Photography News Issue 33

Photography News | Issue 33 | absolutephoto.com

53 Accessories test

FOTOSPEED Panoramic test pack

29 .95

FUJIFILM Crystal Archive Professional Velvet

ONLINE PAPER

CANSON Infinity Photo Lustre 310gsm

From £20

£950

8 Online Paper Looking to make inkjet prints? Want great service and prices to match? Then Online Paper is an excellent place to get start shopping. Online Paper was the pioneering e-commerce paper company, and the first to sell Hahnemühle digital inkjet papers in a webshop in 1999. Since then its range of services has grown massively with its online catalogue now covering arguably the largest range of digital inkjet paper in one place, including the complete Hahnemühle range, the TIPA Award winning Canson Photo Lustre and Baryta, plus the top sellers from Permajet, Ilford, Fujifilm, and Fotospeed. But it’s not just the big names you’ll find at Online Paper, there’s also exquisite specialist papers such as Somerset Enhanced and the legendary 300gsm 100% cotton Museo Silver Rag which emulates a traditional darkroom look and feel. Matching the incredibly wide range of papers are Online Paper’s prices, with savings of up to 60% and if you want to save even more, just quote the code PN33 at the checkout – you’ll receive free P&P in the UK until 10 July. onlinepaper.co.uk

with a great feel, too. Prints of up to 210x594mm can be made, making the pack a creative, inexpensive way to print one-off panoramic images with a near 3:1 ratio on your normal A4 size printer – there’s no need to buy whole rolls of paper, which can be a serious outlay. There’s even extra sheets included for free Fotospeed profiling plus a full template guide and technical advice. The paper has been welcomed by Fotospeed ambassadors, including well-known photographers like Joe Cornish, Trevor and Faye Yerbury, and Charlie Waite. Fotospeed demonstrations are available to most camera clubs and you can email the team on sales@ fotospeed.com or call 01249 714555 for more friendly advice. fotospeed.com Canson has an impressive pedigree in the photo paper business; in fact, in 1865 it was granted an international patent for the improvement of albumen paper, the first commercially exploitable method of producing a photographic print onapaper base fromanegative. Why the history lesson? Well, it just 7 Canson Infinity Photo Lustre 310gsm from £20

shows the level of experience that goes into Canson’s range right up to the present day. Take its TIPA Award winning Infinity Photo Lustre Premium Resin Coated 310gsm, for example. The paper is an alpha cellulose, acid-free stock that provides a magnificently lustrous finish. It also has museum-standard archival properties, being designed to satisfy the highest lifespan requirements and its reproduction of tones and hues make it a perfect choice for black & white or full colour prints. As you’d expect from a pro-level paper, it’s also very strong and the 310gsm weight tops off the high-quality feel, making it easier to mount and withstand damage when handling. The paper is available in 25 sheet packs at standard sizes like A4, A3, A3+ and A2, as well as rolls, with an A4 pack costing around £20, and A3, £40. If you’d like to give it, or Canson’s other recent TIPA Award winning Infinity Baryta Photographique 310gsm paper, a try, you can – at a discount. Yes, PN readers can get free UK P&P or an extra 5% off any mixed order over £50 during June through onlinepaper.co.uk. Just use the code PNCA at the checkout. onlinepaper.co.uk

9 EpsonSureColor SC-P800£950 If all this lovely inkjet paper has encouraged you to make more prints, it might also be time to think about your choice of printer. After all, there’s no point running your newhigh-quality stock throughworn- out or clogged-up print heads as you won’t be getting the best from it. A good clean can often take care of that, but with print technology coming on in leaps and bound in the last few years, and improved features and quality the order of the day, if you’re using an older generation printer, it’s also worth considering an upgrade. A great example of the state of the art is Epson’s SureColor SC-P800, which PN readers recently declared the Best Inkjet Printer of 2015 in the Photography News Awards. At nearly £1000, it’s Epson’s top-of-the- range A2 desktop photo printer, and while that might sound like a lot to shell out, a good quality printer is just as important as good quality lenses, where most would find that sort of money less of an issue. And the P800 certainly offers plenty for its price tag. Starting with its superb print quality, the printer uses a nine-colour ink set, and Epson’s new UltraChrome HD ink, offering photographers true-to-life, vivid colour, precise detail and deep blacks. The supported 80ml ink cartridges are large enough to mean you’ll spend less time changing inks and the P800 also offers real freedom in the range of media you can use; as the smallest A2model supporting a roll paper, you can enjoy sumptuous panoramic prints. There’s also a front-loading fine-art paper path (one of three paths), so you can easily switch formats. Away from the excellent print quality, the P800 also packs in a range of options to make printing easier, such a Wi-Fi connectivity, so you can print direct from your tablet, laptop or smartphone. The printer is controlled by a 2.7in touchscreen display, featuring an easy-to-follow user guide, andwhile typicallyA2 printers are prettymonstrous in size, this one has a sleek design making it the smallest on the market and more likely to fit where desk space is limited. epson.co.uk