{"id":16264,"date":"2024-07-11T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=16264"},"modified":"2024-07-08T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T09:54:56","slug":"london-summer-festivals-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=16264","title":{"rendered":"London Summer Festivals 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

London Summer Festivals<\/strong> : Sunday 11th July 2004 seemed to be a day of festivals in London and I spent some time at three of them, walking between Trafalgar Square, Denmark Street and St Paul’s Covent Garden and taking a few pictures on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back then I was still working with the rather primitive Nikon D100 DSLR, with probably the dullest and smallest viewfinder of any camera I’ve used (though I have used deveral with no viewfinder at all.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But although it only gave 6.1Mp files, (3012X2008 pixels) and the DX sensor was only half the size of a 35mm frame these were of remarkable quality and could be extrapolated to make decent large prints – one taken on another day was blown up to 2.3m wide for a public exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon at the time and for some years were saying that the DX format was all that was needed for its cameras, and the later decision to move to ‘full-frame’ was driven by marketing – keeping up with Canon – rather than technical considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course like most other photographers followd sheep-wise to move to full-frame when these new cameras came out, though most of the time when working with telephoto lenses I switched down to DX format for the greater equivalent focal length this gave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At first the DX format with its 1.5x focal length multiplier meant I was working without any real wide angle lens. The 24-85mm worked as a 36-127 lens, But by July 2004 I had acquired the remarkable Sigma 12-24mm lens, “the world’s first ultra-wide-angle zoom for DSLRs with full-frame sensors” – 18-36mm equivalent on DX, solving that issue. And since on DX it was not using the corners of the frame it was a better performer than on full-frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I put the pictures in this post on the web in 2004, when most of us were still accessing the internet on dial-up modems and even the fastest connections were only 512kbs. To get web pages to load at a sensible speed the jpg image files had to be drastically cut in size to around 50-70kb. Now I would upload the same files the same size at two or three times the size to get visibly better quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here- with some corrections is the text I wrote about the day in 2004:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday I walked into Trafalgar Square to find it full of young Indian girls carrying ornamental jars and dancing with them, rehearsing for the Trafalgar Shores event that afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I left and went up to Denmark St for a set by 50hz, electrifying the first Tin Pan Alley Festival, organised with Shelter. Great Indie Rock and supporting charity without running.
more pictures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then on to a garden party in St Pauls Covent Garden, which was sprinkled with celebrities, actors (female) and others I’ve not heard of and didn’t recognise. And a picture I didn’t post in 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back in Trafalgar Square the girls had donned traditional garb and were now recognisably the Saraswati Dance Academy in a colourful South Asian show. After this we were treated to some water puppetry from the Vietnamese National Puppetry Theatre (not very photogenic and hard to photograph) so i went back to catch Billy Thompson playing Grapelli to Tim Robinson’s Django with rhythm support from Dukato. Finally back in the square I watched the superb Irie! Caribbean Dance Fusion from Deptford\/New Cross, London. Then home for a slightly dark and chilly alfresco dinner with family.
more pictures<\/a><\/p>\nMy London Diary<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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