Photography News Issue 52

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Entry-level Olympus

PNY has a solution to keep the whole family happy on long distance drives. The Family Car Charger can keep everyone’s device powered up from the car’s power outlet (the cigarette lighter) and costs £22.99, which sounds a bargain. The unit features four universal USB ports and delivers enough power to charge all four devices simultaneously. There’s one 1A output for front seat use and then three Smart USB outputs for rear seat passengers. The unit comes with a clip to attach to the back of most car seats to make it accessible to those in the back. PNYget family friendly

News in brief

The Olympus PEN E-PL9 offers the ideal next step for phone photographerswith itsgreat looks, solid build and up-to-date features list. It’s a 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds camera with an ISO range of 200-6400 (expandable to 100-25,600), Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for fast picture-sharing and plenty of options to get creative. This includes 16 Art filters,

an Advanced Photo mode for quick access to features like Live Composite and focus stacking, and a whole range of scene modes to have fun with. Add an electronic shutter with a top speed of 1/16,000sec, 121 focus points and a 3in touchscreen and you have a thoroughly modern mirrorless camera. The PEN E-PL9 body only costs

£579.99 and £649.99 with the ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ pancake zoom. The camerawill be available mid-March.

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Shardwinners

DeutscheBörse London’s Photographers' Mathieu Asselin, Heather, Canfield, Ohio, 2012 © Mathieu Asselin Courtesy of the artist Gallery is hosting the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation 2018. The four nominated projects will be on display at an exhibition running from 23 February to 3 June. The winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced on 17 May. The Gallery, at 16 to 18 Ramillies Street, London, is open 10am- 6pmon weekdays, 11am-6pm on Sundays, and there’s a café and bookshop on site. Entrance is free before noon and then £4 (£2.50 concessions). Please check the website for full details as the gallery does close for show setting up. thephotographersgallery. org.uk Panasonic and theNT Panasonic is now the official photography partner of the National Trust. For the public one benefit is the chance to borrow cameras and lenses as part of the National Trust Roadshow which is visiting a number of properties this spring. For details follow @LumixUK on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

The Shard held a photography contest for the best pictures of its 2017 lights display which was on during December 2017. Over 1400 entries were received and the images were judged by photographer Michael Tomas and Michael Baker, chief executive officer of Real Estate Management. There were three age categories: 11 andunder; 12-17; and aged 18 and over, and the winners were Aqeel Miah, Conor Shiels and Alexandru Ifrim, scooping photography kit vouchers worth £500, £750 and £1500 respectively. The prize package also included various Shard experiences.

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Images Two of the winning images from the Shard contest.

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Get your colours right andsavemoney

Buy an X-Rite i1Studio before 31 March and get a free Color Confidence GrafiLite worth £61.27. The X-Rite i1Studio is a pro- level colour management solution offering precise colour management from capture through to output. We tested it in PN 51 and it is very good value even at £450. Now it is

even better value because you get a free GrafiLite which is a daylight- quality viewing device, so perfect for checking prints. This offer is available through a number of photographic retailers so check the website for more details.

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