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Digital or film? Digital AND film? CAMERA magazine's focus is to assist readers to choose and use the tools they need to create memorable images, and to enhance the skills that will make them better photographers. No matter what medium, readers are kept up to speed with all the latest rapidly changing film and digital products, news and technologies.

Camera

LENS WORK… AND PLAY

CANON CALLS TIME ON EOS M

COLOURING IN

LEICA ADDS COPYRIGHT PROTECTION TO 'STEALTHY' M11-P

ZOOM IN ON BETTER VIDEO SOUNDTRACKS

EPSON'S NEW 17-INCH PHOTO PRINTER SINGS THE BLUES

NEW G MASTER 300mm f/2.8 IS FIRST FOR MIRRORLESS

SONY FIRST WITH FULL FRAME SENSOR GLOBAL SHUTTER… A9 III DOES 120 FPS AT 24.6 MP WITH AF/ AE ADJUST!

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

NEW CANON RF ZOOMS FROM ULTRA-WIDE TO SUPERTELEPHOTO

ARE YOU LISTENING?

CAMERA HOUSE 40TH ANNIVERSARY NEW BRANDING FOR A NEW ERA • As the Camera House group celebrates its 40th anniversary with a new logo and branding, we’ve been talking to a few key members about the past, the present and the future of specialty photography retailing in Australia. In this issue, Adam Walters – who runs five stores in Queensland and is involved with four more – relays his experiences over 20 years in the industry, the benefits of Camera House membership (including for you, the customer) and his thoughts about what’s ahead.

EPSON INTERNATIONAL PANO AWARDS 2023 • Taking a wider view can create truly stunning images and there’s plenty of them – from dancing fish to swirling ducks – among this year’s winners and finalists in the world’s biggest competition dedicated to panoramic photography.

IN A CLASS OF ITS OWN • Fujifilm continues to expand the flexibility of its medium format mirrorless cameras and, with the GFX100 II, the 102 megapixels resolution comes with 8.0 fps shooting, subject-recognition AF and 8K ProRes video.

MAKiNG MOViES

FUJIFILM GFX100 II $12,599 body only, recommended retail price

HERITAGE VALUE • Combining the classic 35mm SLR user experience with all the conveniences of a full frame digital mirrorless camera makes the Z f highly desirable… so do its ‘Expeed 7’ driven functionality.

MAKiNG MOViES

NIKON Z f $3499 body only, recommended retail price

RESULTS DRIVEN • If you want to guarantee how your images will look either on screen or in print, you need a calibrated photo monitor and BenQ’s new SW272U 27-inch display delivers pro-level performance and features at a very competitive price.

BENQ PHOTOVUE SW272U 4K ADOBE RGB 90W USB-C $2499

FINDER KEEPER • The M11-P maintains Leica’s classic rangefinder focusing, but incorporates a new technology to authenticate the originality of your images and protect their copyright.

LEICA M11-P $15,190 body only, recommended retail

WILLING AND ABLE • Is it worth buying a used digital camera? It’s a question we get asked a lot by readers and we’ve always erred on the side of ‘no’, but the chance to retest the Digilux 3 from 2006 provided the opportunity to gather more definitive evidence.

LEICA DIGILUX 3

2023 SIGMA SHOWCASE SIXTH ROUND WINNERS

DIGITAL SLR CAMERAS BUYER'S CHECK LIST

KODAK INSTAMATIC • These are the cameras that in one way or another had a significant influence on photographers and photography. Introduced in 1963, the Kodak Instamatic had sold over 70 million examples by the start of the 1970s so it was part of a great many people’s lives.