Amateur Photographer

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Amateur Photographer is the world's oldest weekly magazine for photography enthusiasts. With its unique weekly format, it is the first for news and events, plus features on techniques, equipment tests and darkroom advice. It appeals to those interested in buying and learning about digital and film photographic equipment, wanting advice on improving their technique, and learning about the greats in photography. Regular features on reader portfolios, darkroom, digital, black & white and photographer profiles ensure all areas of photography are covered. With an audience of dedicated photography enthusiasts.

A week in photography

This week in 1933 • TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

It’s good to share • Our favourite photos posted by readers on our social media channels this week

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Mirrorless marches on

Nikon shutting Japanese factories

Canon hits 150 million lens milestone

Nikon School Online offers 20% discount

Viewpoint Jon Bentley • Built-in ND filters are now on some top-end video cameras; could it work for stills cameras?

Books • The latest and best books from the world of photography

From the archive • Nigel Atherton looks back at past AP issues

Life in full colour • The results of the first CUPOTY Challenge are in, and everything from flowers and bubbles to grasshoppers and ice have been put before the judges. The winner and a selection of shortlisted entrants share their tips and techniques with competition co-founder Tracy Calder

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Inbox • Email the Editor at ap.ed@kelsey.co.uk and include your full postal address. Please don’t send letters in the post as there is no one in the office to receive them. Thanks for your understanding.

AP Awards 2021 • We reveal the very best cameras, lenses and accessories of the past year

Reader Portfolio • Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Shift in perspective • When a street photographer like Nick Turpin is faced with an empty lockdown landscape, a new approach is necessary. He tells Amy Davies all about it

Naval gazing • An interest in tsarist Russia eventually led Roger George Clark to visit Kronstadt, the island fortress and base of the Russian Baltic Fleet in September 1990. Peter Dench finds out more

The show must go on • Covid has battered the theatre world. Actor and photographer Bill Ward tells Matty Graham how he’s fighting back with a book, #TheatresInDanger

At a glance

For and against

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Canon EOS 850D • Does Canon’s latest DSLR have what it takes to succeed in a world increasingly dominated by mirrorless cameras? Andy Westlake finds out

Focal points • Canon has built a DSLR that works better in live view than it does when using the viewfinder

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ISO and noise

Smartphones • Amy Davies casts an eye over the best smartphones on the market for photographers

Car-Boot Box • Angela Nicholson investigates a tidy solution for transporting gear by car

Krauss Peggy II • John Wade discovers an unusual and little-known 35mm camera

Best Buys • A round-up of the AP testing team’s favourite and most highly rated kit, including both cameras and all kinds of accessories, across a wide range of price points

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Final Analysis • Damien Demolder considers... ‘Portrait. Poppy. Quietude. Dream’, 2020, by Carolyn Mendelsohn