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Photography News | Issue 55 | photographynews.co.uk
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Bags of Lowepro bags
News in brief
Buy a Spyder and save Buy a qualifying Datacolor Spyder product before 31 December 2019 and you will qualify for 50% off a Fujifilm Fotoservice product of your choice. The offer includes the Spyder5EXPRESS, 5PROP, 5ELITE, 5STUDIO, 5CAPTURE PRO and CHECKR.
Leading Lowepro has introduced several bags to its m-Trekker range and a roller case perfect for the travelling photographer. The SH 150 sells for £64.95 and is a classic compact shoulder bag perfect for toting around a small mirrorless system, say a camera body and three lenses plus a mini tripod. For an even smaller outfit, there’s the m-Trekker HP 120, that costs £44.95 and canbeworn around the waist or slung across the body. Going up in size, there’s the m-Trekker BP 150. This slim profile backpack, available in black Cordura or grey Canvex, is priced at £109.99. The interior is customisable to suit your kit and it’s bag brand
just about deep enough for a full- frame DSLR but it is more at home with an APS-C DSLR or, better still, mirrorless system. The camera can be stowed in the top compartment or in the main compartment, which is generously equipped with padded adjustable dividers. Access is from the back, which gives great security but is less convenient in use. There is easily enough storage for a two- bodied CSC outfit and three or four lenses, plus there is a back pocket large enough for a 13in laptop. The PhotoStream SP 200 is a four-wheel spinner trolley case aimed at those photographers who travel with a full complement of camera kit. It is small enough to qualify as hand luggage (check
with your airline) and yet is roomy enough to accommodate two full- frame DSLR bodies and several lenses, flashguns, filters and a 15in laptop. Build quality is impressive, giving a high level of protection to the contents and the four-wheel design is easy to push around. This case is priced at £269.95.
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Gosuperwide Leica has expanded its SL
system with the launch of the Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH wide-angle zoom. Featuring 18 elements in 12 groups, it costs £4699.99. Hasselblad has announced a 21mm f/4 ultra-wide lens for its X1D camera system. This gives a field of view equivalent to 17mm in the 35mm format. It sells for £3299. e n.leica-camera.com hasselblad.com
Fujifilm firmware news Fujifilm’s commitment to
Raws on the computer when the camera is connected with a USB cable, and enhanced Bluetooth connectivity via Fujifilm’s Camera Remote app. Key camera settings can be made bigger and customised in the viewfinder/ monitor. Bigger camera settings customisation is the benefit with the X100F firmware update.
updating its cameras with the use of firmware updates continues apace. Coming this month are updates for the X-H1, X-T2, X-Pro2 and GFX 50S, of which more when they become available, while updates for the X-E3 and X100F are available now. The X-E3 update supports Fujifilm X Raw Studio, a free software that lets you process
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BenQ’smonitor for photographers
Fotospeed’s Foto Fest Media specialist Fotospeed is taking its Foto Fest Central to Nottingham this July. The event plays host to five leading photographers, Charlie Waite, Mark Littlejohn, Ted Leeming, Morag Paterson and Tom Way, so it is a great opportunity to learn from experts and get inspired. As well as the individual talks there will be a panel discussion featuring all five photographers. Tickets cost £40 each for the day, and include the chance to snap up some exclusive money-saving deals. Foto Fest Central takes place on 15 July at the Patching Arts Centre in Nottingham.
The BenQ SW240 PhotoVue LED IPS monitor is aimed at enthusiast photographers and comes in at the keen price of £399. Key features include
The unit comes with Palette Master Element software and hardware calibration, a hotkey allowing you
to switch colour mode easily and the monitor features an advanced black & white mode. A shading hood to stop extraneous light striking the monitor front is available as an optional extra, or bundled with the monitor.
a 24.1in screen, big enough to show two A4 images side by side, a wide colour gamut showing 99% of the Adobe RGB colour space and the display is 10-bit showing more than one billion colours for smooth colour gradation.
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