Photography News issue 18

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Samsung Shoots: THE BEACH

The Samsung NX1 can blaze away at 15fps, so it’s perfectly suited to action photography, but its 28.2-megapixel resolution and growing lens range means it has vast potential for scenic shooting too, as ten keen enthusiasts show here

Our sister magazine, Advanced Photographer, recently made an offer that no keen photographer could possibly refuse: to spend the day indulging their passion for photography at the beautiful Suffolk coastal town of Aldeburgh. Samsung kindly loaned us Samsung NX1 cameras and several large boxes full of NX lenses for the experience. Each reader was issued with an NX1, 16‑50mm f/2-2.8 standard zoom and a 50-150mm f/2.8 telezoom, and then a pool of wide‑angle lenses and macro lenses was also available for anyone to use during the day. Everyone who took part in the shoot was also given a 16GB Samsung SD card. The concept of the day was simple: after a briefing where PN ’s editor Will Cheung (below left) went through the camera’s basic features, our ten readers were let loose on the quiet, unsuspecting town of Aldeburgh. There was no restriction in

terms of subject matter or technique, so our readers could basically shoot whatever Aldeburgh had to offer. With picturesque buildings, fishing boats and a shingle beach, the potential was enormous. The weather plays a huge part in scenic photography, and photographers have to learn to go with the flow and to make the most of whatever transpires. On this occasion, we experienced wall‑to-wall sunshine and blue sky and, despite the heavy morning frost, temperatures rose quickly to comfortable levels by late morning. A couple of hours into the shoot, several readers were heard bemoaning the lack of any interest in the sky – because a plain blue sky can be just as awkward to work with as a plain cloudy sky. Luckily, by around lunchtime a few fluffy clouds arrived, just to add that extra interest overhead. A few polarisers were seen in use, and some readers even went for extreme long exposures with their Big Stoppers. The only issue here was that the pretty, fluffy clouds were shuttling across the sky quite sedately, and that an exposure of at least two minutes was needed for good movement. With the sun shining very bright, this wasn’t possible even with the NX1’s lowest ISO setting. The photo shoot finished at 4.30pm and with the sun sinking fast behind the town, it was time for our intrepid ten to hand back their Samsung kit and wend their way home, tired but happy! For the full story of the shoot, see Advanced Photographer , issue 57, out on 7 May.

ABOVE The ten lucky readers who got the chance to explore top Samsung kit on a sunny seaside photo shoot, aided and abetted by PN ’s editor Will Cheung and Kingsley Singleton.

About theSamsungNX1 The highly featured Samsung NX1 is aimed at the experienced photographer and has features never seen before, including

a 28.2-megapixel BSI sensor, an AF system covering 90% of the image area and the ability to shoot full-resolution images at 15fps. The NX1 is in the shops now and stockists include Jessops, Park Cameras, WEX and, of course, Samsung’s website.

π To find out more about the NX1, go to www.samsung.com.

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