Amateur Photographer – 30 August 2019

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In themid1970sI wasa studentat

Bournemouth& PooleCollegeof Art

studyingPhotography,Filmand

TelevisionProduction.I scriptedand

storyboardeda shortfilmwhichnever

quitegotmade,butis always‘onthe

back-burner’sothere’sstillhope!

Thestorygoesthus:In theearly

1970sI hadsummerjobsin my

hometownofScarboroughworking

in cafes.Holidaymakerswerealways

leavingtheircamerasbehind,and

beforetheycamebackforthemI

wouldtakesomerandomshotsof

thebinshedwithmyworkmatesand

wewouldundoourtrousers,pokea

fingeroutandtakea photographof

that.Thecamerawouldgointothe

lostpropertyboxandwasusually

reclaimedbytheholidaymaker.They

wouldthenhavefinishedoffthefilm,

gonebackhomeandtakenthefilm

intothechemistforprocessing.We

couldonlyimaginetheirpuzzlement

whentheysawtherandomshotsof

binsandfingers!

AroundthattimeHasselbladran

advertsin newspapersalongthelines

of ‘Wanta freeHasselblad?Allyou

havetodois gotothemoonandpick

oneup!’Thecameraswereleftonthe

moontosaveweightonthereturn

journeytoEarth,andonlythefilms

werebroughtback.

Myscriptstartswitha manreading

theadvertin a newspaper,andhe

decidestogotothemoonfora free

Hasselblad.Hemakesa rocketin his

gardenshedandblastsoffforthe

moon.Helands,findsa Hasselblad

andreturnstoEarthwithit. He

discoversthatthereis stilla filminside

thecameraandtakesit tothechemist

forprocessing.Imaginehissurprise

whenhegetstheprintsbecause

amongshotsof thelunarlandscape

andNASAastronautsposing,there

arerandomphotographsof alienswith

fingerslookinglikegherkinspoking

throughtheirprivates...

It willneverwinanOscar!

NigelBewley

Inbox

Dabblingin film making

Thebuzzabout

photography

Filmwasa unique

commoditywhenyou

openeda reeltoputit in a

camera.It wassomehow

exciting– theuniquesmell,

thepossibilitiesit held.The

limitednumberof shots–

12,24, 36 – madeit

excitingasyouonlyhadso

manyattemptstocapture

thatuniqueimage.I recall

anarticlein APmanyyears

agothatsaidtotakelotsof

shotstobesuretocapture

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theimageyouwanted.

Bettera fewextrapounds

spentonfilmthanmissing

a once-in-a-lifetimephoto.

Nowthoughthereis

nolimittothenumber

of shotsyoucantaketo

capturethatuniqueimage.

WithSDcardsboastingnot

just 36 shotsbuttwoor

threethousand,if youmiss

animagethenthattrulyis

yourfault.YetI feelthat

withdigitaltheexcitement

somehowisn’tthesameas

withfilm.Thelowshotlimit

pushedyoutodoa better

jobthanyouwouldwith

analmostinfinitenumber

of shots.Andthinking

aboutone’sabilitytodo

thiswitha limitednumber

of triesgaveonetheedge

aswellasgenerated

nervesandexcitement

eachtimetheshutter

releasewasclicked.

TheonlywayI canthink

of gettingthebuzzbackis

toinvestin a newcamera.

If youfindyourselfgetting

stalewithyourtrusty

DSLR,thenchangeto

a mirrorlesscamera.

It certainlyhelpedme

feeltheexcitement

in photographyagain.

Withfilmalmostthe

modernequivalentof the

Dodonow,I feelwemust

pushourselvestocreatea

uniquephoto,tobringback

theexcitementfeltwhen

thatlimitof 12, 24 or 36

shotsmeantwewalkedthe

edgebetweenhitandmiss.

It wasthatexcitementas

muchasthesmellthat

madefilmunique.

MartinBusby

I supposeyoucould

recreatethatsenseof

jeopardybyshooting

witha verylow-capacity

SDcard– youprobably

havesomeoldones

knockingaround–Nigel

Atherton,editor

Leicaimpressions

FullmarkstoRichard

Sibley(Viewpoint, 27July)

forstickinghishead

abovetheparapetwith

hisperceptivecomments

aboutLeicacameras,for

andagainst.Cameras

likeotherreputable

well-engineeredproducts

becomea matterof taste

aswellasfunction.A

trustingcolleagueoncelet

mehavehisnear-new

Leicafora monthwhile

hewasaway,andI haveto

saymyexperiencesduring

thatperiodprovedseveral

points,notallfavourable.

Undoubtedlythebuild

qualitywasremarkable,but

theday-to-dayhandling

convincedmeit wouldnot

bea personalchoiceeven

if it wereanaffordableone.

Resultswereclearlyof

quality,yettheshooting

experienceleftmecold

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