Camera

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.

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FROM THE EDITOR

PINK LADY® FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2024 FINALISTS

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.

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PENTAX SPOTMATIC • These are the cameras that in one way or another had a significant influence on photographers and photography.

FORTY-FIED • Can the X100 become any more of a cult camera than it already is? You bet! Just add Fujifilm’s 40 megapixels sensor and latestgeneration X Processor 5’ engine and you have arguably the most desirable model yet.

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THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT • Benro rethinks the travel tripod and comes up with a very versatile combination of size, weight, working height, load capacity and price.

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AT THE FRONT OF THE Q • A hit almost the moment that it was launched, Leica’s Q series cameras now enjoy cult status ever since, and the Q3 is the juiciest of model so far. It’s the priciest too, but you get a lot of Leica lovin’ for your money.

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WILD WIDE • Combining the 14mm ultra-wide focal length with a fast aperture of f/1.4 is a challenge for optical engineers, but a great result for photographers.

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HASSELBLAD 500C • These are the cameras that, in one way or another, had a significant influence on photographers and photography, Hasselblad’s modular, box-form 6x6cm SLR revolutionised medium rollfilm photography and the 500-series subsequently stayed in production for 56 years.

SIGMA AND THE ART OF MAKING FINE LENSES • Sigma continues to expand its line-up of high-performance Art series lenses – both primes and zooms – to realise the full image quality potential of high-resolution sensors with both still photography and video recording.

Zhiyun – Creative

Ilford – Quality And Innovation In Photo Printing • Since the company’s founding in 1879, Ilford has been a name associated with photography. Today it continues to be associated with cutting edge imaging technologies in digital photo printing products.

Hoya Filters – Superior Performance And Protection

Profoto – Travelling Light Profoto BioX & BioX Plus • As the lighting requirements of photographers have changed over the last decade or so, Profoto has changed with them, evolving into the world’s leading maker of portable lighting solutions… and the most innovative.

Ricoh GR III Series – Less Is So Much More • Latest Models Offer A Highlight Diffusion Filter For Enhanced Creativity

THE GRADUATE • It looks the same on the outside - apart from the nameplate - but there's been a lot of tweaking under the bonnet to make the OM-1 Mark II a more accomplished camera than its predecessor.

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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.

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IN THE MOOD • There are plenty of photo lenses adaptable to shooting video, but a dedicated cine lens can be a far better option… the aesthetics of motion picture often being quite...