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CONTENTS PHOTO LIFE JUNE/JULY 2016 VOLUME 41, NUMBER 4

COVER PHOTO Patrick La Roque

EXPOSURE 4 CONTRIBUTORS 6 EDITORIAL 8 THIS AND THAT 18 THE COMMUNITY 66 THE VAULT VISION

BEHIND THE IMAGE 20 VIKTORIA HAACK

FAR FROM THE CENTRE

From the Magdalen Islands in the east to Spirit River further west, some photographers are finding work and inspiration away from the country’s major cities.

WISDOM, WIT AND OTHER TIDBITS 22 TED GRANT

Recently named a member of the Order of Canada, Ted Grant is considered the grandfather of Canadian photojournalism. During his career, he’s photographed everyone from world political leaders to Olympic athletes to Albertan cowboys.

26 BEST OF PHOTO CLUBS 30 FAR FROM THE CENTRE

BY LAURENCE BUTET-ROCH

WITHOUT THE FRAME 38 MORE THAN ONE

BY DAVID DUCHEMIN

Our stories—our visual experiences—are often told more completely in a series of photographs or a small body of work, allowing several images to do what one image can’t.

SHOWTIME 40 SUMMER DREAMS

THE FLEETING MASTERPIECE

TECHNIQUE

42 THE FLEETING MASTERPIECE

BY PATRICK LA ROQUE

48 NEUTRAL-DENSITY FILTERS DEMYSTIFIED

BY DANIEL DUPONT

Neutral-density filters are a great addition to your photographic “toolbox.” Here Daniel Dupont explains what they do and how to use them.

Travelling is an incredible jolt to the system for anyone, but for photographers, it’s like drinking an elixir of awakening. We owe it to ourselves to make the most of the opportunity and go beyond the postcard shot.

FAQ 52 A SHORT Q&A

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BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY

There are certain photography-related questions that come up again and again. Here are the answers to a few so that at least these won’t be the ones keeping you up at night.

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GEAR 54 THE TIPA AWARDS

As a member of the Technical Imaging Press Association, Photo Life joined 26 other leading photo and imaging magazines from 15 countries on six continents in San Francisco to vote for the most outstanding photo and imaging products.

56 THE COMPUTER IN YOUR CAMERA

Your camera has computer-precise accuracy, but it can also offer aesthetic choices that can inspire your creativity and boost your image quality. Here are five data-processing functions to enhance your photographic experience.

DIGITAL WORLD 56 THE COMPUTER IN YOUR CAMERA BY DAVID TANAKA

60 GADGET GUIDE

BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY

62 THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT’S NEW

BY PETER K. BURIAN

CONTRIBUTORS AND EDITORIAL STAFF Peter K. Burian is a technology writer and freelance stock photographer. He is the author of several Magic Lantern Guide books on DSLR systems. He is also a digital photography course instructor with betterphoto.com. peterkburian.com Laurence Butet-Roch fell in love with journalism through Scoop, a Quebec sitcom set inside a newsroom. Studying international relations at the University of British Columbia and photography at the School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa led her to become a photographer with the Boreal Collective, a photo editor and a writer. lbrphoto.ca David duChemin is a Vancouver-based photographer and adventurer. His bestselling books on the art of photography have been translated into a dozen languages. davidduchemin.com

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Daniel Dupont is the ird-photography specialist of b Quebec. He leads workshops in Quebec and beyond. danieldupont.ca Gabrielle Germain recently joined the Photo Life team. Passionate about words and images, her background includes literature studies, a master’s degree in cinema, and professional experience as a journalist. Jean-François Landry has been providing advice to photographic equipment buyers in Quebec City since 1989. He also shares his passion with amateur photographers through courses and magazine articles. cylidd.com Guy Langevin has worked as a graphic designer in the photo industry for many years. You don’t collaborate with and befriend some of the best photographers in the country without learning a few tricks of the trade, so he became a photographic designer.

Curious about who put this together? Here’s this issue’s who’s who.

Patrick La Roque is a speaker, writer and professional photographer from Montreal. He is an official Fujifilm X-Photographer and founder of the KAGE COLLECTIVE, an international group specializing in visual storytelling and documentary work. laroquephoto. com, kagecollective.com Jenny Montgomery is a theatre director and writer who first learned her way around a darkroom in 1998. Photography runs in her family, so it was probably inevitable that it would be a part of her life. David Tanaka is a technology writer based in Lethbridge, Alta. His work as a photographer includes magazine assignments, fine-art printmaking and stock. He also teaches multimedia communication at Lethbridge College.

