottery win. In fact the picture, which features in Genevieve Janvrin’s new book Light On The Riviera, was entirely spontaneous, and taken when Franck spotted the scene from a distance and rushed, while changing her film, to get to the right spot before the magic evaporated. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Accords de Matignon, La Fondation Nationale de la Photographie commissioned a small group of photographers, including Franck, to create a project called Les Français en Vacances examining how the French spent their time Photographer and journalist Damien Demolder has worked in the photographic publishing industry since 1997 and is the former editor of Amateur Photographer. He writes regularly about photography for a number of leading publications and has also been a judge on a number of prestigious international photo competitions. See his website at www.damiendemolder.com. 66 www.amateurphotographer.co.uk
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