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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Morning all - in response to some queries on my latest hideously badly photographed Gallery post. Easy bits first: I would not normally use three different lead whites in one painting; the only reason I did so was to experiment with the textures of them.  The Flemish White (from Rublev) is rather more syrupy than my Cremnitz (from Michael Harding); the Stack lead, of which I have a very limited quantity, was made by a one-time contributor here who went by the name of TimeToBe - I wanted a paint that had plenty of body, which would enable me to enhance the lighter areas.  I also wanted to experiment with it.  It's good paint, but I think I could have achieved much the same result, if rather cooler, with Titanium White.  Lead whites have several qualities which make them attractive: one, they're warmer than T. White; two, they dry MUCH faster; three, all too many T Whites also contain a quantity of Zinc, which I try to avoid; and three, they make a strong paint layer, much stronger than T White. Now to the camera question: Alan B asked if I'd followed his recommendation about a new one, and the answer is no, because I was given another.  But - I was a twit to suppose it would be any better than the old one, because it's the same make, just a more recent model.  And I must and will follow my leader and get a different camera - i.e. the one that Alan advised in the first place.  I blush for shame.

Alan Bickley

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It’s time now for that new camera… no more holding back… your last photo did not do your painting justice… let me know if you can’t recall the one that I suggested! I still have the details saved in my head! It’s not expensive. Experimenting! I assumed that was why you used all three, I accept that, and why not! I have one lead white which I bought online, you gave me the contact details… Cremintz I think without checking - I would love to try stack lead white, I’ve read about it but it’s not available anywhere, banned from production I believe. Didn’t know you had some!

Sylvia Evans

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The camera I use is on my iPad and it gives excellent results.  I seem to remember your PC was playing up.   Re con I pads...maybe? 
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Alan, your recommendation is still on the Forum, and I'll look it out.  Sylvia, half my trouble here is havering between a camera and an Ipad - if I were in a burning building, I'd be stuck between jumping out of a window or taking a deep breath and going through the smoke to where I know there's a doorway.  So I should of course emerge as a singed heap of former person....  

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I’m not saying that the recommendation I made is the best camera on the market, but it’s one that I had some time ago and it gave me pretty good results - certainly adequate for the internet which deal in lo-res images as most of us know, and it was at a reasonable price. I believe it was a Canon, but you have the info to refer back to, maybe a Nikon… I’m using a Nikon DSLR because I need hi-res jpegs for the magazine, that’s the only reason I bought it! But they come with a hefty price tag! Yes, iPhones and iPads have good cameras in the main for internet use, I’ve got an iPhone, but be prepared to lash out in excess of a grand… 

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Like Sylvia, I use an iPad which takes excellent photos - can be loaded up to a website in seconds - and has so many other uses as well.  Mine’s an iPad Air3 64GB, bought it last year for around £400, so not hugely expensive. Wouldn’t be without it.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I have a couple of camera thst I love to use for taking photos but I don’t use it for my paintings as I’ve found my iPad does everything I need it to do. The benefit is that the image is on the iPad  where it can be cropped etc then it’s just a case of uploading. My cameras do take a better photo but I would expect that from a dedicated camera, the iPad camera is really quite adequate for everyday photos etc, like Alan if I was producing photos for the magazines I would use my camera.  The benefit Robert is it’s a computer so you can access the internet, email and all the other thing you do . I would hate being without mine now thst I have used one . 
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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T'was a Nikon, Alan, I've found the post and will order it this afternoon, when I've located where a Christmas Amazon voucher is.... as for the Ipad: oy, the expense!  £400 not unduly expensive, Jenny?  You don't know the miserly, tight-fisted old sod you're dealing with! I have long accepted that I'm odd - I have a reasonably large amount, by my standards, of disposable and available income saved; and the more I've saved, the more reluctant I am to spend....  I'll happily spend £60 or more on one tube of paint... but expenditure on technical things just seems to grate on my finer sensibilities like a cat's claws scraping glass.   I know, I know, I need therapy, seeing to, a visit from the van with men in white coats and a soothing manner ...  "Mean as tongs" was my late landlady's description of me: oh, she'd a cruel tongue...... 
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Oddity on oddity - I've just spent more on cigars than I'll be spending on the camera: you're dealing with a total, complete, nit-witted nut here. 
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Sarah Crouch

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Thank you for the 'whites' information Robert, I am just out from work so won't get time to have a good read until later! Looking forward to seeing what you all have to say about cameras too!

Jenny Harris

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It may sound relatively expensive, Robert, but an iPad is probably better value for money than a camera - you’d get far more use from an iPad.  Bet you’d end up using it every day - as Paul says, once you’ve had one you’d hate to be without it - and they’re so easy to use, as well as being portable. 

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I agree. I gave up on desktop computers a few years ago when the last one died, and love my iPad and iPhone. Wouldn’t trade them. I have a good camera but I rarely use it as it’s quite heavy to lug about, while my phone goes in my pocket.
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