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EDITORIAL

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When we focus our energy on trying to follow all the rules for making the “perfect” photo, it’s easy to forget that failing is also part of the creative process. We need to remember that we’re allowed to make mistakes. Becoming okay with the possibility of doing something wrong frees us to take risks and to stop worrying about what others think. Besides, what’s embarrassing about failing? At least we will have tried. And maybe in the process we’ll discover our own personal style.

ecently I decided to take a trip to San Francisco with only one camera and one lens. And it wasn’t just any lens—I took one of my DIY creations concocted from old lenses, bike inner tubes, and whatever other materials I happen to have gotten my hands on. And after having taken the leap to go minimal, it turns out that I’m thrilled with the images I made on the trip. There were a lot of reasons I (finally!) decided to do it, but I can confirm that Patrick La Roque’s article in this issue was part of what inspired me. La Roque’s article The Fleeting Masterpiece: A Traveller’s Guide to Street Photography is not only for those getting ready to take a trip but also for anyone who likes to wander the streets with a camera in hand. He clearly and effectively shares his thoughts on how to make our work more consistent overall—and more personal. © GUY LANGEVIN

So who cares what others think! Let’s move out of our comfort zones and give ourselves the freedom to explore and throw ourselves into the unknown. If we stay stuck trying to follow every last rule of photography like they’re absolutes, there’ll be no room left for innovation.

ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO Photo Life is a member of the Technical Imaging Press Association (TIPA), an organization of the best independent photo magazines from around the world. We meet once a year to exchange ideas, to vote on the most groundbreaking photo products, and to encourage high standards in the industry. This year’s meeting was in April in San Francisco. Turn to page 54 to see the 2016 winning products.

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THIS AND THAT

3D IS NOTHING NEW

ON June 30, 1859, Charles Blondin successfully made a 335-metre-long tightrope walk across Niagara Falls, and photographer William England was there to catch it on glass plate! Stereography (3D photography) was all the rage then; it had become a popular form of entertainment in Europe and North America after the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. William England’s stereo view of Blondin’s daring feat sold 100,000 copies worldwide—the best-selling stereograph of all time! SOURCE: MATTHEW BUTSON, “STEREO SURROUND,” BLACK & WHITE MAGAZINE ISSUE 5 (DEC 2001/JAN 2002), P. 94.

THE CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE’S

FIRST EXHIBITION

THROUGH June 26, the National Gallery of Canada’s Canadian Photography Institute is presenting its first exhibition at The Globe and Mail’s Old Press Hall in Toronto. Featuring 175 photographs and their captions, Cutline: The Photography Archives of the Globe and Mail will also be on view in Ottawa later this fall. gallery.ca/cpi

TORONTO URBAN PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL FROM June 10 through 25, the Toronto Urban Photography Festival is exploring the theme of Urban Playground through exhibitions, talks, photo walks, workshops, and a photo gallery crawl. tupf.ca

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UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER/THE GLOBE AND MAIL PRESS ROOM, 1952/GELATIN SILVER PRINT WITH INK AND RETOUCHING, 23.5 × 17.5 CM/GIFT OF THE GLOBE AND MAIL NEWSPAPER TO THE CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA.

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COURTESY OF CANADA POST

CANADA Post has released a new series of domestic stamps that will make you want to reach for some stationery instead of a keyboard. The series was designed by Stéphane Huot and includes images by Michel Campeau, Lutz Dille, Angela Grauerholz, Alexander Henderson, Yousuf Karsh, Byron Harmon and Humphrey Lloyd Hime. canadapost.ca

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NADYA KWANDIBENS SHOWS THE STRENGTH AND VITALITY OF CANADA’S FIRST NATIONS

BY LAURENCE BUTET-ROCH

For Indigenous photographer Nadya Kwandibens, making portraits of her peers means giving them the reigns, disrupting stereotypes and supporting a sense of unity.

