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HelenBartlett
Since2003,Helenhasbeen
a professionalfamily
photographerbasedin
London.Seemoreof her
workat helenbartlett.co.uk.LynneBlount
Lynne is an abstract and
impressionist photographer.
She sells prints via her website
at lynneblount.com.USES Canon EOS R
‘I love the Canon EOS R because it affords me the opportunity to
line up my multiple exposure shots in the view nder or on the back
screen. It takes the guesswork out which allows me to achieve a
higher keep rate on what can be a very challenging technique. On
occasions, I only take a small part of the image to work on and so
the quality of each shot is so important when you need to crop in
tight. To have a full-frame mirrorless that provides that level of
quality has opened up so many more creative possibilities for me.’
USES Canon EOS R and Canon EOS R
HELEN has been using the Canon EOS R
since its launch in 2018, and is currently
still using two Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
cameras, but she is in the process of
moving completely to mirrorless – she
plans to work with two Canon EOS R5s by
the beginning of next year.
She says, ‘There have been two huge
changes for me using the R system. The
first is in the output; the quality of the
lenses and the files the system produces.
The RF lenses are simply superb and, while
the files from the EOS R are lovely, the files
from the R5 are truly breathtaking, the best
I have ever seen.
‘The other big change for me is the
electronic viewfinder. I love being able to
see the changes I’m making to my exposure
and it’s meant that I have become more
confident and experimental with use of
light since I started to work with mirrorless.
Changes like this, and the huge increase in
focus points which allow for more creative
compositions, have made a huge
improvement to my photography.’
Helen definitely sees a long-term path
with the EOS R. ‘The R system feels like the
future and this is the time to make the
jump. The recently-released R5 and R6 are
the bodies where the system has come of
age. It’s also a great time to pick up a
second-hand EOS R as many professionals
will be upgrading,’ she advises.Helen was able to use an
R5 before launch and fell
in love with it Canon EOS R5,
50mm, 1/80sec at f/1.4, ISO 100