Photography News issue 18

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CameraClubof theYear 2014-15

The last round’s theme is trees, andwith that announced it’s time to think about finalising your club’s entry for our first Camera Club of the Year competition. Great prizes and fame await thewinners

Your camera club might have been entering month by month, or you might have decided to hang on until after Round 5’s theme was announced and then enter all 25 pictures. If you have been entering round by round, there is still time to switch images if you prefer, so long as everything is in by 5 May 2015 ready for judging.

Of course, the crucial thing is to have 25 strong photographs that each interpret the relevant theme, as creatively as possible. Technical proficiency we’d expect anyway and that means correct exposure, right colours and sharp where it matters – so tight depth-of-field control. Speaking of tight control, this also applies to highlights and shadows, so skilled use of editing software to get details in the right place. Images should also be cropped to maximise picture impact. The adage ‘ less is more ’ is worth bearing in mind, so don’t be afraid to try different options before submitting your entry. With those final thoughts, we look forward to your club’s entry. Remember, the closing date is 5 May 2015. Good luck everyone.

First, your club’s competition secretary (or whoever is going to enter eachmonth) must sign up at www.absolutephoto.com . Next, click on Members’ Area in the menu bar, then choose Camera Club of the Year 2014-15 from the drop-down list. Simply register your camera club and follow the upload instructions. How to enter

Thewinning club gets… ... a brilliant CanonXEEDWUX450multimedia projector worth over £3000 to showoff their winning shots and 25 subscriptions to irista, plus an exclusive experience day with international landscape and travel pro, DavidNoton!

CanonEOS5DS Canon has really put the cat among the pigeons with its two latest full-frame DSLRs launches. The EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R both boast 50.6-megapixel resolutions, making them the highest resolution 35mmDSLRs on the market. And all in a traditional-sized camera body. The twomodels are mostly identical, with the R variant having a low-pass cancellation filter for the ultimate resolution from the 50.6-megapixel sensor. Neither camera will be in the shops until later this spring, and body prices have to be confirmed but are expected to be around £3000 each. That’s incredible value, because they offer medium-format resolution at a fraction of the price, and with the support of Canon’s massive collection of top-flight lenses. Canon has set the bar very high indeed with these two game-changing DSLRs.

SPECS

PRICE To be confirmed SENSOR 36x24mm CMOS, 50.6 megapixels, 8688x5792 pixels PROCESSOR Dual DIGIC 6 ISORANGE 100-6400 (exp. ISO 50 to 12,800) SHUTTER 30secs to 1/8000sec plus B SHOOTING RATE Up to 5fps (up to 14 Raws or 50 JPEGs) METERING SYSTEM 150,000 pixel RGB-IR sensor with Evaluative, measurement methods AUTOFOCUS POINTS 61, with AI focus, one- shot and predictive servo AF DIMENSIONS 152x116.4x76.4mm WEIGHT 845g body only partial, spot and centre‑weighted

CANON XEEDWUX450 PROJECTOR

David Noton EXPERIENCE DAY!

CANONXEEDWUX450PROJECTOR+ANEXCLUSIVEDAYWITHDAVIDNOTON The Canon XEEDWUX450multimedia projector, worth over £3000, is Canon’s most compact WUXGA projector. WUXGA stands for Widescreen Ultra Extended Graphics Array, so you get a 16:10 screen aspect ratio and a huge display resolution of up to 1920x1200 pixels. www.canon.co.uk David Noton is one of the world’s top photographers specialising in landscape and travel work. The winning club gets an exclusive day with David where he’ll be hosting a workshop and then providing an illustrated talk on his amazing images. www.davidnoton.com 25SUBSCRIPTIONSTOIRISTA The newway tomanage, organise and share your image files online, irista supports JPEGs and Raws frommost manufacturers and 10GB of storage space is available free on sign-up. The winning club, though, will get 25 free Value subscriptions that have 50GB storage capacity – which is normally £45 for a year’s subscription. www.irista.com

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

Photography News | Issue 18