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PREVIOUSLY tinpubishad back & vite photos ofthe Beatles captured during thelr frst tour ofthe U: nanew Imited-etion nook. The mages were shot by Joe len, who accompanied the Beatles ‘on thr tou of he US in February 1964 The inever-before-seen’ pcos are _vong hundreds of mages contaned in a bk called The Beles Moncctvemme ublsher Rufus Sone says From stepping off the plane through to cor backstage moments and meetings wth far Allen folowed their every more ‘or twoweeks, which has alowed him to reproduce the secial moments in sequence throughout he book The publsher has released 2.500 standard versions, price £175, and 360 HardKase’ copes, pice $250. 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Fu clams thatthe nef ofthis new arrangement and lack ‘of kov-pass itr wil allow the sensor to resolve more deta than the Canon EOS aI and he Nikon D7000, whch Ba bok With pot me processor and AF system being brand new in ts camera, we hope to see some orovernent in operating speed ‘ammpared vith the X10 and X100 models was slavery itcould nat be used to tues focuses on simple the namic range contras ofthe X100 ‘and Fuss brarded colour modes for spect lm repraducton Itso features ‘amult-expasure mode that lows you io superimgose te fst mage and your commpesien LENSES The new FuX-meurt nasa fange depth of amere 177i andiscxrenty crroatle ith eee nev prene Fujinon lenses an 18mm #28 (27mm equal) pried around 5450, a 35mm J1.AR 53mm equvaen ce $500 anda 6Orrm{24R Macro (90mm equivalent price $500. 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The man menu has ane! rica user iterface (GU) wth mere ibs 10 dice the features, which Ful hones will make fetures exser to find ‘Among the mary accessories already panned forts camera are serew-thvead itersn 52mm forthe wide and regu pine lenses and 39mm forthe macro, Iraxditon to the too exsting fashgurs avalable forthe X-range, atid fash il be mace a ls an extra o aloe more purchase onthe ca The X-Prolis scaly close to Ox vision ofthe deal camera, manly because shares so much withthe X10 and takes Inspiration from classic rangefinder or fs design and operation past X-senes camara ae arwting to go by and it lives up to what we've seen sofar~ this ‘madel shoud be a massive success. ‘though a rie has not yet been confirmed we expect the camera to sl for around £1,000 tbody onl) Ths price is comparable wih the Sony NEX+7 anda lot cheaper than a Leica M9 The X-Prat should meke ts UK debutat the Focuson Imagngshow n Marchand vllbe on sale shortly afer Left-right: The 35mm f/1.4R, 60mm {2.48 ‘and 18mm f/2R prime X-mount lenses subsenbe 0845676778 21 January 2082 | wiwamateuphotographercouk SSTBooks, exhibitions and websites APReview The latest photography books, exhibitions and websites. 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We've got lots more inthe portraits by Window light series stil to come, plusa free git later in the year that you'lfind really useful - Damien Demolder, Editor BEE vv amoteurotoorsohereouk | 2 Janse 202 Write to... Letra the yu AP ses leauge axtoO20 208 aloenalto anaes shot iceda.com ‘Pleaseindate ether ou woud Ue recive Fuji fora mamory card [ness state type prefered) and include yoru postal ares Backchat Seed you thas avers bau 0 vod) to Backlat alte wl AP adres 8 pape Atee of 0m be paid ubicatin weep THE Bust FILTER FIGHT Ihave Deen foloning wth interest the ‘debate about ters for lens rotecton do not use a iter to protect my lenses Alithose who asanree| Heeb challenge to. fst ght Dont forget to weer your ‘asses to protect your eye, Dan Jeffery, West Yorkshire Now, now ~ Damien Demokle, Editor PICKED OUT OF ACROWD At the beainnng of Jarwary attended 2 he Direction concert a the Bouremouth Iniernationa Cerive th ry daughter and her fiend. For mere than an haut tock Dhotos othe band and support ack. | vas then puled up by one ofthe security sat ‘and told at‘ professional photoaraohy & allowed vas using a Nkon DBO with Nikon 55-300mm VR les, which & not realy pro kano was aso tld that 1a icked out because the camerahad ‘detachable ers vis eroyed about ts, a tld ther secunty sa fur of them, nthe and) inno uncertan ters, Eventual, | vas shown to the secunty office to have my kit held unl the end ofthe concert. Technically, can any be 2 pratesional photographer make my ng from which dont, so who ae