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Before embarking on a journey that would take her across Turtle Island, the name she uses to refer to the American continent, the then-budding shooter defined her objective. Her vision statement reads: “My goal seeks to steer the positive course. If our history is a shadow, let this moment serve as light. We are musicians, lawyers, doctors, mothers and sons. We

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If our history is a shadow, let this moment serve as light. We are musicians, lawyers, doctors, mothers and sons. We are activists, scholars, dreamers, fathers and daughters.

are activists, scholars, dreamers, fathers and daughters. Let us claim ourselves now and see that we are and will always be great, thriving, balanced civilizations capable of carrying ourselves into that bright new day.” These words gave her a direction and a purpose. “As a photographer, it became my role to help others see just that. Whenever I feel discouraged by the scale of the task, as one sometimes does, I read the statement and it never fails to reinspire me,” she adds.

Some don designs inspired by a host of First Nations’ traditions, others dress in their regalia. Many mix clothing of different influences in an effortless, yet

ndian,” the misguided and misleading name that was given to the first inhabitants of North America by the European settlers, continues to conjure up equally misguided and misleading images, whether it’s of the “noble savage,” perpetuated through the images of Edward S. Curtis, or of miserable communities awaiting salvation, as often shown in contemporary media. This ongoing misrepresentation has led many Indigenous artists, such as Anishinaabe photographer Nadya Kwandibens, to reclaim the ways they and their peers are depicted. “From the outset, I wanted my work to embody the strength and vibrancy of my people that stem from our overall sense of unity,” she explains.

Drawing from her experience of living in Toronto and negotiating an identity that is both modern and rooted in her cultural heritage, she sent out a call for Indigenous people living in urban centres. “My father once told me that old folks called those of us who moved to the city ‘concrete Indians.’ That was the perfect name for the series,” recounts Kwandibens, who is from the Northwest Angle #37 First Nation, nearly 500 km past Thunder Bay in Ontario, but grew up in foster care in a mix of Caucasian and Indigenous homes. Because the series is concerned with asking how one’s self is affected by living or working in the city, she lets the willing participants determine the way they want to be represented. “Within fifteen minutes of sending out the email inviting people to imagine and submit their ideas for a portrait, I had received answers. Since, I must have gotten hundreds of emails, and not one is the same,” she notes.

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EXCERPTS FROM OUR INTERVIEW WITH

TED GRANT

Recently named a member of the Order of Canada, Ted Grant is considered the father of Canadian photojournalism. He’s photographed everyone from world political leaders to Olympic athletes to Albertan cowboys, and more than 300,000 of his photographs are in the Ted Grant Collection at Library and Archives Canada and the National Gallery. Here at Photo Life, we always love talking with Dr. Ted, so we were thrilled when he took the time to answer our questions! FIRST CAMERA?

credit line, “Photo—Ted Grant,” was the magical moment that started the most incredible life one could possibly have.

I received my first camera on my 20th birthday. This was my first birthday—May 27, 1950—after I was married to my now departed wife, Irene, of 64 years. She gave me an Argus A2 35-mm film camera. I still have it, and there’s a roll of film in it that I have tried for years to muster the strength of heart to remove and develop. Some day?

MOST ADMIRED PHOTOGRAPHER? The late Alfred Eisenstaedt of Life magazine. He shot quiet moments without any fanfare. He just went about his clicking, successfully covering the assignment. His reaction time to the moment was admirable.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP? A medical doctor, a WWII fighter pilot or, as my dad was, an 18-wheel transport truck driver.

WHY A CAREER IN PHOTOGRAPHY? The fascination of capturing magical moments of life while on assignments about the world—it was a natural evolution!

MOST PIVOTAL CAREER EXPERIENCE? My first published front-page p hoto in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper on September 17, 1951. It was a stock car in a race. Reading the

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Reading the credit line, “Photo—Ted Grant,” was the magical moment that started the most incredible life one could possibly have.

THE “PHOTO THAT GOT AWAY”? Photographing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with an empty camera!

