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Ruphus
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 RE: My photo of the week 31 (in reply to Escribano)
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The SW I currently use ("Photo Studio") makes it easy to give things a nostalgic appearance. ( See below.)
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As mentioned before, your photo series triggered a prepone of my gear wishlist.
From there I havn´t touched a guitar for about two weeks now, and invested the time on informing myself on latest updates of equipment, best prices etc.pp.
It did me good to order items one by one and dwell in anticipation like a little kid before Christmas. Of the reduced wishlist a full frame enclosure and fine 70-200 mm zoom ( wide angle later on), super fast cards, a SSD harddrive and accessoirs like backpack, grip and thelikes have been assembled, and if lucky might be brought over to me possibly even within the coming weeks already.
Seeing the weight of such a combo and considering possible fatigue on long sessions like with weddings, I started considering a steadicam arm and vest too; but such shall remain for later. ( Must be great to have things just floating before your chest!)
Can´t wait to get my hands on that dang and thoroughly enjoy the learning curve with all features!
Thank you, Escribano, for your nice pictures and the kickoff. :O)
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Weird how the abstinence from the guitar didn´t induce any remorse at all, but I´m starting to feel it missing and augur refreshing pleasure after the break.
Ruphus
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Date Feb. 18 2012 14:37:05
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Ruphus
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RE: My photo of the week 31 (in reply to Escribano)
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If you allow, Escribano, ( really hoping to not annoy with OT from your photos; otherwise, please let me know ) I would like to endorse the digital section at this point.
Don´t know how things compare to 60 mm, but 36 mm celluloid is already far outperformed by the new sensors out there. Not to mention broad digital options in terms of sensitivity at low grain et al. And even colour and light shade options of good old film style can be emulated by dedicated preset profiles like Marvels ( free) Cine Picture style or Canon´s own CineStyle, which can be loaded into your camera. ( Not tried myself, but it reads as if these work great.)
And after basics like resolution have been covered and superceded, what remains are options, options, options. From optical to post: Sheer endless.
Having just re-discovered the Canon S3 IS I want to recommend this little gem to who might be thinking of a camera that resides between the compact class and DSLR, at full manual access.
The S3 IS is the only compact one out there that rivals the DSLR fraction, and that would be in conjunction of several lenses that you would have to haul around. This little thing will not fit into your pocket anymore and dangle down your neck, but it supplies optical reserves that would encompass a DSLR body with 3 lenses.
Its single lense provides the equivalent of 36 - 432mm. Working stunningly from super macro to tele.
And you can even ad a wide angle converter to that ( which I have mounted on mine almost permanently).
The one drawback that I perceive is that it won´t spill RAW format, however.
There is little that you can´t do with such a little all-in-one package and that at impressive quality.
To my understanding the best 600 or so bucks that one can invest into a mid sized camera. Ad to that a fast SD-Card and you´ll be set for whatever motiv there may come.
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Below an alienated pic from last night taken at just diffuse dim light.
Cheers,
Ruphus
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Date Feb. 19 2012 14:16:37
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Escribano
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From: England, living in Italy
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RE: My photo of the week 31 (in reply to Ruphus)
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Don´t know how things compare to 60 mm, but 36 mm celluloid is already far outperformed by the new sensors out there
It's a raging debate, like "flamenco puro" or "flamenco nuevo". I use both types of cameras, so I am not that bothered but technically, you would need a 18MP sensor to get near to a 35mm photo print resolution.
As I only scan to web/book size, I just prefer the latitude of film - it doesn't blow the highlights and has a more pleasing "shoulder" of response to light, plus I love the older cameras and lenses.
Digital has it in terms of imaging cost, flexibility, convenience and low light performance. 6x6 cm. (120 film) is up around 50MP equivalence.
I have been out shooting with a Olympus XA compact film camera today. That is a fixed 35mm lens, full-frame 35mm sensor equivalence for $80 plus colour film and processing, which I do at home.
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Date Feb. 19 2012 15:40:40
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Richard Jernigan
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RE: My photo of the week 31 (in reply to Escribano)
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ORIGINAL: Escribano
It's a raging debate, like "flamenco puro" or "flamenco nuevo". I use both types of cameras, so I am not that bothered but technically, you would need a 18MP sensor to get near to a 35mm photo print resolution.
As I only scan to web/book size, I just prefer the latitude of film - it doesn't blow the highlights and has a more pleasing "shoulder" of response to light, plus I love the older cameras and lenses.
Digital has it in terms of imaging cost, flexibility, convenience and low light performance. 6x6 cm. (120 film) is up around 50MP equivalence.
I have been out shooting with a Olympus XA compact film camera today. That is a fixed 35mm lens, full-frame 35mm sensor equivalence for $80 plus colour film and processing, which I do at home.
The Nikon D7000 has been out for a while now, with 16 megapixels. The Nikon D800 has just been announced, due to ship next month with 36 megaapixels, ISO up to 6400. $3,000 for the body.
Hasselblad makes a 60 megapixel camera, for only $39,995!
I agree, the "toe" of the film response curve is far more forgiving than the sudden blowout of digital highlights. After decades of film shooting, both on land and underwater, processing myself, I confess I am now effectively a total convert to digital.
I still have an Olympus XA, bought new. A nice little camera.
RNJ
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Date Feb. 19 2012 20:53:49
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Ruphus
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RE: My photo of the week 31 (in reply to Richard Jernigan)
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Thank you for the info about 60x60 being 50MP equivalence, Escribano.
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ORIGINAL: Richard Jernigan
Hasselblad makes a 60 megapixel camera, for only $39,995!
RNJ
My brother brought me to taking pictures when he sent me a pocket cam to Albania in the early 70ies where I had a stay at that time. That thing however was an eye-finder model which would leave you guessing what you were actually doing.
In the mids of that decade, with me having returned to Germany, he popped up again, told me to help with dragging some cartons out of his trunk, installed a whole dark room in our celler, gave me a short introduction about how things work and left again.
( - Not even mentioning that it was a present for me; such was his style.)
Now I could develop negatives myself and put my crappy, blured images on insanely expensive paper ( the more as stupid me would take big sheets for yet the most messed up captures ).
He had a complete Leica case with a 6x6 square and a bunch of lenses, of a similar value like the Hasselblad above. That would have been something to use, but I never dared to ask.
A while after he gave that thing away to my cousin.
Guess I could not had afforded those fat negative rolls anyway.
It took a couple of years yet, before a Nikon FE allowed me to actually see what´s up inside the box.
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I was googling after an affordable solution yesterday for to digitize old celluloid pics, named Epson pefection V300 Photo Color Scanner.
Priced at only around 80 bucks, but seems well reviewed still.
Good printers like an Epson R3000 or even something like a Canon iPF5100 ( for up to A2-sized prints ) ain´t all too expensive anymore either, but the supply of ink & paper is where they squeeze the living wallet out of you.
Just saying.
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That appearance of the Mamiya reminds me of father´s humble old snapper, given to me by my mother for preserving and to my regret lost on the move.
What´s left of it is a sappy drawing I once used it for to persuade a certain maid with. ( which worked )
If someone would accidentally know what brand and model it might have been, I would be interested to know.
Ruphus
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