Amateur Photographer 2010-01

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 Contents
From the Editor
Amateur Photographer
For everyone who loves photography
News, views and reviews
News
COVER STORY
Photographer stripped of coveted wildlife title;
SD cards to boast 2TB memory; New Tokina
wideangle lens on the way; Canon to launch
PowerShot digital compact quartet
Review
The latest books, exhibitions and websites
Letters
AP readers speak out on the week’s issues
Backchat
Neil Mudford looks at ways to prevent data
being lost if your hard drive crashes
The fi nal frame
Buying second-hand is all very well, but there
are some things that just demand to be bought
new. Roger Hicks explains
Technique
Photo insight
Clive Nichols discusses composition and fi nds
the perfect combination of complementary
shapes and colours
Using Curves for
colour control
COVER STORY
You may use Curves as a tool for correcting
brightness adn contrast, but advanced
photographers also love it for its fl exible
colour control. Ian Farrell explains
On test and technical
Testbench
Honl Pro Wraps and Hama Rexton 150 bag
Two bodies don’t
make a range
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My first SLR was
nearly a Pentax.
It was a Chinon
CM4 with a Pentax
K mount, and I
was given it when
my big brother
bought his Pentax ME Super. I had a
mixture of lenses, one of which was a
Pentax SMC-135mm f/3.5 that I still use
today. My second SLR was also almost
a Pentax, again using a Pentax K mount,
but I still couldn’t afford the real thing.
It was a Ricoh KR-10 Super, which was
very good but still not quite a Pentax.
I wanted a Pentax, but never actually
owned one until quite recently when I
bought an old MX. As you can imagine,
Pentax is a camera brand very close to
my heart. Having not actually owned
one makes no difference – I’ve worked
through endless K1000s and I’ve always
followed the range very closely.
Following what Pentax is up to
nowadays doesn’t use up too much
time – not because I’m not concentrating
but because activity is irregular and
infrequent. Pentax has become like an
old friend who has gradually stopped
writing and phoning, slipping out of
consciousness so slowly you hardly
notice it is happening. Its SLRs are still
excellent, but to survive in this market
the company needs more of them. Two
camera bodies just don’t make a range.
Damien
Demolder
Editor
Learn how to take
great photographs
of children
Canon EOS 7D
vs Pentax K-7
COVER STORY
In a sea of minor updates, it’s nice to see some
fresh DSLR blood in the form of the high-
resolution Canon EOS 7D and Pentax K-7.
Angela Nicholson puts them to the test
Q&A
Our experts answer your questions
Icons of photography
COVER STORY
Ivor Matanle charts the history
of the Olympus OM-1, a camera that changed
a market’s aspirations
Your pictures
Gallery
Another selection of superb reader images
Appraisal
Damien Demolder examines your images,
offering words of wisdom and constructive advice
Features
Child’s play
COVER STORY
Dalla’s unfussy, spontaneous portraits of children
have a natural charm and elegance. Gemma
Padley picks up some useful advice on how to
photograph children
Calendar man
Landscape photographer Steve Gascoigne reveals
his secrets for planning, shooting and marketing a
calendar of images from your local area
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Our question
f the week
In AP 16 January we asked…
Is the modern camera just another electronic
device?
You answered…
A
Yes, it is 28%
B
Most are 35%
C
Most are not 8%
D
No, they are
defi nitely not 29%
Steve Gascoigne reveals how to
plan, shoot and market a calendar
of images from your local area
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Have you ever owned a Pentax
or K-mount SLR?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Used, but not owned
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I have been privileged
to view much of life
through my cameras,
making the journey an
enlightened experience
Dennis Stock dies, page 6
Photographer stripped
of coveted wildlife title
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HE Veolia
Environnement
Wildlife Photographer
of the Year has been stripped
of his title after judges
suspected that the winning
photograph featured a
trained animal. Spanish
photographer José Luis
Rodriguez had entered a
photograph of an ‘Iberian
wolf’ jumping over a gate.
But the competition’s
strict rules ban animal
models from featuring
in submitted images.
The Natural History
Museum, which helps
organise the competition,
confi rmed that Rodriguez
has been disqualifi ed.
Rodriguez denies that
he used a ‘model wolf’.
A spokeswoman for
the museum said: ‘The
judging panel was reconvened
and concluded that it was
likely that the wolf featured
in the image was an
animal model that can be
hired for photographic
purposes and, as a result,
that the image had been
entered in breach of Rule
10 of the competition.’
