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Photography News | Issue 45 | absolutephoto.com
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Sony goes wide
News in brief
Imaging giant Sony has announced two new lenses for its E Mount cameras; the FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM and FE 12-24mm f/4 G. The FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM is part of Sony’s G Master series and joins other fast-aperture lenses in the lineup, such as the FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM and FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM. The front element is the largest XA element Sony has yet produced, and the lens’s construction includes two Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass elements to keep chromatic aberration to a minimum while maximising resolution. It’ll be available from August at around £2,300. The FE 12-24mm G is Sony’s widest E-mount full-frame lens, boasting outstanding image quality in a compact, lightweight design, weighing 566g. The lens features an optical design with four aspherical elements, claiming to provide corner-to-corner sharpness, three ED glass elements and one Super ED glass element to minimise chromatic aberration. Available from July it'll be priced around £1,700. Both lenses employ Sony’s original Nano AR coating to suppress internal reflections and increase image contrast and clarity. They also feature ‘near circular’ aperture shapes at all settings, as well as two DDSSMs (Direct Drive Super SonicWaveMotors) and a floating focusing system to improve AF performance.
NewNDs fromSRB SRB Photographic has updated its range of filters with a new set of solid NDs. Made in the UK, the company’s Full Neutral Density Filter Set has seen advancements over the previous product, including improved resin quality that’s claimed to result in very minimal colour shift compared to the unfiltered view, therefore providing more accurate hues. The filters are also said to have a new low-profile design and better build quality. The set has 0.3 (1 stop), 0.6 (2 stop), and 0.9 (3 stop) filters and they’re available in P and A sizes. Filters are priced £14.95 each, but you can get the set for £39.95, which also includes a protective wallet (normally £4.95). srb-photographic.co.uk
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L-egant printing for all
LumeJet has announced its latest print product, the L.Type. This new development has taken years of research into silver-halide compounds, with L.Type prints applying 21st century digital technology to that century-old medium. The fusion of these analogue and digital methods is claimed to allow perfectly precise replication of your photography. The precision of L.Type prints also enables pin-sharp text and graphics to be used alongside photos, allowing "the creation of lay-flat books that truly attain a superior level of quality". Every L.Type image is hand-checked at each stage of the production process. LumeJet’s printing service uses 400dpi true continuous tone imaging of the paper from the company’s
proprietary print head, coupled with end-to-end colour management, which is something that’s certainly impressed discerning professionals and enthusiast photographers alike. The L.Type prints stay true to this, according to photographer and filmmaker, Jonathan Glynn- Smith: “L.Type prints have allowedme to produce prints, the likes of which I have never seen before… they reproduce detail with such clarity and sharpness it’ll amaze any photographer who wants the very best. L.Type is pure printing perfection for professionals and that’s why it’s now my print of choice.” If you want to try it out for yourself, check out the contest below.
Above Pro photographer Jonathan Glynn- Smith has been impressed by L.Type prints.
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Winprints worth£200
Photography News has teamed up with the expert photo printers at LumeJet to bring you a fabulous opportunity: the chance of seeing your favourite photographs produced as a glorious LumeJet L.Type print. Yes, if you win this free-to-enter photo contest you’ll have £200 to spend on L.Type prints from the LumeJet website. L.Type by LumeJet is the latest step in the company’s printing development and represents the culmination of over 15 years of research into silver halide. LumeJet has always been passionateaboutprintingbeautiful photography and nowwith L.Type the fusion of classic analogue silver halide materials, cutting-edge digital print technology and super- accurate colour management enables the faithful replication of a photographic vision with hitherto unseen precision and sensitivity. To be in with the chance of winning LumeJet prints worth £200, just take a great picture of a family event. This could be a
magical wedding shot, a candid at a christening or a fun shot at a summer barbecue. Upload images to flickr.com/ groups/familypncontest/. There is no fee to enter but you will have to join flickr.com, which is free. Only one photograph per person can be submitted and the entrant must also be UK based. Images should be 1500 pixels across and we will contact you if we need higher resolution files to judge or publish. Entries are judged by the editor and his decisions made relating to this contest are final. For full terms and conditions please see the absolutephoto.comwebsite. The closing date for entries is 10 July 2017 and the winner will be announced in PN issue 46 which is out from 17 July 2017. The winner of last month’s ‘Red, White & Blue’ contest is Linda Hall, whose image is shown on the right. Congratulations to Linda and we're sure she’ll enjoy her LumeJet L.Type prints.
Above Linda Hall’s winning image from the ‘Red, White & Blue’ round.
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