Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-02-29)

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AWARD

WINNER

2020

ACCESSORY

Innovationof the Year

Fujifi lm GFX100

Nominees

■EpsonFastFotoFF-680W

■FujifilmGFX100

■NikonAF-SNikkor500mm

f/5.6E PF ED VR

Vanguard

VEO Select

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Accessory of the Year

WE’VEseena lotof camerabagsoverthepastyearthat
aimtocombinethecarryingcomfortof a backpackwith
theconvenientaccessof a shoulderbag,withvarying
degreesof success.Butweweremostimpressedby
Vanguard’sVEOSelect49,anincognitobackpackthat
letsyoueasilytuckawaytheharnessandattacha
shoulderstrapforuseasa messengerbaginstead.
Itsspaciousinteriorprovidesroomfora DSLRor
mirrorlesscamerawitha 70-200mmf/2.8lens
attached,plustwotothreelenses,a flashand
accessories.It comesconfiguredasa daypack,withthe
topthirdbeinga handyplacetostoreclotheswhen
travellingwithjusthandluggage.Alternativelythe
dividerscanberearrangedtofreeupthisspacefora
largelenssuchasa 150-600mmtelezoom.Meanwhile
thosewhowanttoworkoreditonthegowillbegrateful
forthe15inlaptopsleeve.
If youpacksensiblyyoucancrama surprisingamount
of kitinside,andit’scomfortabletocarryin both
backpackandshoulderbagconfigurations.Whenyou
consideritsversatilityandhowwellit’smadeandput
together,it offerssensationalvaluefor money. It’s by far
the best hybrid bag we’ve tested.

Whywelikeit

●Absolutelysuperbimage

qualityin bothrawandJPEG

●In-bodystabilisationallows

practicalhandheldshooting

●Superbviewfinder and

screen

●Excellentbuildquality

●Workswithsuperlative

GF lenses

Whywelikeit

●Convertseasilybetween
shoulderbagandbackpack

●Choiceoftoporsideaccess

●High-qualityconstruction

● Carry-on compatible

‘Atrulypracticalsuper-high

resolutioncamerathatcanbe

readily taken out of the studio’

AWARD

WINNER

2020

INNOVATION

THISawardrecognisesa productortechnologythat

bringssomethingnewtothephotographicmarket.

WiththeGFX100,Fujifilmhasmadetheworld’sfirst

trulypracticalsuper-highresolutioncamerathatcan

bereadilytakenoutof thestudioandusedhandheld.

Toachievethisimpressivefeat,Fujifilmhascombined

a seriesof keytechnologiesthathaveneverpreviously

beenusedtogetherin a medium-formatcamera.

Firstly,it’semployeda 102-million-pixelback-

illuminatedsensormeasuring44x33mm,giving

11648 x 8736pixelimagefilesthatcanbeprinteda

metrewideat a criticallysharpoutputresolutionof

300 pixelsperinch.Thesensoralsofeatureson-chip

phasedetection,allowingfastandaccurateautofocus

acrossalmosttheentireimagearea.It’smounted

ontoa 5-axisin-bodyimagestabilisationsystemrated

toprovideupto5.5stopsof shakereduction,allowing

thecameratobeusedwithconfidencehandheld.

Finallytheshuttermechanismis isolatedfromthe

camerabodytominimiseanychanceof image

blurringfrommechanicalshock,andautomatically

selectstheappropriatemodetominimisevibration.

Allthistechnologyis housedin a robustbodythat’s

nobiggerthana professionalDSLR.For

photographerswhoneedtoshootin thewildwithout

compromisingonimage quality, there’s really nothing

else quite like it.