FAVOURITE CAMERA-ANDLENS COMBINATION? That’s a tough call because what I’m shooting determines the “favourite of the day.” If I’m shooting sports I usually use a 280 mm f/2.8. However, the sport determines which is the favourite or “best of the moment.” And that can be anything from a 15 mm to an 800 mm. If I’m quietly

documenting on a walkabout or looking for a moment, it would be a Leica M Digital and the incredible Leica Noctilux 50 mm f/1.0. I rarely use auxiliary lights or flash, as both are forbidden in my world and manner of shooting. If you can see the subject, you can shoot it! Years of recognizing and using available light, in a similar fashion to the lighting seen in paintings by Rembrandt, define my pictures. His light was candles, lanterns and available window light. He predominantly “painted from the shadow side.” Similarly I shoot from the shadow side.

BEST ADVICE? K.I.S.S. (“Keep it simple stupid!”) Don’t get all tied up in photographic jargon. Learn solid basics and work with them. The rest will come as you shoot and shoot, and shoot a hundred times more. Give yourself assignments. For example, do a shoot at sunrise. Get out at least an hour before the sun comes up in your neighbourhood. Go to a local park, industrial area, or the waterfront—wherever! Watch the light-level effects and the colour, and shoot things that become interesting as the light levels change. As the levels change, the look of subjects changes. The neat thing about today is digital. You can shoot and take images to study later, and it doesn’t cost a thing, as compared to the days of film and 36-frame rolls. The more you shoot, the better you become, and the cost effectiveness of digital makes this more tangible. JUNE/JULY 2016 PHOTOLIFE.COM

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VISION

MOST RANDOM THING IN YOUR PHOTO BAG?

EARLY RISER OR NIGHT OWL?

Thompson black raisins. I get hungry, and squirrels love them.

Early riser and watch the world in front of you come alive!

WHAT’S YOUR SISYPHEAN STRUGGLE? Developing 500 rolls of film and making contact sheets! Thank goodness we don’t have that chore any longer!

FAVOURITE CITY TO PHOTOGRAPH? Paris! JUNE/JULY 2016 PHOTOLIFE.COM

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Don’t get all tied up in photographic jargon. Learn solid basics and work with them.

CURRENT FAVOURITE PHOTO (OF YOUR OWN PHOTOS)? A photo taken (a sort of selfie before they became the photo of today) on my 76th birthday, flying upside down at 3000 ft. in a P-51 Mustang WWII American fighter plane over Olympia, Washington. I felt like a young lad of 18 years in aerial combat and not 76

in reality! Incredible! Just have to love the moments!

WEIRDEST PHOTO EXPERIENCE? First assignment in the o perating room during an open-heart operation on a 13-year-old boy. The first time looking into the chest cavity with the beating heart!

WHAT SUPERPOWER WOULD YOU CHOOSE? The ability to cure human beings from dying when they need not!

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BEST OF PHOTO CLUBS 2016

To find a photo club near you: photolife.com/ photo-clubs

We invited photo club members across Canada to share their finest work with us, and you responded! Here are the top 足images submitted to the 2016 Best of 足Photo Clubs competition.

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NIKON D800, 24 MM, F/13, 1/400 S, ISO 400. © YOANIS MENGE

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VISION

FAR FROM THE CENTRE BY LAURENCE BUTET-ROCH

THE LIVES AND TRIALS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS LIVING IN SMALL COMMUNITIES

From the Magdalen Islands in the east to Spirit River further west, some photographers are finding work and inspiration away from the country’s major cities.

hen Vera Saltzman moved to Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, with her husband, she was apprehensive. While living in the nation’s capital, she had honed her photography skills at the School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO) and simultaneously developed a tight-knit group of like-minded friends on whom she relied for inspiration, work and encouragement. Leaving this nurturing network behind felt like losing a limb. “It was as if one of my arms had been ripped off,” she remembers. Thankfully, modern communication JUNE/JULY 2016 PHOTOLIFE.COM

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“In remote places, you have to be quite polyvalent to make ends meet, whereas in a major urban centre, you need to become highly specialized to stand out.”

