Photography News Issue 37

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BlackRapid’s strapping stuff

News in brief

New from the camera strap connoisseurs at BlackRapid is the ‘Breathe’ range. These straps, which come in a range of sizes and styles have been created to deliver high performance and comfort with the shoulder pad allowing better weight distribution and positioning across the body. As part of BlackRapid’s commitment to comfort, the shoulder pad

also has an air-mesh grip layer, fixing its position and increasing ventilation, so you can wear it for longer. Like other BlackRapid straps, it features Duraflex Buckles, Hypalon hook up points and springloaded bumper locks. It’s out now with BlackRapid prices starting at £40.

Sigma gets into movie lenses

Eddy lands in theUK Eddycam straps are now

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available in the UK. These straps are handmade in Germany from super-soft elk skin so they're comfortable and durable, too. With straps available inmain variety of widths, lengths and configurations, your choice can be very individual, too. eddycam.com eight colours, 17 different colour combinations and a

Sigma is entering the world of video lenses with a range of fixed focal length and zoom lenses suitable for ultra megapixel shooting in Canon EF and Sony E mounts, and with PL fittings coming later. The High Speed Zoom range includes an 18-35mm T2 and a 50- 100mm T2 while in the FF Zoom line there’s a 24-35mm T2.2. Five

options are available in the FF High Speed Prime series and these include a 20mm T1.5, 24mm T1.5, 35mm T1.5, 50mm T1.5 and an 85mm T1.5 model. Prices are to be confirmed and the lens will start to be available from the end of 2016.

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Zeiss 85mm

Paxis pack There are backpacks and

then there's the Paxis range of photo backpacks; these are cleverly designed so you can get at your kit without having to take the backpack off. Pull the cable attached to the shoulder harness and this releases the lower section of the backpack so that it can swing around to the front. Two sizes are available, the Paxis Mt Picket 18 and 20 priced at £180 and £200 respectively. The 18 is grey/ black and the 20 black only. johnsons-photopia.co.uk Apartner for LumeJet LumeJet, a producer of top- quality photographic and fine-art prints, has teamed up with online photo community, Photocrowd. Members can now enjoy LumeJet prints at attractive prices thanks to the deal. See this issue’s Profile section on LumeJet’s Deputy Chairman, Paul Anson, for more on the advanced printing technology they use. photocrowd.com lumejet.com

The Zeiss Loxia family of lenses for full-frame mirrorless cameras has gained a new member, the 85mm f/2.4. It’s a manual focus lens with a focusing ring that rotates through 220 ˚ for very precise focusing and has aminimum focus distance of 80cm. Stocks will be available from this December and the lens is priced at £1199.

Hähnel helpers The Captur Timer Kit builds on the success of the Giga T Pro II remote. It includes all the latter's features and improvements like a larger LCD, a built-in audio trigger alert, and a more powerful radio output signal. Also from Hähnel are new ProCube charger models that have a new look and additional battery plates, while the range of Extreme batteries has grown with the high capacity HLX-E6N and HLX-EL15HP.

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Classy print box Hahnemuhle’s new A3+ Portfolio Box offers an elegant storage solution for your most prized prints. Finished in black and made from acid-free archival materials the protective and stylish box features a textured cover of 100% cotton with acrylic coating. The limited edition includes 50 sheets of A3+ inkjet paper with the choice of Photo Rag 308, FineArt Baryta or FineArt Baryta Satin. You also get 50 interleaf sheets of acid-free glassine paper. Prices to be confirmed.

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