Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-09-27)

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WEAREsadtoreportthedeathof
PeterLindbergh,theacclaimedGerman
fashionphotographerwhohelpedpropel
KateMossandNaomiCampbellto
supermodelstardom.Lindberghwas
bornPeterBrodbeckin Leszno,Poland,on
23 November1944,andstudiedpainting
at theBerlinAcademyof FineArtsin the
1960s.Hebecamea photographerby
accident,afterdiscoveringheenjoyedtaking
photosof hisbrother’schildren,andopened
hisfirstprostudioin Düsseldorf,Germany,in
1973.In termsof Lindbergh’sphotography,
heis bestknownforhisblack& white,
classicallycomposedcovershotsof youthful
supermodels,buthealsodidsomegreat
workwitholdersubjects,notablyHelen
Mirren.‘Thisshouldbetheresponsibilityof
photographerstodaytofreewomen,and
finallyeveryone,fromtheterrorof youth
and perfection,’ he once said.

Germanfashiongreatdies

Nikon announces D

and 120-300mm lens

NIKONhasannouncedthedevelopment

of theD6professionalDSLR,andthe

Nikkor120-300mmf/2.8EFLEDSRVR

telephotozoomlensforitsfull-frameDSLRs.

Notechnicalspecificationshavebeenrevealed

at thisstageabouttheD6,whichupdatesthe

D5asitsflagshipfull-frameDSLR.Thatsaid,

thereis a goodchancethenewcamera

couldofferimprovedAFtechnology,image

stabilisationandsilent-modeshooting.Given

theimpressivevideocapabilitiesof theZ 6 and

Z 7 mirrorlessmodels,theD6’smovie features

arealsolikelytogeta boost. The

newcamerawon’tbe

availableuntil2020,

presumablyin time

fortheTokyo

Olympicsnext

summer(thisis

a fast,high-

performanceDSLR,

remember).It may

alsobeavailable

toviewat theCP+

camerashowin

JapannextFebruary.

ThenewAF-S

Nikkor120-300mm

f/2.8EFLEDSRVR

lens,meanwhile,

celebrates the 60th

anniversaryof theNikonF mountadoptedfor

theD series.Wecantellfromthelensname

thatit includesa silent-waveautofocusmotor,

anelectromagneticdiaphragmactuator,

fluoriteandextra-lowdispersionglass

elementstominimisechromaticaberration,

andopticalimagestabilisation.Intriguingly,

though, the SR designation is new to Nikon.

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TURNINGtoNikon’smirrorlesscameras,the

companyalsoannounceditsseventhlensfor

thefull-frameZ range.TheNikkorZ 24mmf/1.

S is ‘optimalforalltypesof photographyincluding

landscapes’accordingtoNikon,andfeatures

12 elementsin 10groupswithfouraspherical

elementsandanExtra-LowDispersion(ED)

glasselementtobeataberration.A NanoCrystal

coatingalsominimisesghostingandflare,and

thelensis moisture-anddust-resistant.Another

keyfeatureis Nikon’sMulti-FocusingSystem,

whichcombinestwoAFdrivesforfastfocus

performance,whilea controlringenablessilent

aperturecontrolorexposurecompensation.

It canalsobeusedtofocusthelensmanually.

TheNikkorZ 24mmf/1.8S goes on sale on

17 October for £1,049.

Fast and wide Z-series prime lens, too

Thisis Nikon’sseventhlens

for the full-frame Z series

One of Lindbergh’s most famousVogue covers

TheD6willupdatethe

D5asNikon’sflagship

full-frame DSLR