New Pentax medium format and 9 things you didn't know about the Sony Alpha 7s

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News    |    Reviews    |    Competitions    |    Galleries    |    Subscribe Tuesday 22 April 2014 This week Pentax has unveiled its medium-format 645Z DSLR, boasting 51.4-million pixels of resolution, a Prime III imaging engine and a top ISO of 204,800. Its also extensively weather-sealed and can shoot time-lapse video at 4K resolution. Full details here. Elsewhere, a crowd funding campaign is in a race against time to muster up enough funds to produce a new 4x5 peel-apart b&w positive-negative film. 'New55' film, now on Kickstarter, is almost halfway to its target, but still has a long way yet to go. Finally, do you know what extra accessory you need before you can record 4K video with the Sony Alpha 7s? Or what ISO 409,600 really looks like? Or even what the 's' stands for? Don't worry if you don't - we've compiled the essential list of everything you need to know about Sony's new 4K shooter right here - 9 things you need to know about the Sony Alpha 7s. That's all for this week. Nigel Atherton, Editor     Digital version of Amateur Photographer, 26 April 2014 See what's in the digital version of this week's Amateur Photographer       Photographers challenged to document every London street The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) has invited photographers to take part...       Photographers race to make ‘New55’ film mission possible A crowdfunding campaign to launch a new 4x5 peel-apart b&w...       Win a Samsung NX300 with 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.       Win a Bigshot, the world's first-ever do-it-yourself digital camera!         Amateur Photographer 26April 2014 News Rights storm over Duke of Edinburgh Awards picture; Nikon 1 J4 sports touchscreen. Plus AP investigates - Copyright backlash: has Getty given up the fight ...   Subscribe     Buy a digital edition         Canon EOS 1200D review (preview) The Canon EOS 1200D is an entry-level DSLR that joins a... Read more...     Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 review (preview) Meet the smartest digital camera on the market - the new... Read more...     Olympus OM-D E-M10 review Aimed at the enthusiast market, but armed with... Read more...   9 things you didn't know about the Sony Alpha 7s Think you know all there is to know about Sony's 4K-shooting Alpha 7s? Don't be so sure. We've sorted through the promotional hype to get to the truth about Sony's mirrorless newcomer. Find out more here. Visit the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London, 1st-18th May Image: Alpay Erdem, Turkey, Shortlist, Smile, Open Competition, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Drawn from one of the world's leading photography competitions, the exhibition showcases work from the very best international contemporary photographers.  As one of the biggest of its kind in the UK, the exhibition features an eclectic mix of imagery in current events, wildlife, landscape, portraiture, travel and more. Open 7 days per week and late Tuesday through Friday. Book your tickets today at worldphoto.org/2014exhibition

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