Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-02-22)

7 days

A week in photography

Wateris a perennially

popularsubjectfor

photography,andwithgood

reason.Whetheryouare

shootinga reflectionina

puddleorthePacificocean,theendless

varietyofwateranditsunfathomable

aestheticpossibilitiesareirresistibleto

creativeswithcameras.We’reneverusually

shortofwaterhereintheUK,either,sothis

issue’scoverfeatureis boundtoappeal.

Thereis alsoa bumpercropofgreat

hardware,includinga fullreviewoftheLeica

M10Monochromrangefinger– it offers

‘sensational’imagequality,saysourusually

hyperbole-allergiccamerasavant,Andy

Westlake.Anddon’tmissourdetailedfirst

looksofthenewOlympusflagshiptheOM-D

E-M1MarkIII,andtheFujifilmX100V

compact.GeoffHarris,DeputyEditor

TheGettyImagesHultonArchiveis oneof theworld’sgreatculturalresources.Tracingitsoriginsto thefoundingof theLondonStereoscopicCompany

in 1854, today it houses over 80 million images spanning the birth of photography to the digital age. Exploreit atwww.gettyimages.com.

ASCHOOLBOYfromBarnfieldSchool,Edgware,

Middlesex,showsoffhispetmicetocuriousfriends.

Accordingto 2017 researchbytheAmericanNational

Academyof Sciences,humansasfarbackas15,

yearsagomayhavedomesticatedmice.Domesticated

orpetmicearesometimesknownas‘fancymice’,to

differentiate them from their wild relations (which

shouldneverbekeptaspets).Herein Britain,the

NationalMouseClubcelebratesits125thanniversary

in 2020anddescribesitselfastheleadingauthority

forallthingsmouse– itswebsitelistsmorethan 50

differentbreedstandardsforthefancymouse,

includingCinnamon,Marten Sable, Seal Point Siamese

Satin and Agouti Tan.

Pet Club by William Vanderson

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This week in 1939

TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

© GETT Y IMAGES

Inthisissue

3 7 days:this

week’snews

8 FirstLook:

OlympusOM-D

E-M1MarkIII

10 FirstLook:

FujifilmX100V

16 It’sgoodtoshare:

readers’pictures

18 Water,water,

everywhere

24 Inbox

27 What’sinmybag

28 Backtothefuture

32 Sigmafp

36 Boxingclever

40 Jointheclub

42 Behindtheprint

44 LeicaM

Monochrom:

fullreview

50 Smartphone

cameraround-up

56 Techtalk

66 Final analysis

COVER PICTURE © GUY EDWARDES

Thisweek’s

coverimage

Ourcoverimagewastaken

byGuyEdwardes.See

moreof hisworkat

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