these peopte to determine that? Upon reading the tcket it does indeed ‘sy norecording or ransmiting devices re lowed, However, tis rases several sues, the main ane beng, hat about the other 2.000 peep st ne venue, most or whom ‘ot ony had a recoing device ~ a carrera ‘or phone ~ putin the case of heater, 2 way to Warsi images 25 wel? Second those fortunate to bein the front few ros, iteraly a couple fet from the stage, could get great protooraphs vith ther 12-riler-aoe compact cameras that woud be much better than mine from 751 back nally, 10 acd the ultimate suit, one of ‘he bane asked everyone n the audience to wave thar hers or phones inthe ar dng one ofthe songs Cue hundreds ‘of ashguns gong off Upon cllectingy gee, Ispoke othe manager He was obwousty anare of me, as the fst tunghe sad when I mentioned the ‘ules on te chet wes, They'e ight Wel $25 butthe no recaring oe ranerting ‘erie’ sould apply tall 2000 pecole vhonad phones ator carers. seems my DSLR was sotted much mare easly than al the compact cameras and I-up «amet phones! Te same rules shout 2opl to everyone Name and address supplied | agree, butin realty tis the ‘enforcement of the rules that creates ‘the problem. Security pick onthe ‘cameras that they think are most ikely ‘tobe abe to produce posters and rip-off merchandise, as they can't stop ‘everyone. Training to look mean and ‘lit people from crowds by their ubecribe 084567678Kevin Harvey, Kent ‘ears takes more time than you'd think, ‘0 you cat also expect them to be ‘expertsin the finer points of what makes _aDSLR professional. The alternative is that all cameras and phones are Layers cick onthe crete ne filler just aye ican. 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For some street onerograghers te demanso oeking rom Sem to Som ‘an mean that tang ptures something Tat goes on cut ne daly journey 10 Work, when the crams ohal-asleeo Commuters provide a wealth of characte However, Jack found tat he nas mere comnertabe traveling tathe near Cty of San Francisco and spending the day exploring the sveets looking for inieresting subjects, Tt eter take the tran or crve to San Francisco and spend the day waking ‘ound! he says There are ako a small rurrbes of tages that were taken during arp to China | would have taken images xing my day-lo-cey We, but vena aber suburban avea th cn De te ciel ~ thereat evacty alto action ‘50 a mater of keepna nyse interested when Im exploring Inthe area that | We ‘doesnt nod quite the same appeal in that respect ~ they aeritthe kinds of streets that ergy excorna Pera the rast importa element cl the Steet Photography Prose! vas the weeky sructions thatthe thotogranhers nad to interpretin ther pn submissions Each instruction was ssbmnttecby aeadng pracitoner of street photography, such as Trent Parke and Gus Powel ad conta crypic instructors such a, Things are what they seem tobe, cor maybe something ese. Yet Jack says that rahe an stekng rig tothe structions he found eter to ret them as loose source of inspraion "would say hat the instructions cared an unconscious wet ays Jack must admit tha even though wanted to gett ts because ofthe sete, ound tat the nid slags | dd Ike eit was acuaky dmanshing ry soontanety.| try not to thnk abouta subject ~ just occu to me. After ‘atime, hough, | developed a balance Ted rea the rsructon, get a eel fort and then gp out and shoot It vas alvays there, floating eroundin my head, bute wes never nthe freont of my mn Despite his esstance tothe insructions, mere were occasions when Jack found himself moving nto tutions an ‘enwrormenis hate woud no otheruse Fed rms. ‘One ofthe nsvuctons talked about subsenbe 0845676778 “op: Instruction #26, Ifyou'renot sureit’s picture, shoot it anyway, Carolyn Drake ‘Above: Instruction #52, Ifyou have ‘alent, find your own way, (rstobal Hara Competition winner Street photography gating yourself nto a stuaton that was uncomfortable says Jack. "That was 2 simple one to nerpret because just inched me mong ino an area c town that could be considered alte dodgy was strange because | vas approaching that area avery diferent way | wak long there every dy, but never sty. The ict that vas hanging around for tao or tree hours fl ed Jack admis thathe ft anus butt id lead toone strange ercounier. "When bes there was takng photo and reatsed hat | was photograghng a group of men doing a «rug deal says Jack. They