the photography thread.

[gordon bombay]

randozzi will kill me for buying this plastic crap of halfframe slr. if it's still gonna at 20 euro on sunday, then i got a new toy.



http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Yashica_Samurai_X4.0

hah woa holy shit. i love having odd cameras like that. although not an odd one, i love my olympus pen-ees

[Randozzi]

that thing is crazy lookin'. at first i thought it was on of the newish medium formats. see if it works and post your results. who knows, might have a better quality than my PEN FT.

[Derk the Jerk]

That halfframe thing looks like real fun!
I found an old Agfa Optima III somewhere in my mom's addic so I tested it and this iwas one of the better shots:

eating and beer drinking mid flatground session in Amsterdam

[sebastian toombs]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/nov/20/william-christenberry-photography-art-photobooks

[loophole]

some shots from the last week.


whitest boy alive






this and the next few are stills from a video competition

[loophole]

Viktor Sjöberg kickin' it onstage at a Jens Lekman concert
(edit- viktor's girlfriend favourited this photo on my flickr. stoked!)


jens lekman

[Matze]

beautifull as always. what kind of film did you use?

[loophole]

those are digis! its my ever-useful canon 30d. with a little bit of curving on p/shop.
i still prefer film of course, but for even photography its just not feasible (especially if its due the next day), neither was it for the competition, it was a 2-day scramble to make a short film. it was awesome.

[rocklobster]

good shit as usual loop.... lots of envy from my side....

[sebastian toombs]

got three 2.3gb scans off some 6x7 astia slides.   i figger these can be printed at a pretty decent size, if theres cause to (maybe up to eight feet long?).  for awhile i was thinking of stepping up to LF with a wista or toyo 4x5 field camera, but after seeing these scans my friends who shoot LF are saying "why bother?"

 here a teeny jpeg of one:



and heres a couple unadjusted 100% crops:

[sebastian toombs]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/dec/04/mark-ruwedel-railways-photography


man, the guardian's coverage of photography just blows away any other mass circulation magazine / newspaper's...    mark ruwedel is one of my favourite snappers, even though i dislike black and white.  i think im going to ask for this book for christmas.   oh, and they are wrong when they say hes from teh states, in fact hes canadian

[GhostBusters]

im looking into lomo because im just way too lazy to learn all there is to the world of photography....  its something i really appreciate but can never bring myself to putting all the time and effort needed to take really amazing photographs....  if i can get something which takes great looking photos simply while giving me the chance to do little tweaks and experimentation, thats great, hence lomography....  plus getting into digital photography seems to be a very big investment (body, lens, lights, etc), and im not ready to put that kind of money into something im not sure i want to commit to fully....

maybe if i like film photography enough, maybe ill take up digital someday....  and nothing worse than having a thousand dollar digital camera stolen....

i agree, but disagree. lomo is going back to the beginnings, there is no need in hightech equipement. you don't have to take a light meter and or a 500 megapixel cam to take good pics. and yes, the accidental thing is something great. i mean, i love to have control of something to a certain degree (i use my canon slr only on manual), but what i learned by accident is not explained in any photo books ... i mean, the lomographic society is making prices for the cameras that are way too high. 200 bucks for a lomo lca, when you can buy a regular compact camera for 10 euros? hello? there is close to no difference.

in the end of the day, lomography is a good and interresting way to learn things about analog photography, but can be used on an advanced level as ben said.

Not to get down on you guys but I am pretty angry at the ways you look at it. You realize you don't need a holga/lomo to take fucking shit photos with. And why bother if you are not going to try to learn, I just don't get it. If you are stocked on film get a Bronica SQ series, 6x6nder 200 for a whole setup, sunny 16 rule it all day. The optics are on par with Zeiss/Rodenstock/Contax/Schneider or all that glass that will run over 5g per piece. OR if you want to take bad pictures just guess the settings like you would on a holga/lomo. The only difference between those two routes is if you take a photo you actually like with the Bronica you can blow it up a good few feet wide and it will annihilate the quality of any big brand digital flagship.

