Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-06-28)

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settingsthanthe20MP
GH5–AndyWestlake,
technicaleditor

Teenagepics
Iwastakingphotosof the
fountainsin Hullwhentwo
teenagersdriftedintothe
shotfora fewseconds.You
willhavenoticedthatit is
notPCtotakephotosof
teenagersnowadays.You
mayremembermanygood
photosof childrenplaying
in theslumsof Glasgow
pre-SecondWorldWar,
butnowwearesoworried
aboutprotectingchildren
from(shockhorror!)men
withcamerasthatmost
photographersjustsay‘oh
sodit!’anddon’ttake
picturesof children.
In 50years’timethis
image(above)willnodoubt
beconsidereda minor
masterpiecebymyself,and
sellforridiculousamounts
of moneybutfornow...
Thecamerawasa Sony
Alpha7 withan18-55mm
E-mountlensusedin
telephotomode.
JeromeYeat s

E2?Metoo.
Whataninterestingarticle
ontheNikonE2(Whata
Whopper!, 1 June).Atthe
timeit wasanythingbut
affordable.It cameoutthe
sameyearastheNikonF5,
whichwasa brilliant
cameraanda snipat a
mere£2,300– lessthan
a quarterof thepriceof an
E2.Whatwedidn’tknow
thenwasthatjustthree
yearslater,Nikonwould
introducetheD1.Even
moreinterestingis the
pricingof thevarious
accessories: £1,000 for

a 15MBPCcard(PCMCIA

cardastheywerecalledin

1996)and£750forthe

cardreader.By 2003 a

1GBIBMMicrodrivewas

availableforaround£

includinga PCMCIAcard

adapter.Anyonebuying

anE2todaywouldbewell

advisedtolookfora CF

toPCMCIAadapterrather

thanlookforPCcardsand

a reader.Findinga small

enoughCFcardtowork

withtheE2mightbe

interestingthough.Thanks

JohnWade,well done.

GeoffGale

Nointerestin

mirrorless

Havingreadyour

mirrorlesscameraissue

(AP 18 May)I have

concludedthattheyare

notforme,andI willstick

tomyNikonD700.The

mainreasonis thattheyall

havetoomanybellsand

whistles,mostof whichI’d

neveruse.I onlyshootstills

sothevideofacilityis

redundant.I photograph

mainlystaticlandscapes

andportraits,sothe 20

framespersecondwillalso

neverbeneeded.I always

usea tripod,soimage

stabilisationis unnecessary.

ExcusethepunbutI hope

youcan‘seethepicture’.

WhileI seewhytheeight

featuredphotographers

chose to use this type

of camera,I won’tbe

joiningthem.

It’sa pitymanufacturers

seethesegimmicksasthe

routeallpeoplewant.I

wouldlovethemtoputa

modelin theirline-up

thatusesonlyspeedand

apertureandthegreatest

facilityofferedbydigital,

theabilitytochangeISO

foreachshot.

Anyway,rantover.Asa

subscriberI lookforward

toSaturdaymorningsand

mydoseof photography

readingfortheweek.Keep

upthegoodwork!

MikeDurrans

Goodread

Agreatreviewof the

PanasonicLumixS1R

(AP 27 April).Maybe,as

someonewhohasalready

convertedtoPanasonic

MicroFourThirdsand

usingtheGX9,doI need

togofullframe?Timefor

anotherdrinkI think.

CraigRook

Boudoirphotography

LilyBungay’sViewpoint

(AP4 May)wasnotonly

insulting,butalsosexist

andinaccurate.Todescribe

boudoirphotography

exclusivelyastitillationfor

malephotographers

ignorestwofacts:first,it is

womenwhoelectto

participatefortheirown

reasonsandpayforthe

privilege;second,thevast

majorityof photographers

arewomenandI amsure

thesubjectsfeelfarmore

comfortablewiththat

arrangement.Totryand

twistthisaroundasmale

salaciousnessforcing

womento‘objectify’

themselvesignoresthe

fundamentalfactsthat

liberationhasenabled

womentomakesuch

choicesaswellasproviding

womenphotographerswith

a lucrativeincomesource.

Robert Lavers

Jerome Yeats’s image taken in Hull – a future masterpiece?

Back in the day

AwanderthroughtheAParchive.

This week we pay a visit to June 1985

The underwater photographic world of Martha Holmes

EVENbytheobjectifyingstandardsof the1980s,

wearestrugglingtofindanyconnectionbetween

thecovermodelandthecoverlinesthisissue...She

definitelyisn’tfromKathmandu,oranythingtodo

withJessops.Anyway,she’sverystriking,even

thoughtheshadesandhairaredisturbingly

reminiscentof AgentSmithfromTheMatrix[you

havea sickmind– Ed].

Swimweareye-candyaside,thereis a lotof

interestingandengagingcontentin themagazine,

includinganinterviewwithintrepidunderwater

photographerMarthaHolmes(hencetherather

creaky‘newdepths’coverline),anda reviewof the

OlympusOM40SLR.Althoughit wasmanualfocus,it

hada fancyElectro-SensitivePattern(ESP)metering

system.Asthe’80sprogress,morecleverautomated

featuresstarttoappearin higherendcameras,paving

the way for the digital revolution a decade later.

1985

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