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A week in photography
COVER PICTURE © HENRIK SPRANZ
Beit ‘sunny16’ornarrowing
downevenfurtherforgreater
depthoffieldinlandscapes,
therearea lotofoldchestnuts
whenit comestoaperture.
Newercameratechnology,
however,meansthatsomeofthisreceived
wisdomis nolongerquitesohelpful.Sothis
issue,wesharesomemoreup-to-datetipsfor
aperturechoice,helpingyoutogetthebest
possiblepictures.Otherhighlightsinclude
anexclusiveinterviewwithCanonJapan
aboutthenewEOSR5,anda fulltestof
Fujifilm’slatest16-80mmzoomlensfor
X-mount.Anotherhighlightis PeterDench’s
hard-headedlookatFlickr,a once-dominant
photo-sharingplatformnowfacingstiff
competition.Isit timeforserious
photographerstogetbackonthere?
GeoffHarris,DeputyEditor
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in 1854, today it houses over 80 million images spanning the birth of photography to the digital age. Exploreit atwww.gettyimages.com.
Decoratorsat workin theEgyptianGalleryat Crystal
Palace,Sydenham,London.Originallybuiltin HydePark
tohousetheGreatExhibitionof 1851,theCrystal
PalacerelocatedtoSydenhamaftertheexhibition
closed. It stood there from June 1854 until it was
destroyedbyfirein 1936,whilethenearbyareawas
renamedCrystalPalaceafterthelandmark.Thisimage
showstheporticofromtheMemnonium,Thebes.The
statuesrepresentthegodOsirisandarefroma temple
which was part of a large complex built by Rameses II.
Egyptian Painters by Fox Photos
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This week in 1926
TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE
© GETT Y IMAGES
Inthisissue
3 7 days:this
week’snews
6 APmeetstop
Canonexecutives
14 It’sgoodtoshare:
readers’pictures
14 Allabout
aperture
21 Inbox
24 Humanimpact
26 Secondchances
32 Reachforthe
Skylum
36 Photostories
38 Jointheclub
40 Onetowatch
43 FujifilmXF
16-80mmF
ROISWR
49 Accessories
51 What’sinmy bag
53 Techtalk
66 Legendsof
photography
Thisweek’s
coverimage
Thiscolourfulimagewas
takenbytalentedamateur
naturephotographer
HenrikSpranz,who is
based in Vienna