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pit,whichwasabout3ftto
4ftdeepwitha concrete
baseandeitherbrickor
concretesides.I was
carryingmyNikonD
and24-70mmlensona
tripod.AsI fellintothepit
thecamerafelloverand,I
believe,hitthesidesof the
pit.I wasnotinjured,which
lookingbackI considera
minormiracle.Thecamera
wasnotsofortunate.The
impactbrokeoffthelens
hoodandwrenchedthe
lensandthemountfrom
thebody.Thelensfellinto
thebottomof thepitand
thecamerabodyremained
at thetop.
ConsultingNikonthe
nextday,theywere
concernedovermy
welfare,andthenemailed
mea prepaidlabelandthe
necessaryformstosend
thebitstothem.Theyhave
anarrangementwiththe
PostOfficefornext-day
insurance-backeddelivery.
Withina weektheyhad
notifiedmethattheyhad
receivedthecameraand
withinanotherweekthey
providedmewitha quote
forrepair.Withina further
twoweekstheyhad
replacedthecamera
mountandtheexternal
tubeof thelensand
returnedthecamerato
me,includinghavingit
calibratedandupdated
withthelatestfirmware.
I wasdelightedthatthey
wereabletorepairmy
belovedD810andlens
andthatthecostwas,in
myopinion,quite
reasonable.I wasalso
grateful for being able to

speaktosomeonerather

thanjustgettingemail

responses.Thereis a great

dealof goodequipment

availablefrommany

manufacturers,butI feel

thisexperienceprovesthat

Nikonhasthesupportand

engineeringskillstocarry

outrepairsthroughoutthe

lifeof a camera,andit

manufacturesrobust

equipmentwhichcan

survivesuchincidents,

whenI thoughtthecamera

wouldbewrittenoff.

Thankyoutoallat Nikon,

andif anyonegoesto

locomotivedepots,take

extracare!Aboveis a

photoI tookwiththe

cameraafterrepairto

showthatthecamerais

backin workingorder.

PaulMarriott

Eyestotheleft

Whenworkingwithmy

newlypurchasedCanon

EOSRP,I findI havea

problemwhenusingthe

viewfinderwithmylefteye;

I havealwaysusedmyleft

eyeonpreviousCanon

DSLRcamerasoverthe

pastseveralyears.The

issuecomestolightwhen

usingmylefteyeonthe

viewfinderandtryingto

thumb-operatethe‘Quick

Controldial’,locatedonthe

toprightof thecamera

body.ThisI findalmost

impossible,becausethe

rightlensof myspecsand

indeedmynosegetin the

wayof mythumb!The

onlysolutionis totryto

re-schoolmyselftousemy

righteyeontheviewfinder,

which is extremely diffi cult.

(Takingoffmyspecsdoes

nothelpmuch).The

solutiononotherEOS

camerasis topurchasean

EP-EX15orEP-EX15II

extender.Thesewillnotfit

ontheRP,ortheR I guess.

Canondoesnotmarketan

extenderformycamera,

sowhatdoI do?I can’tbe

theonlyRPusertohave

encounteredthisissue.

RogerHarvey

GiveRogera ring

YourexcellentLocation

GuideaboutRingingRoger

(AP 27 April)does,I regret,

containoneerrorandan

importantomission.Your

insetmapshowsPeak

Forest,notthevillageof

Edale.Also,yourkitlist

shouldincludetheOSDark

Peakmapanda compass.

It maybehardto getlost

climbingupto Ringing

Rogerona clearsunnyday,

buttheweatheronKinder

Scoutcanbeunpredictable

andthevisibilitylimited.

Anotherfinewalkstarts

fromthepointat whichthe

PennineWaycrossesthe

SnakePass(A57).The

pathleadsto Bleaklow

Head– welastclimbedit

in a blizzardat theendof

October.Fromthatstarting

pointyoucanwalkacross

themoorto HigherShelf

Stones,andthewreckof

anAmericancargoplane

thatcrashedin 1948.

Muchof theplaneremains,

andthereis a memorialto

theentirecrewwhodied.

TheviewsoverGlossop

andtowardsManchester

arestunning.Again,map

andcompassarerequired,

asis yourcamera.

I trytokeepsizeand

weighttotheminimum

thesedays,soit is eithera

PanasonicLX100ormy

40-year-oldRollei 35 S.

TheRolleistillproduces

fineresults,andmodern

filmis superb– howmany

of ourcurrentcameraswill

stillbein fullworkingorder

in 2060?

CharlesDawson

Apologiesfortheerror,

andthanksforthe

additionalinformation

• Nigel Atherton, editor

Paul Marriott took this with his D810, newly repaired by Nikon

Back in the day

AwanderthroughtheAParchive.

This week we pay a visittoMay 1986

A rather unusual feature on shooting a footwear advert

THECOVERmodelof thisissuefromthemid-’80s

lookslikeshehascomestraightfroma veryhotnight

at Stringfellows;eitherthatora raunchyremakeof

FlashGordon[thatis quiteenoughaboutyourdodgy

VHScollection– Ed].Thisbeing1986,glamour

photographywasoneof AP’smostpopularsubjects,

andtheluckyreaderwhowonthechancetoshootthis

issue’scoverprobablystillhastheimagehangingon

theirwall.Dogetbackin touchif youreadthis...The

shoeis ontheotherfootelsewherein thisissue,as

thereis alsoa ratherrandom(andeye-bleedingly

colourful)featureonshootinga footwearadforBally.

Therearesomegreatquotestherein:‘A campaign

likethisneedssomeunderlyingtheme,’mused

adphotographerByronNewman.‘Aftermuch

brainrackingwedecidedonhorses.’A loadof

oldcobblers?We’dneverbesounkindto our

predecessors.MeanwhileKeithWilsonwasweighingup

some75-300mmlenseswithautofocus– apparently

a very controversial feature on SLRs back then.

1986

© PAUL MARRIOTT