Amateur Photographer – 09 August 2019

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Thankyouforat lastlayingtorest

themyththatyoumustturnoffyour

camera’simage-stabilisingsystem

beforeusinga cameraona tripod.

I firstencounteredthismyth,a few

yearsago.I hadoneof myLumix

camerasona tripod,andsetat a

politedistancefromanothergroup

of photographers.AsI waitedfor

thesunsettodevelop,I couldhear

oneof theotherphotographersashe

offeredadviceontheuseof graduated

filters,andtheselectionanduseof

lenses.InitiallyI thoughthewas

perhapsbeinga bitassertive,butthat

hewasalsotryingtogivegoodadvice

totheotherphotographers.ThenI

heardhimtrampingtowardsme.He

bentdowna littleandbegantoclosely

examinemycamera:‘Youcan’tdo

that.Yourimagestabiliseris on.It

mustbeoff.’

If youcountmypreviousMinoltaA

as a mirrorless camera, then I had

alreadybeenusingstabilisedcameras

ontripodsforyears,soI sawnoreason

toturnit off.Mypoliterefusalfurther

enragedhim.Hispartingcomment

was:‘Onlyanidiotwouldtrytotakea

sunset,withoutgraduatedfilters.’

SometimelaterI tooka seriesof

testshotswiththestabiliser‘on’and

‘off’.Evenwhentheywereexamined

at 200%,I couldseenodifference

betweenthem.Atthenextcamera

clubmeeting,whenI askedsomeof

theDSLRusers,theydidn’tthinkthatit

wasanissuewiththeircameraseither.

I wouldalsoliketocomplimentAP

onthemixtureof subjectsthatare

addressedin mosteditions.I likethe

waythatyoureviewoldDSLRs,as

possiblesecond-handpurchases,

onanequalfootingwithtoday’s

technologicalmiracles.And,yes,asa

mirrorlessuserI verymuchenjoyed

the‘MirrorlessSpecial’ issue (18 May).

David Price

Inbox

Take the stabilisers off?

Smallcamera

required

Ihavebeenreadingyour

reviewsformanyyears(I

am75).I havea SonyA7R

II witha Sony24-105mm

F4lens,whichis verysharp

buthastoomuchdistortion

(withoutcorrection),giving

poorJPEGs.I amlooking

forsomethingmuch

smallerandlighterwith

verygoodJPEGimage

quality,in-camera

keystonecorrection,

andverygoodimage

stabilisation.Butonly

Olympus does all that. My

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questionis, whatsizeprint

wouldI getat 300ppiwith

Olympus?Youalwayssay

thatit willgiveyoua highly

detailedA3printwhen

shootingat lowISOs.If not

Olympus,howaboutthe

FujifilmX-T3orX-T30?A

furtheroptionwouldbea

SonyA7RII withtwosmall

primes,the35mmF2.

and55mmF1.8.Butnone

of thesehavekeystone

correction.I havebeentold

byOlympusabouta new

E-M5MarkIII that’sduein

September.Soit mightbe

worthwaiting.

I tremendously enjoy

readingyourarticles.

Whatpassion!And so

informative.

P Vinuesa

Thisdependsonthe

sensorresolution.

Olympus’s20MPmodels

willfill A3at 300 ppi,

but16MPcamerassuch

astheOM-DE-M5II and

E-M10IIIarelimitedto

15.4x 11.5in atthis

outputresolution.Their

fileswouldinsteadhave

tobeprintedat280ppi

tocoverA3,butI doubt

manyobserverswould

spot the difference.

However,asyoualso

wantsomethingsmaller

thanyourSony,this

narrowsyoudown

furthertotheE-M10or

E-M5lines,whichI’dpair

withthesuperb12-

40mmf/2.8PRO.

Thehigher-endE-M

MarkII (£800)offers

severaladvantages,such

asa fullyarticulated

screenandweather-

sealing.Butit’salmost

fiveyearsold.TheE-M

MarkIIIis muchcheaper,

at£500bodyonly,and

hasa newer,easier-to-

useinterfaceforfeatures

likeKeystoneCorrection.

SoI’dsuggestwaitingfor

theE-M5II’spromised

replacement,andmake

a decisionthen.

If you’rewillingto

forgoin-bodyIS,both

theX-T3andX-T

aresuperbanddeliver

excellentJPEGimage

quality,buttheX-T3isn’t

muchsmallerthanyour

SonyAlpha7RII.Using

smallprimeswithyour

Sonyis analternative,

butlimitsyourshooting

options.Sometimes

there’snoperfectchoice

• AndyWestlake,
  technicaleditor

Don’tbefussedby

theNationalTrust

Iwasdismayedto readin

Inbox(AP 29 June)that

GrahamEasbyhadbeen

forcedbytheNationalTrust

(NT)to removephotosof

oneof itspropertieswhich

hehadlodgedwitha

pictureagency.It is true

thatNTplacesrestrictions

onphotographyof and

withinitspropertiesand

lands,whichit is legally

entitledto do.I’dbe

interestedin howNT

forcedGrahamto delete

hisimagesbecauseneither

NTnoranypropertyowner

canpreventanyonefrom

takingimagesof their

propertyfroma public

place,if it is visiblefrom

thatplace.NeitherdoesNT

havecopyrightownership

overitspropertiesor

imagesof itsproperties

taken from a public place.

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