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  • Photoworld 2008-2011 Book

    Photoworld 2008-2011 Book

    Icon Publications now has a 316-page book available with all the editions of Photoworld in one volume. Printed on 130gsm silk paper with a 250gsm gloss laminated soft cover, this compilation of news, tecnique and images covers an important period as the Sony Alpha system bridged the gap between Minolta’s legacy and the modern Sony mirrorless E-mount system.

    From the first 24 megapixel full-frame DSLR A900 to the first APS-C mirrorless NEX system and the birth of the short-lived ‘DSLT’ translucent mirror hybrids, this superb full colour A4 compendium puts the final 12 issues of Photoclubalpha’s quarterly magazine into a bookshelf-friendly read to keep.

    Many standing pages, advertisements and offers have been removed to keep the pagination, cost and posting weight down. Photoclubalpha is the name adopted by The Minolta Club of Great Britain after Sony absorbed the camera brand in 2006.

    A black book cover with red text reading 'photoworld' and an inset monochrome image. Photoworld was pub;ished to continue the Minolta Club's relationship with photographers after Sony acquired the Minolta camera business.

    You can order now from Mixam UK for £32 plus postage.

    ORDER PHOTOWORLD 2008-2011 HERE

    What was the Minolta Club?

    When Minolta established a UK presence, it pioneered a direct-to-consumer relationship by combining warranty registration cards with a periodical magazine and a programme of events, courses and training. Through the Minolta Club’s events many amateur and student photographers found a professional career path and training – and exposure in Minolta Image magazine and the compendium of featured work, Minolta Mirror.

  • Paperback edition of Photoworld 2008-11

    We have decided to make a Lulu print-on-demand digitally produced paperback edition covering the last three years of Photoworld magazine, covering the period from the launch of Alpha 900 and photokina 2008, through to the final edition of our quarterly magazine in Summer 2011, when the Alpha 77 was about to hit the streets.

    This 312-page book includes the content of 12 editions of Photoworld, each with its cover and contents page, with some advertising and some regular content or ‘diary dates’ removed. A few items like this remain in place, notably Sigma advertisements, because the alternative would be to pay for a blank white page – or they are small ads and part of a larger page layout. We think even these are still of interest for the future.

    Some typos and errors have been corrected so this book has more accurate versions of many articles. Some content has been changed, such as the A2 foldout print included in the Autumn 2008 edition to show the quality of the A900 24 megapixel file. As far as we know, Icon Publications Ltd remains the only photo magazine publisher to use the option of a ‘centerfold’. We’ve done it in our professional titles as well, to show medium format quality at its best. But in a digitally printed book, it’s not possible to staple in a 16.5 x 23.75 inch poster. Instead, we’ve used a different choice of a spread and two full page images.

    Through this book-form edition, you can track the birth of the NEX system and the death of the optical viewfinder.

    If you can not see the Flash preview above, use this link:http://www.lulu.com/shop/david-kilpatrick/photoworld-2010-11/paperback/product-20477114.html?showPreview=trueThe book costs £64.50 - the original three years of magazines would have cost £53.85 absolute minimum (UK annually renewing subscription) and a typical binder costs £10. However, for worldwide customers the overall cost of the magazines over three years plus a binder would have been £90. Digital printing is expensive and we don't make much on these, but we've had Lulu print calendars in the past (2011) with super results and this should be a very good quality book, fairly matching the original litho magazines.- David Kilpatrick

  • Summer Photoworld – our final quarterly

    The Summer edition of Photoworld magazine is now available on-line in two forms – through our YUDU subscription, and through the Photoclubalpha website membership subscription. This will be our last quarterly, as over the last few years the website had taken over as a more practical vehicle for news and comment.

    In place of the quarterly, our printed edition subscribers will receive in summer 2012 the first ALPHA ANNUAL, with 100+ pages and superior production quality. It will showcase good and innovative work and provide a summary of developments in the Alpha system, along with other features, just as MINOLTA MIRROR once did for Minolta owners.

    To read (subscrition required) the on-line YUDU page turn version:

    Just follow the instructions above!
    To download a simple PDF which can be copied to your iTunes Bookstore for iPad reading, or transferred to any suitable eBook, Android tablet, PC, Mac, Unix netbook or similar PDF-compatible device, you will need to be a subscriber to this website (a member), and use this link – Subscription Content. All our back issues are also provided to subscribers.

  • Back issues to 2002

    We have now expanded the archive of downloadable PDF files of our magazine issues, available to subscribers to Photoclubalpha, back to December 2002 with five issues of Minolta Image. The issues make a fascinating record of the transition from film to digital, and then from Minolta to Konica Minolta, and later to Sony.

    The link to the Subscriber page which has active download links is: Subscriber Only Content but this can only be accessed by subscribers. To subscribe, visit Subscriber Registration.