technologies allowed her to keep in touch on a weekly basis. But that didn’t preclude her from feeling onrushes of loneliness. “The isolation I feel is reflected in the work that I’ve been doing since I got here. Mostly, I have been exploring what it means to be a transplant, to be searching for my primal landscape as well as where I fit within it,” she explains. Fort Qu’Appelle is home to nearly 2 000 people—a far cry from the 883 000 that make up Ottawa, but not all that different from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where she grew up. Driving around, she saw

sights that brought back memories of her upbringing. For instance, the once-ubiquitous grain elevators are to the Prairies what lighthouses are to the Maritimes: iconic markers that have become obsolete. After three years in the prairie hamlet, Saltzman is starting to take hold in the community. “I really had to push myself to go out to meet people. For a while, I was relying on social media to fulfill my socializing needs. You can hide behind the computer screen and not encounter the people around you,” she recalls. Though there are few photographers in the vicinity, she has found solace in other artists, painters and musicians who face most of the issues she does, whether it’s insecurity about one’s approach, creator’s block or finding ways to disseminate work and be properly remunerated for it. At the same time, getting to know practitioners in a variety of fields has expanded her horizons, forcing her to consider her practice in a new light. Similarly, not having access to a local photo lab impelled her to learn new skills. Luckily for her, the nearby town of Indian Head is home to Film Rescue International, a small business specialized in processing expired film. The owners taught Saltzman how to develop her own colour film, giving her unparalleled control over the look and feel of her pictures. She also began experimenting with other methods, such as lumen printing. Hailing from a fishing community, she was distressed when hundreds of fish were found

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TECHNIQUE

THE FLEETING MASTERPIECE BY PATRICK LA ROQUE

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TECHNIQUE

We recognize nothing. Our hearts are pumping, our senses buzzing, and our eyes— our eyes are overwhelmed. We clutch our camera and click that shutter every chance we get. Rome, Shanghai, Paris—we’re here for five or fifteen days...whatever. In the end, we’re all too aware that our state is temporary and that we’ll have to leave. We want to see everything.

TOUR BUS, PARIS. FUJIFILM X100, 23 MM (35-MM EQUIVALENT), F/8, 1/2700 S, ISO 800. © PATRICK LA ROQUE

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ravelling is an incredible jolt to the system for anyone, but, for photographers, it’s like drinking an elixir of awakening. It’s the antidote to any dulling of the senses we may struggle to fight off in our everyday lives: colours are brighter, people are prettier, and everything is clearer and more defined. Basically, it’s a photographer’s dream. But all this energy must be channelled— we need to be aware that we still need to reflect, push, claw and dig because, ideally, our images should look beneath the veneer and beyond monuments, tourist traps and common views of well-worn paths. We owe it to ourselves to make the most of these opportunities and go beyond the postcard shot.

am a street shooter. I know for many there’s a stigma attached to street photography; some see it as intrusive, hard core or perhaps intimidating. Workshops will often speak of overcoming shyness and developing the courage needed to do street work. But I don’t see it that way at all: for me there’s no confrontation involved and no fear to overcome because shooting street is simply about exploring the living, breathing heart of a society. It’s never about entrapment or catching someone in the act. In many ways, I consider it to be more of a state of mind or a method of awareness that can be applied to any number of subjects or locations. (And the question of where “the street” actually ends could be an interesting topic in and of itself!)

EXPLORE THE SIDE STREETS

Though there are other more interactive or directed methods of street photography, I’m personally most comfortable living within the scene and blending in. I’m never under the impression of assaulting anyone and rarely feel the need to

I have yet to find a better way of experiencing any city than to walk around and lose myself in its crowds and structures for days on end, so when I travel, I

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TECHNIQUE

NEUTRAL-DENSITY FILTERS

DEMYSTIFIED BY DANIEL DUPONT

In my last article, I explained that a polarizing filter can reduce the amount of light entering your camera by up to two stops and that you can use that to give moving water a “silky” look. If you have tried this, you’ve also discovered that this approach has its limits when shooting in bright sunlight.

o now is the perfect time to introduce neutral-density (ND) filters! You can get them in different levels of strength: the 0.3 will reduce the light by one stop, the 0.6 will reduce it by two stops, and so on. You can also use them together to multiply their power. Certain filters even reduce the light by six to ten stops, allowing you to create motion blur in bright daylight.

CIRCULAR OR SQUARE? ND filters come in circular or square formats. Circular ND filters are practical; they just screw right onto your lens. They also come in a variable-density version.

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Like a polarizer, it has two rings, and you adjust the intensity by rotating the front one. The more you turn, the more the filter darkens and the more you can reduce your shutter speed.

Though it is possible to handhold a square ND filter, there’s a chance you could scratch it on the rim of your lens. It’s also easy to accidentally let in light between the filter and lens, which will create a reflection.

