Having Just returned from the Executive
Committee meeting at Worcester, I am full of enthusiasm for the Colour
Reversal Club. There were ten committee members present and they were all
very keen to see the club expand a bit. while it is not wise to try 1 get a
lot more members who have little interest, there must be a large number of
persons who would like to try our hobby and who I the sort of hope that we
can provide.
This
theory was borne out when the Club recently had a spate of enquiries after a
brief mention in Camera Weekly. The publicity leaflets are also beginning to
have effect. Bob Lewis, the Membership Secretary,. has. had quite a few
enquiries recently.
It is confusing to read some of the camera
magazines the days. Each copy: bring news of some new innovation that we,
the camera users are supposed to want. The trouble is that the Japanese
manufacturers are trying to outdo their rivals so much that many innovations
arrive before their predecessors have been in use for very long. There are
new cameras with six exposure mode when two are what most people use. They
may also have auto focus, auto flashgun, auto wind, etc. While these can
make the photographer’s task easier, they are not essential.
To me it all seems irrelevant whether a camera
has these features. A camera is simply a means of: recording an image on ti
film. It takes a bit more effort with a manually operated camera, but it
will still produce good results. A more important is see in and composing an
exposure. No amount of automation can do that photographer can decide whether to spend more money on
camera equipment or more on, film. If one photographer carries his came
everywhere and exposes a lot of film, while another uses only 3 - 4. films a
year in his automated camera, then the first photograph will surely turn out
more consistent and good quality work.
So
keep: the film running. through your cameras in l987.
Regards
Ron.