care over and contranted me, daranding to know wht | was dong Ina to xolan that Ike gong around the treet tang photogteohs, but [sald that they wanted me to delete ry photograph of ther | woud. At that pint they realised that nad a cute o of thar friends so they asked im ta ook atthe rmage. He came over ard | thovaht ‘hes neading fra bck ee, but nstead he started gving me adice on where to 010 take otogants, He vas actualy ‘ate charming INSTINCTIVE LEVEL Jack ays Ns working method is anything bouttechrical ‘Wher I ty ta wexk roma techricl eve Itend not to get an image, he says i's only when |wark fom a purely Insinctve level tat | succeed. I take a shat spontaneous, then allem 0 Feast Rout ins ume tik about rom a techrical eve, ind very hard to produce anything ner a satsfectory 2hJanuany 208 | wwnvamataxphetoarapher co. EIStreet photography Competition winner result | wot be ale wo take a beter phatogranh Pather than treating peoglen the way apotrat photographer would, Jack dost seta use people a: 2 ‘component wthn the mage Faces re rarely scen, perhaps as ares ot Jack's ‘dscomfort with berg spotted by is subjects ‘ont Ikea sect kroving that m photographing ther’ ays Jackin that i they become arareoi my presence truns hespontanety ofwratlmseeng ttsrare that geta good photo ofsomeone starng rectly at me nc nd that someone rates me nl rterupt the process of what im tyingio do ifm attempting iostay cover tend to empoy that old was apicture of Charman Mao, a poster rickofputtngthecameratomy eye ard of Mickey Mouse andthe tevin | tak pretending to ook at something ese Then, a picture an as soon as my finger it the ‘nce have the mage, ican move on ‘htier ths guy popped es head around the Honever, there sone exception fo Jack’s corner. | idtrease at the ime, buthe ru. "The shot took for insruction #21 was cuting hs tena. | thnk under nora [see aboverigh] as tolalmstake’ says citurstances he would ae inde st Jack "Many of my faxeurte shots are Ike ermight have been alte uncomfortable that The struction was fom Paul Russell berg caught wedng a par of nal cones. and sid "Go somewhere youhaventbeen Jacks sets are sonatable fer His use belore and remember, the meresing things of wel uns, suchas hs shot ofthe rear often nappen atthe fingesauay ram the end ofa poodle stendng next toa delay ‘mann action" wes walkng through alge of hanging us (see page 24) lini farty in China where the rnt doors to panies easy coming acrass these shots when Im hatses are ganeraly et open It the ‘out hung far photographs 53 Jack rusungway ofthis lage Ase waked "The diulty comes in atiemp0ng to past thsparteuts house Iwasimmedetealy discover shotsas bail as those iken by Struckby the decor of the room There photographers suc as Mathew Stuart. who BET 9 arsteurrotogrphercouk | 21 January 2012 [Abover Instruction #21,60 somewhere you haven't been before and remember, the interesting things ‘often happen atthe fringes away from the main action, Paul Russel Beal ee Ce eres peer Penns Seen: cranes seems most blessed when comes to ‘these kinds of mages, | ove hs werk think the challenge sto come up with something thal stand out, contnues Jack. paricuary fond af the mage af the poodle The fact that the furs merr the dog's tals great combinaen of elements These things areal round Us ~ you ust have o keep your eyes peek TJaCKS use Of colour € ao a sricart factor i the sucess of his rages, The ‘oour is aed component that most seem io inge inthe eye even when youve tured avay from the mage Ina sense i's. a mater me wartng my rages to poo out rom the page or the ‘computer screen’ says Jack wrt people Ta centnue to ook atthe petures and ‘mest lose themsches inthe cour and Fgiton dsplay. That's not to say | sacribce ‘content fvour of he colour but hin the surface just as sficant as te depth Two photographers who have fenced me ft respect ae Alex Web and Constantine Manos. Both heve these ncreiby rich images that yaurever get ‘ed of looking at From edge to edge there things gang on in terme of ight colour ‘nd content Imnot saying that my Work is _zyling close to thers, but i's sorething that aspire to more of Jack wrk, visit Wt jacksimonphotography.com subscribe 0845676 7778Se TUT ‘AP publishes more reader photographs than any ol Meee) A se ST g CTC) Lele S/T Digital Rucksack Una Ae ety De a SMG a Peer na EET ToT emer orem verti Rees Ae eg Ee Saracen Pee Ce ‘convert