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NEWS INBRIEF UPDATES Firmware upgrades are available for the Nikon D800/D800E, Olympus OM-D E-P5, E-M1, E-M10 and Stylus 1. www.nikon.co.uk www.olympus.co.uk COREL SOFTWARE Corel AfterShot Pro 2 is claimed to be 4x faster than any Raw converter on the market thanks to its 64-bit processing. It offers other features too including an improved workflow interface, updated Raw profiles and, on Windows, HDR functionality. It costs $79.95, with upgrades from $59.99 . www.corel.com TRAINING If you enjoy action photography and want to hone your skills, get along to a Jessops Academy motor sports course. It costs £199 for a day and there are various venues across the country. www.jessops.com/ academy allows Lightroom users to enjoy the benefits of Dx0’s PRIME denoising technology. It’s the first software that allows full integration with Raws through Lightroom on Mac and Windows . www.dxo.com DX0OPTICS PRO Dx0’s Optics Pro 9.5 MOTORSPORT KZOOM This 20.7 megapixel camera phone is now available in the UK. NEXT ISSUE Issue 10 of Photography News will be available fromMonday 21 July . SAMSUNGGALAXY

Just Ltd has announced a new rain cover from Matin. A black version is already available at £40, but the latest one is a camouflage variant, priced at £50. The cover has two sleeves for easy access and a transparent window to allow viewing of the monitor. The cover can accommodate lenses up to 48cm in length so it will suit wildlife photographers, but the extension can be tucked away when using shorter lenses. There is also a new ‘pap’ strap called the Fast- Access 5. This lets you carry the camera on an across-the-body strap and bring it up to your eye really quickly. It’s suitable for CSCs and normal DSLRs but not professional, deep-bodied DSLRs.

Nature and sports photographers will be interested in Nikon’s latest long telephoto. It’s a 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens. Its predecessor was something special so the updated version is going to have to go some to beat it. That said, the new lens’s specification is impressive, as is its price: £10,399.

π To find out more, go to www.nikon.co.uk.

π To find out more about both products, go to www.cameraclean.co.uk.

Dirty sensors are part and parcel of digital capture, but if you are too wary of cleaning it yourself, take your camera to one of Jessops’s 28 stores for a professional clean. Prices start from £30 for a two-day turnaround. If you want to buy your own cleaning kit, Jessops can help there too. Its product range includes Lenspen lens, sensor and tablet cleaning accessories. Sensor cleaning Nat Geo bags If you prefer your camera bag to have a less obvious camera bag look, check out the new options in the Africa collection brought to us by Manfrotto and National Geographic. There are six new bags in the range, from stylish day trip slings to small and medium backpacks. All the bags are made from washed canvas and leather. They are designed to offer a high degree of protection while still enabling quick access to the contents. Prices start from £79.95.

π To find out more, go to www.jessops.com/sensorclean.

π To find out more, go to www.geographicbags.co.uk.

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