The contents of the latest 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.
Inside
Olympus marks its 90th Anniversary with a trip into space, Mark Humpage launches his new book ‘24 Severn’ a study of the Severn Bore, and digital camera courses with Derek Forss. Plus, win a canvas print of your favourite photo.
Landscapes
Mark Cargill talks about his life introducing people to the joys of landscape photography in the courses that he runs in Scotland.
Tough at sea
A transatlantic sea voyage proves the perfect opportunity for fifteen year old Dorian Beaton to put her Olympus μ 790 SW through the ropes.
Olympus User meets...
... Daniel Kramer, whose photographs of Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin seem to sum up an era. The cover photo that Kramer took for Bob Dylan’s album ‘Bringing It All Back Home’, was nominated for a Grammy and is listed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest record sleeve designs of all time.
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Captured in Cornwall
Olympus user John Curgenven takes us on a colourful and thought provoking journey through the land of his birth.
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Stay steady
The Olympus User guide to the must-have tool in your camera kit; the tripod – why you should use one and what features to look for.
Photofacts – Super FP Flash
Perry Lewis explains Super FP Flash works and how, when Olympus introduced it in 1987, it revolutionised flash photography and made flash sync speeds a thing of the past.
Share your shots
Helen Harris explores the many ways that you can showcase your photos in this digital era – online, on mugs, on canvas prints and more!
Natural reflections
In the companion piece to the previous issue’s feature on shadows, Richard Lane shows us how mastering these naturally occurring optical effects can give a new angle to our photos.
A continent miniature
One reader’s photo diary of their stay on the island of Gran Canaria.
Photo Clinic
Olympus User gives impartial advice to three readers, explaining how they might improve their photo skills.
Readers’ gallery
See what Olympus User readers have sent us in our gallery section and be inspired to take your own masterpieces.
Productwatch
Find out more about the latest additions to the Olympus TOUGH range of digital compacts, which can take on anything that life throws at them, and the new creative Ultra Zoom, the SP-590UZ.
Competition
We announce the winners of our ‘snow competition, plus details of the new competition ‘landscapes’.
Letters
Olympus User readers have their say.