this rucksack from a eet cence ROR y UE OL ae ca LEO OUR SSI Eyal ce Fr ee en) ate CE ny ‘field and coloured light through the coloured TT re en arate eC oy or eer) prt Pie retin TO i aL ‘Olympus E-10, 21mm, Se Be a lea anes Cet Se ea Pee ed 2iJanuary 202 | wiwwamateaphetographer co.Your pictures in print cis SN reed Pe red eer Choa eee] ee ee ety aerate earn Coe ere Pac ee es Cenc Rec eeeSEEMOREONUNEAT ATT Your pictures in print ee eee ce eC ee eee etait ny Pree eee rece See Cie se acre iene a eC sy Se a mC CO ee Oe a TE composition shotto monochrome and ofthe crashing waves Ne etc Tec Foe NS mm ea RE Seen eat Dieses i ioe oer Ei aeey unt) ee Pe aia TAN)OT AIT Derails AU ne Reem ‘Mark's favourite subject is natural history, with seasonal and regional Ge UEC Re Le variations. 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BET es arstourrotogrphercouk | 21 January 2012 AND FLASH © in anemironment aint on quck reactions, what can be cane in terms preparer?" check my camera settings beforehand, but they're never the same as what's heeded vhen the actual oi ts, says Kev "The best ‘fing 9.60 so setup the cameraor the ‘exposure you want an then aust the seine trouchout the event” Kev so manually and in raw cbtah rama \, EXPOSURE, METERING information in His mages, which makes t ease to ext them postcapiure "can fata bring back dealin images tat are shy avereroosed, but for those tat ‘encererpoced tis more felt as itcreates uncomfortable nae: he sys Consaquenty en rae, Ken wl ee sigh tora overexposinarather than underexposina, The SO seting Kevin ses ul ey depending on te intent o chs, ut he wl tyicaly set hs ISO te tween 800 and 2000 (although he scrretimes uses|50 640), He aso uses 150 tocontral his eooaure OF ten te lght & qute dim, so wl shoot wrth ry aperture att(287 he sys. When youre shooting ice open there ta narra band of fos, buts igs you have the person's ees infocus youre OK’ Using autoroc.s se {athe cenral AF pant and recom s the mastrelable way of foasing n lo-lat conditions rar than selecong sth AF pont | mght use a shutter peed of 1/160sec. chs generally qood for corenng moving Sajets’ continues Kean the person st mong avound and theres natch ight 1 can take yur shutter speed doum t ‘WBCsec, bu tall depencs en haw much the subectsmeving and how dim the ight 6 Kean uses the ld foca-lengiisuter- speed ue and never alos his shuter speed to crop belon the reooroca of the ia lent of thelens. For example, when using a 200mm lens he keens the ster speed shorter than 1/200sec in sal venues where tl sottruch suerte 0845 6767778Soh your only option may be to resort to Tash butitshould be used sparinaly ance ican desray the atmasphere in aimage It better to bounce the fash by anging your fh head towards the callng orto use arin soft io tue the fas, Sk sfc fashis technique you could try This, roles usng long exposure with abuts Cf flash for colours, creative results In these instances, Kemnsuogestsseting the camera to 150 500 ae U5sec a 1. 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Tim Coleman looks at ways to make the most of wet and overcast weather WHEN Karin Par was taleng photographs for is book Bac Wether he would stay indoors curing sunny das Ont hen thera threatened or he sy wes led with dul grey douds would he pu ona jacket and venture outinto the elements. Hs werk shows that no mater what the weathe, there are rurerous photo opportunites avalale, though ts posse to get some great wet-weather mages without gong to the same extremes as Martn ‘While gating wer sus one of the obstacles youl face when youre outade ‘ring wnt, you il also hove 1 deal wth reduced light contrast and cola ~ and you have the choice of ether werkngwtrin these mans or overcoming them, SHUTTER SPEED As we know, bad weather resis in oor ight To overcome these lon-bght ‘ondons,aigh SO senataty ors Shutter speed is required, Which cre of ‘these you choose depends on whether you wert io freeze the acon or Buri. Houeves, ‘ould you choase argh ISO remember thatthe dynamic range and colour depth val be compromised ‘Awipod is essental when using slow shutter speeds, ad the choice of shutter speed has aditectimoacton the fet. Dur | fn that around 1 sec sa good speed ta blr the movement of randops yet keen them visio while 11 25sac and fesier wl ree the acon Ifyou usea Sutter speed dose to sec the raindrops wil allout dsappear hve