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Shoot better sunsets
News in brief
All photographers love shooting sunsets (while taking eye safety precautions) but as the sun approaches the horizon, its bright orb means that exposure is a real challenge, and all the lovely detail you're aiming to capture can be lost thanks to the situation’s high contrast. Lee Filters has launched a Reverse ND filter to help you tame that massive contrast range and get more fromyour sunset (and sunrise) shots. Normal ND grad filters are clear at one end and gradually get more dense at the other. With the Reverse ND, the densest part of the filter is in the middle, going clear at one end and less dense at the other. The important
thing here is that you need a smooth tonal transition to give an effect which is natural-looking. Lee’s expert production methods give this subtle tonal transition. The Reverse ND is available in 0.6 (2EV), 0.9 (3EV) and 1.2 (4EV) strengths in Lee’s three systems, the Seven5, 100mm and SW150, priced at £98.16, £137.21 and £150.67 respectively.
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Masters of Landscape Masters of Landscape Photography is a breath- taking collection of landscape photography by some photographers, including Joe Cornish and Art Wolfe. Edited by Ross Hoddinott, the images are stunning and with almost 100 images in this book you will be spoilt for choice. It is published by Ammonite Press and costs £25. of the most talented and accomplished landscape Festive offers Datacolor has a money-saving promotion on its products up until 22 December this year. So, for example, the Spyder5CAPTURE PRO, a great colour management kit for photographers, normally sells for £343 and it's available in this offer for a bargain £263. The offers are available from Datacolor’s online shop or qualifying retailers. Leica CL announced The beautifully-styled Leica CL is a retro-looking 24-megapixel APS-C format interchangeable lens camera. The CL is priced at £2250 body only or £3150 with the 18mm prime lens, and the black version will be available from the end of November. datacolor.com
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Right Lee's Reverse ND filter is probably seen to best effect with wide-angle lenses – say 24mm in the 35mm format
Hoya adds to its range
NewZeiss wide
Hoya has introduced two new ranges to its extensive line-up. Ultra-Pro is a top of the range filter that is both scratch and stain resistant, and water and oil repellent. A UV and a circular polariser will be available, and each features 16 layers of anti- reflective coating to give 99.5% and 90% light transmission
respectively. Both types will be available in sizes from 37mm through to 82mm – prices start for the UV 37mm at £44.99 with the 82mm circular polariser priced at £284.99. The NX-10 range features ten layers of coating and filters are water and oil repellent. The circular polariser is uncoated.
Zeiss has added to its range of high- spec manual focus Milvus lenses. The introduction of the 25mm
Sizes from 37mm to 82mm are available, with a 37mm UV priced at £19.99.
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f/1.4 means that 11 lenses are now in the Milvus range and it is available in Canon and Nikon fits, selling for £1999. Lens construction comprises 15 elements in 13 groups, and high performance at full aperture with minimal colour fringing is claimed. Minimum focus is 25cm and the lens takes 82mm filters. The lens’s metal housing makes the lens feel robust and it is dust and dirt resistant, while its 172° focus barrel rotation means focusing can be very precise and selective.
Gitzo get the bag
Renowned for its tripods, Gitzo is now applying its design skills to camera bags. Three bags have been introduced in the Gitzo Century camera bag collection and will certainly appeal to style-conscious photographers. Each bag is made from
leather carefully crafted with a finish aimed to be reminiscent of Gitzo carbon-fibre tripods, combined with nylon for durability in regular use.
TheGitzoCentury traveller backpack (right) retails at £249.95; the camera messenger at £179.95; and the compact camera messenger (left) at £149.95.
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