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Deep impact by DxO A major update to its Photolab software has been announced by DxO
Prints mean prizes Canon and Permajet have teamed up for a print competition, with prizes worth over £1000 to be won Win this free-to-enter photo contest and you could be the proud owner of a Canon imagePrograf Pro-300 A3+ inkjet printer and an A3 pack of Permajet Art Pack printing paper, a prize worth over £750. Second prize is a £250 Permajet voucher and third prize is a place on a From Print to Perfection course at The Photographic Academy at Permajet's base in Stratford-upon-Avon. The shortlisted entries will be judged by an esteemed line-up, including Louise Hill, Permajet representative and head of The Photographic Academy; Mike McNamee, editor of Professional Imagemaker ; Will Cheung, editor of Photography New s; and Sanjay Jogia, professional photographer and Canon Ambassador. The contest theme is ‘light in the dark’ and it is open to your interpretation, but Permajet suggests you take pictures of someone or something that has got you through the dark times this year, or prompts you to get creative with light and shadows. The judges are looking for creative vision, good camera skills and impressive editing, so make sure your entries are up to scratch on those counts before submitting them. Entry is through the website
Manfrotto offers professional- standard, industrial-stength SD and CompactFlash memory cards and its range has been supplemented with CFexpress Type B memory cards. These are designed to meet professional needs in the worlds of both video and stills, and the cards are fast, high-capacity and durable. There are two options when it comes to capacity – 128GB and 256GB – and both feature write speeds of up to 1540MB/s and read speeds of 1730MB/s, meaning they’re ready to handle 8K or high frame rate video, or a rapid burst of Raw stills. The cards are also ready to go wherever you need them, rated for extreme temperatures ranging from a low of -25°C to a high of 70°C. Both cards are available now exclusively through the brand’s website. The 128GB version is priced at £159.95 with the 256GB version retailing for £319.95. • manfrotto.com/uk-en Manfrotto plays the card game
PHOTOLAB IS A powerful image editing software and its power has been enhanced in v4 with a smart workspace, batch renaming and an advanced history tool, all designed to improve workflow. Its biggest attraction for many, however, could be DeepPrime, a revolutionary de-mosaicing and de-noising technology using artificial intelligence and deep learning to give amazing noise reduction of high ISO Raw shots. DeepPrime has been trained using several billion samples looking at digital noise, different situations, loss of sharpness and lens aberrations from each camera/lens combination measured by DxO since 2003. This means your old Raws can also benefit from DeepPrime, too. We tried DeepPrime on an ISO 4000 Raw shot (pictured right) and you can see the benefit clearly. The full version of DxO Photolab 4 is £109 for the Essential edition and £169 for the Elite version. For existing DxO owners upgrading, the Essential version is £59 and the Elite £69. dxo.com
IMAGE Photograph of a kingfisher feeding captured by Ann Healey ARPS
below and the closing date is 10 January 2021. The top 50 short-listed entries will be required to send in a print for the final judging. permajet.com/competition
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The feeding kingfisher was shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II with a 300mm f/4 lens, and in the fading light the exposure was 1/2500sec at f/4 and ISO 4000. The same Raw file was put through Photolab 4 and two other softwares, and you have to admit that the DxO software did a remarkable job
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