creang amity, ethereal effect steed. fast shutter speed wi show ripples cf randropsina puddle whe 1/1538 ‘demerstrates by slashes Using ‘neal densty (ND) titer helo to achieve shutter speeds of 1seco longer in dl aya that il make puddes zope DlTy Another type of ur effect can be achieved by panning te camera na vertical movement, rine wih the rain Tit the (camera ust skh, otheruse the subject will eccme unrecognisable. A shuter ‘pad of around 115secis eal to prod.ce this abstract effect, and utile ts techie \Works wel ena tried, the freedam of hand movement can cate great rnages, oo ARTIFICIAL LIGHT Toad punch, colour and contrast to 8 raiy and overcast scene arifical ight is ‘al An urban settng wth street and shop subsenbe 0845676778 lights works wel though the use of ash 'sabo possible. On arary day, ighis are reflected when the ground wet. There are cceasions when Holywood directors have been know te delberatey wet rads and pavements before fring 1 help reiect artical hahts, thus adding atmosphere and colour to a enaronment. Thsefec 's derorsiratedin te mage eft) Using fash rather than reyingon aren ah, enables fast stutter speeds to freeze action, suchas someone splashing na Puddle However, a consequence o ning 8a flash stat llurinates ary ranrors, vwhichin tur obscures the sublet Rather than tisteing ahindrance, though try uungitasan effect. By using a iw sync fash ating the bust of fash vl laminate the randrops:n the foreground, whe the Jeng exposure wll alow he amivent ight to expose ihe scene Anning moungin the ne wil be petal lured due tothe exposure te ‘Using rear-curan as rather than the default rent-cutan fash reezes the acoon al he endothe exposure This creates a bur behind the subject, which works vel for ‘capturing a sense of movement Try using this to capture a child umaing nto a pute andthe frazen slash of wate that t creates Left: Wet concrete reflects the artifical ght in this seene Nikon 0700, 35mm, Wi25sec ate 10.400 Belowleft: Fash light adds punch to this at seene and illuminates the raindrops so they look ike snow Nikon D700, 35mm, Wedsecat?56, 150200 Below right: Overcast conditions are ideal to emphasise sihouetes, CCanen EO 200, 17-40mm, ‘Wedosec at 4 150 100 ‘Winter shooting AP guide DOCUMENTARY Cold, wet weather can be a sect Phovograpte’s best rend. In thes Conditions, people are re inerested ingeting wa warm, dy destination ten baing overly concerned about the presence of photographer Whether is people running to cach abus or someone sirugging wth an ume re weatner should alm you toreman largely urnoticed while you tke ahotogrents. Documenting peonk's reactons tothe weather 2 power tool adit was used by Siow AleCurry nhs aporoeiatay nerned bck Monsoen Reactions to ran var, fn those commuting and lookrg thorcghy rmserabletacildren play and dencng in it Of ecurse,thermersaon season f mere of a vsual spectade, out ne pmagleremars the same fer aBriish donnpou Incandtors where the itis aready low Inconrast and lacks cob ny corwerting your mage black ute A du irters ‘ay might as wel be erangerate by lo contrast back & vite converson, eer than ‘compersated for by boostng sara COMPOSITION AND ANGLES Most of us wat stay as dry as possbe ir wetweather but some of te best ane ‘goand to get the night angle of rans Into a paulo bounces shiny concrete Inavercastcanctins, the sky can cften look ie alan white mass because the ‘dnarricrange ofthe scenes beyond the reach of most cameras fea toe fn rage, conser exchidng itatogetner Aterrenvay, use a graduated ND iter that wl ep ta reduce the dference n excosure between the Sky and he and 2hJanuany 201 | wwnnamataxphetographerco.skAP guide Winter shooting Fog and mist Fog and mist can provide great lighting conditions. Richard Sibley explains how to make the most of them for atmospheric results = a we . me oe « kanely WAN coh arrowed | Place teen seiacastetra = Treeeer eee ee ee COTE ones Ra anc nar arg eee nee ei eta SS a OE ear paetestece See ecne reise Sate cay oan Sh na on BT cagaam tet ere eee lwmsbiig: | RUSTE Oat rcs | aes. | Racer plese eae see titrate [ee | eaeaect ae, Seater eee roan (ree. | ea Gases ee Saath | Seach te are Meets peewee raptors are iaeall oer re mm ae eee verra Fe ee ee etesars ereinnecternneenrs Teattretenee taints | eee, | Se ee ee ernaies Thorne oe geet | Bo3bb Rae aiagmenioe Seen See oer Peeler ec Fogard mistcreate sot, l-conirast, the