She added: ‘The judging
panel looked at a range of
evidence and took specialist
advice from a panel of
judges who have extensive
experience of photographing
wildlife, including wolves. They
also considered the responses
to specifi c questions put
to the photographer, José
Luis Rodriguez.’
It is understood that the
picture, entitled ‘Storybook
Wolf’, was captured using
a specially set-up camera
trap. The animal would have
triggered the shutter by
crossing an infrared beam.
Commenting on the
controversy, wildlife
photographer Andy Rouse
told AP: ‘The fallout from this
scandal will continue for a
long time and will ultimately
affect the photographer,
DSLR video
training
The growing use of movies in
DSLRs has led to stills cameras
being lined up for the fi rst
time at a UK video technology
exhibition. A spokesman
for the London event said:
‘Broadcast Video Expo has
been running for 15 years
without a single stills camera
on the show fl oor. The advent
of HD video changes all that…
The DSLR has arrived in the
video and fi lm production
community with a bang…’
The event will include the
chance to take action shots in
various lighting conditions as
part of a DSLR Focus Feature,
a DSLR Cinematography
Workshop, and a Beginners’
Guide to Video DSLR.
The show takes place
at Earls Court from 16-18
February. Seminars will
be free on a fi rst-come,
fi rst-served basis. To register
for free entry visit www.
broadcastvideoexpo.co.uk.
the competition and
the reputation of wildlife
photographers in general.’
In an exclusive article for
AP’s website, Rouse added:
‘To my knowledge no image
has ever been taken like this
of the Iberian wolf. It is an
incredibly rare and shy animal,
avoiding human contact at
all costs and highly suspicious
[of humans] due to years of
persecution in its homeland.
‘To get this close, to get the
lighting so perfect and the
timing so exquisite was just
incredible and I was slightly in
awe of the photographer.’
José Luis Rodriguez,
who lives in Spain, could not
be reached for comment
despite numerous emails
and phone calls to his offi ce.
His son told us that the
photographer was currently
away on assignment in
Madeira where he has been
photographing ‘marine birds’.
The Wildlife Photographer
of the Year is billed as the
world’s most prestigious
photography competition
of its kind.
In 2009 the contest pulled
in a record 43,135 entries
from 94 countries.
‘Tweed terrorist’ amateur demands answers
RIGHTS
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Committed to defending
your photographic rights!
from a platform at Hounslow
Central station on 10 January.
Adam said he captured
four more images in a ‘curved
mirror’ at the bottom of a
fl ight of stairs at the station.
In his resulting blog, entitled
‘The Tweed Terrorist’, Adam
wrote: ‘The member of
[London Underground] staff
accused me of using fl ash
photography (which was
untrue), saying she saw
me do it on CCTV.
‘When I tried to reason
with her she walked away
and then walked back telling
me she was reporting me as
a terrorist and that she was
going to ring the police.’
Adam said he has lodged a
complaint, via email, to TfL.
Transport for London
told AP it was looking into
the complaint, but that
it would take a ‘couple
of weeks’.
‘We deal with quite a lot
of stuff across the whole
[transport] network,’ a TfL
spokeswoman added.
Last year, AP revealed a
photo crackdown by London
Underground.
TfL repeated that ‘any
individual or fi lm production
company wanting to fi lm or
take photographs on the Tube
must seek prior permission
from London Underground’.
The spokeswoman added:
‘We do take a common-
sense approach to granting
permissions to fi lm and
photograph on the Tube,
and are fl exible in dealing
with different requests on
a case-by-case basis.’
St Paul’s photo
fi asco update
A BBC photographer stopped
under anti-terror laws while
taking pictures of St Paul’s
Cathedral has been told that
his complaint is part of a
wider investigation by the
police watchdog. BBC stills
photographer Jeff Overs
met with Metropolitan Police
on 15 January to discuss his
complaint. Overs had written
to the Met after police offi cers
stopped him under Section 44
of the Terrorism Act. His story
sparked mass media coverage
of photography in public.
For more see next week’s
News pages.
AN amateur photographer
dressed in a ‘tweed jacket and
tie’ says he has been accused
of being a possible terrorist by
staff at a London train station.
Student Adam Smith has
complained to Transport for
London (TfL) after he used
a DSLR to take two pictures
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