Photography News Issue 64

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3 Legged Thing introduces Ellie L-Bracket

Olympus goes for power Olympus’ M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 offers a 16.6x magnification, giving a 35mm equivalent focal length of 24-400mm, currently making it one of the most powerful zoom lenses for Micro Four Thirds cameras. Like the rest performance. To suppress chromatic aberrations and distortions, as well as reducing ghosting and flaring it has a Super ED lens, aspherical lenses, and a ZERO (Zuiko Extra-low Reflection Optical) coating which suppresses flare. The M.Zuiko Digital ED

Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey

3 Legged Thing has announced an evolution of its universal L-Bracket. The Ellie features two different screwmount slots on its base and the length of the bracket base can also be adjusted using its rigid stainless steel sliding bars, allowing users to choose the best position for their camera. T h e

accessories such as microphones or mounting arms to the bracket. 3LT’s Danny Lenihan commented: “Ellie is the culmination of a year’s development and testing, and is built on the foundations of

B r i t i s h g r a p h i c d e s i g n e r Luke Wesley P r i c e brought his loveforspace

of the M.Zuiko lens range, the lens is compact and lightweight, weighing 455g and measuring 77.5 x 99.7mm. It’s dust, splash and freeze proof, and it is also equippedwith the MSC (Movie and Still Compatible) focus mechanism, offering high- speed AF

QR11 and hundreds of comments andemails from customers since the QR11 launched in 2017.” Ellie is made from aerospace grade magnesium alloy and will be available in two anodized finishes; Copper (orange) and Metallic Slate Grey. Ellie has a suggested retail price of £64.99.

exploration to life by creating Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey , commemorating 30 years of space shuttle exploration. The book collates details of every space shuttle mission, including launch dates and crew lists, with stunning photos showing launch sequences, space walks and in-flight maintenance. Available in April, the book is £30 from Ammonite Press.

1 2 - 2 0 0 m m f/3.5-6.3 will be available from late March at £799.99. The lens comes with a free six- month warranty extension when registered via the MyOlympus platform at my.olympus.eu.

v e r t i c a l side of the bracket has an opening a l l o w i n g

users with L-shaped cable pins to connect accessories with ease, while both ends of the vertical aspect have two 1/4in-20 threads so you can attach

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Outdoor Photographer of the Year winners announced

This year’s competition saw over 20,000 entries, the highest number of entries in the eight years that the Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition has been running for. Robert Birkby from the UK bagged himself the overall winning title, as well as winning the Light in the Land category. Detailing his shot, taken near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, Robert said “Much of the higher ground in the South Pennines is relatively featureless, but these sheep had found shelter between a snowdrift and a dry stone wall. The conditions during this storm were some of the worst I’ve

encountered and the gale force wind was driving snow straight at me. I used my trusty 50mm lens with its small front element, cupping my left hand around it as a makeshift lens hood. Holding the camera still in the wind was difficult, so I used a fast shutter speed to keep things sharp and capture the falling snowflakes.” Speaking of the competition, head judge Steve Watkins, editor of Outdoor Photography magazine, said: “The judges were blown away by the quality of work that we looked at this year. It shows that the world of outdoor photography is thriving like neverbefore, thanks to thehardwork,

fresh thinking and deep passion brought by the photographers. There were so many outstanding images and it was incredibly tough to boil it all down to the final selection; those photographs that had an extra edge and impact to them, in terms of creative or technical expertise, or both. The competition is going from strength to strength, with the quality bar being raised each year.” TheYoungOutdoor Photographer of the year was named as Riccardo Marchegiani from Italy, with his shot of Simien National Park, Ethiopia, with Anya Burnell from the UK

Above Overall winner of OPOTY was Robert Birkby, with this image of sheep in the snow taken near Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire

taking the runner-up spot with her shot of Berry Head, Brixham, Devon. Youcansee the full list ofwinnersand find out more about the competition at opoty.co.uk.