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I CANappreciatetheproblems
thatMikeDodmanraises(Inbox, 31
August).Whenmyfathermovedinto
a carehomeI becamethecustodian
of 1,000sof transparenciesand
negatives– sometakenbyhisfather
in thelate1800s.Manyof thelatter
wereonglasshalfplates,withthe
gelatinbeginningtopeeloff.Someof
theseearlyplateswereof historical
interestastheyhadbeentakenin
Chinawhenmygrandfatherhadbeen
a missionaryat thetimeof theBoxer
Rebellion,duringwhichtimeboth
mygrandparentswerecapturedand
sentencedtodeath.Fortunatelyfor
metheygota last-minutereprieveas
mygrandmotherwaspregnantwith
myfatherat thetime!Theabove
imageis allegedlya shot,takenI
suspectcirca1890,showinglocals
readinga decreethat‘pigtails’were
tobebanned.
I managedtorestoreandscanthem
- reversingthenegativesintopositives.
I didlikewisewithmyfather’splates
(takenona Thornton-PickardSLR)
and some of his prints and 35mm
transparenciesfromlater.Thenext
taskwastocreatea ‘Thisis YourLife’
videousingPicturestoExewith
voiceoverandmusic.I tookthistothe
carehome(witha portablevideo
player)onChristmasDayasan‘extra‘
Christmaspresent.Hissheerdelight
- heliterallyweptwithjoy– madethe
effortsoworthwhile,especiallyashe
diedtwomonthslater.
Then,of course,I hadtheproblem
of those1,000sof transparencieshe
hadtakenin laterlife.Mainlyof garden
flowersandpeopleI wasunableto
identify.ReluctantlyI hadtotakemost
of thepicturestothetip,forwhichI felt
veryguilty.
Somyadvicewouldbetoput
‘important’imagesontoa DVD– with
captionsora commentary.Provided
thatyouhavea scannerandcomputer
thisis a relativelyeasyprocedure.
Therearenumerousfreeprograms
capableof producingtheseandonce
doneyouandyourheirswillhavea
permanentandunderstandable record
of yourfamilyhistory.
Paul Carwardine
Inbox
A life’s legacy in pictures
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tookthisphotoin
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YOUR LETTERS
© MR CARWARDINE
Holmesis where
theheartis
IwasstruckbytheMartha
Holmesphotographof the
fanhuggingBillyEckstein,
notleastbecauseI’malso
a fanof his,althoughI
nevergota chancetohug
him.However,whenI went
tolookfora bookof
photographsbyMartha
I wasdisappointedtofind
thatshedoesn’tseemto
haveanythingcurrentlyin
publication.Mightyou
haveanyhints?
PeteSpencer
Wehada lookonline
tooandcouldn’tfind
anything,whichis a
greatshame.Allwe
cansuggestis tokeep
scouringsecond-hand
bookstores,bothdigital
andbricksandmortar.If
anyreadershaveleads,
doletusknow– Geoff
Harris,deputyeditor
Transferringimages
fromtheZ 6
I’dliketoreplytoGerald
Peppiatt’squeryinInbox
(AP 14 September)on
transferringZ 6 images
tohisMacBookAir.I
havea NikonZ 6 andcan
successfullycopyphotos
directlyfrommycamera
toAppleMaclaptops(a
nine-year-oldMacBook
ProandAir)runningOSX
10.12andusinga USB
A toC cable.Theonly
downsidetothismethod
is I can’tupdatefirmware,
butit meansnothaving
tocarryanexpensiveXQD
cardreaderwhen I’m away
fromhome.
StuMeech
In replytoGerald
Peppiatt’squery(Inbox,
14 September),I download
myimagesfroma Nikon
Z 6 tomyMac(whichruns
macOSMojave10.14.6)
viaa LexarXQDcard
readerandAdobeBridge
2019.Withouttempting
fate,I’vehadnoproblems.
WarwickMartin
Thisis in referenceto
Gerald Peppiatt’s query