The square filters, however, are used with a filter holder that attaches to the lens with an adaptor ring. Though more tedious, this system has its

a dvantages. Most importantly, you only need to buy one filter system. If you choose one for 100-mm filters, it will be large enough to cover the majority of your lenses, no matter what their circumference. You can then acquire different filters over time, according to your budget and creative interests. In addition, unlike with the circular version, combining more than one square

QUALITY It’s important to invest in a good filter, because all filters are not created equal. Some introduce a colour cast, and, though this can be corrected in post-production, I prefer to spend more time shooting and less time sitting at a computer correcting colours. JUNE/JULY 2016 PHOTOLIFE.COM

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TECHNIQUE

FAQ

A SHORT

“IS IT TRUE THAT THE CENTRE AUTOFOCUS POINT WORKS BETTER THAN THE OTHERS?”

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BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY

It couldn’t be truer. The autofocus sensor is less sensitive to light as you move away from the centre. That’s why the autofocus points in the middle are much better, even technologically speaking: autofocus crosstype points (detection of horizontal and vertical lines) and double cross-type points (detection of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines). More light equals more possibilities! In low-light situations when your autofocus seems incapable of doing its job (the lens goes back and forth while making a gzzz-gzzzz-gzzz noise), go in your menu and select the centre focus point. Then just put your subject in the centre and press the shutter down halfway: your camera will work again!

Q&A There are certain photography- related questions that come up again and again. Whether they arise from a rumour, a worry, a difference of opinion, an unexplained experience or a long period of reflection, having the answers can put your mind at ease and let you move on to other things. Here are the answers to a few common questions so that at least these won’t be the ones keeping you up at night.

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“WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL ON MY CAMERA MEAN?”

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The icon on the right, engraved on most, if not all, interchangeable-lens cameras, marks the location of the focal plane—the exact plane where your sensor is. The distance to the subject is calculated from this point (and not from the lens’ front glass, which is a common mistake). The minimal focusing distance, often noted on the lens, indicates how close your lens can get to your subject; this information allows you to be precise when calculating distance and is especially important in macrophotography.

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BEST PROFESSIONAL DSLR LENS BEST MIRRORLESS CSC EXPERT

Sigma 20 mm f/1.4 DG HSM | Art

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XXVI TIPA AWARDS THE BEST PRODUCTS OF THE YEAR

AWARDS 2016

As a member of the Technical Image Press Association, Photo Life joined the other 26 leading photo and imaging magazines from 15 countries on six continents in San Francisco to vote for the most outstanding photo and imaging products announced during the last twelve months. Here are some of the award-winning products; visit our blog for the complete 2016 TIPA Awards list!

BEST CSC PRIME LENS Sony FE 85 mm f/1.4 GM

BEST APS-C DSLR EXPERT Nikon D500

BEST DSLR WIDE-ANGLE ZOOM LENS Sigma 24-35 mm f/2 DG HSM | Art

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BEST FULL-FRAME DSLR EXPERT Pentax K-1

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Sony Cyber-shot RX1R II

BEST DSLR PROFESSIONAL/ HIGH RES

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Canon EOS 5DS/ EOS 5DS R

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Fujifilm X-T10

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BEST DSLR TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS Sigma 50-100 mm f/1.8 DC HSM | Art

BEST MIRRORLESS CSC ADVANCED Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II

BEST CSC TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS Fujinon XF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR

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DIGITAL WORLD

THE COMPUTER IN YOUR CAMERA HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR CAMERA’S CAPABILITIES? BY DAVID TANAKA

Your camera has computer-precise accuracy, but it can it also offer aesthetic choices that can inspire your creativity and boost your image quality. Here are five data-processing functions to enhance your photographic experience.

1. FILM-SIMULATION MODES Pleasing vs. accurate colour isn’t a new discussion, and people who’ve shot film know that each type has a slightly different character. One of the big names in photographic film, Fujifilm, has capitalized on this by allowing users to create the look of various Fujifilm stocks when using some of its cameras, including the X-series. Conceptually Fujifilm uses a 2D grid with saturation on the horizontal axis (from low to high) and tonality on the vertical axis (from soft to hard). Various film looks can be mapped on this 2D grid. Simulated Provia, for example, is in the midpoint area for both tonality and saturation. Astia has slightly softer tonality, while Velvia sits at the extreme with the highest saturation and hardest tonality.

