Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-07-18)

7days

Aweekinphotography

COVER PICTURES © JOE BAUMANN / ©

CHRIS GORMAN

Are we too obsessed with

sharpness in the digital age?

Cartier-Bresson said ‘sharpness

is a bourgeois concept’ but like

it or not, pixel-peeping means

we are all now painfully aware

of soft shots, and it can be a deal-breaker for

competitions, stock libraries or distinctions

panels. Fortunately, modern image stabilisation

systemsincamerabodiesandlensescanenable

you to get crisp results handheld at leisurely

shutter speeds– tripods haven’t all ended up at

car boot sales yet, but aren’t quite so de rigueur.

So, don’t miss Angela Nicholson’s guide to

image stabilisation in this issue. We also have a

first look at Canon’s EOS R6 mirrorless camera,

which comes with a range of ground-breaking

lenses. The release is another reason to be

cheerful, and a sign that makers are really

gettingbackontrack.NigelAtherton,Editor

The Getty Images Hulton Archive is one of the world’s great cultural resources. Tracing its origins to the founding of the London Stereoscopic Company

in 1854, today it houses over 80 million images spanning the birth of photography to the digital age. Explore it at http://www.gettyimages.com.

Aphotographerleansbacktogettheperfectshotin

thepressboxatTheChampionships,Wimbledon.

Thisyear’stournamentwasduetotakeplacebetween

29 June and 12 July – but of course it’s just one of

the many sporting events that has been cancelled due

to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thewell-known Daily Express photographer and

former AP columnist, Victor Blackman, took this

atmospheric shot 55 years ago. Blackman’s weekly

column in AP was very opinionated and despite the

fact that he died more than 30 years ago, we still get

letters from readers who were very fond of it.

WimbledonPressbyVictorBlackman

This week in 1965

TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

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In this issue

3 7 days

4 It’s good to share

10 First look: Canon

EOS R

16 Strong and stable

22 Inbox

24 Touch the sky

32 When Harry Met...

34 DxO Nik

Collection 3

38 Join the club

41 Sony ZV1 review

45 Second-hand

hall of fame:

Fujilm X100F

48 Drone review:

DJI Mavic Air 2

51 Accessories

53 Tech talk

55 Buying Guide:

Mirrorless lenses

66 Legends

This week’s

cover image

Our striking cover photo by

Joe Baumann is the kind of

shot that image stabilisation

was made for. Find him at

http://www.photocrowd.com/

baumannjoe/

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