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THE AP INVESTIGATION
LONG EXPOSURES
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Saturday 23 January 2010
Ricoh GXR
modular?
A camera system
like you’ve never
seen before
FULL
TEST
on the stunning island of Eigg
and modern war
MOD photographer
in Afghanistan
IMAGE STABILISATION
EXPERT ADVICE
Mad or
LAB
Insider tips for shooting
The camera
Contents
From the Editor
Amateur Photographer
For everyone who loves photography
News, views and reviews
News
Sony Alpha 450 details; Anti-terror power ruled
‘illegal’; Samsung DSLRs to be consigned to
history?; UK dealers warned over Zeiss fraud
Review
The latest books, exhibitions and websites
L e t t e r s
AP readers speak out on the week’s issues
Backchat
Terry Hamilton says camera makers are being
mean, rather than green, by not providing a
camera manual in book form
The ﬁ nal frame
Roger Hicks says there are various forms of
wealth, and many ways of achieving and
enjoying it
Technique
Photo insight
COVER STORY
Tom Mackie explains how he used a long
exposure to capture a magical night shot
of Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel
On test and technical
Testbench
The Lego digital camera and Honl Photo
ﬂ ash ﬁ lter kits
Ricoh GXR system
COVER STORY
Unconventional and completely new, the Ricoh
GXR system may change the way we think about
the relationship between
cameras and sensors. Richard
Sibley explains the new system
First impressions
When presented
with a new
concept, it is
right that we
should take time
before making
a judgement.
We don’t, of course, and more often
than not we develop a first impression
that is difficult to shift later. So long
as we recognise this fact, though, it is
a simple matter to clear the mind at
that later date and to assess the facts
anew. Sometimes what seemed to be
nonsense suddenly becomes a work
of genius, and what stunned us on first
sight fades to dim and pointless.
Ricoh’s GXR system presents us
with a concept that needs lengthy
consideration. It needs proper
understanding, with the benefits and
drawbacks balanced one against
another. Why marry lens and sensor
forever together, and why mix compact
sensors with APS-C? Is this system
simpler, more effective and more
desirable than an APS-C body with
an interchangeable-lens system?
On page 45, Richard Sibley tests a
camera system that is well made and
produces excellent quality images,
but it is on the unique practicalities
of the GXR’s modular characteristics
that the system will succeed or fail.
While the measurement of image
quality is generally a factual affair,
the merits of a system’s handling
are decided in the heart.
Page 22
Damien
Demolder
Editor
Recording the war
from a solider’s point
of view in Iraq and
Afghanistan
Stabilisation systems
COVER STORY
Lens and camera-based stabilisation
systems promise to put an end to blur when
handholding a camera. Angela Nicholson
explains the technology and investigates
which is the best option
Q&A
Our experts answer your questions
Your pictures
Gallery
Another selection of superb reader images
Appraisal
Damien Demolder examines your images,
offering words of wisdom and constructive advice
Features
Insider knowledge
COVER STORY
Richard Burdon gives us a guided tour of his
favourite photographic location, the island of Eigg
Point & shoot
COVER STORY
Army photographer Sergeant Daniel Harmer
talks to Jade Lord about recording the war from
a soldier’s point of view in Iraq and Afghanistan
Icons of photography
David Clark looks at the story behind Jane
Mingay’s photograph of Paul Dadge and Davinia
Turrell after the London bombings of 7 July 2005
Page 45
Our question
f the week
The Ricoh GXR
system on test
In AP 9 January we asked…
Do you think Sony’s Alpha range is as good
as Minolta itself would have produced?
You answered…
A
Yes, just as good 17%
B
Yes, and better 28%
C
No 30%
D
Don’t know 25%
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This week we ask…
Do you think the Ricoh GXR system
will be a success?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Don’t know
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PhotoDiary
23/1/10
No amount of training and careful
planning can prevent the sheer
bad luck of being caught in a roadside
bomb in pursuit of great and powerful
journalism from the front line
Photographer injured in Afghanistan, page 6
Samsung DSLRs set to be consigned to history
T
HERE seems little
SNAP
Samsung Electric had on show
at CES, the idea of an optical
viewﬁ nder seems rather old-
fashioned and inﬂ exible.
We also learnt that
Samsung is planning to
incorporate part of its
camera line-up into the list
of products supported by
its new Apps Store.
Camera applications could
include in-camera technique
tips and automated post-
capture manipulations.
The Apps Store already
provides mini applications
that can be downloaded
to and run on Samsung
mobile phones. But in the
spring it will also be linked to
internet-enabled Samsung
TVs so that widgets and
applications can be up/
downloaded to create
additional content on screen.
