Amateur_Photographer_-_04_October_2019

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(Inbox, 14 September).I
usea numberof Macsand
havenoproblemswith
NikonTransfer2.However,
it is necessarytouse
Apple’sImageCaptureto
tellthecomputerwhich
programtousewhenit
detectsa card.Oncethatis
done,connectingtheXQD
cardfrommyD4resultsin
NikonTransferopening
andI cantransferthe
imagesquickly.I usea
SonyXQDUSBadapter
forG series.I havemacOS
10.14.5andNikonView
NX-i1.3.3.withNikon
Transfer2 version2.13.2.
I wouldrecommend
upgradingtothelatest
Nikonsoftware.I haven’t
triedtransferringimages
toa MacBookAirusing
theXQDcardsand
adapterbutit allworksfine
in everyotherrespect.
GeoffGale

Sexistlanguage?
Therewasmuchtoenjoy
whenreadingPeter
Dench’sarticleaboutthe
amazingHultonArchive
(Raidersof thelostarchives,
24 August).I was,
however,shockedbyhis
repeateddescriptionsof
thearchivecurator,
MelanieHough.I asked
myselfwhether,hadthe
curatorbeena man,would
hehavegivenussuch
personaldetails?Didwe
needtoknowthatherjaw
is strong,facefreckled,
gripfirmandblueeyes
imposing?Orthefactthat
she was ‘pushing her

tawnyhairbehinda

piercedearwithoutan

earring’.I sayno;wehave

noneedtoknowsuch

things.I amsurprisedthat

thisarticlewasprintedin

itspublishedformwhena

lookat theAPeditorial

teamshowsthatthe

majorityarewomen.Also

theregularcolumnBackin

theDayis notafraidto

taketotaskthesexist

portrayalofwomenin the

’60sand’70s.Bytheend

ofDench’sarticle,he

seemedtohavesteered

himselfawayfromthe

languageheusedearlier

in thearticle,onlytospoil

it yetagainbytellingus

thatMelanie‘softlyguides

mebackintotheopen’.I

don’tthinksuchwriting

hasa placein APtoday.

ChristopherBurn

Thatis justthewayPeter

Denchwrites.Yes,he

wouldhavewrittenthe

sameif it hadbeena

man.Here’sa linefrom

hisforthcomingpiece

aboutJohnDowning(AP

19 October),asa casein

point:‘Hiscrispwhite

shirtis unbuttonedand

wavygreyhaircombed

backbehindtheears.’

Peterlikestocreatea

picture of who he’s

talkingtobydescribing

them,andasa womanI

don’tfindit sexistatall

• AmyDavies,co-
  featureseditor

Recapturingthebuzz

IfeltthesameasMartin

Busby(Inbox, 24August)

withregardtotheunique

experiencesdeliveredby

film.Torecapturesome

of theexpectationand

hopewithintheconstraints

of severelyrestricted

numbersof exposures,

I boughta usedFujifilm

Instaxcamera,complete

witha coupleof 10

exposurefilmpacks.

Thelearningcurvewas

steepandexpensivebut,

thefunelementwasoff

thescaleforthefirsttime

sincegoingdigital!Highly

recommendedtherapy.

ColinEdwards

PhotoofSaltwickBay

Inanarticleaboutthe

FujifilmX-T2(AP 31

August),youpublisheda

photobyMarkHeslington

takenin SaltwickBay.I

wouldliketoexpressmy

admirationfortheplanning

thatmusthavegoneinto

capturingtheimage.The

wetrockshelfsaroundthe

Nabareveryflat andoften

verywetandslippery.But

theyareonlyfullyexposed

at lowtide.Markmusthave

plannedtobetherewhen

thelowtidecoincidedwith

thesunset.Anexcellent

image,nodoubtproduced

byexcellentplanning.

Havingphotographed

aroundtheNabmyself,

Markwouldnothavehad

verylongbeforethetide

turned.Hereis a warning

toanyoneelse:keepan

eyeonyourwatchand

knowwhenthetideis due

toturn.Becauseit is easy

tobeonthewrongsideof

theheadlandwhen the

tiderushesin.

David Price

Christopher queries Dench’s detailed description of the curator

Back in the day

AwanderthroughtheAParchive.This

week we pay a visit to September 1985

A mixed bagofSunday Telegraph portraits from 1985

ASTHEcoversuggests,thisis anotherglamour

model-tasticfromtheAParchive,withanengrossing

featurecomparingthelifestylesof twomodels:

formerPage3 stalwartSamanthaFoxanda relative

newcomercalledJuliaHumphries.Samanthais still

knockingthemdeadat 53,whilewedida Google

searchforJuliaandsoonwishwehadn’t,asallthat

poppedupwasa backissueof a certain‘gentleman’s

magazine’forsaleonAmazon.

Movingswiftlyon,thisissuealsofeatureda more

highbrowpieceonportraitsfromtheSu ndayTelegraph

coloursupplement.Someof theimagesaregreat,

particularlythatof a mesmerisingportraitof Richard

Avedonorthatof MerlePark.Othersarelessso:the

torsoof spiky-haired’80siconLeslieAshmerginginto

whatlookslikea hipster’swoodenflooris probably

bestleftin thevault.Lastbutnotleast,therewasa

round-upof budgetzoomlenses,a usefulbeginner’s

guidetothedarkroom,anda featureonusing the

correct lighting for different situations.

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