Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-21)

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A week in photography

COVER PICTURE © ANDREW SYDENHAM

Thisissueis allaboutsaving

money,andthebenefitsof

buying‘pre-loved’gear.The

UK’ssecond-handcamera

tradeis apparentlyworth

around£60milliona yearandgrowingfast.

Astechnologymaturesandimagequality

nowimprovesonlyincrementallybetween

generations,thebenefitsofbuyingolderused

modelsbecomegreater.Thisweekwelookat

thebestusedofferingsforthoselookingat

fullframe.Wealsothoughtit wouldbefun

togivefouraccomplishedphotographers,in

differentgenres,anoldersecond-handmodel

toseewhattheycoulddowithit.Their

resultswillhopefullysilencethosewhothink

thatphotographerswhosucceedinphoto

competitions,orprofessionally,dosodueto

theirexpensivekit,ratherthantheirskill

andtalent.NigelAtherton,Editor

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.

Judgesat theHouseholdBrigade’sfirstpoint-to-

pointfixturesincebeforetheSecondWorldWarwatch

theeventthroughbinocularsat Thamein Oxfordshire.

Forthoseof younotin theknow,point-to-pointis a

form of amateur horse racing over fences held at a

varietyof racecoursesthroughouttheUK.All

meetingsarerunbyvolunteers,withthejudges

responsibleforplacingthefirstfourhorsespast

thewinningpostandgiving the distances between

the placed horses.

Point-to-point judges by J Wilds

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This week in 1958

TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

© GETT Y IMAGES

Inthisissue

3 7 days:this

week’snews

12 It’sgoodtoshare:

readers’pictures

14 Usedand

approved?

20 Inbox

22 Bestwestern

30 SonyImaging

Edgetutorial

34 Lowbudget?

Noproblem

36 Inatthedeepend

38 Jointheclub

41 Second-hand

full-frame

bargains

44 MeikeMK50mm

F1.7:lenstest

50 Accessories

53 Techtalk

66 Final Analysis

Thisweek’s

coverimage

AP’sstudiomanager

AndrewSydenhamtook

ourcoverimagethisweek

tohighlightourmoney-

saving special issue