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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 31, 2018 14:02:32 GMT 12
I'm just idly curious, but with the major developments in the photography trade in the last two decades, with the switch from film negatives to digital, and also a reduction in numbers of Photographers in the RNZAF, does the Central Photographic Establishment still exist these days? Or are there simply base Photo Sections and the Museum archives?
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Post by phil on Jul 31, 2018 20:15:21 GMT 12
CPE is long gone.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 31, 2018 20:42:38 GMT 12
Thanks Phil, I thought that would be the case.
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Post by tbf25o4 on Aug 1, 2018 8:19:39 GMT 12
The adoption of digital technology spelled the end of the photographer trade in the traditional sense. Various operational units got their own cameras and recorded their activities. The Defence PR photo section was disestablished and apart from attaching one or two of the remaining photogs for events, a lot is contracted out to commercial photographers. You will have noticed that very little air-to-air photography is carried out by service photographers these days. The air force museum took all of the CPE archives up to around 2010. The balance of records of images are now electronically held within the defence computing system
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mike123
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Post by mike123 on Aug 1, 2018 16:04:36 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 1, 2018 16:46:15 GMT 12
Thanks Mike, that is handy to know!!
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Post by phil on Aug 2, 2018 18:24:30 GMT 12
One area that is now neglected is the technical photography that was used to support investigations into issues with components (ie sending images to manufacturers for advice) and images to illustrate maintenance manuals.
Every unit getting its own digital camera doesn't equal every unit magically being gifted with photographic skills.
This is an ongoing problem.
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