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LBA confessions
Vignetting? Softness - well I suppose for an old design I can accept that to some degree but vignetting. Tsk. Where was Stalin when you needed him :) I think I recall them costing 15 quid when I was a nipper. I got a Rolleicord for 15 quid that was tatty as hell but worked well after I araldited ...
Posted by mikew on 26/05/2010 - 19:20
Kata GDC bag sizes - advice needed
Hi, Another thread about bags, but really about the sizing of bags; as I know what I want to buy, but cannot figure out the required size! I like the look of the Kata GDC holster. It has quick opening, is tough, and looks like a well designed use of space. I want to carry around a K7 with a ...
Posted by bigkuri on 23/05/2010 - 13:34
Kata GDC bag sizes - advice needed
Many thanks Hyram for taking the time to measure things up for me. On the back of this I ordered the H-14 bag last night, as H-10 was obviously going to be too small. Just as a completion (in my own mind) of this thread - I researched and read all I could on such threads to buy this Kata GDC hols...
Posted by bigkuri on 27/05/2010 - 21:09
Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner for negatives & slides
...although George's words are wise ones. If I had a huge backlog of scanning to do I'd pay someone else to do it for me; as it is I'm not bothering to scan all my old films, just the new ones I shoot as and when they come back from the lab.
Posted by hefty1 on 24/05/2010 - 18:34
Perfect Pictures
Ran the add through McAfee site check and it comes back clean, that is it doesn't spam. If it's just a hook to get you to buy a book that's all it is. Firefox stops these ads forme.8)
Posted by Hardgravity on 25/05/2010 - 07:07
Rejoice! you have a Pentax.
Used lens prices have already gone nuts. I was trying to explain to a Sony owner recently that the only Pentax prime lens you stand any chance of finding for under £150 is a manual focus one!
Posted by Dangermouse on 25/05/2010 - 20:57
New entry in the PPG
Thanks, Gareth. No, the light is natural, low evening sun behind my back, hence the warm(ish) colours.
Posted by terje-l on 27/05/2010 - 10:09
Bum
C'mon Glasgow I though we lived in the 21st century:roll: Reminds me of a night class project I was given, a photo assignment on advertising Jeans, I got my brothers partner to pose topless (with her back to me:cry:) sat on a stool with her "bum" encased in very tight jeans, I then manipulated a ...
Posted by fatspider on 27/05/2010 - 22:24
Design Icons of the 20th & 21st Centuries
A T-34 wouldn't be too hard to find. The Imperial War Museum at Duxford have at least two, one of which was very much in working order and producing its own smokescreen when I last visited! Sneaking back home with it might be a bit of a challenge, though. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 29/05/2010 - 22:49
Going manual ?
OK - I said I thought that mebbe this should go to a new thread - so here goes. It goes back a bit - forgive me if I ramble a bit in explanation. I seriously started to use a camera when I got my Kodak C 703 - a nice little 7.1 megapixel P&S - nowhere near as sophisticated as the Optio P70. ...
Posted by techno-terminator on 28/05/2010 - 23:06
Going manual ?
I start in AV but will use Exposure Lock to meter the area away from my centre piece where the tonal range is close to what I think is the mid point is, then recompose and shoot. Thats manual exposure in all but name. I also use manual focus a lot - especially when I've got good light and I want ...
Posted by Steve Chasey on 28/05/2010 - 23:58
Going manual ?
I was tempted to say "I shoot in manual all the time and also like to tie both hands behind my back and wear an eyepatch". Obviously manual settings are useful and in some cases they are the only option. It's also useful to practice this way to gain an understanding of the settings. However, I d...
Posted by WobblyGoblin on 02/06/2010 - 13:18
Pentax P&S ??
Being very short sighted is quite an advantage in photography. If you hold the camera so that the hands form a shield (like a lens hood) for the screen then even the brightest light is manageable. You do have to be able to focus a little closer than arm's length though.... Incidentally, the I-...
Posted by johnriley on 29/05/2010 - 22:28
Zoom lenses are the work of the Devil.
I think we should get our darkroom on the back of the pony and trap and go back to coating our own wet glass plates. Back to the days when Ansel Adams went out with 10 plates and a 20"x16" camera... These miniature cameras will never catch on! :lol:
Posted by johnriley on 29/05/2010 - 22:31
Zoom lenses are the work of the Devil.
I'm not sure about the work of the devil but time was when they may have been a bit of a joke in terms of IQ. With the 50-135 (and the 60-250 before I get mobbed :wink:) I think that is rather superseded. Even going back to the old days, they still had their place. Being an awkward child I rod...
Posted by Oggy on 29/05/2010 - 22:53
Zoom lenses are the work of the Devil.
The only zoom I actully use is the 12-24, and I treat that as two wide Primes (12 & 24, not 12->24). All the others never come out of the bag...that's if they've even made it into the bag! I much prefer the fixed composition, rather than titting around with a zoom going "in a bit, out a bit, in.....
Posted by flossie on 30/05/2010 - 09:04
Zoom lenses are the work of the Devil.
What is often not realised is that most zooms are not true zooms these days and they don't hold focus very well when zoomed. I suppose with their complexity something has to give, and holding focus and distortion are the ones usually sacrificed. I don't use a zoom as you do flossie, only at its e...
Posted by johnriley on 30/05/2010 - 09:47
Zoom lenses are the work of the Devil.
Those images were too large, which is why this forum is being distorted in IE8. How so John? A true zoom will retain focus as it is zoomed. This is a parfocal zoom. A varifocal needs to be refocused after zooming. This type of lens is commonly found and is more accurately called a "variable fo...
Posted by johnriley on 30/05/2010 - 13:11
Zoom lenses are the work of the Devil.
Those images were too large, which is why this forum is being distorted in IE8. ...goes to look in IE8 instead of usual Firefox - hmm, interesting, the full-size image is still resized but the text spacing is super-wide. IE8 has a bug rescaling images. Quelle Surprise.... A true zoom will re...
Posted by flossie on 30/05/2010 - 13:42
Zoom lenses are the work of the Devil.
Those images were too large, which is why this forum is being distorted in IE8. How so John? A true zoom will retain focus as it is zoomed. This is a parfocal zoom. A varifocal needs to be refocused after zooming. This type of lens is commonly found and is more accurately called a "variable fo...
Posted by Oggy on 30/05/2010 - 15:49
