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Pro Photo • Issue 234 / Volume 78-1
United We Stand?
Nikon Z 9 Goes All Electronic To Gain Speed
OM System Kicks Off With New PRO Series Prime
Nikon Promises A Swag Of New Z-Mount Lens
Canon Creates Novel Dual Fish-Eye For Shooting VR
Panasonic Adds To f/1.8 Line Of Lumix S Primes
Panasonic Boxes Up
Fourth-Gen Sony A7 Has 33MP And Much More
NEWS A DATE • EXHIBITIONS-EVENTS-WORKSHOPS-SEMINARS
Sony Updates GM Series 70-200mm
New Branding Adopted By OM Digital Solutions
RIP AIPP – 1944-2021
Nikon Z 9 • Nikon and Canon resume hostilities in the pro-level sports camera sector with the Z 9 taking on the EOS R3 (and, of course, Sony’s A9 II). As with the R3, the Z 9 is all about speed.
EPSON INTERNATIONAL PANO AWARDS 2021 • Despite the challenges of the past year, the world’s largest competition for panorama photography attracted over 5,300 entries from all over the world, again demonstrating what can be achieved creatively with the wide image format.
Nice Save FUJIFILM GFX 50S II • Fujifilm makes digital medium format even harder to resist with its Mark II version of the 50S, which is smaller, lighter, much better featured and a lot more affordable than its predecessor. What’s not to like?
Making Movies
FUJIFILM GFX 50S II $6,499 body only
A REAL LIFE • With a career spanning 35 years, Sydney-based Sean Izzard started out as a darkroom assistant and has progressed to become one of Australia’s premier advertising photographers, while always remaining true to his personal ideals and philosophies about how to tell a compelling story with images. Lesson number one – always be willing to learn.
THE PROS AND CONS OF HYBRID LIGHTING • The new generation of hybrid LED-based continuous/flash lighting sources offers many advantages and may well be the ideal solution to the different demands facing today’s professional photographer. Hypop’s Rob Ranoa considers both the pluses and the minuses.