Samsung currently has
two Wi-Fi-enabled compact
cameras, but when asked
about the prospect of the NX
series including Wi-Fi, vice
president of digital imaging,
SS Park said that the market
is not ready for it.
SHOT
chance that Samsung
will ever re-enter
the DSLR market,
Amateur
Photographer
understands.
Against the backdrop of
the launch of the new NX
series of mirrorless cameras,
Robert King, Samsung UK’s
head of digital imaging, would
not commit to a deﬁ nite
answer on the subject during
an interview with AP at the
Consumer Electronics Show
(CES) in Las Vegas in the
United States.
In an interview with AP
Editor Damien Demolder,
King repeated that the
company was focusing its
efforts on developing the NX
system and that he could not
state that the GX series would
not be revisited in the future.
However, it is clear – as
former vice-president of
Samsung Techwin Byung
Woo Lee said when he ﬁ rst
broke the news of the NX
system to AP in 2008 –
that Samsung has moved
into this new category as it
realises there is no chance
Rights
‘gathering’
to go ahead
Amateurs and professionals
are set to defend their rights
to take pictures in public
at an event to be held in
Trafalgar Square, London,
on 23 January. This is set
to go ahead despite the
European court ruling on
Section 44 (see below left).
The event’s organisers,
‘I’m a Photographer, Not a
Terrorist’, said: ‘Our society’s
visual history is under threat
of extinction by anti-
terrorism legislation. Section
44 of the Terrorism Act has, in
effect, ended the conﬁ dence
of the citizen to engage in
the act of photography in a
public place…’
The Samsung NX10 represents quite a space saving
over the ﬁ rm’s latest DSLR, the two-year-old GX-20
of successfully competing
against the DSLR ranges
held by Nikon and Canon.
Lee told us: ‘We will create
a new category that we can
dominate’.
Interestingly, SS Park, BJ
Lee’s replacement, told AP
at CES that Samsung does
not see the NX series as a
competitor to the Micro
Four Thirds products of
Panasonic and Olympus,
but that Samsung’s models
will broaden the mirrorless
micro camera choice.
When asked how the
NX range would develop,
Park said that the company
obviously intends to produce
more bodies in different
forms and of different sensor
resolutions, and that some
models would appeal to
professional users.
With this in mind, it seems
obvious that Samsung will
have no need of GX DSLRs.
And, alongside the
technology products that
Be part
of AP’s future
AP appreciated the feedback
that readers gave last
year after listening and
subsequently improving the
magazine to ensure you got
more of what you want, the
way you want it. AP wants to
keep up the communication.
So, readers interested in
becoming an AP panellist
should contact Estelle
Hicks-Bennett on 0203 148
4321 or email estelle_hicks-
bennett@ipcmedia.com.
Section 44 stop and search ruled illegal
RIGHTS
WA T C H
Committed to defending
your photographic rights!
suspicion, has been heavily
criticised by many, including
photographers.
The European Court of
Human Rights ruled that
police powers to stop and
search have ‘not been curbed
by adequate legal safeguards
so as to offer the individual
adequate protection against
arbitrary interference’.
The ruling adds: ‘Of still
further concern was the
breadth of the discretion
conferred [by powers under
the Terrorism Act 2000] on
the individual police ofﬁ cer.
The ofﬁ cer’s decision to stop
and search an individual was
one based exclusively on
the “hunch” or “professional
intuition”.’
The Strasbourg court
had been hearing a case
involving Kevin Gillan and
Pennie Quinton, who were
stopped outside an arms
fair in London in 2003.
Quinton had reportedly
been ﬁ lming a protest
outside the exhibition.
The court ruled that
their rights under Article 8
of the European Convention
on Human Rights had
been violated.
In 2006, the House
of Lords dismissed an
application the pair had
made for a judicial review
concerning the actions of
the Metropolitan Police.
They lodged a complaint
at the European Court of
Human Rights on 26 January
2005.
For details and reaction,
see next week’s
News
.
Dennis Stock
American-born photographer
Dennis Stock has died. Born
in 1928, Stock joined Magnum
Photos in 1951 and became
a full member in 1954.
Among Stock’s subjects was
Hollywood star James Dean,
who he photographed in 1955
shortly before Dean’s death.
POLICE use of Section
44 Stop and Search
anti-terrorism powers
has been ruled illegal
by a European court.
The controversial law,
which allows police ofﬁ cers
to stop and search people
without grounds for
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