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@Lexmachine: Thank you! The feeling is mutual. I adore your stuff.
@photomagexOne day I'm going to go out with the sole purpose of photographing the things I drive by thinking
"OOh, that would make a good photo.
Same here. Sometimes all it takes is stopping a car to take a quick shot, but in most instances such actions end up with horrible car wrecks - so I just sigh and carry on.
More of my Philadelphia stuff. The poorer parts of the city have many of these hole-in-the-wall churches, which I find fascinating.
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CommentAuthorWilliam George
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
An old Holga 120wpc shot;
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@photomagex:
There's a scene, late in the The President's Analyst, in which a phone booth in the desert figures prominently. -
My friend and I both bought Micro 4/3rds format cameras (Mine is a Lumix GF1, his the Olympus EP-2) The format is very friendly to legacy lenses, with a range of adapters available for the various styles of lens mounts. We've been trading old lenses and getting great results. Last weekend we had dinner together, and did some lens swapping.
His wife, taken with a Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens:
My GF, taken with same:
One of his photos of me, taken with my camera:
My shot of him, using my Leica Summicron M 35mm/f2 lens on his Olympus:
Dinner prep, with the Leica 35mm on my Lumix body:
Using old film lenses on a digital camera is very satisfying - it seems to kill that digital look. Or maybe I'm just hallucinating. -
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CommentAuthorphotomagex
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
@ COOP - I can see what you mean, although we are looking at it with digital media, it does seem to have a pleasing effect. It's almost like there is less eye fatigue while viewing them. I have a nice old Zeis lens. Perhaps I should hunt down an adapter for it. -
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CommentAuthorphotomagex
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
Here's an interesting shoe tree I spotted in my travels today.
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CommentAuthorphotomagex
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
Some other things I found.
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More of my cellphone silliness:
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@ COOP - I can see what you mean, although we are looking at it with digital media, it does seem to have a pleasing effect. It's almost like there is less eye fatigue while viewing them. I have a nice old Zeis lens. Perhaps I should hunt down an adapter for it.
Yeah, film-lovers often complain that digital doesn't capture as much information as film, but I think the problem goes in the opposite direction - digital captures too much information. Using older lens with a digital body kills a bit of that for me. Shooting at a higher ISO with legacy lenses also seems to soften up the digital "noise" that comes with shooting in low-light conditions, and makes it look more like film grain. -
went on a music video film shoot photo shoot and came up with some good stuff. So far here's the only one I'm authorized to shoot out. More will come later.
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- CommentAuthormicroclimate
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2010
Shameful fun with lightroom 3:
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CommentAuthorkrakatoakatie
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2010
Got a new camera! It's a sexy machine. nom nom nom
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CommentAuthorWilliam George
- CommentTimeMay 23rd 2010
@ COOP- I was thinking of picking up the Olympus EP-2 at some point to act as my "fast" camera. (I'm surprised anyone sticks around long enough for me to focus that Mamiya of mine).
How is your friend liking it? Does he feel it was a good purchase? -
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Both the EP-2 and the Panasonic GF1 are terrific cameras, and the universal mount and adapter rings mean you can fit almost any lens you have on the body. The Olympus has in-camera image stabilization and a better LCD viewfinder, but I think the sensor and processing are better on the GF1, plus it feels more sturdy and solid.
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@COOP
Shooting at a higher ISO with legacy lenses also seems to soften up the digital "noise" that comes with shooting in low-light conditions, and makes it look more like film grain.
I am pretty sure that there is no way that a lens can physically affect noise on a DSLR, as all noise is generated sensor-side. Sensor-read noise, thermal noise and PRNU are not a result of light quality but sensor mechanics. The only type of digital noise dealing with light input is photon shot noise, but it deals with average photon flux, which isnt affected by the optics.
And I have more pictures:
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You're probably right, but to me, the images look better with the older lenses, whatever the reason.
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Top: Rainy sunset on the metro (orange sky visible in shelter on right)
Middle: Tent caterpillars that have completely taken over a tree and are spreading to nearby ones
Bottom: Mannequin heads in a beauty shop window on Sunday morning
Click on pix to see full resolution
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- CommentAuthormicroclimate
- CommentTimeMay 24th 2010 edited
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CommentAuthorCaratheWalton
- CommentTimeMay 24th 2010
Playing a tune
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"Buy our pizza and our miniature master chef will fondle your bits"
There is much love here. Possibly sweaty, forbidden miniature chef love, but love nonetheless.
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