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veryshort-exposure
images,soI justwondered:
couldthispentaptychbring
peaceandharmonytothe
photographyworld?Surely
there’ssomethingfor
everyonehere!Or
alternatively,willboth
campsunitein hatredof
thepentaptych,putting
asidetheirlong-held
grievanceswitheachother
tofocusona common
enemy,resultingin both
sideslearningtorespect
eachothers’differencesin
theapprovedmannerof
everybuddy-copmovie
evermade?PerhapsPhilip
andotherreaderswould
liketoweighin.
KieranPicken

Long-exposurewateris a
marmitesubjectfora lot
ofphotographers,sothe
debaterumbleson,but
thisis a lovelycreative
pentaptych– Geoff
Harris,deputyeditor

Smallsensor,
bigdetail
InInboxin AP 10 August,
I wasinterestedtoread
thelettersfromDudley
Hubbard,JohnGibbsand
Mark.First,hatsoffto
Dudleyforhishonestyand
unstintingeffortstoreunite
thecameraandcontents
withitsowner.I hopethat
hiseffortsachievefruition.

Second,I echoMark’s
commentsabouttheNikon
P1000.I recentlybought
saidcameraandtook
somepictures,allhandheld
at ISO 100 witha variety
of zoomranges,from
Menston,lookingtowards
AlmscliffeCragsnear
NorthRigtonin North
Yorkshire.Thedistance,as
thecrowflies,is 6.5miles
asascertainedfromusing
anOrdnanceSurvey
ExplorerMap.Tomy
astonishment,evenat this
distance,onecansee
peopleclimbingonthe
rocksat AlmscliffeCrags.
Evenwitha smallsensor,it
is amazingwhatcanbe
achievedwiththiscamera.
Third,JohnGibbsalludes
tothepistolgripusedwith
hisLumixGHS.I havea
1990sSlikShoguntripod
whichhasa lenssupporter
attachment 6017 foruse
withlongtelephotolenses.
Also,theShogunhasa
pistolgripheadthatallows
swiftadjustmentswhen
takingphotos.Thetripod,
whenthelegsarepressed
together,makesa sturdy
monopod.I lookforward
totryingthisequipment
outwiththeNikonandwill
letyouknowtheresults.
I havenoaffiliationwith
Nikoncamerasother
thanthatofa
satisfiedcustomer.
CharlesJohnHarbidge

A niceletter,Charles.
Goodtohearyouare
gettingresultsfromthe
NikonCoolpixP1000.
Withits125xzoom,
thisis a veryversatile
camera,andthereis
clearlya lotoflifeleftin
thesesuperzoombridge
models– GeoffHarris,
deputyeditor

Onthemenu
YourLetterof theWeekin
AP 10 Augustraisesthe
questionof howtoidentify
theownerof a lostcamera,
orhowtogetyourcamera
returnedtoyouif it is lost.
Thereis a simplesolution
tothis,whichoncesetup,
youcannotforgettodoin
thefuture.Manycameras
allowyoutosettheuser’s
copyrightinformation
whichis thenencodedin
theEXIFmetadatafor
everyexposure.I’vebeen
doingthisonmycameras
forovera decade.I simply
entermyname,phone
numberandemailaddress.
Thismeansa lost
memorycardcouldbe
returned,orthecamera
bodyevenwithouta card,
astheinformationis within
themenusystem.Of
courseit wouldrequire
someonetolookat the
imagesandexaminethe
EXIFdata.
Takingtheother
precautionssuggested,
suchashavinga label,
anaddresscard,ora
photoof yourdetailson
thememorycardareall
goodideas,butstoring
yourdetailsin theEXIFis
morereliable.If yousell
thecamera,eithererase
thedataorresetto
factorydefaults.
NigelPuttick

Kieranhopeshispentaptych
willendthelong-exposure
waterdebate

Back in the day


AwanderthroughtheAParchive.This
weekwepayavisittoSeptember 1958

Thetechnicalfeatureontakinganimatedphotosofpeople


WHATdowephotographerscallourselves,apartfrom
thebleedin’obvious?If youwanttoannoysomeone,
‘snapper’comestomind,orif areyouarefeelingmore
pretentious,maybe‘visualartist’.Backin 1958,
however,APeditorALMSowerbyreferredtothe
readersas‘pictorialists’and‘workers/pictoriallyminded
workers’in hisintroductiontothisvintageissue,soit is
interestingtoseehowthelanguagehaschanged.
Onehighlightin thisissueis a featureonhowtotake
moreanimatedpicturesof groupsof familyand
friends.Againthelanguageis quitefunny.‘MyFrench
friendswereamusedat the“teataking”habitof the
English,’runsonecaption.Asforthemorose-looking
cardplayers(seebelow),let’shopethingsgota bit
livelierlateron,andthesamegoesfortheyoung
bladesenjoying‘teaandcake’ontheprom.Wild
times,indeed.AsfordealingwithProportion
Distortion,it’sinterestingbecauseit showstheeffort
requiredtocorrectissuesthatthesedaysyoucansort
outwitha fewmouseclicks.

1958


This photo, taken from 6.
miles away, shows climbers
on Almscliffe Crags

© CHARLES JOHN HARBIDGE


© KIERAN PICKEN

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