Sticky Mirror Problem

by graysummers

Just a bit of technical here. I had a Pentax LX sticky mirror problem a while back and the guy that fixed it said my focusing would have been out. I looked at this tree on this photograph closely [I'd focused upon that] and realised what he meant. My early poor-trait [] work too had similar with the eyes not sharp.

Anyone else suffer focusing with sticky mirror...or was it just my old eyes?
Uploaded12/05/2014 - 06:49
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bwlchmawr
Posted 12/05/2014 - 06:51 Link
Not a problem I've experinced, Gray, but this picture makes me want to go back to Wales.
Best wishes,

Andrew

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Posted 12/05/2014 - 06:57 Link
Wales is the perfect partnership for your lens. You see and deliver with panache these lovely landscapes.
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GIULIO57
Posted 12/05/2014 - 07:15 Link
or "diptric correction"???Try to set it in a proper way using screws (+ or -) under pentaprism....
alfpics
Posted 12/05/2014 - 11:11 Link
Although having a 'sharp' tree would look good, this is still a great image. Again the grainy effect and composition are 'just right' IMHO along with the tonal range.
Andy
GIULIO57
Posted 12/05/2014 - 11:40 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:
or "diptric correction"???Try to set it in a proper way using screws (+ or -) under pentaprism....
Sorry DIOPTRIC
autumnlight
Posted 12/05/2014 - 14:44 Link
It doesn't detract from the overall compo, i don't think it spoils the picture at all
drobbia
Posted 12/05/2014 - 17:43 Link
My crusade for photographers and artists of all types is to remain valiant in the face of "woulda',shoulda" - you produced the image - If your happy with it, it's over. Hey, if Monet's eyes left him and he kept right on painting what he saw then Gray is permitted to produce what he sees . I think the image is superb on many levels Technically superior and pleasing. BTW, Looked superb to me with my glasses on or off. great job, thanks tg
"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau
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Edited by drobbia: 12/05/2014 - 17:47
Posted 12/05/2014 - 19:03 Link
drobbia wrote:
My crusade for photographers and artists of all types is to remain valiant in the face of "woulda',shoulda" - you produced the image - If your happy with it, it's over. tg
Absolutely with you on this... great compo, and the sharpness or otherwise of the tree not an issue for me...

Best
Teaka53
Posted 12/05/2014 - 21:04 Link
autumnlight wrote:
It doesn't detract from the overall compo, i don't think it spoils the picture at all
Neither do i
Malc
Posted 13/05/2014 - 06:33 Link
Thanks guys. I love the area I photographed and I am not a stickler for perfection as you know. It was just the conundrum of knowing if the mirror problem...which may happen again...detracts from the capturing of intendeds.
"The Latent Image that exists before development is a truly mystical and exciting entity and some subsequent individual photographs can make the spine tingle."

Good Fortune:

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