Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-06-28)

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InAP’sseascapestechniquefeature

(CoasttoCoast, 25May),oneof the

photographers,PaulSanders,quoted

MinorWhite,‘Bestilluntiltheobjectof

yourattentionaffirmsyourpresence.’

Profoundlyusefuladvicethatwasalso

proposedbyBillBrandt,‘Seethe

subjectfirst.Donottrytoforceit tobe

a picture...Standapartfromit. Then

somethingwillhappen. The subject

will reveal itself.’

Brandtwrotethisin his 1948 Focal

PressbookCamerain London. Ona

slightlydifferentsubject,of the 59

photographsin thebook,allbutfour

weretakenusinga Rolleifl ex Automat

witha Tessarlens.

PeterMcKenzie

Greatadvicefromtheexperts,

Peter.Thanksforsharingit with us

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Acaseforfewer

megapixels

Iama MicroFourThirds

userandI findmyself

lookingenviouslyat the

newcropof full-frame

camerassuchastheNikon

Z 6 andPanasonicLumix

S1.I suspectthatthe

current20.3MPsensors

areashighresolutionas

FourThirdscango,dueto

noiseconstraints.ButI

amalsoa cameraclub

photographer,soI know

thata 12MPcameracan

producecompetition

winningA3-sizedprints.

So,I wonder,could

PanasonicorOlympus

includeanoptionforpairing

upthesensor’slight-

gatheringpixelstohalfthe

numberof MP,while

enablingmuchhigherISOs

tobeused?I suspectthat

fewpeoplewoulduse

suchanoptionin normal

conditions.Butwhenit’sa

choicebetweengettinga

smallerbuthigh-quality

imageornotgettingthe

imageat all,thenI forone

wouldhavenoproblem

witha smallerimage.

DavidPrice

Thisconceptis knownas

‘pixelbinning’,andit has

indeedbeentried,but

withlimitedsuccess.

Theproblemis thatit

doesn’treplicatethe

theoreticaladvantageof

largerpixels,ofallowing

thesensortocapture

morelight.Inrealitythis

advantageis verysmall

anyway,asshownby

thefactthatthe10MP

PanasonicGH5Sisn’t

vastly better at high ISO

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There’ssome

retrofuntobe

hadwiththe

Pentax MZ-

Don’tforget the

nineties

IenjoyedtheAP 20 April

issueonsecond-hand

cameras.AlthoughI’ve

useddigitalSLRsfor

sometime,I havea large

collectionof filmcameras,

allacquiredsecond-hand.

However,I feltthere

wasa categorythatwas

overlooked,butworthy

of consideration:the

consumer-level35mm

SLRof the1990s.

Thesecamerasarenot

popularwithcollectors,yet

in plentifulsupply.They

maybea bitplasticky

andnottremendously

interestingbuttheyare

cheap,andif youalready

owna DSLRof thesame

brand,you’relikelytohave

allthelensesyouneed.

I previouslyshotwitha

PentaxMESuperSLRbut

sadlytheshutterjammed,

anda repairwasan

expensiveprospect.Not

long after it failed, I spotted

a 1996PentaxMZ-10in a

charityshop.I alreadyhad

plentyof lensesthatwould

workwithit, soI soldthe

kitzoomit camewith–

makingit evenmoreof

a bargain!

TheMZ-10is typicalof

mid’90sfilmSLRs,and

anyoneusedtoshooting

witha DSLRwon’tfacetoo

steepa learningcurve.It

canbeusedmanually,and

shootingin variousauto

modesis a breeze.Just

aboutanyPentaxK-mount

lenscanbeusedonit, so

there’sa vastarrayof

suitableglassoutthere,

goingbackaround 40 years.

A testfilmrunthrough

thecamerarevealedit to

bea solidperformer.Not

longafterwards,ona trip

toLondon,I waslimited

toa carry-onbagand

decidedtotakeonlyone

camerawithme.Owing

toitslightweight,and

long-lastingbattery,I took

theMZ-10,andshotmy

way through several fi lms

overthecourseof a long

weekend.I foundthe

experiencepleasantly

distraction-free,allowing

metoshooteasilyand

quickly,butwithout

thinkingaboutwhetherthe

shotwouldlookgoodon

Instagram,orhowI could

editit. I wasabletofocus

onenjoyingthemoment,

capturinga fewcarefully

composedimagesto

rememberthetrip,rather

thanjustsnappingaway.

The’90smayhave

beena bitcheesy,but if

youspota lonely

lookingnineties

SLRona

charityshop

shelf,I’durge

youtosnapit

up– you’ll

havea lotof

funwithit.

Lee Osborne

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