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Well, that’s 2020 done, what could possibly go wrong in the first few days of 2021?
For now, though, it’s back to (relatively) normal. We’re hoping for a windy day to do some stability testing of the tripods we still have and we’re also going to be checking out a couple of lenses that Sigma have nicely loaned to us. The first is an f/1.2 35mm which I’ll be looking at under the question “are massive apertures useful for the landscape photographer”. The other is a 14-24 ultra-wide, which will be a big change for me as I don’t think I’ve used a lens wider than 24mm for the last decade (the occasional panorama excepted).
If you’ve any idea for articles you’d like to see us cover in the New Year, please drop us a line!
Tim Parkin

Issue 222 PDF
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