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Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #2640 on:** January 12, 2012, 03:35:06 PM »

no complaints here. except for maybe that i am planning a trip to copenhagen right now as well and i would?ve preffered artsy shots of the most blown out touristic spots there. but hey, you know that i am gonna deliver those for sure!

Matze · « **Reply #2641 on:** January 12, 2012, 10:27:19 PM »

thanks for the good comments.

stefan, make sure to smoke some weed with some of your fellow students in christiania after you did the whole tourist stuff. otherwise you'll stuck outside totally baked ... happened to me last summer, haha.

VictoriousOG · « **Reply #2642 on:** January 12, 2012, 10:40:50 PM »

Killing it!

Random Matt · « **Reply #2643 on:** January 13, 2012, 09:49:24 AM »

Good stuff Matze.
You are correct with you math, it's all a game of halves and doubles (or "stops" to specific).
You could get an external light meter. I've had a digital Sekonic for years, definitely worth it.

Matze · « **Reply #2644 on:** January 13, 2012, 11:02:28 AM »

I have a sekonic too, but I figured out that a metering with camera works better at night for me. maybe I just need to trust the sekonic a little more, haha.

NCSB · « **Reply #2645 on:** January 14, 2012, 03:33:48 PM »

_UniversalTruth_ · « **Reply #2646 on:** January 15, 2012, 04:09:28 AM »

i really like pics 3, 6 & 7!

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2647 on:** January 16, 2012, 10:37:14 PM »

VictoriousOG · « **Reply #2648 on:** January 16, 2012, 11:33:19 PM »

Are those birds real? Really tripping me out!

I ran into this guy the day before I took the pic driving to work out of my neighborhood. He swooped down and picked up the read rabbit from the road. I don't think it was road kill considering it wasn't flattened. Well, saw him chilling in my tree before work so I snapped a pic.

From an art show/misc, was too busy drinking and not enough photo taking.

MINDFIELD · « **Reply #2649 on:** January 17, 2012, 01:46:21 AM »

Couple of Pics from SF, nothin special just plain old film............

Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #2650 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:34:07 AM »

this is one for the medium-format guys here: a good friend of mine bought a Kiev 88, but it seems as if the film-transport mechanism is broken. does anyone here have any first hand experience or sth with that problem.
(we know that there?s a shitload of tutorials for that online, but still i guess i might ask the friendly folks here.)

Fongstarr. · « **Reply #2651 on:** January 18, 2012, 11:18:12 PM »

Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #2652 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:33:33 AM »

its official... kodak filed for bankruptcy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/19/us-kodak-idUSTRE80I08G20120119

Cadillac Ranch Dressing · « **Reply #2653 on:** January 19, 2012, 11:19:24 AM »

Quote from: Hercules Rockefeller on January 19, 2012, 12:33:33 AM

its official... kodak filed for bankruptcy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/19/us-kodak-idUSTRE80I08G20120119

Time to buy some film boys!

floop · « **Reply #2654 on:** January 19, 2012, 09:38:51 PM »

Random Matt · « **Reply #2655 on:** January 20, 2012, 07:14:28 AM »

^^^ Puppet Abu Ghraib?
Interesting photo.

Brandon · « **Reply #2656 on:** January 20, 2012, 09:52:34 AM »

amidst the doom and gloom, a reassuring article from the BJP:

"Film (still and cinema) remains a profitable business for Kodak, and we have the broadest and most respected portfolio of films in both segments," Audrey Jonckheer, Kodak's worldwide director of marketing and public relations, tells BJP.

Jonckheer adds: "We remain committed to make film as long as there is profitable demand for it. And as I noted, it is still profitable."

more:
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2140216/-film-division-profitable-kodak?WT.rss_f=All+the+latest+articles+from+BJP&WT.rss_a=%22Film+division+is+still+profitable%2C%22+says+Kodak

Fishsticks · « **Reply #2657 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:02:20 AM »

Quote from: Matze on January 12, 2012, 12:09:26 PM

since I'm shooting mostly at night times these days I was a little bummed about the meter inside the camera. the longest shutter (besides bulb) is 2 seconds, which means you cannot meter the light with a 4.5 aperture and a iso 100 film when it's dark. after I shot the role I found a simple trick: just put the camera on iso 1600. with the help of math this allows you to have 30 seconds more ... imagine the camera shows you 2 seconds at iso 1600 and a 4.5 aperture. this would be at iso 800 about 4 seconds, at iso 400 8 seconds, at iso 200 16 seconds and at iso 100 32 seconds .. hopefully I'm right with this one. this will hopefully work.

This would be the correct way to go about when shooting digital. Thinking in stops and adjusting. However, with film you have to take into consideration the reciprocity failure. This means that you'll need a longer exposure then the meter tells you and you should probably bracket to be on the safe side.

