Photography News Issue 33

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Win a VIP day out Join Samsung and Photography News for a great day out at Painshill landscape garden

Samsung’s latest generation of 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 range comprises 32GB and 64GB capacity cards and satisfies UHS-1 Class 3 and Speed Class 10 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 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 are unlikely to encounter adverse shooting conditions during our special event, you never know when the Samsung Pro Plus's five- proof features will come in very useful. Samsung Pro Plusmemory cards

We’re offering you the exclusive opportunity to join Samsung and Photography News for a great day out at Painshill landscape garden in Surrey. Six places are available for this special event on 13 July 2016. The chosen six will each win a Samsung 32GB SDHC Pro Plus memory card and a one-metre panorama print from photographic printing specialists LumeJet. They’ll spend the afternoon shooting Painshill and the photographer of the best picture taken during this time wins a Samsung 250GB T3 SSD, worth £98.99 with a sequential read/write speed of 450MB/s in Turbo Write operation; a family pass to Painshill; and a £250 LumeJet voucher to be spent via its website, lumejet.com. High-speed performance is just one benefit of SSDs, reliability is another. SSDs do not have any moving components, unlike conventional hard drives, so are much less likely to go wrong and accessing data is rapid too. LumeJet is passionate about printing beautiful photography and offers the next generation of quality to the discerning photographer, who simply wants the most beautiful print available. Its services include ultra-high resolution photographic prints but also offers mounted and framed prints, premium quality layflat photo books and blocks. To be in with the chance of attending, answer this question: What’s the sequential read/write speed in Turbo Write operation of the Samsung 250GB T3 SSD? Email the answer by 28 June 2016 to willcheung@bright-publishing. com with Samsung/Painshill in the subject line. We will pick six at random from the correct entries. Entry is open to UK residents, aged 16 and above. Travel to Painshill is at participants’ own cost and they must bring their own camera kit. For full terms and conditions, visit absolutephoto.com.

The plan for the day

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At 5.50pm we will reconvene in the Abercorn

The event begins at 2pm with a briefing in the Abercorn Room fromWill Cheung, editor of Photography News. You will also get a welcome and an introduction from a member of Painshill’s team. All six participants will receive a Samsung 32GB SDHC Pro Plus memory card to use (and keep). The shoot begins around 2.40pm. We will be using buggies to get us around the garden where we will be spending around 30 minutes at each stop. If you prefer you are free to wander on foot.

Room for afternoon tea and a debrief. At this point, images will be uploaded and Will Cheung

will judge the images and the best picture taken wins a Samsung 250GB T3 SSD external hard drive (above), a £250 LumeJet print voucher to be spent on its website and a family entrance pass to Painshill landscape garden.

About Painshill landscape garden

Painshill is a beautiful award-winning 18th century landscape garden in Surrey. What makes Painshill truly remarkable today is that it has been restored from the ground up. In 1981 Painshill Park Trust was formed to restore the historic site to its original state. Most of the follies in the Grade I Listed landscape

have been rebuilt or restored and the landscape has been replanted with thousands of new trees. The 158 acre landscape garden is open all year round. The crystal Grotto is open to visitors (weekends only) and pre-booked guided tours. painshill.co.uk

New from Olympus is the TG-Tracker. Aimed at action adventurers the TG-Tracker is waterproof down to 30m, freeze proof to -10°C, dust proof, shockproof from 2.1 metres and crush proof to a weight of 100kg. The camera features an ultra- wide angle lens with 204° field of view, 5-axis image stabilisation, a flip-out colour LCD and a detachable grip. The TG-Tracker will be available from July for £279.99. Track the action with Olympus

Canon releases

Canon launched a variety of products thismonth, which included the PowerShot SX620 HS. This compact superzoom camera has a 20.2-megapixel CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4+ processor and a 25x optical zoom. The SX620 HS will be available from June for £219.99. Also announced is the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM lens, the world’s first AF lens to feature a built- in Macro Lite. This dedicated lens offers a minimum

focusing distance of 13mm and 1.0x magnification or 1.2x in Super Macro mode. Available now the EF-M 28mm f/3.5 Macro IS STM is priced at £294.99. Adding to its accessories line-up Canon has also introduced the Speedlite 600EX II-RT and the Directional Stereo Microphone DM-E1.

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