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Stillexcellenttoday
Ihavea questionregarding
thelongevityof older
cameras.I haverecently
purchaseda second-hand
FujifilmX100andanX30.
Backin theday,theywere
bothclassedas‘excellent’
cameraswith,I believethe
X100beingclosetothe
£1,000mark.Myquestion
is, if theseproduced
‘excellent’photosback
then,willtheimagesstill
notbe‘excellent’today?
Thesecamerasarenow
veryaffordableand
accessibleto
photographerslikemewho
can’taffordthenew
top-of-the-range
products.Yes,today’s
camerasmayhavemore
megapixelsbuttonormal
hobbyists,wouldwenotbe
morethanhappywith the
olderequipment?
RichardJelley

Theshortansweris yes,
andyes.Camerassuchas
theX100arenoless
desirablethantheywere
whentheycameoutand
stillturnoutoutstanding
images,whichis whythe
second-handmarket is
doingsowell.

Filmis fun
GeorgeAldridgeaskswhy
usefilm?(Inbox7 March)
Beinganinveteratefilm
photographer,I’vealways
foundit refreshingtoget
backtobasics,leavingthe
auto-everythingworld
behindfora while.Loading
a manualfilmSLR,setting
theexposure,andthe
pleasingsoundof a
mechanicalshutterwinding
onthefilmareallthingsto
beenjoyed.I justdon’tget
this‘buzz’withdigital.I’ve
used a DSLR and found it

lackingin

inspirational

value.I much

preferthe‘feel’

of myCanon

FTbandPentax

Spotmatic.

WhenI usemy

OlympusTripor

VitoB I don’t

needto worryabout

batteries.Forme,film

photographyis rewarding

in somanywaysbutabove

allit’sfun.PatWhelan

AnEpson 1290 fan

Yourletterof theweek

fromHortonRogers(Inbox

29 February)caughtmy

eye,havinghada number

of printersbeforegettinga

EpsonStylus1290.It was

theprintertohaveat that

timewitha singleblack

anda five-colourcartridge.

I alwaysusedcompatible

inkswiththisprinter,and

stillgotgreatresults,with

runningcostswellwithin

mybudget.I evenbought

anotheronesecond-hand,

touseasa backup.

Whatthisprinter

coulddothatnoother

budgetprintercando,

rightuptomyEpson 1400

andalsoCanonPRO

100S,is printfromthe

blackcartridgeonly.This

gavememonoprintsfree

of anycolourcasts.

I havespokentoEpson

staffatvarioustradefairs

buttheyhavenevergiven

mea satisfactory

explanationastowhythe

Epson 1400 andlater

1500 cannotdothesame.

LuckilymylaterCanon

PRO100Shasthree

blacksamongits

eight cartridges

soI cannow

get good mono

printsbuttheyarenotas

goodasfromthatold

Epson 1290 andit seems

toaddcolourfromthose

othercartridges.

TonyMead

FourThirdsdelivers

IagreewithPhilHeading

regardingOlympusFour

Thirdssensors,(Inbox 7

March).I ownanE-M1

MarkII anda coupleof pro

lenses,andagreethatthe

imagesmorethanhold

theirownagainstthose

fromCanon.Theweight

andsizeof theOlympuskit,

andtheweathersealing,

arealsoa bigplus.I have

usedhighISOsettingsa

fewtimesbutmostly,due

tothesuperbin-body

stabilisation,I canhandhold

toverylowspeedssono

realneedtoresorttoISO

12,800-25,600.It seems

tomesomereviewers

haveanagendawhenit

comestoFourThirds,with

derogatorycommentson

noise,andthelenses

beyondf/8.Myviewis the

Olympussystemdelivers

onimagequality,portability

anditscamerasand lenses

areinspirational.

DaveSmyth

It’sa statementoffact

thatFourThirdssensors

givehighernoise,while

lensesgetvisiblysofter

beyondf/8dueto

diffraction.Blame

physics,notreviewers.

But,I agree,it’sstilla

greatsystemandI useit

myself.AndyWestlake,

Technical Editor

DaveSmythis

a fanofthe

OlympusFour

Thirds system

Theaffordableand
excellent Fujifilm X100

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