mage n Photoston Jofting conctons, Ts makes t quite Nowering igntin which tte portraits, EXPOSURE AND BRACKETING though youll need areflectortohela_Shootngin fg s very much ike shootng in bounce 3 Ile igh onto he subjectfor a snow, Gerexally, cameras meeting gstem ‘more mocelled eect Justremember not ily to undereypose te subect, causing ‘ousea fat asililumnate te fog aight whieso be rendered as md-grey snd ook ie a beam froma car headlight. tones Ifyou alan to use evaluative metering However, thebears of ht tected by ight tis worthseting exposure commoensation FOG AND iste basicaly Inning clouds ard are gassing through fogcan hemsehes make 10--1EV and, as alvays shoot raw mages usually crested when iy water drops re suspended in ‘erirteresing imaces maximise the tonal range avalble Use the the ar. The more droplets or he ager the crops, the Where normaly shadows fal onto the carealshistog‘am to check that you arrit thicker the fog or mst ‘ound, they wilfallonto the fog This gues over-compenssing by verexposing Lge There ae a numberof diferent ways that fog can be ‘heimpresson of bears of lat shinng parts ofthe mage formed One of he mest common radiation fog, This bight through objects such as ees, Exposure bracketing can be usetu, usually forms n the early evening and canlast urd the ‘Simian fog aright can cause sveetIohts_partcuaty ifyoudon trust your camera follow morning infrared rays rom the sun heat up ‘ahaxe a strong drectonal appearance as 1 {oshow the Wue extent of hghght the and during the day and then at rghit his heats they shine dow onto pavement. etal [tis very uke that ary mages radiated ieo the cold ar once the sun es Gene dou If Look for opportunities where youll be ilneed tobe underexaosed, but mary the huis high enough, the vaer vapour the a le to capture ray of bgt, ane ata where cameras have the facity to bracket for becomes saturated causing condensation andforming the J you may be abe ilumnatea subjecting under or overexposure. So, fr exemple, fog. For ths reason, col nights that folow days wth bet the conseauent spotight effec ‘hen shooting n fog ry setting exoosure ear ses wl often produce fog. brackatngta 3 frames over a TEV range at Fog ls forms when particulary cold ar waves over 2 CONTRAST +0.36V, +O7EV and #1EV relawe'y warm surlae, such as aero ake. Tis why Low contrasts one ofthe mast vexng (Ofcourse soctmeterng wile te mast fogisoten fund valeys wih such bodes of water atthe] problems when phoographinginfog As accurate way to meter ascene pariculaty bottom or outa sea photographers we are alvays old that our thereisafeatsren the scene ratyou ae imagesshould hae as ul atonal range locking toexmose accurately, regardless OF as possble The resltis tht many ogoy the surcundng oo BIT rv amoteurotoorsohereouk | 2 Jonssr 202 subset 08456767778,‘Winter shooting AP guide halos to add sane and contrast ta the tiny Ice and frost co pats and icles or someting grander such as the frezng of awatertal, there The details and patterns created by ice and frost can create stunning issomating eer chute feearg macro shots and winter scenes. 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ICONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHER I PHOTOGRAPH I ICONIC CAMERA HOW MUCH DOTHEY COST? Tete Pate rete | ‘ape i prrtearalyed ference vith JT around 20a E160 with ong , he ater Konica Auto-Reflex. | a.joefiers witha Theoiginal Konica | standard lens seem to Auto-Retlecof 1965, | sel between £20 and fitted withS7mm $35 on Bay although Hevanon.Theshutter any geal pot hationistallantard | jutorflexcamerason togush as ByyitNav tens at much har prices. Some achieve asa Te turf the il Hernan lenses (28mm, nm 135, and so on seem to. sal at £12-£90, and Konica Auto-Reflex Soe Hexanon AR zoom recently sold for Wor Matanle recalls an unforgettable camera that was innovative on several levels £308.12, fr example an andi KONICA. veh merged wth Nata Aenea intheeatly years ofthe 2Tstcentury and then wire (as Konica-Minata} fom ‘manufacturing photographic equoment 11.2006, was nays nnovatve and conirbuted suostataly tothe development Ct phetographic design. One a the des or nhich Korcas proba best remembered the Konica Auto-Refex, soldin Germary and usta as the Rewe Aulo-Reflee and in Japan as he Autorex Ths remarkable 35mm SLR launched in 1865, was sgnlicantin three major ways leas the rst Japenese