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Wild about Harry

Who’sthe‘sparkling

character’?

Ibelievethatthe

gentlemanin thestrawhat

picturedonthefrontcover

of theFebruary 1959

issueofAmateur

Photographer(Backin the

day, 8 February)is Walt

Disney,creatorof the

legendarycartoon

characterMickeyMouse.

DouglasThomson

That’sa greatsuggestion

Douglas,buthaving

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Heappearstobethe

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ChariotsofFire. He

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Openwindows

Fewpeopleseemto

havea goodwordfor

Windows10,andeveryone

seemstopraiseiOS.But

Microsoftbendsover

backwardsto

accommodateolder

software.I knowsomeone

whorecentlyupgradedto

Windows10,andwas

delightedtofindthathe

was able to install and run

hispaid-forcopyof

Photoshop6.Mycopyof

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wellonthecurrent

versionof Windows10. If

youcan’trunyour

favouriteversionof

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iOS,thenperhaps

Microsoftcouldbeyour

saviour?Althoughin all

honesty,I nowrarelyuse

myagingcopyof

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PhotoRaw,andI have

neverhadanyreason to

regretdoingso.

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Flickrpricing

Ihaveover30,00photos

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subscriptionto£55.

peryear(News, 8

February).I havebeenon

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Priortothatit was

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HowcanSmugMug,which

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IanPratt

Pentaxhitsthespot

AroundtwoyearsagoI

soldmyPentaxSpotmatic

F, whichI regrettedasthe

qualityof theSMC

Takumarlenswas

excellent.I’dgivenuphope

of findinganotheronebut

whilevisitinga charityshop

recentlyI wasthrilledto

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35mmf/2and135mm

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minoraccessories,for£75.

I purchasedthelot,andI

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PatWhelen

Affectingimage

Themostaffectingpicture

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pages 26 and 27 in your

interviewwithTom

Stoddart(GoldenEra, 15

February),asthecaption

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WelldoneTomStoddart.

I justwishthesituation

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BillWinward

Tickingalltheboxes

ImuchenjoyedAdrian

Gray’sarticleonbox

cameras(BoxingClever, 22

February).PerhapsI could

adda coupleof points:

First,uptoaboutthe

1930s,cameraswith

meniscusordoublet(i.e.

non-colourcorrected)

lenseswerefocusedonthe

UVimage,asthatis what

black& whitefilmswere

sensitiveto.Todaythat

meanstheyarefocused

furtherawaythanthey

shouldbe.

Secondly,thevery

commonKodak 620

Brownie cameras take

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