Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-08-23)

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NEWS ROUND-UP

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WE RECEIVE many emails from AP readers

about how photography is a therapeutic tool

as well as an aid for dealing with illness. If

you’re unaware of the work of photo therapist

Jo Spence (1934-1992), now is your chance

to learn. Along with Oreet Ashery, Jo’s photo

collection documenting her battle with

BIG

picture

Jo Spence’s confrontational and

emotive images on show

Theweekinbrief,editedbyGeoffHarris

Fujifi lm warns of GFX shutter glitch
Staying with Fujifilm, it has issued a ‘repair advisory’ for a glitch
affecting the vertical shutter release lock switch on certain
GFX100 models. The serial number is on the inside of the LCD
and if your model is affected, Fujifilm will repair it for free. The
serial numbers are: 92001001 - 92001975 (excluding 92001830,
92001832, 92001833), 93001001 - 93001034, 93001038, 93001039,
93001041, 9300104692A01001 - 92A0152592M01001 - 92M01027.

Lensbaby for Canon RF and Nikon Z
Lensbaby now has Canon RF and Nikon Z mount versions of its Trio
28mm f/3.5, Sol 45mm f/3.5, Composer Pro II, Velvet 56mm f/1.6,
and Velvet 85mm f/1.8 lenses, so you no longer need to use an
adapter. Available at Wex Photo Video. More at lensbaby.com.

Big range of new

Manfrotto bags
Manfrotto has released the
Advanced^2 range, featuring five
shoulder bags, three holster
bags and six backpacks. A wide
range of kit can be carried via
the Compact, Active, Gear, Fast,
Hybrid and Travel backpacks.
Top of the range is the
Advanced^2 Hybrid backpack for
£149.95 which can transform
from backpack to shoulder bag
to top-handle carry bag.

Schools benefi t from pro’s campaign
Hats off to portrait photographer Tom Oldham, who has rustled up
donations of 400 photobooks, 10 Sony cameras and two Profoto
mobile lighting rigs for two UK secondary schools after a social
media shout-out. ‘It struck me as criminal we’re not investing in
art education when there are so many beneficiaries... in the world
of commercial photography,’ he says. See http://www.tomoldham.com.

Ultra-wideangle lens

for Fujifi lm GFX

It’s been confirmed the Laowa

17mm f/4 Zero-D for Fujifilm’s

mirrorless medium-format GFX

cameras will be priced £1,

and is available to pre-order

from http://www.laowalens.co.uk.

Equivalent to about 13.5mm, the

lens is aimed at landscape and

architectural photographers.

The relative lack of frontal bulge

should make it much easier to

screw on an 86mm filter.

© TOM OLDHAM