Amateur Photographer - UK (2020-03-28)

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A week in photography

COVER PICTURE © HENRIK SPRANZ

Beit ‘sunny16’ornarrowing

downevenfurtherforgreater

depthoffieldinlandscapes,

therearea lotofoldchestnuts

whenit comestoaperture.

Newercameratechnology,

however,meansthatsomeofthisreceived

wisdomis nolongerquitesohelpful.Sothis

issue,wesharesomemoreup-to-datetipsfor

aperturechoice,helpingyoutogetthebest

possiblepictures.Otherhighlightsinclude

anexclusiveinterviewwithCanonJapan

aboutthenewEOSR5,anda fulltestof

Fujifilm’slatest16-80mmzoomlensfor

X-mount.Anotherhighlightis PeterDench’s

hard-headedlookatFlickr,a once-dominant

photo-sharingplatformnowfacingstiff

competition.Isit timeforserious

photographerstogetbackonthere?

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.

Decoratorsat workin theEgyptianGalleryat Crystal

Palace,Sydenham,London.Originallybuiltin HydePark

tohousetheGreatExhibitionof 1851,theCrystal

PalacerelocatedtoSydenhamaftertheexhibition

closed. It stood there from June 1854 until it was

destroyedbyfirein 1936,whilethenearbyareawas

renamedCrystalPalaceafterthelandmark.Thisimage

showstheporticofromtheMemnonium,Thebes.The

statuesrepresentthegodOsirisandarefroma temple

which was part of a large complex built by Rameses II.

Egyptian Painters by Fox Photos

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This week in 1926

TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

© GETT Y IMAGES

Inthisissue

3 7 days:this

week’snews

6 APmeetstop

Canonexecutives

14 It’sgoodtoshare:

readers’pictures

14 Allabout

aperture

21 Inbox

24 Humanimpact

26 Secondchances

32 Reachforthe

Skylum

36 Photostories

38 Jointheclub

40 Onetowatch

43 FujifilmXF

16-80mmF

ROISWR

49 Accessories

51 What’sinmy bag

53 Techtalk

66 Legendsof

photography

Thisweek’s

coverimage

Thiscolourfulimagewas

takenbytalentedamateur

naturephotographer

HenrikSpranz,who is

based in Vienna