August 28, 2014
Photographer’s lens-cleaning ‘grenade’ in airport security ban
A photographer says his lens-cleaning air blower was confiscated by airport security staff because it resembled a hand grenade and was banned from flight.
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August 28, 2014
Olympus E–PL7 heads down to selfie central
It’s selfie central over at Olympus, which has just unveiled the Olympus Pen E-PL7, featuring a tiltable LCD screen and built-in Wi-Fi.
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August 27, 2014
Pentax K-S1 sports LED lights and ‘Tweed Grey’ option
Pentax has tonight unveiled the K-S1, a DSLR featuring a 20-million-pixel, APS-C-sized imaging sensor.
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August 27, 2014
Photokina debut for Samyang 50mm lens
South Korean lens-maker Samyang is set to unveil a ‘photographic’ version of its V-DSLR 50mm T1.5 AS UMC after the official debut of the cine lens at next month’s Photokina in Germany.
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August 26, 2014
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 50-year showcase
A selection of the 100 images that will make up the Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s 50th anniversary exhibition have been revealed by organisers.
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August 26, 2014
Digital version of Amateur Photographer, 30 August 2014
See what's in the digital version of this week's Amateur Photographer
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August 22, 2014
Monkey selfie: Photographer unfazed by US ‘ruling’
Photographer David Slater remains unfazed by a US Copyright Office statement on a monkey selfie, arguing it does not alter his legal rights over a controversial image of a black macaque.
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August 22, 2014
AP Tries Out the ‘Mother of All Telephotos’ Canon EF 1200mm L USM
We get hands-on with the biggest interchangeable autofocus lens in the world, the Canon EF 1200mm L USM (includes video)
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August 21, 2014
World Photo Day Competition Winners
We unveil the winners of our World Photography Day Best Image competition! Three lucky photographers win canvas prints of their personal favourite images
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August 21, 2014
Leica launches M-P to strip photography back to ‘essentials’
Leica has today unwrapped the M-P, a new rangefinder camera that the firm says is ‘photography stripped back to the essentials’.
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August 21, 2014
Transport bosses accused of ‘rights grab’
Transport bosses have been accused of claiming rights over images entered into a photography competition and may amend the wording of the rules after Amateur Photographer intervened.
