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Photography News Issue 23 absolutephoto.com
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Panasonic breaks the 20-megapixel barrier
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Undoubtedly the camera release that’s got everyone talking this month is the new Panasonic Lumix GX8 interchangeable lens, Micro Four Thirds format camera. Taking what made its predecessor, the GX7, great and running with it, the GX8 incorporates cutting-edge 4K technology, which includes a 4K Photo mode allowing in-camera extraction of eight-megapixel photos fromyour footage. It’s also the first of Panasonic’s models to feature dual image stabilisation, which combines a lens optical image stabiliser and a body image stabiliser to counteract severe camera shake. At the GX8’s heart is a 20.3-megapixel Digital Live
MOS sensor, which is the highest resolution Micro Four Thirds sensor yet seen. It has improved levels of light saturation and a wider dynamic range that’ll deliver a more authentic colour in your images whilst a Venus Engine with a quad-core CPU supports up to 8fps continuous shooting. The GX8 also has a new 2360k-dot Live View Finder that’s tiltable to 90° and both the LVF and touch-sensitive LED screen have been designed to keep up with fast-moving subjects thanks to their quick response times. There’s a review of the Lumix GX8 later in this issue.
panasonic.co.uk
Full-frame and fully bright A constant fast aperture throughout the zoom range is the headline feature of this Sigma wide-angle lens
Changing the very definition of what constitutes a zoom lens, Sigma’s latest offering, the 24- 35mm f/2 DG HSM is one of a kind. It maintains its large f/2 aperture throughout the zoom range, which incidentally covers
the range of three fixed focal length wide-angle lenses. It incorporates large-diameter aspherical glass elements including one FLD and seven SLD elements. Super Multi-Layer coating reduces flare and ghosting whilst a nine-
blade rounded diaphragm creates stunning bokeh. It’s priced at £894.99 and Canon and Sigma fittings are available now, with Nikon to be confirmed.
sigma-imaging-uk.com
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