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the camera with APS-C

lenses you said that it

only results in 10.2MP

images. Why is this? Also,

if you did use APS-C

lenses as they are

specifi cally for APS-C

sensors, does this mean

they limit the amount

of light to the size of

an APS-C sensor and,

therefore, defeat the object

of using an EF-S lens ona

full-frame camera?

Ian Couch

As you know, EF-S

lenses only properly

cover the area of an

APS-C sensor. This is a

1.6x crop of full frame,

which on the EOS RP

equates to 10.2 million

pixels in the centre of the

sensor. So if you happen

to own the Canon EF-S

10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS

STM, for example, you’ll

get a 16mm-equivalent

wideangle view at

10.2MP. This may sound

like a pointless thing to

do, but could be handy

if you don’t have a

full-frame lens that

wide – Andy Westlake,

technical editor

Spotting fake Leicas

The quality of the fi nish is

one way to identify fake

Leicas (Just like a Leica, 23

March), but a much

simpler way is to remove

the lens and look at the

rangefi nder cam. On a

genuine Leica it will be

round and rotates, but the

fake will have an oval cam.

Second, the front element

of the genuine Elmar will

be set back in the mount,

but the fake will be right

upat thefront.Finally

thetopofthefrontofthe

viewfinderwillhavea ridge

beforethetopplateif it is

genuine,butthefakewill

beflushwiththetop.

I boughta fakemodel 1

manyyearsagowitha

10,000serialnumberbut

someofthepartsseemed

likegenuineLeicaso

whoknows,astheonly

giveawaywaswherethe

frontelementsat.

JamesStyles

Buyerbeware

I purchaseda genuine

CanonBG-E21battery

gripformyCanonEOS

6DMarkII fromAmazon

UK(nota third-party

sellerontheAmazonUK

website).Theitemarrived,

andassoonasI opened

theCanonbox,I knewit

wasa cheapcopyinside.

Firstindicationswerethe

cheapplasticit wasmade

from.Second,‘Canon’is

displayedonthefrontof

thegenuinegrip,and

third,thereis noserial

numberonthebase.I

contactedAmazonUKfor

a refund.Sohowdidthis

happen?Onescenariois,

anAmazonUKcustomer

buysa genuineCanon

productanda cheapcopy.

He/shecontactsAmazon

UKfora refundofthe

genuineCanonproduct,

but returns the cheap

copy inside the genuine

Canon box. Amazon

receives the returned

item, and issues a refund

for the cost of the genuine

Canon product. Amazon

UK then puts the

unchecked box back on

the shelf for another

customer to purchase: me.

John Hay

AP demographic

This weekend I went to a

leisure centre to use the

gym, and a model railway

fair was taking place.

It was clear that the

demographic for

that hobby is male-

dominated. AP seems to

bevery good at ensuring

itsarticle contributors

represent a broad

demographic, but Inbox

tends to be dominated by

male contributors. Is there

a clear male-heavy

demographic in terms of

readership of AP? Do

subscription stats shed

any light on this area?

Phil Ensor

One of the most

welcome changes in the

world of photography is

the infl ux of women into

what used to be a very

male-dominated hobby.

Photo magazines, like

most ‘special interest’

titles, are still read by

more men than women,

but AP has worked hard

in recent years to refl ect

a more even gender

balance, both in our

content and in our

editorial team. But now

that you mention it,

it’s an interesting

observation that while

our female readers are

disproportionately more

likely to sign up for our

live events they rarely

seem to write to Inbox

• Nigel Atherton, editor

street photo in Valencia

John Hay received a cheap

copy in a genuine Canon box

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