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New Kase filter
holder system
FILTER maker Kase has announced a
100mm holder system in which
everything fits together magnetically. It’s
being offered as an alternative to the firm’s
excellent, but more conventionally
designed, Kase Wolverine K9 holder. The
new ‘Armour’ system is designed to work
with full-frame lenses as wide as 14mm
without vignetting. The holder accepts a
rear-mounted 95mm polariser and more
unusually, 95mm circular ND filters in front.
This is said to allow a lighter overall weight
and a light-tight design. Two rectangular
filters, 150x100mm or 100x100mm, can
be added using magnetic metal frames
designed to take conventional 2mm-thick
glass filters. Prices start at £269 for the
Kase Armour Holder Kit 100mm system.
See bit.ly/kasearmor.
All the fun of the
LensFayre
NOTTINGHAM-based online camera
shop LensFayre has launched a
disposable 35mm camera called the Snap
LF-35M (see above). The camera body is
made from a thermostatic plastic that can
easily be melted down and re-used; if you
return the camera to LensFayre, the
company will safely recycle it and give you
a 10% discount voucher for further
purchases. The camera, which can be
easily customised via replaceable stickers,
features a 28mm f/8 fixed lens, a
1/120sec shutter speed, built-in flash, 1x
AA battery power source and a weight of
just 110g. It costs £38. LensFayre was set
up by freelance photographers and
creatives Alecia Barnes and Dan
Giannopoulos. See http://www.lensfayre.com.
Get ready for Black FridayFRIDAY 26 November is Black Friday, so
expect to get some significant discounts
on cameras, lenses, accessories and
software. While ongoing supply-chain
headaches are presenting a challenge to
many retailers trying to slash prices, you
should still be able to save money.
As with previous years, the discounting has
started early. Some of the best pre-Black
Friday deals include a generous 39% off an
Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps subscription- so you can get Photoshop, Lightroom,
InDesign and lots more for £30.34 per
month, down from £49.94. Via Amazon,
you can also get 11% off the Nikon Z 5,
17% off this camera with the 24-50mm
f/4-6.3 kit lens, and a 14% discount off the
Nikon D780. Meanwhile accessory maker
Joby is giving away $1 million (£745,000)
worth of prizes, via an online ‘wheel of
fortune.’ In addition to product prizes ranging
from £10 to £180, discount codes up to 50%
are also being handed out – see joby.com/
uk-en/black-friday.
By the time you read this, many more early
Black Friday deals will have come through, so
make sure you visit our website for the latest
updates – http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk.Joby has an online
‘wheel of fortune’
for Black FridayCANON has announced a number of
firmware updates for the EOS
R5 (firmware v1.50), EOS R6 (firmware v1.50)
and EOS-1D X Mark III (firmware v1.60)
boosting AF performance and options as well
as adding other enhancements.
The firmware update improves subject
detection and tracking, enabling the EOS R
and EOS R6 to track cars and bikes.
Face and eye detection has been improved
allowing detection even when the subject is
wearing a mask, and body detection has been
added. You’ll also be able to set a custom
white balance in live view. Other changes
include updated FTP operation, to avoid
accidental image transfer. Lens support has
been improved, with the EOS R5 supporting
the RF 5.2mm f2.8L Dual Fisheye lens, and
full-time manual focus is available with the RFCanon announces firmware updatesThe R 5 updates will improve subject detection70-200mm F4L IS USM lens.
All of these Canon firmware updates will be
available from Thursday 2 December,
from http://www.canon-europe.com/support.