Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-02-29)

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SIGMAhasscrappedplanstoreleasea
full-framecamerawitha Foveonsensor
thisyear.Theideaof a full-frame,L-mount
modelbasedontheFoveonchipwas
originallyfloatedat Photokina2018,with
furtherdetailscomingoutat lastyear’sCP+
showin Japan.
‘Wehaveworkeddiligentlyonthe
developmenttomeetourcommitment,’said
CEOKazutoYamaki.‘Asa resultof careful
andrigoroustestingbasedonthelatest
developmentinformation,however,it has
becomeclearthatthelaunchof sucha
camerawouldbeinfeasiblewithinthisyear.
Stillat thispoint,wecannotsayforcertain
whenthefull-frameFoveonX3sensorwill
beputintomassproduction...Wehave
thereforedecidedthatweshouldstartover
theprojectwitha cleanslate,puttingthe
productionplanforthisnewcamerabackto
thedrawingboardandgoingbacktothe
developmentof sensortechnologies.’
APwillpassonanyupdates about this as
soon as we get them.

Sigmaaxesfull-frame

Foveon camera for 2020

International Landscape

POTY winners revealed

RUSSIANphotographerOlegErshovhas

wonfirstplacein theInternational

LandscapePhotographerof theYear 2019

competition,witha setof fourverticalimages

takenin theUKandIceland.Hisportfoliobeat

morethan3,400rivalentriesby 840

photographersfromallovertheworld.

‘Myinterestforphotographybeganin 2007

whenI boughtmyfirstDSLRcameraand

signedupfora phototourtotheSouthwest

USA,’Ershovexplained.‘I wasstruckbythe

tremendousvarietyof landscapes,coloursand

texturesfoundin nature.Sincethen,I spend

allmyfreetimeimprovingmyskillsand

knowledge in landscape photography. I usually

spendsixweeksa yearonphototrips,

sometimesin groups,oftenonmyown.’

Theawardforbestsinglephotographwent

toFrenchphotographerMagaliChesnelforan

overheadshotof a saltmarshbeingharvested,

andSanderGrefteof theNetherlandswon

second-placedsingleimagefora viewof salt

pilesandcondenserpondsin Bonairein the

DutchCarribean.Themainwinnerssharea

$10,000prizepurseandallthecategory

finalistsandhighlycommendedimageswillbe

featuredin a commemorativebook.Seewww.

internationallandscapephotographer.comfor

detailsof allthewinnersandhowtoenterthe

next International Landscape POTY contest.

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Landscape

Photographerof

the Year 2019

THISyear’sCP+,thebiggestcamerashow

in Japan,hasbeencancelledbythe

organisersbecauseof continuingfearsabout

thespreadof coronavirus.‘Themainfeatureof

thisshowis thatvisitorscanactuallyhandlethe

newestcamerasandrelatedequipment...the

eventattractsaround70,000unspecified

visitorsandthereforewecannotcompletely

eliminateallriskof infection,’theorganisers

explainedin a statement.Althoughthereare

stillrelativelyfewcasesof coronavirusin Japan,

previousCP+showshaveattracteda sizeable

numberof exhibitorsfromChina.Moreover,a

cruiseshipwithmanyconfirmedcaseswasstill

beingheldofftheportof Yokohama– where

theshowis held– at thetimeof writing.

Themobilephoneshow,MobileWorld

Congress, had also been canned this year

Major Japan camera show cancelled

TheCP+ 2020 showwillnotgoaheadthisyear

Sigma’s CEO says plans are on hold for sensor

becauseof fearsaboutcoronavirus.The

PhotographyShow,takingplaceat the

BirminghamNECfrom14-17Marchwasstill

going ahead at the time of AP going to press.

© OLEG ERSHOV/INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR