6 What’sNeW
It’s been a busy few months in the camera
industry... well, at least as far as the mirrorless
systems are concerned. Sony ups the ante
again with its fourth-generation A7R model
which has 62.5 megapixels on tap, and it
continues to expand its FE lens line-up.
Hasselblad has delivered its long-anticipated
Mark II version of the X1D and Olympus has
given its E-M1 Mark II a big capability boost
via a major firmware upgrade. There’s a new
entry-level Leica M digital rangefinder body
(and it is quite a bit cheaper), a pair of upgraded
PowerShot compacts from Canon, plus a
seventh generation version of Sony’s popular
RX100. And much more.
28 Light Work
These pictorial features are designed to
help you better appreciate how working
photographersdealwithsubjectsand
situations,includingsomeusefultricksof
thetrade.In thisissue,BruceUsheroutlines
someofthechallengesofstreetphotography.
It maylookeasy,butthere’sactuallya lotto
thinkabout.
78 FujiFiLm shoWcase 2019
The 2019 Showcaseendswiththisissue,
butthe 2020 compis upandrunning,sokeep
thoseentriescoming.Oneofthesixround
winnersfromthisyearwillcollectthegrand
prizeofa FujifilmX-Pro2GraphiteEdition.
Thebigannouncementwillbein ournext
issue.Enteringis easyandyoucandoit
onlinebysubmittingimagestocameracomp
@avhub.com.auorsendusdigitalfilesona
DVDorUSBdrive.
80 cameraBuyer’s
checkLists
D-sLrs & mirrorLesscameras
Whetheryou’rereadytoswitchtoa mirrorless
cameraorarestillweddedtotheD-SLR,our
checkliststellyoueverythingyouneedtoknow
aboutwhat’scurrentlyavailable.Wherethe
cameracompaniesdon’tprovideRRPs,we’ve
workedoutanaverage‘streetprice’basedon
whatwe’veseenquotedbyAustralianretailers
overthelastfewmonths.
20 speciaL Feature
hasseLBLaDceLeBrates
the50thaNNiversary
oFapoLLo 11
NASAwasdesigningitsownspacecamera
whenastronautWalterShirrashowedthe
engineershisownpersonalHasselblad500C.
TheyreckonedtheSwedeshadalreadydone
REGULARSFEAtURESall the hard work, and so began a long and
illustrious history of using specially modified
’Blads for space photography, including all
the Apollo Moon missions, starting with that
historic first landing on 20 July 1969.30 iN p ractice
shootiNg the 2019 FiFa
WomeN’s WorLD c up
Photographer Javier Garcia is the UK-based
Director of Sports Photography at Shutterstock,
so he shoots a lot of very big sporting events
around the world. He tells Camera about how
he prepares for the big games, what he’s
looking for pictorially and why it’s essential to
be passionate about the job.34 speciaL Feature
oLympus ceLeBrates
100 years
There are celebrations going on all around
this issue, but Olympus has reason to rightly
proud as it joins a very select group of optical
companies who have been continuously in
business for a century or longer. The Olympus
camera timeline is peppered with innovative
designs, many of which changed the way we
take photographs, creating the legacy which is
now giving the company a strong future.44 camera 40th
aNNiversary
a camera jourNey
Contributor Trevern Dawes has been involved
with Camera magazine right from the very first
issue so, as we celebrate 40 years in print, he
looks back on the last four decades and reveals
what’s kept him enthusiastic and motivated
about photography over all that time.52 oNtriaL
paNasoNicLumixs1r
ThebadnewsforCanon,Leica,NikonandSony;
is thatPanasonichascarriedovereverythingthat
madeitsLumixG systemsucha successintoits
full-35mmformatcameras...sothey’rehugely
competitivestraightoutofthebox.That’sgood
newsforus,andtheultra-highresS1Rmodelis
alsorightin themixwithhigh-endD-SLRssuch
asNikonD850andCanon’sEOS-5DMarkIV.62 oNtriaL
soNy a
Sony’sFEmountAlphacamerastendtohogthe
headlines,butit’sworthbeingremindedjust
howpowerfulits‘APS-C’formatmodelsareas
well.Don’tbefooledbytheA6400’scompact
size,it packsquitea punchandthrowsgreat
affordabilityintothemixtoo.70 oNtriaL
FujiFiLmgFx 100
There’sa bunchofcategory‘firsts’including
in-cameraimagestabilisation,on-sensor
autofocusingpixels,highISOsettings,4Kvideo
andmore,buttherealstoryoftheGFX 100
is howit makes 102 megapixelsresolutionso
accessibleanduseable...somuchsothatyou’ll
soonbeconvincedthatanythinglessjustisn’t
enough.TheGFX50Sand50Raregood,butthe
GFX 100 is verymuchin a leagueofitsownand,
quitesimply,thebestmirrorlessdigitalcamera
onthemarket,regardlessofsensorformat.ON tRiAL42 suBscriBe
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