Digital version of Amateur Photographer, 10 May 2014

The digital version of Amateur

Photographer dated 10 May 2014

is available now!

Win a Samsung NX300 with 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 lens

In front of a record crowd, five readers join Mark Pain
pitch-side at Wembley to capture the drama of a top-flight Premiership rugby
union match. Phil Hall reports

The AP team presents six of the best ND grad filters to suit
all budgets

There are similarities and subtle differences between the
D3300, D5300 and D7100 in Nikon’s APS-C DSLR line-up, which makes choosing
between them a tough decision. We compare the abilities of each to see which
model offers the best image quality

With a 50x optical zoom and a 20.4-million-pixel sensor, the
Cyber-shot DSC-HX400 is Sony’s latest bridge camera. Callum McInerney-Riley
puts it to the test

Samsung’s flagship smartphone has a 16-million-pixel sensor
and is able to focus faster than you blink, so is the Galaxy S5 perfect for
those who simply must have a capable camera in their pocket at all times? Jon
Devo finds out

Professor Bob Newman on how to improve the quality of your
raw images by exposing ‘to the right’

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