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I totallyagreewithMikeRignall

regardingthevalueof judging.Three

yearsagoI wasnewto theclub

competitionsceneandbombed

accordingly.I hadnogreat

expectationssothelackof points

wasne.Thecomments,however,

wereincrediblyvaluable,movingmy

photographyonexponentially.Moving

ona fewyearsandmyscoreswere

higher,butthecommentswereforthe

mostpartunhelpful,subjectiveand

sometimesborderlineridiculous!The

lackof constructivecriticismtook

awaythepointandpleasureof

entering.Manyof usenter

photographycompetitionsasa

yardstickandforfeedback.

AsfortheAPOYcompetitions,I will

stickto takinginspirationfromthe

imagescreatedby fabulouslytalented

photographersandhopethat,one

day,thewinnerwillbea Pentaxian!

Onenalthankyou– theinterview

withJoelMeyerowitzwasexcellent.

Heis sucha respectfulphotographer

(I amnota fanof theBruceGilden

style).Afterreadingyourarticle,his

bookhasgonerightto thetopof my

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LETTER OF THE WEEK

music had a somewhat

emptier sound than the

richness of vinyl records.

The OED describes

‘analogue’ as ‘relating to

or using signals or

information represented

by a continuously variable

physical quantity’. This

would apply equally as

well to an image produced

from a  lm-based camera

as a vinyl record. Whereas

a digital image is made of

discrete packages of

information: pixels. So the

term analogue is very

appropriate to non-digital

cameras and the images

resulting from them.

It is nice to see that the

English obsession with

pedantry is not dead and

that I have been able to

contribute to its

continuation.

Neil Mutch

Escapism

I  nd in these challenging

times that photography is

a great form of escapism

for me, and helps with

mental health. It’s great

having a weekly magazine

to draw inspiration from.

I especially take note of

lens choice and camera

settings to help me

learn. Here is my picture

(below) of Tyne Pedestrian

Tunnel that only reopened

last year after a complete

refurbishment.

Janice Taberner

Unwelcoming clubs

How unfortunate that AJ

Wood belongs to such an

unwelcoming club that has

only two lady members,

http://www.kelsey.co.uk Janice Taberner finds photography helps her mental health

YOUR LETTERS

Am I missing

something?

Thank you for the recent

in-depth on the new Sony

A7R IV (AP 3 October). As

I primarily shoot nature

photography and am

looking at the possibility

of upgrading to mirrorless,

I was interested to read

that the ‘wildlife

photographer can bene t

from the 26.2MP APS-C

crop mode to add extra

reach to lenses’. My

question is this: Could

I not take a photograph

using the 61MP full-frame

setting and just crop the

photo later in Lightroom?

Surely the end result

would be the same, or am

I missing something

obvious?

John Howell

Yes you’re right, cropping

a 61MP full-frame shot to

26.2MP later will give

exactly the same result as

shooting in APS-C mode.

The main advantages are

operational: you can see

the subject larger in the

view nder, making it

easier to observe what

they’re doing, and shooting

bursts at 26.2MP will eat

into your memory card

space far less quickly.

Pedantry

I noted Gerry Burrows’s

letter relating to the use

of ‘analogue’ in relation to

cameras that are not

digital. It is true that prior

to the digital revolution

there was no need for any

devices to be referred to

as analogue, in particular

cameras. However, times

have moved on and there

is a distinct difference

between digital devices

and analogue, which

became very apparent to

keen followers of music

with the introduction of

CDs. Digital equipment

works with discrete

packets of information

and it was noticed that CD

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