Yes, exactly. Which is why I say that trying at least one slide film is a good discipline - it shows exactly how good we are at composing and exposing as what you shoot is what you get.

Basically you exposed to make sure the highlights retained some detail. Washed out highlights kill a slide. The shadows took care of themselves. Obviously the best subjects were not on sunny days at noon and not with high contrast slide films such as Orwochrome.

Now Orwochrome was a miracle in itself and was so vivid that it made Velvia look tame. Not subtle, rather like using Vivid on a DSLR in bright contrasty lighting.

12 stops is achievable these days. Considering I was always happy with the 5 stops of slide film we're "quids in" with current camera technology!

We'll sell maybe 20 copies, maybe more this year as there are more photographers represented.

The images are submitted by the members and are just the ones they want to put in. They send me three images and I choose the two that fit the book best. Everybody gets two pages and as you can see at least one photographer opted for multiple images on one of them, which is fine.

It would be possible to make a book of competition winners, but too many people would be left out. This way, everyone gets something of their choice in.

Fair comment Chris, I suppose it's because I don't really expect anyone to buy it apart from club members. I could be wrong!

I've just completed the third ADAPS Year Book, so if anyone would like to preview it and pass any comments, you'll find it here:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1229459

I find it very hard to take seriously anyone who thinks that the 16-45mm lens was the first DA lens....

The one on the right looks sharper, but that could be for a variety of reasons that have nothing to do with the "look" of the lens. Both images are different, neither better nor worse.

The site is expecting images 800 pixels wide, as per the guidelines on posting. If you do this you will get the best result. I have noticed a reduction in quality with some images where the forum software has to do the resizing.

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