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Moderndigitalcameras’featurescan

becomplexandthemanualis an

invaluablefallback.However,I didn’t

reallyfeelthatwasasnecessaryona

filmcameraover 50 yearsold.How

wrongcouldI be?Someyearsafter

pickingupa 1960svintageEXA500,

I subsequentlycameacrossthe

instruction manual in a fair. Oh well.

Worth50p.Wellthelastcolumnand

imageonthispagefromtheguide

(seeabove)turnedmythinkingonits

head.Literally!Theydidn’tmention

howmanystopsof imagestabilisation

canbegainedbythistechnique.Note:

If youtrythisat home,pleasedonot

leavea tripodattachedduring

thunderstormsIvorShare

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Pioneering image stabilisation

Photographic-speak

MichaelTopham’soverview

of thenewSonyAlpha

7RIV(AP3 August)raises

someissuesaboutthe

obscurelanguageand

ideasweusein

photography,muchof it

rootedin history.A

mirorlesscamera?Why

notcallmymotorcara

horselesscarriage?No

camerashadmirrors

beforethe1970swhena

heavy swinging mechanical

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Ivor was astounded by the last column and image in the manual for the EXA 500

devicewasinventedtogive

a viewthroughthelens

becauseyoucouldnot

movethefilm.Nowthat

digitalviewfindershave

vastlyimprovedtheyare

simplyredundant.Hetalks

aboutanAPS-Ccrop

mode,butwhatdoesthat

mean?Whathedescribes

is actuallya digitalzoom,

butthisexpressionbecame

a no-nowhenearlydigital

camerasusedit without

suffi cient pixels. I enjoy the

broadscopeof APand

havelearnedsomuch

fromit overtheyears.How

dootherreadersfind

photographic-speak?

PhilTaylor

APS-Ccropisn’tthe

sameas‘digitalzoom’,

justtoclearthingsup.

Digitalzoomimplies

upscalingtheimageback

tothecamera’snative

resolutionafter

cropping. In terms of

yourmainpoint,we

originallycalled

mirrorlesscameras

CompactSystem

Cameras(CSC)butthat

termbecameless

appropriatewhenlarger,

full-framemirrorless

camerasstarted

appearing.I’mwithyou

onsomeofthejargon

usedin photography

though,Phil.Themost

annoyingonein my

opinionis ‘FourThirds’

becauseit wasa brand

newsystemsotherewas

noneedtogiveit sucha

ridiculousname,based

onobsoleteTV

technology.I’dloveto

hearwhichexamplesof

photographyjargonmost

irritateotherreaders

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