Now that I am done trying to change the world. I finally found a mini 35mm range finder. Perfect condition, you just can't get glass this good anymore, especially at this price.

The size of a small Kit-Kat, I was shocked film fit in it.

[Kirtap]

Picked a few from my webpage, tell me what you think.













www.patrikphoto.se

[sebastian toombs]

I finally found a mini 35mm range finder. Perfect condition, you just can't get glass this good anymore, especially at this price.

The size of a small Kit-Kat, I was shocked film fit in it.

i was at leo's in vancouver today, and came closet to buying a rolliflex TLR with 45mm tessar...   only $150 on consignment?$

[GhostBusters]

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I finally found a mini 35mm range finder. Perfect condition, you just can't get glass this good anymore, especially at this price.

The size of a small Kit-Kat, I was shocked film fit in it.

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i was at leo's in vancouver today, and came closet to buying a rolliflex TLR with 45mm tessar...   only $150 on consignment?$

Dude, Rollei's before they turned shit are the best things around. Don't feel bad for buying yourself a Christmas present. Man up

[sebastian toombs]

rolleis only kind of turned to shit...    their 6003 / 6006 / 6008 series TLRs with the HFT lenses are definitely in the top five range for medium format.  plus theyre compatible with digital backs...   which today is an important consideration if you want to keep your gear into the next five years or so.




and whats this i hear about you not being so into shooting stills of late?  i still want to swap you for that shot with the motorcycle...

[Matze]

it's the same since months ... i got no money, but i really need a medium format camera. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuack.

i gonna start selling crack or something.

[GhostBusters]

rolleis only kind of turned to shit...    their 6003 / 6006 / 6008 series TLRs with the HFT lenses are definitely in the top five range for medium format.  plus theyre compatible with digital backs...   which today is an important consideration if you want to keep your gear into the next five years or so.




and whats this i hear about you not being so into shooting stills of late?  i still want to swap you for that shot with the motorcycle...

I was under the impression that they sold out and their build quality went way downhill. I remember reading something about that. I don't know a damn thing about camera history. All I know is they sync at 1/1000th and are damn expensive.

As for not being into stills, nothing has changed. I have been changing my photo setup around, updates and such. I bought a dvx for fun.

[friendly dave]

From a few months ago. Was on my floor when I was cleaning my room earlier.

[GhostBusters]

From a few months ago. Was on my floor when I was cleaning my room earlier.

Thats sick. I have always wanted to try something like that. Props on doing it with tape.

[loophole]

more gig photos, here are three that are not boring/typical event photos


this is the singer from the Teenagers. fun gig.




i don't know why i like this photo, but i think it's hypnotic.

[Landshark]

 





I like these

[oldspice]

 





I like these

cool, they look animated.

[Landshark]

Their not, they are HDR.

[Matze]

i just wanted to give a little credit to sem rubio, my favourite skate photo dog. 95% of his stuff is black and white. most of his stuff is beautifull. not the typical medium format/3 flashes/blabla stuff, just lovely pictures. along with his regular pics he's an inspiration. (pictures stolen from www.placeskateboarding.de )









www.semrubio.com

[RollinonFour]

I like how the pig heads look like they're on the workers bodies, Very befitting. Pork sucks!

All i have is some olympus camera, it's good though. But I wish I had some Cams like ya'll have. How much do those super fancey cams run?

[friendly dave]

Hook a brother up!

[friendly dave]

 





I like these

Awesome colors. THat truck is rad.

[Landshark]

MORE:

[sebastian toombs]

nothing personal, but i really hate the way most HDR stuff looks.  its too "EXTREME!" for me...


a couple pics that i took in may, at dryden and kakkabeka falls in northern ontario. 
ps:   do these look rather dim to you?  im worried about the calibration of my laptop screen...