oca-alane ‘Shuttared 35mm SLA wih automate expose contra though td not have TTL (thraugh-the-lens) metering ~ the exposure measurement vas via a CS meter, wha cel window inthe ster speed and fim speed dal assembly onthe Trot ofthe camera, The Auto-Reflex was othe first SLR to have the metal-aced opal Suare shutter, also featured n he Nkkermas amangathers andthe as abso the first focal-plane shuttered SLB to subsenbe 0845676778 Full/half switch ‘op viewof the trol Atel, Note the lal switch eta alt The Photographic. Cleats lu of Great tain olds regional meting, runs a quartry pasta auction and publishes magazines fullo classic camera flash-synctvensaion at V125sec. that whenthesiteh ontop waseroved | infomation, iit Tresecond majorinnomaten—never from fultrame tohal-trame, or vice versa, | want pecgh om tr tomy knowledge matched by ary other the exposure counter and fim advance | more wfomation manufacurer since ~wasthe provsion _—_operatin changed aporonitly, andto dovnload of lever, rich made it possible forthe The thd rnovaton whch nes members form ot camera to ve comerted fom ful-rame _mrportantio Konica users tien cal 19208141 (24,361) to 124mm hal-rame and to Konce callecers now, (tut not fo camera format in mid-flm The realy clever bitwas was that the Auto-Reflex nas ‘autions 21 January 201 | wiwamateuphotographer co.ukIcons of photography Konica Auto-Reflex thefrst Konica SLR vith anew larger bayonet ens mount, which became the standard fr al ihe successful Kori models or 20-oxd years. Thus, nses marketed for the F-series Kenica SLRS ofthe early 1960s (FS, FP, FM) do nat fthelacer cameras rm the Auto-Reflex ol 1965 onward Cf these mnavatons. beng Jaaris rst {uly automatic 35mm focal-plane SLR shou pernens be tne most rememberes ‘sce was probably the most infuentia Butits forthe remarkable abit to chenge ormat atthe users thatthe Auto-Refiex 's oninialy remembered by enthasasts | 1965 onic Ata- efx aunched 1966 onic ta fix with 0 1968 -aniceAvtarelex T marketed 1969 amrat sure how use teal was or hw XaniceAutorelex ant-user tok acantage off ut 2s Asgpeors bright idea took some beating 1970 MOVABLE MASK onic Autarelex (On the right-hand soe of the camera too- Toffee Le was a lever that could be maved am {ul to hal. Dong ts moved both se ult. mata mack abewe the foca-pi Shute indsin the tim gate o reduce the size of the picture-making aperture trom 24x36mrn to 18x24mm inomna), and imoduce two frame-sie indicators forthe het-frame octure area nto the vewinder above two permanently present dear vera ines tough the focusing screen. fsa, en fll-rame exposures rad been mate ard the photograaher then sth ‘ohal-rame, thenet stroke the wind lever moved the expose counter by one ‘ul Fama, pur dew the fim erly encugh raha ame 2x The next wind dd rot change the exoonure counter but crew enough fm for another hal-trame shot 1973 12 I Konica Autoreti anounced 19% onic Atarelex TB appears 19% ‘aniceAutoretex ASamnautced The nextwind changed the counter by one lurame shat but ew tr for haar, apd soon, The exposure coun hereiore ‘alas showed a otal number ofl rames of fim used, not the actual number of BEES) vrewarstourrotogrphercouk | 21 January 2012 Speed tal The spn assenby on thet of te te eer incues the aS meee and an ide con The baton até dlc the tensmoutisthe eth aifieldpeew button cepoares some of them were hal-trame itwasimpertantto remember to wnd o before changng beck ofl rae, after ich the whole system suche back to ‘rare function. You fn a ost of ed ful tare and of excelent quality ‘THE METER ISSUE ithe mid-1960s there were stil mary ‘experienced photographers, amateur and roiesional, ho found the dea of ang fn exposure mater n the camera dias ‘and the notion ofan autorati-exposure ‘camera unacceptable because made ‘much ofthe hatd-yen ski of working out expr unnecessary Many manufactures therefore made arnon-meteed version of thek SLR. Erarples were the Pentax SL (@ rmeteriess Spotmatic) ard the Nkkorma FS (ameteiss FT) Konca wes no exception ‘adn 1966, aversion of the Aulo-Reflex nithout eqposure meter er wthoxt Movable masks ‘Whenthe stitch on th op ofthe camera is satto al, movable masks rue the si of the pit petra hal-tame sie automate exposure) appeared, called the lexP (Revue SP n Germany anc ‘Aus A separate clo-an CaS expasire meter was avalable tat coupled wth a ot ne-speed dal. In other respects alto the