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Digital or film? Digital AND film? CAMERA magazine's focus is to assist readers to choose and use the tools they need to create memorable images, and to enhance the skills that will make them better photographers. No matter what medium, readers are kept up to speed with all the latest rapidly changing film and digital products, news and technologies.

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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

2022 Camera Magazine Imaging Awards • Another year of Covid-related difficulties has had a number of impacts on the makers of imaging products. The last 12 months has still delivered plenty of new and exciting stuff, giving us plenty to think about when it came to picking winners.

FAVOURITE THINGS

SPEED IS THE ESSENCE • The highest-spec EOS R body so far is targeted at sports, action, wildlife, and news photographers, so the emphasis is on both speed and reliability. “Live at the speed of life” is Canon’s promotional slogan for the EOS R3.

PLANTING SEEDS TIPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE GARDEN • As we’re gradually being allowed to travel further afield, don’t overlook the wealth of photographic subjects that could be right on your doorstep or close-by… gardens (and local parks) provide plenty of variety throughout the year with scope for learning new skills and techniques.

10 WAYS TO NURTURE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN PHOTO

PAST AND PRESENT • No, you haven’t just been teleported back to the early 1980s… Nikon’s newest mirrorless camera is channelling the FM2 35mm SLR in its classical styling, but it’s very much of the present on the inside.

MAKING MOVIES

NIKON Z FC $1,649 • with Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR zoom lens, estimated average street price

MONEY NO OBJECT • If money has been your main reason for avoiding medium format photography, you’re running out of excuses as Fujifilm pitches its latest GFX model right in the middle of the top-end full-frame field. The GFX 50S II is the most affordable digital medium format camera ever.

MAKING MOVIES

FUJIFILM GFX 50S II $6,499 body only

WIDE LIFE • Ranging from ultra-wide to standard in focal range, Olympus’s 8-25mm PRO series zoom is exceptionally versatile, which is further enhanced by its close-up capabilities and excellent all-round performance.

OLYMPUS M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8-25mm f/4.0 PRO $1,599

SHOOTING STAR • Samyang reprises its popular 12mm f/2.0 manual focus ultra-wide prime, and the autofocusing version sports all-new styling as well as full communications with the camera body.

SAMYANG AF 12mm f/2.0 E $599

SHIMODA ACTION X50 PHOTO BACKPACK • PACK AND GO Never mind the weather with Shimoda’s new Action series of photo backpacks, which also feature highly flexible internal configurations and a number of very handy convenience features.

HEAVY METAL • As we just happened to have one lying around, we thought we’d see how many worlds apart the Nikon FM/FM2 35mm SLRs and the digital mirrorless camera they’ve inspired, the Z fc, are.

NIKON FM

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