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A week in photography
Wateris a perennially
popularsubjectfor
photography,andwithgood
reason.Whetheryouare
shootinga reflectionina
puddleorthePacificocean,theendless
varietyofwateranditsunfathomable
aestheticpossibilitiesareirresistibleto
creativeswithcameras.We’reneverusually
shortofwaterhereintheUK,either,sothis
issue’scoverfeatureis boundtoappeal.
Thereis alsoa bumpercropofgreat
hardware,includinga fullreviewoftheLeica
M10Monochromrangefinger– it offers
‘sensational’imagequality,saysourusually
hyperbole-allergiccamerasavant,Andy
Westlake.Anddon’tmissourdetailedfirst
looksofthenewOlympusflagshiptheOM-D
E-M1MarkIII,andtheFujifilmX100V
compact.GeoffHarris,DeputyEditor
TheGettyImagesHultonArchiveis oneof theworld’sgreatculturalresources.Tracingitsoriginsto thefoundingof theLondonStereoscopicCompany
in 1854, today it houses over 80 million images spanning the birth of photography to the digital age. Exploreit atwww.gettyimages.com.
ASCHOOLBOYfromBarnfieldSchool,Edgware,
Middlesex,showsoffhispetmicetocuriousfriends.
Accordingto 2017 researchbytheAmericanNational
Academyof Sciences,humansasfarbackas15,
yearsagomayhavedomesticatedmice.Domesticated
orpetmicearesometimesknownas‘fancymice’,to
differentiate them from their wild relations (which
shouldneverbekeptaspets).Herein Britain,the
NationalMouseClubcelebratesits125thanniversary
in 2020anddescribesitselfastheleadingauthority
forallthingsmouse– itswebsitelistsmorethan 50
differentbreedstandardsforthefancymouse,
includingCinnamon,Marten Sable, Seal Point Siamese
Satin and Agouti Tan.
Pet Club by William Vanderson
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This week in 1939
TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE
© GETT Y IMAGES
Inthisissue
3 7 days:this
week’snews
8 FirstLook:
OlympusOM-D
E-M1MarkIII
10 FirstLook:
FujifilmX100V
16 It’sgoodtoshare:
readers’pictures
18 Water,water,
everywhere
24 Inbox
27 What’sinmybag
28 Backtothefuture
32 Sigmafp
36 Boxingclever
40 Jointheclub
42 Behindtheprint
44 LeicaM
Monochrom:
fullreview
50 Smartphone
cameraround-up
56 Techtalk
66 Final analysis
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