Auto-Refix the Auto- Reflex P seems nat ta have acheved major commercial success a itis urcerrmen no LENSES Ate ime othe laurch in 1965 of the Auto-Reflex which troduced the large bayonet mauny, the Hexanon range extended fom 21 4 through 28mm 4735 (preset diaphragm) and 35mm 128 (both preset and auto-dleohragm versions) ta 52mm{i1 Band Simm 14 sandra lenses, 135mm 3.5 (bath preset and auto- daohraam versors} 200mm 13.5 preset ‘and 400mm, 800mm and 1000 ‘manual daphragm lenses, Tere vas ‘asa.047-100r zoe lens. The lenses supple forthe crigal suberibe 08456767778,A bao ea Atle 9 with St 2 Hezanon A, esl aire 3th Son 17 Henn AR. On tet e "nf xno Aad te sac 60-00 75 Hanon am Auta-Reflex and Rewe Reflex dered frm laler Hesanons in tat tey dd not have a reagtaton notch on the ear whch vas needed with ater TTL-metered Autoren model but wes unnecessary for the non TTL Auto-Rellex. Thenoich tet he TTL meter system ofthe later Autoreles the maximum aperture ofthe lens.n use. As the TTL camares maces were introduced mary Au-Refles lenses were sent tothe factory Corto dsrbuters or an uoarade to mocity them or use withthe TTL models The rest s thatunmodiied ongnal Auto-Refled Autores lerkes ae seace les worth noting that the standard and ther lenses pple for Rese Rees and Autorec versions normally had no reference rica on the black bezel al the rot ofthe ens, and some didnot have ay erence ta Hexion, ether By the mi-1970s the Hexanen AR range included a toridele 151m 28 Isheye 224mm 28, 224-281m 135 ‘200m an ato-deprragrn version of the 28nn 35, @28Iren #18 an BS, 18,3 135mm 32 and a 300mm 745, plus a 35-70mm (4 compact zoom, None vet you dom, andthe engthsare often avaiable ‘TTLAUTOMATION Perens lokng io renforce thet status ase marutacurer ofthe fst Japanese foca-piane SLR with automatic exposu Korishoroku announced in 1968 the fst foca-slane SLR wth automatic FTL shutter- pity exposure measurement. This was the Konica Autores T (Autretex as now ane ward vith no hyphen The Autorefiex Twas a smper and more ‘omventional-lookng camera tan the ‘ngr Auto-Refex The abit to swap ror fulrame whale was gone, andthe ‘Shutter-speed da was back onthe tap of the camera Anew series of Hexaron AR subsenbe 0845676778 WATCH OUTFOR As the complex fiom ranspar and osu counting system ofthe aig Auto-Retlen canbe fragile, ut filmin the camera and watch itwind wth the back ten to make suit wrk properly Laer Autre cameras haveaeputaton for eaindestructity, andareusualy ery reiale Always chook the eaation fight trapping foam seals and make sure that. both the shutter works and tha automatic tiapragns aperte snappiy andrei, You MAY ALSO LIKE These isn equiralont to moi Konica Auto-Rele, but Nikdormat Er Canon EF lpcted ato is a comparable ato) rramal SLA tothe later Atoreflxes, Konica Auto-Reflex Icons of photography A Konica Ate ‘iid withthe nm 4 Hecann,Besiteitisa 20mm 735 Hesanon AR lenses was supped wth an extra AE setting on the aperture scale (comparable wih the EE marks onthe lenses of some other brands) the usua standard les being ether 50mm #17 Hesanon ora 57mm #1 4, although the 52mm 8 yas also marketed wth the AE opton.The shut remaned the farmlar metal-biaded Copa Square In 1969 abudget-prced version wihout delay-acton and with 3 fastest spurte sped of 150050 ss some cick of the erce needed ore the shutter ofthe Augoreiex Trandin te 1970 an pres verson agpeared asthe AutorefenT2. Ths ves Fede omake ths surier release travel and presae es, and had ote sal Cenges, 5 a5 arepostioned metering soit. Tiss ello 1973 by the ‘uzerefix 73, nhich was equonee uth mrenements suchas mia lock-up and the acy for muti exposures These were moran ata tre when nay pfessonal users were using 35mm SLRSto prodce sice-based audio-visual presentations. 11974, in eeoing ven smiar changes madeby ther Japanese SLR manufecturers athe une the Autoretex Tn was announced, witha ferent rtm housing, a hotshoe. a pas tpn the wining eter and other smallimprovements Konica enthusiasts usualy feel that was the best ofthe utoreflx series rmeta-oced SLRS wth shutter-proty Automaton, The budget-piced Autorefiex 2 wes slay updated dung 1974 to become the Autoreiex 3, ACCESSORIES Throughout the period trom 1965 unt 985, there was afl range of Konica accesscries, comparable. qualty wih those from ary o the too Japanese rmenufatures. 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