    The list of issues and their content (not including many portfolios, technique and travel or subject related features) is:

    • Photoworld 2 2011 (Spring – new flashgun and accessories, Alpha subaqua, Sony World Photography Awards, Nissin Di866 Mark II flash, Sony ultrawide and fisheye converters for NAX tested)
    • Photoworld 1 2011 (Winter – new Cybershots, Alpha in the studio, Kipon tilt adaptor for NEX, Alpha 580 test report, Duncan McEwan shoots the Commonwealth Games)
    • Photoworld 4 2010 (Autumn – photokina & Alpha 55/33, Alpha 55 test, 3D feature)
    • Photoworld 3 2010 (Summer – NEX 3 & 5 launch in  Croatia, full test, NEX lens adaptors, Alpha 390 and 290 announced, Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 HSM and 70-300mm f/4-5.6 OS)
    • Photoworld 2 2010 (Spring – SAM 30mm f/2.8 Macro, PMA 2010, Sigma EX DG 70mm f/2.8 macro, Delta TTL ringflash, Ray-Flash RAC175-2)
    • Photoworld 1 2010 (Winter – Alpha System 25 Year Silver Jubilee issue; Alpha 450)
    • Photoworld 4 2009 (Autumn – Alpha 500, 550 and 850 announced; Samyang 85mm f/1.4 test, HVL-F20AM)
    • Photoworld 3 2009 (Summer – Alpha 230, 330, 380 launch; Alpha 380 test, SAM 18-55mm, Sigma 18-250mm OS, 70-200mm HSM, 10-20mm f/3.5, 10mm fisheye)
    • Photoworld 2 2009 (Spring – Sony PVL-EW5 projector, rechipping Sigma 400mm f/5.6)
    • Photoworld 1 2009 (Winter – Sigma 12-24mm and 50mm f/1.4 on A900, tilt and shift adaptors, Teleplus 2X)
    • Photoworld 4 2008 (Autumn – photokina and Alpha 900)
    • Photoworld 3 2008 (Summer – 70-300mm SSM G lens test, HVL-F58AM)
    • Photoworld 2 2008 (Spring – Alpha 300 and 350 launch, 360° panoramas, HVL-F42AM, kit zoom lens choice, Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 LD Di AF Tele Macro test)
    • Photoworld 1 2008 (Winter – Alpha 200 launch, Alpha 700 shoots Cirque du Soleil)
    • Photoworld 4 2007 (Autumn – Alpha 700 launch, 16-105mm SAL lens, 18-250mm SAL)
    • Photoworld 3 2007 (Summer – Photoclubalpha launch, roadmap speculation, 18-250mm Tamron test, Lensbaby 3G)
    • Photoworld 2 2007 (Spring – 700/900 speculation with the wrong names, GPS CS-1 tracker, CZ 16-80mm test, flash choices, Loreo PC Lens In A Cap)
    • Photoworld 1 2007 (Winter – CZ 135mm f/1.8, 8mm Peleng)
    • Photoworld 3 2006 (Autumn – photokina, Apha 100 test, Sony DSC-R1)
    • Photoworld 2 2006 (Summer – the amazing Alpha 100 launch in Morocco)
    • Photoworld 1 2006 (Winter/Spring – the Sony takeover issue, 25 Years of Minolta Club, 18-200mm and 11-18mm KM zooms tested)
    • Photoworld 4 2005 (Autumn – KM 5D test, colour looks, Dimage Master software)
    • Photoworld 3 2005 (Summer – KM 5D announcement, Sony announce joint project, Dimage X1, Dimage A200, Jobo Gigavu Pro, Dimage Master techniques)
    • Photoworld 2 2005 (Spring – Dimage Z5, 28-75m and 17-35mm lenses tested on Dynax 7D, digital infrared with Dimage 7 and Dynax 7D, colour to mono conversions, using Dimage Scan Elite 5400)
    • Photoworld 1 2005 (Winter – Dynax 7D test, Minolta 16mm full frame fisheye)
    • Photoworld 2 2004 (Autumn – photokina and Dynax (Maxxum) 7D launch)
    • Photoworld 1 2004 (Spring-Summer, the first edition after the Konica Minolta merger, and the renaming of Minolta Image which we had published since 1981 back to its 1966-1980 title of Photoworld – mockup D7D shown at Focus on Imaging, Dynax 60 and 40 launch, Dimage Xt underwater, Konica Centuria Super colour film test, Dimage A2 test)
    • Minolta Image Winter 2003-4 (the last edition of Image before the end of Minolta as a separate company – Dimage Z1 test, Dimage E323 test)
    • Minolta Image Autumn 2003 (the A to Z of digital – Dimage A1 and Z1, Dynax 3L and Fujichrome Astia 100F test, A1 anti-shake test)
    • Minolta Image Summer 2003 (Dimage Scan Elite 5400 test, new 28-100mm, Riva Zoom 60, Dimage Xt test, Wireless Flash)
    • Minolta Image Spring 2003 (SSM 30mm and 70-200mm, converters, launched; F300 report)
    • Minolta Image Winter 2002-3 (incomplete but includes – Low Light and Fast Film, Digital Diaries, Dimage 7Hi test, Dimage Scan Dual III)