News & New Products
Making headlines in this issue is Olympus’s new Micro Four Thirds camera system (reviving the famous Pen name), new D-SLRs from Pentax and Sony, faster SDHC cards from Panasonic, Sigma’s 10-20mm f3.5 ‘APS-C’ format zoom and more. As always we publish a calendar of the important imaging events happening for the first few months of 2009.
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Profile – Stephen Dupont
More accustomed to documenting the world’s trouble spots, Australian photojournalist Stephen Dupont made news himself after surviving an attack by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. He talks to Alison Stieven-Taylor about how this experience has influenced his life and work since.
In Practice – Shooting For A Lifestyle Magazine
Award-winning photographer Robyn Hills outlines her approach to a commission to shoot a feature article in a lifestyle magazine, and explains how she maximises her earnings from a job that is low-paying.
Feature – Portrait Or Picture?
Photographer Tim Anger goes behind the judging of the recent $25,000 National Photographic Portrait Prize and also takes a look at the new home of the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
On Trail – HPRC 3500 Hard Backpack
The extreme protection of a hard-type case is combined with the portability of a backpack in the Italian-made HPRC 3500 which uses high-tech resins to maximise strength and minimise weight.
Equipment Directory – 35mm-Type Digital SLRs
All the latest and current models of digital SLR (with ‘APS-C’, 35mm and Four Thirds Standard sensors) are listed in our mid-year update which continues to expand as the market matures and new levels of models are introduced.
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