Introduced with Fujifilm’s X-Pro 2 is the Acros black-and-white film-simulation mode. Fujifilm says Acros is the first to use an actual black-and-white film stock, namely its Neopan Acros, as a reference. (The existing black-and-white film-simulation mode is based on Provia, a colour film stock.)

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With the introduction of the PEN-F earlier this year, Olympus has also made it very easy to experiment with film simulations. You can quickly access three colour and three monochrome modes that you can further customize. While Olympus doesn’t state that specific film stocks are being replicated, each produces a distinct look. I had a chance to use the PEN-F for a couple of days when it was launched and found the simulated grain in one of the monochrome modes to be quite attractive and reminiscent of Tri-X. JUNE/JULY 2016 PHOTOLIFE.COM

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THE POWERXND 2000 BY AURORA Like a solar eclipse Neutral-density filters have been popular for a while, and Aurora seems to want a piece of the pie! The PowerXND 2000 is a variable neutral-density filter that eliminates between 16 and 2000 times the ambient light (or between four and 11 stops)! In daytime’s brightest sunlight, you can now use a setting like f/22, 30 s, and 100 ISO. Available in mounts between 39 mm and 95 mm, all that’s left is to shed light on the price. aurora-aperture.com

GADGET GUIDE WHAT YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY

Yes, I know; I rant (and rave) about gadgets a lot, but that’s just because I love them so much! I think about them during the day and dream about them at night; they take up all my free time. They clutter my countertop, shelves, bookcase and backpack—and they monopolize a considerable part of my budget... I’d say I’ve got a good reason to rant! THE LEICA M TO SONY E AUTOFOCUS ADAPTER BY TECHART PRO A Sony–Leica marriage without compromise Many adapters will let you mount lenses of one brand onto cameras of another brand: Fotodiox, Letus, Metabones, Novoflex, Phottix... But Techart Pro knew how to stand out! They created a Sony E-series adapter that lets you mount Leica M-series lenses while keeping the autofocus. And, as you might know, the M-series lenses have been manual focus since 1954! Techart Pro installed a system inside the ring (that was previously used on the Contax AX in 1996), and now the focusing happens by moving the lens forward or backward. You’ll just need to adjust the aperture opening manually. So it’s now possible to mount a Leica APO-Summicron-M 50-mm f/2.0 ASPH—one of the best 50-mm lenses that have ever existed on the planet—onto a Sony A7R II and keep its autofocus! Whoa! Tons of fun for US$350. techartpro.com

THE X-U BY LEICA A Leica that is not meant for the mantelpiece An extreme adventurer, the Leica X-U is fearless: it is impervious to impacts (a 1.22-m fall will not damage it), dust (IP68) and weather (it can be immersed in 15 m of water for 60 minutes!). Equipped with a 16.2-MP APS-C sensor (with a 3:2 ratio) and a fixed focal Summilux 23 mm f/1.7 ASPH (similar to a 35 mm on a full-frame) with four aspherical surfaces, the Leica X-U has nothing to prove to anyone. Minimum 20-cm focusing, DNG-format Raw files, full HD video (MP4), a 3” screen and integrated flash (NG 5m)—Leica has done its homework. US$3000. leica-camera.com

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“SHARPNESS involves more common sense that secret knowledge. Don’t buy the cheapest lens you can find. You’ll get what you pay for.”

THE VAULT

“BUT when Brian Mulroney was elected to the office last year, the man chosen to photograph him didn’t apply for the job. He was asked to do it. That man is Peter Bregg.”

BY GUY LANGEVIN

Every now and then, I go down to the vault where our archives are stored and randomly pick an issue. Why? To take a little trip back in time. Here are some remnants from the past—funny, serious or just plain dated—for your enjoyment. This installation comes from Photo Life July 1985.

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“SOONER or later, the lure of new creative vistas will beacon, and you will seek a lens that lets you zero in on a subject that might appear too small in the image framed by your normal lens.”

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“LIFE isn’t just a bowl of cherries at a speed of 1/30 and slower.”

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“OVER the years, I’ve amassed hundreds of useful and interesting gizmos and photographic oddities, so I suppose you could call me the Photo Life resident expert on paraphernalia.”

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