I apologize if you already know this stuff. Just wanted to make sure that you remembered that when it comes to film + long shutter speeds, you actualy need more exposure then indicated by meter.

Here's a link if you want to read up more: http://home.earthlink.net/~kitathome/LunarLight/moonlight_gallery/technique/reciprocity.htm

floop · « **Reply #2658 on:** January 22, 2012, 11:54:55 AM »

Quote from: Random Matt on January 20, 2012, 07:14:28 AM

^^^ Puppet Abu Ghraib?
Interesting photo.

i have no idea what they were for but they were just in a pile outside a soundstage on the Disney backlot

frank · « **Reply #2659 on:** January 22, 2012, 01:30:06 PM »

my girlfriends birthday is coming up and i was thinking about getting her a camera so she can stop buying disposables all the time. what would be the best thing to start with? i was thinking a nikon fm2? what else would be recommended for a good start? any help is much appreciated

Cadillac Ranch Dressing · « **Reply #2660 on:** January 22, 2012, 01:39:03 PM »

Quote from: frank on January 22, 2012, 01:30:06 PM

my girlfriends birthday is coming up and i was thinking about getting her a camera so she can stop buying disposables all the time. what would be the best thing to start with? i was thinking a nikon fm2? what else would be recommended for a good start? any help is much appreciated

I started shooting with a Canon AE-1 Program, which can be fully automatic or manual, which I liked. I still use it for street photography from time to time because it can be fully automatic. It's also pretty cheap and you can find it virtually anywhere, usually in sets with multiple lenses, filters, flashes, and whatnot.

Brandon · « **Reply #2661 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:43:26 PM »

Quote from: frank on January 22, 2012, 01:30:06 PM

my girlfriends birthday is coming up and i was thinking about getting her a camera so she can stop buying disposables all the time. what would be the best thing to start with? i was thinking a nikon fm2? what else would be recommended for a good start? any help is much appreciated

to balance the canon/nikon scale, i'll go ahead and suggest the nikon FE. i picked it up for cheap to complement my nikon F and love it. it's great because it accepts older non-AI nikkor lenses as well as the newer autofocus ones (so long as they still have an aperture ring intact). lightweight, compact, and either fully manual or automatic.

also consider the pentax ME/ME super. it was my first real film SLR, took that shit everywhere.

Hercules Rockefeller · « **Reply #2662 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:54:57 PM »

Quote from: Brandon on January 22, 2012, 02:43:26 PM

also consider the pentax ME/ME super. it was my first real film SLR, took that shit everywhere.

i have that one, i can recommend it as well. feels indestructible and yet so small and lightweight you can bring it everywhere.

frank · « **Reply #2663 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:36:49 PM »

sweet, you guys are awesome. definitely going to check those out! is amazon a good website to order from?

Mooley · « **Reply #2664 on:** January 22, 2012, 09:19:36 PM »

I don't really know if Amazon is going to have all you're looking for when it comes to old used cameras. I'd advise taking a look at www.keh.com

Also I've got a Nikon FM2n and I absolutely love it. Sturdy, fully mechanical and fully manual.

Random Matt · « **Reply #2665 on:** January 23, 2012, 08:56:29 AM »

Quote from: floop on January 22, 2012, 11:54:55 AM

Quote from: Random Matt on January 20, 2012, 07:14:28 AM
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^^^ Puppet Abu Ghraib?
Interesting photo.
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i have no idea what they were for but they were just in a pile outside a soundstage on the Disney backlot

frank · « **Reply #2666 on:** January 23, 2012, 02:46:37 PM »

i think i'm going to order a nikon fe but i'm stuck on lenses. bahh sorry for all the questions.
what's a good range of focal length/aperature for all around basic photography?

Brandon · « **Reply #2667 on:** January 23, 2012, 04:56:09 PM »

Quote from: frank on January 23, 2012, 02:46:37 PM

i think i'm going to order a nikon fe but i'm stuck on lenses. bahh sorry for all the questions.
what's a good range of focal length/aperature for all around basic photography?

can never go wrong with a 50mm f/2 to start. for an affordable nikkor, look up the 50mm f/2 HC-auto. sharp and comparatively compact. here's a nice page about classic nikkor 50's: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/50mmnikkor/index1.htm
browse around for awhile, the place is a goldmine for classic nikon information.

idealhandmades · « **Reply #2668 on:** January 23, 2012, 05:19:53 PM »

Gonna take a cellphone dump here

the dead bird one and this last one of my buddy Jake sleeping were after I put some translucent orange stickers over my phones flash. Kinda into it.
Man I'm centering a LOT these days....mumble~grumble $:-\$

floop · « **Reply #2669 on:** January 24, 2012, 07:24:26 AM »

some quality cat photography in there

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