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IunderstandthepointthatDavid

Richardmakesin his‘Levelplaying

field’letterinInbox(AP 13 April)and

minimisingtheimpactthatcomputer

softwarenowhasona finalimage.

Unfortunately,thisideaofmaking

post-processingsoftwareavailable

thatonlyreplicateswhatcouldbe

achievedpre-digitalis nonsense.If

wegodownthatroutethenshould

wenotalsobancamerasthatcan

takebetter-qualityimagesthanthose

ofthepre-digitalera?Super-fast

autofocusshouldbebanned;

nocamerashallhavemorethan

11 focuspoints;nocamerashallhave

morethana 6MPsensor.Afterall,

wedon’twanttechnologytobetaking

controlofourimages.

Whataboutlenses?I havea bag

of lensesthatwereproducedfrom

the1970stoasrecentlyas2018.

If wearetoonlyusetoolsfromthe

pre-digital era does this mean the

imagestakenonmyshinynew

mirrorlesscameraandsuper-sharp

modernlenscannotbeconsidered

forcompetitions?

Ifwecarryonlookingbackwards

andrefusetoembracewhatwehave

availabletoustodaythenwewillnever

progress.Technologyis heretostay,it

is notgoingtogoaway.If youdon’tlike

whatpost-processingsoftwarecando

thendon’tuseit – createyourimages

usingthetechnologythatyouhave

availabletoyou.Beproudof whatyou

achieveandtheimagesthatyouhave

created;theyareyourmasterpieces

andtheyaregreatphotographs.

Butpleasecanpeoplestopbleating

onaboutpost-processingsoftware

andperceivingthatit is relatedtothe

devilorsomethinglikethat.It is here.

It’savailable.Millionsof ususeit in

someway,shapeorform.Get over

it andmoveon,please.

Martin Norden

Inbox

We have the technology – get over it

Alanfeelsthe

Canon600mm

f/4lenswasn’t

the best choice

Baffledaboutarticle

on£11,000lens

IreallyenjoyedWhat’sthat

noise?in AP 16 March,and

especiallytheconclusion,

whichsaid:‘Inpractice,

thingsarea bitmore

complicatedthan“larger

sensorsarealwaysbetter”.

A lotdependsonthe

specific photographic

situation,alongwithhow

muchkityou’reprepared

tocarry.’ButthenI found

myselfcompletely

blindsidedbythearticle

Workingwithan£11,

lens (AP 13 April).

YOUR LETTERS

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WouldGraemeGreen

nothavebeenbetter

servedonhistripbyan

APS-Ccameraandthe

CanonEF100-400mm

f/4.5-5.6IS II USMlenshe

alreadyhadwithhim?If

he’dchosena Sony

A6500,forexample,

thecombowould

havethesame

600mmreach,

butwouldhave

savedhimover

2kgandmore

than£10,

comparedwith

theA7III andthe

Canon EF 600mm

f/4LIS II USMlens.And

becauseit’sa zoom,it

wouldhavebeenmore

flexible.There’snolossof

pixelsbetweentheA7III

andA6500.Bothhave

24.2MP sensors, and

althoughI appreciatethat

full-framepixelsarebetter

in low-lightsituationsthan

APS-Cpixels,it doesn’t

seemtohavebeenmuch

of anissuein Graeme’s

picturestakenat Ruaha

NationalPark.

I’mnotbeingnegative.

I enjoyedGraeme’sarticle

andthepicturesthat

accompaniedit, butforme

thearticleraisedmore

questionsthanit answered.

It wouldbegreatif you

couldprovidesomeof

thoseanswers,andI’m

guessingI’mnotalone

amongAP’sreadership!

AlanCox

Yoursuggestedkit

wouldhavebeenmore

practical,Alan,butthat

wasn’tthepoint.This

featurewasforallthose

whohavelookedatthe

£11kCanon600mmf/

lensandthought‘I

wonderwhatit would

beliketoshootwith

that.’A hatchbackis

morepracticalthana

Ferrari,butthatdoesn’t

stoppeoplewantingto

driveone– Nigel

Atherton,editor

Leicaorigins

Ireadwithinterestyour

articleonFED/Zorki

camerasmadetolooklike

Leicas(Justlikea Leica, 23

March).Thearticlesays

thatthe‘original’Leicawas

madebyOscarBarnack

at theLeicafactory.Many

yearsagowhenI wasin

LPP(LeicaPostalPortfolio)

anarticlein their

newsletterstatedthe

prototypewasmadein

theZeissfactorywhen

heworkedforZeiss.He

offered the camera to

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