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The popular Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III is now available in two new kits. The first is a pairing of the E-M5 Mark III body with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12‑45mm f/4 Pro lens, which is weather-sealed, compact and lightweight. This combination is available at £1499.99. The second kit (right) is the video kit, which includes the E-M5 Mark III body with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2 lens and LS-P4 audio recorder, as well as a Joby GorillaPod 500, an SM2 shock mount adapter, a 3.5mm audio cable and a
Hello and welcome to the latest issue of Photography News , and I hope you are keeping well – and sane! – in the ongoing situation. Normal life is a still some way off. It’s true lockdown guidelines have been loosened, but as I write this, the practicalities of those changes are still not totally clear. However, spending more time outside is OK, so I take it that a trip out locally with the camera is acceptable – subject to social distancing guidelines, of course. So, perhaps it’s a tentative welcome to the launch of Photography News Summer Festival, celebrating photography. Hands up, the festival hasn’t gone quite to plan and we all knowwhy. But back when we were scraping ice off our windscreens and planning the magazine’s summer activities, we had some ambitious plans and some awesome ideas to get Photography News readers even more excited about their image making. However, in this situation, we have had to innovate. Our Summer Festival kicks off in this issue and runs for the following two. We’re covering hardware, photo and video techniques both in the magazine and on our website, photographynews.co.uk. It’s all about inspiration for taking pictures, ideas of what to buy and why, and advice for taking your image making forward during this unprecedented period in everyone’s lives. The chance of venturing outside with the camera is obviously very welcome, but to be honest I have enjoyed my time photographing in lockdown. My makeshift studio in the kitchen has proved invaluable. It has obviously been a challenge, but my studio lights and the macro lens have been busy, and the brain has had to do some work, too. Oil on water, food dyes in water, bubbles, water droplets and vegetables are not original subjects, but I didn’t realise I could have so much fun and burn up so many hours enjoying photographing them. I reckon I’ll be shooting themway beyond lockdown.
I enjoy giving myself projects to photograph – and my latest is me. I live on my own, so I’m rather limited on my choice of human subject. It all started in episode three of the PN podcast, when my lockdown photo idea was to shoot a self portrait, and my colleagues Roger Payne and Kingsley Singleton thought it was such a great idea that we should set ourselves a challenge. The idea was to shoot a self portrait and do the big reveal live during the following podcast. You can listen to all the podcasts ( for free!) on photographynews.co.uk, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Spotify. Anyway, the long and the short of it is that I shot a couple of self portraits and enjoyed it so much, I've made it into a mini project. Again, the idea is not original. In fact, by pure coincidence, a few days later, a press release popped into my inbox about a new book called Photographers . It’s full of great pictures, including self portraits, of many of the 20th century’s best photographers at work with their cameras and subjects. With my new project just two pictures old, this book of inspiration has given me a whole bunch of ideas – not just for lockdown but far into the future. I’m not photogenic and as far from being a narcissist as it’s possible to be, but I think it could be fun. It’ll certainly be a challenge with such a poor model. The future is looking to be a bit of a challenge, too. I had a couple of overseas trips planned for the coming year and already I’ve got sinking feelings about them both. Who knows what the world will look like next month? Never mind a year from now. On the upside, we don’t have to leave these shores to enjoy great locations with our cameras. I know that’s not exactly a revelation, but perhaps the events of the past couple of months have simply reinforced the fact that there are pictures to be had wherever you are, be it in the kitchen, the garden or a fewmiles from home. See you again next month.
windshield. Digital content creators and filmmakers with a need for a complete and compact system are the target audience here. This kit is available now for £1799.99.
Olympus has also announced kits for its LS- P1 and LS-P4 pocketable recording devices. Both units are available in a Podcaster kit, an Interview kit and a Videographer kit at £139.99 (LS-P1) or £199.99 (LS-P4). The LS-P1 is also available at £129.99 with a lavalier microphone kit. Olympus LS recorders give better-than-CD sound quality in PCM, WAV or MP3 formats and support FLAC recording and playback, so ideal for quality results on the move. olympus.co.uk
Olympus at home The Home with Olympus initiative was developed as a response to the lockdown, but the reaction has been
photographers are available. Follow the weblinks below:
121 guru olympus-imagespace.co.uk/ olympus-guru-sessions
so positive that the range of online events and advice has been expanded. It suits current as well as potential Olympus owners. Bookable 121 guru sessions, tech talks, shooting ideas and inspiration from leading
How-to and live videos Facebook @OlympusUK
Photographers’ inspiration olympus-imagespace.co.uk/ blog
4 News The latest launches, summer offers and news from the world of photography 5 Prizeword search And the chance to win a Samsung 256GB memory card 6 Club news Read how camera clubs and photo societies are using technology to keep members inspired during lockdown 18 Chris Upton profile Enjoy stunning work from one of the country’s leading landscape photographers
22 Buyers’ guide The PN guide to all things great in workflow, our expert advice for buying computers, software for the printer and paper for quality outputting 24 Big test: FujifilmX100V It looks like its predecessor, but the Fujifilm X100V has updated features, including a new lens, a two-way 3in touchscreen and the latest X-Trans CMOS 4 26.1-megapixel sensor. It promises to be a classic 28 First tests A briefer-than-usual glimpse into the world of new kit
8 Photo kit Mirrorless cameras are all the rage, with features, performance and the opportunity to take our photography to new heights Follow our expert advice and explore shutter speeds of one second and longer for inspirational pictures 16 Video technique How to get the most from your (video) camera 11 Camera technique
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