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Issue 11 / Winter 2007
The contents of the Winter 2007 issue of Olympus User magazine are shown below. Click on the available links to download PDF versions of sample articles. To open the PDF format you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free of charge from the Adobe website.
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Buildings and architecture
We offer tips and techniques for photographing buildings – from the classical to the avant-garde – including advice on taking church interiors from Derek Forss and the abstract studies of modern Manchester taken by David Dunnico.
Right on track
Drummer of rock band Pink Floyd Nick Mason talks about his love of photography and classic racing cars.
The blue room
We take an ‘in-depth’ look at underwater photography, showcasing the work of Olympus User Steve Laycock and examining the development of his passion for taking photographs beneath the waves.
Wildlife paradise
Olympus User reader Steve Holroyd takes the SP-550UZ on his trip to Guyana.
Animal magic
We showcase a selection of the shortlisted photographs from the RSPCA’s Young Photographer Awards.
Photofacts
Technical expert Perry Lewis explain why photographs of buildings sometimes make them look as though they are falling over.
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On top of the world
The E-400 makes it to the summit of Mount Everest in the hands of mountaineer Rob Casserley.
Season’s greetings
Using your own photographs to make fantastic greeting cards is a great way to send personalised messages to family and friends at any time of the year, not just Christmas. Richard Lane shows you how.
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Olympus User meets – John Nicholson
In association with the United Nations Population Fund, acclaimed photographer Jon Nicholson visited Darfur with the challenge of bringing back a new perspective on a humanitarian catastrophe. He tells Nick Blackmore what he saw and how he chose to photograph it.
What’s on the menu
How to use the wide variety of flash option featured on the E-510 to illuminate those long winter evenings.
Reader’s gallery
Check out our new extended gallery section and see what the readers of Olympus Users have been training their lenses on.
Musical art
We profile Elliott Landy, the only accredited photographer for the Woodstock festival, and photographer in residence at the house of Bob Dylan (196769).
Productwatch
The E-3, the new flagship for the Olympus E-System has arrived and it’s accompanied by some new lenses and two new wireless flashguns!
Competition
Olympus User readers are a talented lot. Our competition on the subject of ‘texture’ attracted a fantastic range of entries.
Letters
Read about what fellow Olympus users have been up, and every letter that is published wins its writer a free gift!
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