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Regardingyourlettersonthesubject

of printing(Inbox, 26October),and

withapologiestotheBard...

Friends,Photographers,Publishers,

affordmeyourcheapestink;

IwritetopraisethenobleAmateur

Photographer, nottodisapprove.

Nottodecryitsliterature,orcast

aspersionsuponitseditorials.

No!letit besaid,contributorsspeakin

particularisedterminology.

Thusportrayingnuancestodescribe

specific meanings.

Letit beso;althoughit’sambitiousin

philosophy,it hasnogrievousfaults.

Theretoorefrainsfromtalkingdown,

neverboring,patronisingorsuperior.

Photographywasneverthedarkart.

It embracesthelightandchases

awaytheblues.

Yesit delvesintotheconscience,

stretchestheimaginationandtests

allhumanmorals.

It pushestolerances,fears,courage,

affectionandcreativitytoitslimits.

It hastobesaid,it hasnobler

causes,butalsohidesin deepdark

dirtydepths.

Yet,likea gunis a weapon,a

camerais nota tool,theyare

machinesfinelytuned.Likeviolins

camerasareinstruments.

Instrumentsof tremendous

cerebralpossibilities.

In thehandsof virtuososthey

reproducebeauty,harmony,memories

abundantin formswhichcanlasta

lifetimefullof interestandsatisfaction.

In praiseof photographyforits

namesake,proliferatedthroughfilm,

manygrewupusingthis,yetmany,

manymorewillpassnumerically

by in great numbers.

I speaknottodisprovedigitalas

photography– oreventointerthe

heritageof film.

‘Photographyis Photography’,weneed

noreminderspixelsconvertlight‘into

noughtsandones’,therefore,why

should‘digital’precedephotographyto

utteritsname?

Articlesonlyrequirequalifyingthat

aretraditionalfilmrelated,theyare

soscarce.

Journoandpublishersmay

differentiateportraitgenreinto

studio,fashion,street,evenmacro,

preferringcoolLEDstohotflash,

praiseabstract,landscapes,innovation,

standupforphotographers’and

humanrights;professphotographyas

art,allof whichI applaud.

Theevilthatcheapinkdoes,maynot

livelong,whatdoesit matter?

Alas;greedyprofitableinktechnology

is stabbingphotographyin theback,

pricedmoreexpensivethangold.The

nobleAPurgesyouto‘beambitious’,

useit.

Regrettably,it reducesprinting,raises

thehumbletraditionalprinttoluxury

statusmostcan’tafford.

Together,theseinksscare

photographersawayandwiththem

goestheoriginalpurpose,themost

pleasurableaspectsof photography,

thehumblephotograph.

Thusthiscrucialdilemmaconfines

photographytotechnicalcoffins

subjugatedtohard drives.

RobertSmith

MarkAntonycouldn’thaveputyour

pointbetterhimself,Robert.

ThoughHamletmayhaveasked‘To

printornottoprint?Thatis the

question’– NigelAtherton,editor

Inbox

Ode to ink

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LETTER OF THE WEEK

Jargon

Recentlyyouasked

readerstowritein

regarding‘photospeak’

whicheitherannoyedor

confused,andwhile

readingthroughMichael

Topham’sreviewof the

SonyAlpha7RIV(AP 12

October)I madea noteof

a fewthingswhichhadme

scratchingmyhead,and I

haveaddedmyown

interpretations.

‘FrontendLSI’?(Land

SpeedIndicator?),

‘Wirelesstethering’?(For

boatingenthusiasts?),‘FTP

backgroundtransfer’?

(FantasticTherapeutic

Plantain?),‘4K30/24p

videorecording’?

(Kilovolts?,Kilowatts?,

Kilohertz?,andI’m

guessingthatthe‘p’stands

forpanoramic),‘S-Log2

andS-Log3’?(For

woodlandphotography

perhaps?),andfinally

‘UXGAOLEDelectronic

viewfinder’?(UltraeXtra

GiganticAnalogueOblong

LuminousEsoteric

Display?).In addition,

whereonearthdid

‘chimping’comefrom?

And‘backbuttonfocusing’

soundslikesomething

ratherclandestinethatyou

mightdoin theback

pocketof yourtrousers!

DouglasThompson

Creatinga

photobook

Plentyhasbeenwritten

alreadyaboutthevalues

andmeritsof photobooks,

soI wouldliketosharemy

ownexperienceswithover

100 booksalready

on the shelf. One

Win!

A Samsung64GBEVOPlusmicroSDXCwithSD

adapterClass 10 UHS-1GradeU3memorycard

supports4KUHD.OfferingR/Wspeedsofupto100MB/s/60MB/sanda

10-year limited warranty. http://www.samsung.com/uk/memory-cards.

YOUR LETTERS

Douglascommented

onourjargon-filled

Sony A7R IV review

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