Photography News Issue 43

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GoDeluxewith Lee Lee Filters’ Deluxe kit is made up of the key 100mm filters you need for scenic shooting and the filter holder with 105mm filter ring attached.

Five filters are included: Landscape Polariser, Big Stopper and three NDS graduate filters.

Sigma confirms pricing and availability Sigma has announced the price of the 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM lens, which will be available in April with a The 100mm Deluxe filter kit retails at £605.58; a saving of more than £80 on the individual items (lens adaptors are extra). leefilters.com Vanguardwins design awards Vanguard has bagged three Red Dot design awards for the Vanguard Alta Pro 2+ 263CT Carbon Fibre Tripod, Alta Sky 51D Backpack and VEO Discover 46 Backpack. The awards were given in recognition of high design quality, expressing innovation in form and function in an exemplary manner. vanguardworld.com Instant addition Joining Fujifilm’s line-up of Instax instant cameras is the Instax Mini 9. This features a close-up lens, high-key mode and selfie mirror. It will be available from May, in five different colours, and will be priced at £77.99. fujifilm.eu/uk recommended price of £799.99 in both Canon and Nikon mounts. sigma-imaging-uk.com

Nikon’s D7000 series gets a newaddition

Nikon has unveiled the D7500, a DX-format DSLR which inherits several pro features from the flagship D500; including its 20.9-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor, Nikon’s EXPEED 5 processing engine and a native ISOrange of 100- 51,200, which can be extended to an equivalent of 1,640,000. Aimed at aspiring enthusiasts the D7500 has a 51-point AF system and offers eight frames-per-second shooting so is ideal for a range of subjects including portraits, sports, action and wildlife. Thanks to the inclusion

of Nikon’s SnapBridge connectivity you can transfer and share your images on the go. The inclusion of 4K video and 4K time-lapse movie means you can get creative with more than just stills. The D7500 has 100% viewfinder coverage and also features a 3.2-inch tilting touch screen monitor, allowing you to operate AF and shutter-release functions when shooting in Live View by using the touch controls. The new camera offers the same image quality as the

D500, but in a more lightweight body, weighing just 640g. Its design also has a deep grip and the body is weather sealed for shooting in a variety of conditions. The D7500 is expected to be available from June with a recommended body price of £1299.99. Alternatively it will also be available as a kit with the AF-S DX 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens for a recommended price of £1599.99.

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Win prints worth £200

HahnemühlePhotoGloss

Hahnemühle has added a new light white barite paper to its photo range. The Photo Gloss Baryta 320 features an enhanced coating with a glossy surface and replaces the Harman by Hahnemühle Gloss Baryta. It will provide deep blacks and shiny colours and offer darkroomproperties of traditional barite paper for the fine-art print. The Photo Gloss Baryta 320 will be available from April in standard sheet and roll formats.

PhotographyNews has teamedupwith expert photo printers LumeJet to bring you the chance of seeing your favourite photographs in glorious print. Win this free-to-enter contest and you have £200 to spend on the LumeJet website. LumeJet is passionate about printing great photographs and uses its own developed S200 printer for high-end photographic and commercial print use. Using its innovative and home-grown photonic technology, LumeJet is able to deliver beautiful prints, faithfully reproducing the photographer’s art to achieve extraordinary colour fidelity and superb tonality, with great longevity.

This month’s theme is Days Out, which gives you huge scope in terms of subject matter; and one cracking shot can scoop you the prize of £200 worth of LumeJet prints. Your entry might be taken at a theme park, or on a trip to the coast or a portrait shot at a living museum. Free your imagination and upload your entry before the closing date. Upload images to flickr.com/ groups/3435136@N23/. There is no fee to enter but you will have to join flickr.com, which is free. Only one photograph per person can 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. The editor’s decision is final and for terms and conditions please see absolutephoto.com The closing date for entries is 7 May 2017 and the winner will be announced in PN issue 44 out from 15 May 2017. The winner of last month’s At Home contest is Ceri Jones: congratulations and well done to him.

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