subscribe 0330 333 1113 I http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I 29 June 2019 13
There are very few new
DSLRs being produced
any more – Nigel
Atherton, editor
Greetings from Oz
I have just read your
closing comment in Inbox
in the 25 May issue asking
your female readers to
write to you. Well here
I am, all the way from
Adelaide, South Australia.
AP is a wonderful read
every week – the images
inspire me to go out and
use my camera.
I have one request of your
fi ne magazine – it would
be terrifi c if there was a
dedicated page or column
for mirrorless cameras,
including tips, tricks, new
products, reviews, and not
just the obvious Canon
and Nikon cameras.
Having sold my DSLR in
October 2017, I bought
the Olympus OM-D E-M
Mark II with several lenses
as I could no longer carry
the weight of my previous
kit, and if I decided to leave
something behind it was
invariably the one I should
have used!
I love to photograph
architecture (old/new,
exterior/interior), wildlife,
landscapes and macro,
with some street
photography thrown in for
good measure. One could
say that I am still trying to
fi nd my specifi c niche after
several decades of owning
a camera!
My Olympus 12-40mm
PRO lens is a favourite,
along with the 25mm
prime, 7-14mm and
60mm macro lenses.
And for wildlife I have a
Panasonic Leica 100-
400mm lens. Joining a
local camera club 18
months ago has made
me push myself out of
my comfort zone when
entering club competitions.
I am thoroughly enjoying
adventures with my
camera and am looking
forward to the future of
mirrorless cameras.
Paula FurlaniJPEG praise
Tell-all comments in the
Mirrorless Special by the
talented photographer
Kevin Mullins (Tyi ng the
knot with mirorrless,
AP 18 May) should make
more people stop and
think. How refreshing! And
his support for JPEGs are
a jolting viewpoint away
from the mass fl ow of
photographers stuck
to the ‘raw and lots of
post-production’ pathway.
When you read his
words: ‘And those
gorgeous JPEGs that the
camera creates mean
my editing workfl ow in
post-production is vastly
reduced’ you know he is
talking sense gained from
considerable experience,
especially in weddings
where he says his work
has been ‘revolutionised’
with mirrorless kit.
Chris HaigSame old NT?
I think the National Trust
has a nerve running a
competition to fi nd a
cover image for its latest
handbook when it made
me remove all my images
of Corfe Castle (taken
from public highways)
from Alamy’s library.
Graham EasbyIt is disappointing that
despite their recent
partnership with Lumix,
the National Trust still
seems too often to be
institutionally hostile to
photographers with
professional looking kit.
Probably out of a zealous
protectionism towards
its picture library. If
other readers have
stories of dealings with
the NT, good or bad, or
have taken pictures of
their properties from
public land please send
them in to us and we’ll
publish them – Nigel
Atherton, editorA growing collection
I have a burgeoning
passion for photography
and am gathering quite a
collection of cameras. My
interest in photography
started when my partner
attended the Royal
International Air Tattoo for
the fi rst time in 2015.
Since then I have been
hooked, and buy Amateur
Photographer every week- if I miss a week I feel
very disappointed.
I started with a beginner
DSLR, the Canon EOS
1200D, and then added
a Canon EOS 750D to
my collection. I recently
added a Canon EOS
500D fi lm camera from
eBay, which I am really
excited to use, and getting
this has given me the
bug to start adding fi lm
cameras to my collection.
Thank you for an
informative magazine
each week and indulging
my developing passion for
all things photographic.
Claire Wilson
The National Trust asked Graham to remove his photos of Corfe Castle from Alamy’s library
Back in the day
A wander through the AP archive.
This week we pay a visit to June 1972Homer Sykes’s Togetherness shows his documentary prowessBACK we go to 1972, and although the summer
of love was an incense-scented memory, there is a
defi nite fl ower-power feel to the cover (although this
wasn’t refl ected by some of the ‘squares’ inside the
magazine, to judge by their short-back-and-side
photos). The cover’s old-school colour tones are to
die for, and this image still has a lot of charm 47 years
later. One of our favourite features is a touching photo
essay on togetherness by Homer Sykes, who featured
in AP’s 20 April 2019 issue. Again, his documentary
work really stands the test of time. Elsewhere, Roy
Green – then production editor but a future editor
himself – considers what it takes to win an AP
contest, while George Hughes shows how to suggest
movement in images. On page 94, somebody called
Dermot Guy-Moore was apparently disillusioned with
the nude. Please yourself, as Frankie Howerd used
to say. Last but not least, the Ministry of the Bleedin’
Obvious was hard at work on page 82, with the shock
revelation that some lenses are better than others.1972
© GRAHAM EASBY