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Photography News Issue 23 absolutephoto.com
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Canon’s helping hand
News in brief
Bear joins Canon Adventurer and rugby fan Bear Grylls is collaborating with Canon and Getty Images’ leading rugby photographer Dave Rogers to give a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Rugby World Cup, giving tips on how to capture the greatest moments. canon.co.uk everything from weddings to fashion, has joined Ricoh as its latest ambassador using the Pentax 645Z. He’s known for his unobtrusive reportage style and will be working with Ricoh to promote its products. ricoh-imaging.co.uk NewRicoh recruit Top UK photographer Brett Harkness, who covers
Canon has partnered with the BritishRedCross for the second-ever Humanitarian Citizenship Awards photography competition. The awards celebrate young people who make extraordinary contributions to society. This year’s theme is ‘celebrating your community’, which competition organisers hope will shine a light on some of the amazing acts made by individuals and communities for the good of
others. There are two categories to enter: 17 and under, and 18 to 25. Canon has put up some enviable prizes: the winners of each category will take home a Canon EOS 760D and four runners-up will each bag a Canon compact. Entries need to be in before 20 September and winners will be announced in November.
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All kitted out Sigma’s new dp0 Quattro kit aims to make the most of its ultra-wide angle
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Sigma has packaged the ultra wide-angle dp0 Quattro with an LVF-01 LCD viewfinder. The dp0 incorporates a 14mm f/4 lens including four low-dispersion glass elements, two special low- dispersion elements and two aspheric elements which work to give less chromatic aberration and distortion so you can make
the most of this impressive wide- angle. The viewfinder included in the kit gives the dp0 the feel of a DSLR, incorporating a high- performance lens and coating. The dp0 Quattro kit is available for £999.99 and there’s a review later in this issue.
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Last year’s winner of the 18-25 category taken by Souvid Datta.
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