Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-06-07)

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GettingoursonBen,aged12,off

hiscomputerfora familydayoutis a

nightmare.‘What’sin it forme?’is his

generaltypeof reply.‘Err,freshair,

timewithyourmumanddad’is my

normalgo-toreply,andhegrudgingly

accompaniesus.LastweekendI tried

a bribe:‘I’llletyouusemyNikon.’His

eyeslit up.‘Really?I cancarryit and

useit andyouwon’ttouchit?’With

trepidationI agreedaslongasthe

strapwentroundhisneckandhe

didn’trunaround.

WedrovetoCalkeAbbeyin

Derbyshireandenjoyeda coupleof

hourstalkingphotography,whichI

hadn’treallydonebeforewithhim...

(mywife’seyesglazedoverasshehad

heardit allbefore.)I explainedwhya

DSLRis morecreativethana phone,

andcompositionis alwayseasier

througha viewfinderthana phone

screenwiththesunonit. Wetalked

aboutlead-inlinesandnatural

framing.I alsotaughthimtolookfor

texturesin anythingandeverything.

Heactuallylistened,takingit allin –

unusual,ashealwaysseemstothink

heknowsit all.Hegoogleseverything

andoftenknowsmorethanmeon

anything connected to his computer.

HopefullyI’vepiquedhisinterestin

photography.I mightevenbeableto

upgradetheageingNikonandgive

Bentheoldone.ButI mightdustoff

myoldOM10andmakehimlearnthe

artusingfilmandmanualfocuslikeI

did.Hetooktheabovephotoafterless

thanhalfanhour with my camera.

Simon Elson

Inbox

Inspiring the next generation

Whatweneed

Itseemstomethat

manufacturersbelievethat

consumersthinka more

complicatedcamera

implieshigherquality.I am

a (fortunate)Leicauser

andwouldnotswapthat

manualexperiencefor

anyamountof automation

and so I do not need an

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SimonElson’s12-year-oldsonBentook

this at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire

extensiveall-singing,

all-dancingmenu.

However,theLeicais

notpocketablewhen

somethingsmallerand

lighteris requiredfortravel.

Thegapmanufacturers

havefailedtoseetotheir

costis theonebeingfilled

bymobilephones.Whatis

needed is a small, high-

quality,pocketablecamera

tocompete.Camera

manufacturersshouldnow

focusonproducinga truly

pocketable,24MPcamera

witha reasonablysized

(1-inchorAPS)sensor,a

fixed35mm(equivalent)

f/2lensandonlybasic

instrumentation:aperture,

shutter speed, sensitivity,

WB,EVcompensation.A

fewsimplebuttonsshould

suffice.Leicamanagesit.

If youwanta zoomlens,

facerecognition,HDR,

bracketing,timelapseand

alltherestthentakea

largercamera.Thereare

manynearlyrightsmall

cameras,buttheyoffer

fartoomanyunnecessary

menuoptionsthat

complicatethe

photographyexperience.

Moreover,theyare

coveredin a varietyof ‘Fn

buttons’(thattakeaslong

tofindandrememberas

wouldtherelevantmenu

option).I usebotha Ricoh

GRIII anda LumixLX

thatareat thelimitof

pocketabilityandare

generallyverygood,

althoughtheyareboth

coveredin unnecessary

buttonsanddials.

HuwWynne-Griffi th

RogerHicks

Whata waytosay

goodbye!Striking,telling

andforthright.OnlyRoger

Hickscouldhaveprovided

suchanelegantmixof

pathos,humourandwit

in onetruly,thoughsadly

final,Hicksonianmessage.

(FinalAnalysis, 20April).

Ashesaidhimself,hemay

havebeenconsidereda

Marmitewritertosome,

butthere’snodoubtinghe

broughtflavourandspice

tohisregular,thought-

provokingcolumns.There

werenoshadesof grey

tospoilhisthinkingand

regularreaderswould

doubtlesshave

appreciatedthepoints

hewasmakingin that

distinctive,focused

manner.In hisfinal‘Final

Analysis’herightlyhadthe

lastword.Hemaybegone,

buthewon’tbeforgotten.

T JohnFoster

Patontheback

forNikon

LatelastyearI wastaking

photosat a preserved

locomotivedepotlatein

theevening.Thedepotwas

dark,butfloodlit.I walked

intoa patchof darkness

and fell down an inspection

Win!

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