Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-06-07)

6 1 June 2019I http://www.amateurphotographer.co.ukI subscribe 0330 333 1113

INA BIDtoremovethehassleof
traditional‘cashback’offers,Nikonhas
announcedthatitslatestsummerpromotion
willoffercustomersinstantsavingson
selectedNikoncamerasandNikkorlenses.
Thepromotionrunsuntil 15 August
(inclusive)andmeansthatthereis noneed
toredeemcashbackfollowinga purchase,
withthereductionin priceappliedat the
pointof sale.
Includedin thepromotionis theentire
rangeof Z mirrorlesscamerasandlenses,
includingtheZ 7 andZ 6,aswellasa
numberof popularDSLRs,suchasthe
D850,D7500andD3500.A rangeof
DSLRlensesarealsoincluded,suchasthe
AF-PNikkor70-300mmf/4.5-5.6EEDVR
andtheAF-SMicroNikkor105mmf/2.8G
IF EDVRlenses.
A savingof upto£360canbemade,
dependingontheproductpurchased.To
findoutmoreaboutthepromotion,including
thefulllistof qualifyingproducts, visit
nikonpromotions.co.uk.

Getinstant savings

from Nikon

New Adobe Lightroom

updates announced

SEVERALimprovements

havebeenannounced

forthepopularphoto-editing

software,AdobeLightroom.

Designedtohelpeither

accentuateorsmooth

medium-sizeddetails,a new

‘Texture’sliderhasbeen

added.It promisestosmooth

skinwithoutaffectingpore

detailsfora naturaleffect,

whiledetailssuchasbarkand

hairareaccentuatedwithout

introducingnoise.Theslider

canbeusedin conjunction

withothertoolssuchasClarity

andDehaze,andis alsobeing

addedtoAdobeCameraRaw.

Anothernewaddition,

onlyavailableforLightroom

forMacorWindows,is

‘Defringe’,whichcanbeused

toremovepurpleorgreen

fringescausedbylens

chromaticaberrations.

Meanwhile,in Lightroom

foriOSandAndroid,there’s

a new‘Home’viewthat

containsyourmostrecent

photographs,aswellasnew

interactivetutorialsand

photostohelpyougetthe

mostfromthesoftware.The

interactivetutorialswalkyou

througheditsdirectlyonyour

device, while the ‘inspirational’

photosallowyoutotapto

seestep-by-stepeditsonthe

photo.Adobesaysthatthis

featurewillalsobecomingto

theMacandWindowsversion

soon,butfornow,userscan

accessanexpandedhelp

menuwithbuilt-intutorials.

Other new additions include

batcheditingin Lightroomfor

Android,Flat-Fieldcorrection

forLightroomClassicandnew

collaborationtoolsallowing

otherstoaddphotostoyour

albums,orforyoutoshare

youralbumswithothers.

Thefreeupdates are

available now.

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OPENtophotographersshootingwith

anybrandof camera,theFujiholics

Photographerof theYearcontestis nowopen.

Thisyear,theprizepoolis thebiggestever,

with£9,000worthof prizesupforgrabs.

Prizesincludecamerasandlensesfrom

Fujifilm,filterkitsfromLEEFiltersandFormatt

Hitech,andtripods,camerabagsandlighting

fromManfrotto;thewinnersof eachcategory

willhavetheirimagesprintedbyDigitalab.

Thecategoriesare:FujiholicsPhotographer

of theYear,FujiholicsYoungPhotographerof

theYear,FujiholicsStreetPhotographerof the

Year,FujiholicsLandscapePhotographerof

theYear,andFujiholicsBlackandWhite

Photographerof theYear.

Allthewinningimageswillbedisplayed

at thisyear’sHIPFest– HullInternational

Photography Festival – in October. The judges

Entries open for Fujiholics of the Year

From2018’scontest,thiswasshotbyClareAcford

© CLARE ACFORD

The new Texture slider works on ‘medium-sized’ details

areaward-winningweddingphotojournalist

KevinMullins;directorof Fujiholics,Matt

Hart;andAmateurPhotographer’s features

co-editor,AmyDavies.Entriescost£10,apart

fromtheYouthcategory,which is free to enter.

See poty.fujiholics.com.

Significantsavingsare
availableona rangeofNikon
cameras, including the Z 7