Photography News Issue 35

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Six have a grand VIP day out Samsung and Photography News hosted a VIP shoot for six competition winners at Painshill Park in Surrey recently. Here’s a story of the day

Samsung’s latest generation of SD storage cards are very highly specified and ideally suited for use in top-end high- resolution DSLRs as well as smartphones, tablets and cameras shooting 4K video. The Pro Plus SD range comprises 32GB and 64GB capacity cards and satisfies UHS-1 Class three and Speed Class ten performance levels. In practical terms, read speed is 95MB/s and write speed is up to 90MB/s. Reliable fast read/write performance is important but there’s more with Samsung’s five-proof features. The Pro Plus SD cards are waterproof, temperature proof, X-ray proof, magnetic proof and shockproof. Drop one of these latest Pro Plus cards in seawater and it can withstand 72 hours’ submersion. While we were unlikely to encounter adverse shooting conditions during our special event, you never know when the Samsung Pro Plus’s SD five-proof features will come in very useful. What our readers thought about Samsung Pro Plus SD memory cards Diane Le Count: “I really liked the memory card particularly from the point of view of multiple exposures where I was impressed with the speed between one image to the next.” Steve Lissemore: “Great card, very fast at saving images. I was shooting Raw and JPEG at the same time and had no lag at all. I highly recommend this card.” Paul Graber: “Six of us took the Samsung memory cards out with us to shoot; none of us had any problems. Cleary very reliable.” Frank Robinson: “First impressions, the card seemed very fast at saving images.” Alan Cooper: “When on JPEG and Raw at full size the card is fast and I did not have to wait for the next shot.” Samsung Pro Plusmemory cards

In Photography News issue 33 we ran a competition with six prizes of a a Samsung 32GB SDHC Pro Plus memory card, a VIP day out and photo shoot at Painshill Park and a panoramic print from LumeJet. On the day itself, our six winners then had the chance to win further prizes, a package comprising a Samsung 250GB T3 SSD drive, a £250 voucher to spend at lumejet.com and a family ticket to Painshill. This fabulous prize went to the photographer who shot the best image of the day with Photography News ’s editor Will Cheung the judge. The judging was to take place at the end of the day of JPEG shots straight out of the camera so the emphasis was very much on good technique and accurate composition. Having to get it right in-camera did mean that art filters and features such as multiple exposure were available for our readers to exploit. Painshill Park has plenty of photographic potential even on changeable days like we experienced. Our winners, in search of the prize-winning shot, had the option of using the two buggies provided by Painshill to get around the historic site or walk – or both. The shoot kicked off with an introduction to Painshill from CEO Mike Gove and a photographic briefing by PN ’s editor and then it was off to the buggies for some photography. Much of the time it was cloudy but we did have occasional bursts of bright sun and blue sky, and then the odd shower

Above Our readers clutching their Samsung SD 32GB prizes. From left to right: Frank Robinson, Paul Graber, Steve Lissemore, PN editor Will Cheung, Alan Cooper, Diane Le Count and Peter Winter. Below The overall winner, Diane Le Count, receives her prizes from Photography News editor Will Cheung. She won a Samsung T3 250GB SSD, £250 to spend on LumeJet products and a family day ticket to Painshill. Right Diane Le Count’s shot of the Crystal Grotto interior won her the overall prize which includes the Samsung T3 250GB SSD.

too. Key scenic features of Painshill including the Ruined Abbey, Gothic Tower and the Turkish Tent were on the itinerary with plenty of time allowed at each spot for everyone to get their shots. We also had exclusive access to the Crystal Grotto, a man-made feature dating back to 1760 featuring thousands of crystals and restored to its original glory by volunteers.

In the short time we had and in themostly cloudy conditions our six winners did a great job and between them shot over 500 pictures of Painshill on their Samsung 32GB Pro Plus SD memory cards capturing the wonderful follies, the overall landscape and the plentiful wildlife. Thanks to them for their time and enthusiasm and congratulations to Diane for winning the overall prize.

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