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Photography News | Issue 68 | photographynews.co.uk
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Canon powers on
Sony has added two powerful telephoto lenses to its G Master series line-up. The FE 600mm f/4 GMOSS is a super-telephoto lens and Sony’s longest prime to date. The second new lens, the FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS zoom, features built-in stabilisation, high resolution throughout the entire zoom range and is compatible with Sony’s 1.4xand2x teleconverters. The FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS and the FE 200- 600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS ship in August and cost £12,000 and £1800 respectively. Sony goes super long
Canon’s popular family of top-end PowerShotGseriescompactcameras has gained two newmembers, theG5 XMark II and theG7XMark III. The new arrivals will sell alongside the existing G5 X and the G7 X Mark II for the foreseeable future. BothnewPowerShotsshareagreat many key features. They share the same new 1in stacked CMOS sensor giving a 20.1 megapixels resolution and working with Canon’s DIGIC 8 image processor. The stacked sensor design allows for a native ISO range of 125 to 12,800, top 30fps Rawburst shooting, 20fps continuous shooting and a top electronic shutter speed of 1/25,600sec. However, the cameras have different lenses: the G5 X Mark II has a 24-120mm f/1.8-2.8 (35mm equivalent); while the G7 X Mark III has a shorter 24-100mm f/1.8-2.8. There’s a pop-up EVF on the G5 X Mark II while the G7 X Mark III is monitoronlybutofferslivestreaming and a microphone input. Canon’s product marketing specialist David Parry explains the thinking behind this approach. “We are targeting two different types of consumer with the G5 X Mark II and the G7 X Mark III,” he says. “We know quite Autofocusing is handled by Canon’s Nano USM technology. Nano USM combines the benefit of Canon’s STM and ring USM focusing technologies and uses Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus across most of the 35mm frame. The result is smooth, silent and fast autofocusing. Themassive focal length coverage allows huge creative potential and this is enhanced further by the lens’s impressive 50cm minimum focusing distance. The RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM costs £899.99 or buy it with the EOS RP camera at the money- saving price of £1999.99, which is £300 cheaper than if the items are bought separately. The EW-78F lens hood is an optional extra costing £34.99. This lens will be available from this September.
Sharedkeyfeatures CanonPowerShotG5X MarkII andG7XMarkIII 20.1 megapixels resolution 4K video (no crop) 1in CMOS stacked sensor 31-point AF system 30secs to 1/25,600sec electronic shutter ISO 125-12,800 range, extended to 25,600 20fps continuous shooting mode 30fps Raw Burst mode Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
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Images Canon’s product marketing specialist David Parry shows off the two new PowerShot G series compacts
often the people buying the G5 X use EOS at the moment and are looking for something smaller and lighter while the G7 XMark II seems to be taken over by vloggers. “We see the G5 X Mark II being the companion to your EOS,” David continues. “It has a new 5x zoom lens which covers from 24-120mm in 35mm terms and there’s the maximumaperture of f/1.8-2.8 plus a nine-blade diaphragm. Also the EVF has changed so it is a pop-up style, which means we can make the body significantly smaller.” “The G7 X Mark III comes in two colours, in black and silver or black – it’s the first time we’ve offered two colours on the G7 X and we’re targeting this camera towards the vlogging market. The big thing
this camera has is livestreaming which is something not every other manufacturer has got, so you can livestream directly to YouTube with this camera, which is pretty cool. It has vertical position movie shooting too, because people will actually do movies in a portrait orientation for Instagram and the camera will recognise this and won’t automatically flip it when it comes to processing.” The G5 X Mark II and the G7 X Mark III are priced at £849.99 and £699.99 respectively and are available to pre-order now. Both cameras are available with a battery kit at £50 extra om the above prices. Sales start in August.
CanonPowerShot G5XMark II £849.99 New pop-up EVF
New converter and firmware fromOlympus
8.8-44mm lens f/1.8-2.8 (24- 120mm 35mm equivalent)
CanonPowerShot G7 XMark III £699.99
8.8-36.8mm lens f/1.8-2.8 (24- 100mm 35mm equivalent) Livestreaming Microphone input
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Canon’s one lens wonder
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M.Zuiko
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2x
Teleconverter can be attached to the Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 IS and 40- 150mm f/2.8. It goes on sale this monthwith a price of £399.99. Olympus has also announced firmware updates for its OM- Ds. The first release is for the OM-D E-M1 Mark II. Firmware 3.0 adds AF performance utilising the OM-D E-M1X’s AF algorithm, reduced high ISO noise and focus stacking using three to 15 shots. For the OM-D E-M1X, Olympus has released firmware version 1.1, which offers USB Raw Data Edit with the free Olympus Workspace software. Olympus Workspace version 1.1 hastheadditionoffocusstacking for compositing up to 999 shots. Firmware can be downloaded fromolympus.co.uk/firmware MC-20
Canon’sEOSRfull-framemirrorless camera systemwelcomes a new lens, the RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM zoom, making six now available in the system and only the second non-L lens. If you want just one lens for your photography this 10x zoom that weighs just 750g could be the one for you. It makes the most of the opportunity given by the innovative EOS RF lens mount to produce a high-quality but compact zoom, and it features a Dynamic Image Stabiliser that gives a 5EV benefit whether you are shooting handheld stills or video. The lens’s advanced optical construction boasts 21 elements in 15 groups that includes aspheric and ultra-dispersal lens elements and Canon’s renowned Super Spectra lens coating.
Keyfeatures CanonRF24-240mmf/4- 6.3 ISUSMzoom
£899.99 21 elements in 15 groups 5EV image stabiliser
Nano USM AF activator Minimum focus 50cm Aperture range f/4-6.3 to f/22-38
72mm filter thread 7 diaphragm blades Weight 750g
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