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03-05-2012, 05:03 AM   #16
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Col Bruce and Jimmy Herring?

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Col Bruce and Jimmy Herring?
But of course....

Those were scanned 6x4 glossy prints from 35mm Fuji Superia 400
(one of the best color print films available then)

Here's one that may be closer -

3Mp Canon A70 - EXIF attached

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From last night -








all are "P"rogram mode - ISO100; -1 stop comp; Slow-Sync flash
all resulted in 1 sec exposures!

Not that I can claim to be able to handhold to as low as 1 sec - but I guess I have learned to follow-through and hold still after pressing the shutter button

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Vincent, you are truly a gifted concert photographer. Well done!

I'll keep an eye out for an A1200.

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Vincent, you are truly a gifted concert photographer. Well done!
Thank you so much for your very kind comment.

Last night - this is now copy #2 of the A1200 -
since I had been having problems with my first copy corrupting images on the SD card -
I contacted Canon to return it -
in the meantime I acquired a second copy by bidding for it on eBay -
$59, USA, brand new in box.
So it was the first night out for this copy:



both have EXIF attached
both still are 1 sec exposures -
stage lights were lower - that's why background looks sharper
as a lot of the exposure was from the flash -
but enough illumination was ambient -
so hopefully these do not look like the typical flash shots.

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Chicken Raid - a 2 day event honoring the late Mr. Frank Edwards - who was the oldest living bluesman before he passed 2 days after his 93rd birthday.
I posted this old photo before - from a 2Mp Canon Digital ELPH S100 (circa 2000) - this was one of only two shots I took of him on his 93rd birthday -


I did both days' photos of every artist performing, as I had done for all previous 9 years - and it may interest some that all my photos were on the humble Canon A1200 p&s - this was the refurbished unit that Canon replaced my faulty one with -
The photos were a mix of slow-sync flash (@ISO100 -1 stop comp), no flash on full Auto, and forced flash (@ISO400, -1 stop comp)



























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Great thread!!

Yes PS can do some nice stuff. I shot this with Canon PS.


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Vincent - really enjoyed your onstage shots - very cool stuff
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Vincent - really enjoyed your onstage shots - very cool stuff
Thank you for your kind words Paul -
just so it "leaves" you with something......




and it's not just any
flowery dialog -


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from last night:



both these shots: slow-sync flash; 1sec shutter speed(!)

if the ambient lighting is brighter/stronger - the 1 sec shutter speed would blur details due to both subject and camera movement - so I have to resort to using regular sync flash (@1/60), but bump the sensitivity to ISO400 - to capture just a bit of the ambient light (and I have to do more post processing to reduce the coolness due to flash):

I really would have preferred more lighting on the background - and I had to work harder at the post processing -
but still like this shot a lot.
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QuoteOriginally posted by ChrisPlatt Quote
For $88 I'd buy an Olympus Stylus and a Konica Big Mini.
And with the change I'd buy film for both, plus lunch...

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Yep,

I have 4 good little film P&S (like the Canon Zoom 135) that cost me no more than $5 each, less than the batteries they run on or the film i put in them. and they are FF lol
If I was going to spend as much as $88 I'd chase an Oly XA but it's getting hard to find them at that price. WA and a 2.8 lens with proper RF, and tiny as hell
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I have 4 good little film P&S (like the Canon Zoom 135) that cost me no more than $5 each, less than the batteries they run on or the film i put in them. and they are FF lol
If I was going to spend as much as $88 I'd chase an Oly XA but it's getting hard to find them at that price. WA and a 2.8 lens with proper RF, and tiny as hell
Please see my response earlier in this thread in Post #11

I have several film p&s and was a real enthusiast back in the day for 35mm compacts -
even with the most "sophisticated" compact such as the ones I had/have -
I realize that I cannot do what I now do with digitals -
for example none of my film compacts had slow-sync flash -
nor did they have any form of exposure compensation -
they certainly canNOT change sensitivity (other than loading in another film) -
so even though I feel somewhat handicapped/ham-stringed using this cheapo Canon A1200 p&s
- the film p&s are even more limiting.

The Olympus XA had a 35mm lens -
this is not as wide as the 28mm equiv setting on the Canon A1200

from: Ken Rockwell's page on the Olympus XA
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Canon A1200 specs

Olympus XA: Size: 2.567" x 4.123" x 1.572" HWD (measured)
Canon A1200: Dimensions (H x W x D) 2.46 x 3.84 x 1.21 in.

Olympus XA: Weight: 7.800 oz (221.15g) with batteries (measured).
Canon A1200: Weight Approx. 6.53 oz./185 g (including the battery and memory card)

The XA did not have built-in flash it was a separate attachment.
it was also manual/rangefinder focusing.

For me, the main disadvantage is the cost of film and developing/printing -
I just would not be able to afford to shoot as much as I do
and certainly would not have gained whatever incremental improvements to both my shooting and post processing.

The Canon A1200 is about as small as the original 2Mp Digital ELPH S100 - vintage 2000


So although things always seem rosier to me with nostalgia -
unfortunately sometimes they just don't fit in with facts
and in reality and my actual usage.

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This weekend I was at a 3 day music festival - shooting with my Pentax K-x dSLR -
I'd start shooting with the wider 18-55 zoom to get the stage shots -
but to get individual artists I switch to the 50-200 zoom.
Once in a while I wanted to switch back to wider shots -
which of course is just a simple lens change -
but, more often than not, other opportunities come up where I wish I had the longer zoom on -
of course, one solution is to own an all-in-one type zoom like 18-200
but despite being more versatile (and more expensive) -
they just don't quite match even the humble quality of the kit zooms (simpler design)
and are noticeably bulkier.

Or, have two bodies each with the different zoom attached.

Seems like a long OT start to a thread about a $80 p&s compact........
Finally on the third day I realized I carried the Canon A1200 ($80 p&s) as a carry all the time back up.....
there, back on topic -
and I could use it to supplement the wider angle shots -
of course would this show gross inferiority to my dSLR?

Yes, it is slightly lower quality
- but basically good enough:

I cropped this to have a 3:2 aspect ratio - but the EXIF is attached - this is one shot that's among all other dSLR shots - and unless I am looking really hard (there are hints) I would not have known it was a from an $80 p&s......

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from last night -

ISO100 slow sync flash -1 stop comp

same settings -

EXIF attached.

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