New Cameracraft download released

The first digitally published issue of Cameracraft, Vol 10 No 1 May/June 2025, went out to subscribers on May 1st. Our Pocketmags versions went live at the same time. Subscribers paying £15/$20 a year get higher resolution PDFs, which do need a good connection to download from the link we send out as they are 80-100MB in size. They can also be displayed as double page spreads instead of split into pages, when viewing on a large screen. We recommend viewing on a 1080p capable device (1920 pixels wide) but even better on a 4K screen.

These PDFs are good enough to allow ordering of a printed copy from Mixam.co.uk (for UK delivery) or Mixam.com (USA) or the same corporation’s other print on demand services worldwide. The only way to get this quality of PDF is by subscription here.

We are happy now to release the issue for everyone to read on-line here in with low resolution (72dpi) images, no spreads and no download option – but free!

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For top quality – zoom in up to 2.7X to study picture details – subscribe using the options you’ll find here.

– David Kilpatrick

Lenses For Hire (UK) adds Sony FE range

Sony reaches a Hire level 

Sony full-frame mirrorless system owners keen to find out how good the fast Sony GM lenses are can now hire from Lenses For Hire for as little as £69. The hire service has been evaluating the demand and quality of the Sony offering, and recently decided to add the system alongside their regular Canon and Nikon professional stock.

A three-day shoot with the 24-70mm f/2.8 FE GM OSS, delivered on a Thursday and picked up on the Monday by courier, would cost under £100 including insurance and carriage both ways and only £69 direct from the Maidenhead hire specialists. 

System lenses stocked include the new 12-24mm f/4 G, 16-35mm f/2.8 GM, 24-105mm G OSS, 90mm f/21.8 OSS macro, 70-20mm f/2.8 GM OSS, new GM 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 OSS and the versatile travel-friendly 24-240mm. 

Tele converters, the latest Metabones Mark V Canon EF adaptor and accessories are offered. Sony A7II, A7RIII, A7SII and A9 bodies can be hired from £94. 

With GM lenses costing from £2,269 upwards an affordable hire period helps you make the right buying decision, saves you money and gives you the best choice for your work. 

Contact: 

Lenses For Hire Ltd 

www.lensesforhire.co.uk 

[email protected] 

+44(0)1628 639941 – or UK only 0800 61 272 61 

Icon magazines on-line

You can now read some Icon Publications Ltd magazines free in YUDU Flash-powered format (also printable). Photoworld magazine is now offered as a subscription, costing £10 a year (this will give access to all editions we digitise, including the latest editions at or before the time of mailing). Current editions will be available at £3 each singly.

Visit our YUDU library to see the editions available:

There are no plans to drop printed editions at present!

– DK