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Canon announces
EOS-1D X Mark II
Canon has announced its new f lagship
DSLR, the EOS-1D X Mark II.
The EOS-1D X Mark II features a new
20.2-megapixel, full-frame CMOS sensor
and new AI Servo AF III+, as well as 4K
video capture up to 60p. For the first time
in the 1D range, GPS is built in, allowing
shooting locations to be recorded in EXIF
data.
Boasting a wide and versatile ISO range –
100 to 51200, the new camera also features
an improved 61-point autofocus (AF) system
with 41 cross-type AF points, which covers an
expanded area and focuses under low light up to
-3EV. For the first time, when shooting with selected extenders and
telephoto lenses, the new AF system also offers f/8 AF support with all 61 points.
The 1D X Mark II is able to shoot 14 frames per second with full AF/AE tracking and in RAW.
For those needing even more, up to 16fps can be shot in Live View mode without AF. With the new
CFast 2.0 card capability, the camera can deliver a burst of unlimited JPEGs or 170 RAW images in
continuous high-speed shooting.
The EOS-1D X Mark II will be available in Australia from April 2016.
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AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY MARCH 2016
Fujifilm releases smallest
X-series camera: X-
Fujifilm has announced the release of its smallest and lightest X-series model with an
APS-C size sensor, the X-70.
This new fixed-lens camera features a new Fujinon 18.5mm F2.8 lens (28mm
equivalent in 35mm format) and is the first X-series model to offer a touchscreen
display that rotates 180 degrees.
The X70 is similar to the X100T but is equipped with a wider lens on a smaller
thinner body.
Camera weight is 340 grams including battery and memory card.
Apertures can be changed in 1/3 or 1-stop increments, and the focusing ring can
double as a control ring for several functions.
The X70 also features: autofocus (AF) system with zone and wide/tracking modes
for capturing moving subjects; 16.3-megapixel X-Trans CMOS II sensor; Auto Mode
Switch for automatic shooting; eight customisable Fn buttons; Film Simulation
modes; 3-inch monitor with 1.04 million dots, high ISO setting of 51,200 (during
expanded sensitivity); Full HD video; built-in Wi-Fi.
The Fujifilm X70 is available now with a recommended retail price of $1149.
Australia’s Head
On festival opens
next month
Head On, Australia’s leading photography
festival, opens on 29 April.
Now in it’s sixth year, the festival
promises an extensive program of
workshops, presenters and community
events for all levels of photographer, as
well as a photography competition with
more than $50,000 of prizes up for grabs.
For 2016, the NSW Parliament
Landscape Photography Prize will be
awarded to the best photograph of a
landscape in NSW, and the Head On
Student Prize will return – open to
any Australian school child enrolled in
primary or secondary education.
The festival is based in Sydney and
runs until 22 May.
More information can be found at
headon.com.au
Australian weather calendar
photography competition
now open
Would you like to see your weather image in high-quality
glossy full colour, hanging on more than 60 000 walls across
Australia and more than 80 countries worldwide?
The Bureau of Meteorology’s photography competition is
now accepting entries for the 2017 edition of the Australian
Weather Calendar.
Organisers are looking for images which capture weather
events in a unique, spectacular or visually appealing way.
Winning images in the 2016 calendar include a furiously
rotating dust devil near Mount Bryan, South Australia;
menacing mammatus clouds over Mascot, New South
Wales and a rare, iridescent ‘fallstreak hole’ cloud in
Korumburra, Victoria.
To enter, download the entry form at bom.gov.au/
calendar/contest/entryform.pdf and submit it with your
photographs to:
Australian Weather Calendar Competition, Bureau of
Meteorology, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001.
The competition closes at 5.00 pm on 31 March.
PHOTO: COLIN LEONHARDT
