Amateur Photographer – 30 August 2019

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TamronSP60mm F/2

DiIILDMacro

£239likenewcondition

ATAGLANCE

Aperturerangef/2-f/22

Filterthread55mm

Diameter73mm

Length80mm

Weight350g

It’seasy,when

recommendingrelatively

inexpensiveportrait

lenses,topointtowards

cameramanufacturers’

50mmf/1.8and85mm

f/1.8primes,andforget

everythingelse.Butforusersof

APS-CDSLRs,thisunusuallylarge-aperturemacro lens

fromTamronis alsowellwortha look.Aspartof the

firm’sSPrangeit promisespremiumoptics,while the

90mmequivalentviewprovidesa flatteringperspective

forhead-and-shouldersportraits.Bestof all,when

you’vehadenoughof photographingpeople,it also

offerslife-sizemagnificationforclose-ups.It’savailable

in CanonEF,NikonF andSonyAlphamounts.

Ataglance

●16MPFourThirdsMOSsensor

●MicroFourThirdslensmount

●ISO200-25,600

●8fpscontinuousshooting

●FullHDvideoat30fps

●3inreardisplay,1.04-million-

dottiltingLCD

● 320 shotsbatterylife

●396g

CanonPowerShotG7XMark II

£379excellentcondition

ATAGLANCE

Sensor20.1MP1intypeCMOS

Lens24-100mmequivalentf/1.8-2.8

Continuousshooting8fps

Reardisplay3in,1.04-million-dottiltingtouchscreen

Battery life 240 shots

This may look like a left-fi eld recommendation, but if

you want a pocketable compact camera for shooting

people pictures on social occasions, it’s very worthy of

consideration thanks to its relatively long, large-aperture

zoom. Viewing is via a tilting touchscreen, which means

you can maintain eye contact with your subject and set

the focus point quickly by touch. At its telephoto position

the lens can blur backgrounds more effectively than

the kit zooms typically supplied with APS-C and Micro

Four Thirds cameras, and will handily outperform any

smartphone. The fi rst-generation G7 X is cheaper, at

around £309, but somewhat slower in operation.

Should I buy it?
If you’re already a Micro Four Thirds user but
don’t own the Olympus 45mm f/1.7 (or the
similar Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.7 OIS), then
stop reading right now and get one. It’s
a fabulous little lens and I doubt many
photographers would regret buying it.
Otherwise, if you’re interested in trying
a small and unobtrusive combination for
photographing people, then it’s diffi cult to think
of a better combination than pairing this gem
of a lens with a small Micro Four Thirds body
like the Olympus OM-D E-M10.

Under £500

Also consider

The retro-styled

OM-D E-M10 is

built to resemble

a very small SLR

This combination delivered

some great shots on a

vintage portrait shoot

with TimeLine Events

Olympus OM-D E-M10, 45mm,

1/800sec at f/1.8, ISO 200

THANKS TO TIMELINE EVENTS, WWW.TIMELINEEVENTS.ORG. MODEL: CHARLOTTE