Photography News Issue 29 absolutephoto.com
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Simple scanning If you have an archive of slides and negatives, it’ll be packed full of invaluable, irreplaceable images. It’s time to digitise them with a film scanner
News in brief
Innovative specialist Phottix has introduced a newOdin radio flash trigger and a family of light modifiers. The new trigger is called the Odin II TTL and allows more control than was previously available, with a streamlined LCD interface to make the flash trigger even easier to use. It offers five groups anda total of 32channelsandfacilitiesincluding High Speed Sync and OverDrive Sync that offer correct flash sync with TTL and manual speedlights up to 1/8000sec. Users can adjust light coverage remotely and with the Indra360/500, the modelling lighting Manfrotto LEDpanels Three lighting panels using the latest LED technology are available fromManfrotto. The Croma 2, Micropro2 and Spectra 2 are portable enough to be camera mounted and give colour-correct images. Prices start from £154.95. manfrotto.co.uk throughWex Photographic. UV, circular polarising and 10EV neutral density are the three filter types on offer with popular sizes available. The 10EV ND is available from49mm to 82mm while the UV and circular polariser are available in sizes 37mm to 82mm. intro2020.co.uk REALPRO filters Kenko REALPRO filters are available exclusively
The Plustek OpticFilm 135 scanner is a high-performance film scanner and costs £245. It has a 3600ppi optical resolution and can output images to 17.3MB with file sizes big enough for 12x17in prints. TIF, JPEG and BMP files can be outputted. The motorized film holder holds four 35mm slides or six negatives and batch scanning speeds up operation. ItisMacandWindowscompatible and comes with QuickScan Plus software. This software features
a user-friendly interface to make scanning simple and has five creative modes too. The software also offers fast scanning and the quoted time for a full-resolution scan is a little over three minutes. Export to social media sites is also possible via the software. Panoramic film originals – up to 120mm across – can also be handled with an optional film holder.
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Phottix upgrades Odin
light and lighting ratios can be set remotely. The Odin II is available for Canon and Nikon flash systems – the receiver costs £125 and the transmitter £160. The Odin II is backwards compatible and if you already own a Mitros+ or Indra360/500, firmware updates will be available soon to let you take advantage of the Odin’s new features. The Phottix Hexa-Para Deep Octa is a new series of modifiers and two extra large sizes are available, the 120cm/47in and 150cm/59in costing £169 and £249 respectively with special speed
ring adapters for S-mount or Elinchrom costing £27 each. These Deep Octas offer soft, even edge-to-edge coverage with no hotspots – there is an edge-to- edge light difference of EV0.2 or less. The removable inner baffle has a double-diffused centre spot to give soft light even when the light is used close to the subject. 16 support rods give a near perfect circle shape for lovely rounded eye catchlights. They are made from quality materials for a long working life and come with a heavy-duty carry case.
The Hasselblad H5D-50c body is now priced at £12,714 and the Wi-Fi version at £13,194 (prices include 20% VAT). This 50-megapixel CMOS sensor medium-format camera is capable of producing 154MB files, has a top ISO of 6400 and can deal with a 14EV dynamic range. NewHasselblad prices
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One of Manfrotto’s most popular tripod ranges, the 190 Go! has gained twonewkits inaluminium and carbon fibre. The 190 Go! Carbon Fibre and Aluminium tripods come with the option of either the 496RC2 ball-head or the 804 Mark II three-way head. The 190 Go! Carbon Fibre four-section costs £309.95, with the kits (both the three-way or ball head) costing £359.95 and the Aluminium kits (both the three-way and ball head) priced at £214.95. Manfrotto get Go-ing
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