FRONT COVER BY JOHN ARCHER-THOMSON
CONTENTS:
NIKON OWNER RECOMMENDS:
David Cruz
EDITOR’S LETTER
By Gray Levett
WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY – Andrea Jones: The Secret Garden
By Gillian Greenwood
Gillian Greenwood continues her benchmark series on women photographers of today with a feature on award-winning photographer Andrea Jones, who has had an extraordinarily diverse career.
MODERN NOSTALGIA – THE NIKON Zf REVIEW
By Becky Danese
The Queen of Grays of Westminster’s Live Streams field-tests the Zf, Nikon’s latest full-frame FX format mirrorless camera, which combines heritage design with advanced technology and superior performance.
PLANTS THAT ATTRACT POLLINATORS
By Heather Angel
Heather Angel discusses the various plants that attract pollinators and explains the different reasons for an insect settling upon a flower.
EAST TIMOR – ‘SMALL FRY’
By Andrew Main Wilson
Andrew Main Wilson travels to East Timor in South East Asia as part of his global-spanning odyssey to visit every country on earth.
THE LIFE OF PUFFINS
By John Archer-Thomson
Photographer, author, lecturer and coastal ecologist John Archer-Thomson explains why he never tires of visiting the remarkable colony of puffins on Skomer Island off the coast of Pembrokeshire in West Wales.
ARE YOU SURE?
By Derek Cooke
Retired Metropolitan Police Crime Scene Photographer Derek Cooke recalls his first glimpse of the future site of Grays of Westminster and Nikon Owner.
Nikon F Presentation
On April 11th, 1959 Nikon officially launched their first 35mm SLR, the Nikon F, at the Tokyo Imperial Hotel.
MOTHER-HOOD
By Chris Colverd
Nikon Owner subscriber Chris Colverd takes a completely unexpected picture of a mother hyena in the Kruger National Park in South Africa
THE NIKKOR Z 135mm f/1.8 S PLENA LENS REVIEW
BY SIMON STAFFORD
Our technical boffin and award-winning photographer Simon Stafford takes a close look at the Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena lens.
THE TONY HURST GALLERY
Words by Gray Levett
In a 1982 brochure Nikon stated “Bump it. Bang it. Work it hard and long. Now the F3 is protected by titanium, one of the world’s strongest metals.” This introduced the Nikon F3/T to the world which is captured here by Tony Hurst.
THE MUSICAL BOX OF MICHAEL PUTLAND
By Gray Levett
Michael Putland has captured an iconic image of the late Tony Bennett, whose career as a pre-eminent singer was unprecedented.
