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But even the most advanced cameras need a small amount of light for their AF system to work, so when it was truly pitch dark, Pascal found a simple solution to continue to get the best out of his equipment: "I always had a small torch with me and I shone it on the subject when I needed to get it in focus," he says. The AF systems in both cameras are sensitive down to -3EV, which means that even in the dim light of paraffin lamps, Pascal was able to focus and capture movement. The AF system of the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV is from the flagship Canon EOS-1D X Mark II and contains 61 AF points, while the Canon EOS 6D Mark II has 45 AF points, all cross-type. This has hampered the continent's economic and social development and threatens lives when power cuts halt vital medical procedures, or paraffin lamps release toxic fumes into people's homes.
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Even urban Africans who do have electrical power are plagued by frequent outages. In sub-Saharan Africa, only 25% of the population has access to electricity – a figure that drops to just 8% in rural areas. More than a fifth of the world's population live in energy poverty. It was important for me because I felt it was a really big injustice." "From the first time I went there, I heard stories about the lack of electricity, which is a deadly problem for the population. "I've made maybe 10 or 15 trips to Africa per year, and I've done that for 30 years," the French photojournalist explains. Discover what Pascal learned from shooting in almost complete darkness. It's a story that he can tell only now, with the low light capabilities of modern full-frame technology. Canon Ambassador Pascal Maitre won first prize in the 2018 London Business School (LBS) Photography Awards for shedding light on a widely unreported crisis: that 620 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without access to electricity.