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Ihavea batterytipthatsomereaders

mightfinduseful.WheneverI chargea

camerabattery,I covertheterminals

witha pieceof maskingtapeandwrite

onit thedateof charging.Thismeans

thatwhenI fishfora freshbatteryin

mycamerabagI canfindonestraight

away.Themaskingtapepeelsoffvery

quicklyandthedateletsmekeeptabs

onthechargestateof mybatteries.

There’sa bigattendantbenefit: the

masking tape keeps the batteries safe

fortravelbyair.Theterminalsare

protectedandwon’taccidentally

dischargeor,moreimportantly,short

circuitin transitwithpotential

disastrousconsequences.Thelast

timeI travelledbyairona

photographytripthesecurityguardat

Heathrowlookedin mycamerabag,

pulledouta batteryandsawthe

maskingtape– ‘That’s absolutely

ideal,’hesaid.

Nigel Bewley

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Whyno

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AndyWestlake

makeson-target

pointsin

hisViewpoint

(AP 22

February)when

hetalksabout

wherebargainsare

tobefound‘...not

withtheshinynew

releases,butwitholder

designs,whichareoften

stillverycapableindeed.’

Weknowsomebrands

havecomeandgonein

recentyears,andsotoo

apparently,havetheir

mentionsin advertsfor

second-handkit.Samsung,

forexample,is stilla

commonnameawayfrom

cameras,yeta quicksearch

drawsa blankamong

dealersevenshowingthe

brandin usedlistings.

Whileitscameras

struggledtofindbuyersin

big numbers, there’s no

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doubtit createdan

interestingrangeof

cameras.Whenyoulookat

auctionsites,in contrast,

thereareplentifulnumbers

availableat priceranges

worthyof a closerlook.

Peoplewillreadilyargue

therewerebetterrivals

andit’salla matterof

personalchoice,sowhydo

dealersgivethisbrandthe

coldshoulderin particular?

Andrew Shaw

Daguerror

MightI directyoutothe

ratherwonderful

photographicresourceat

theNationalMuseumsof

Scotland’swebsite(www.

nms.ac.uk)whereinI

havediscovereda

mistakeI canonly

describeasadaguerror!

Underthesection

entitledVictorian

PhotographicTechniques

in thepagesregarding

tintypes,appearsthe

photograph(aboveright)

withthiscaption:‘Tintype

depictinga familygroup,

parentswithtwoboys

anda younggirl,ona

beachoutsidethe

photographer’sbeach

hutwithreversedsign:

‘W.COLDER

PHOTOGRAPHER’,

1880s-1890s.Fromthe

Howarth-Loomes

Collectionat National

MuseumsScotland.’The

error‘daguerror’ of

courseis thatthisimplies

thatthesignonthe

photographer’shutis in

reverse,whereasthisis, of

coursesimplyaneffect

duetotherenotbeinga

negativestagein the

tintypeprocess.Alldirect

photographicprocesses,

suchastintypes,

ambrotypesandindeed

daguerreotypes,werein

effectinvertedand

reversed.Theinversionis

simplycuredbyturning

theimagemedium

up-side-down,butthe

lateralinversionremains.

Nowthisis of verylittle

consequencein portrait

photography,buthair

partings,breast-pocket

kerchiefs,swordsandthe

likewillappearonthe

‘wrong’sideof thesitter,

unlessweviewthe

imagemediumby

reflectionin a mirror.

I havewrittentothe

NationalMuseumsof

Scotlandtopointoutthis

error,butafterseveral

weekshavenotreceived

anyacknowledgement.

Shouldyoubekind

enoughtopublishmy

letterI undertaketospare

noexpensein buyingan

extracopyofAmateur

Photographer, andtrain

faresbeingwhattheyare,

conveyit expressly

throughthegoodofficeof

theBritishpostalservice

totheMuseumin

Scotland.I hopereceiving

sucha prestigiousand

esteemedpublicationwill

stimulatetheMuseumto

correcttheoffending

webpage.

Andrew Stefanowski

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