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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-09-2019, 08:10 PM
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I wonder if you have a local college available that has a course on b&w? Been awhile since I last went to one but if it is accessible and the price is still right, you practically get unlimited use of their lab for developing film as well as paper.
You really just need to develop the first roll and it is all downhill from there.
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Forum: Ricoh GR
11-05-2018, 11:58 AM
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
10-12-2018, 03:53 PM
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It is better to eliminate those points of specularity in the first place, post processing is a necessary evil with all forms of commercial photography. Relying on PP when you can achieve excellent results in camera in the first place is preferable.
This is pretty much how you do it. Use Big Light diffusers! as they reduce spectacular reflections - I have worked with softboxes bigger than most cars when I have done commercial automotive photography, At one point I used an aircraft hangar to photograph a cut away jet.
A simpler approach (and less expensive) is using Bounce flash - all you need is a large white (or near white) surface, ceilings are very useful here. Big softboxes are extortionately expensive. Avoid un-diffused direct illumination at all costs, as it will only increase specularity. As mentioned above: Polarisers cannot remove reflections from metallic surfaces but the polarisers effect upon glass windows,tyres and other non-metal surfaces on a car cannot be ignored.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
10-07-2018, 03:07 AM
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I was sceptical about the subsrciption model too but I am a convert after trying it. I use lightroom for basic edits of my 645 files then photoshop with the Nik plugins to finish. The subscription cost is not much and I simply can't see adobe "forcing" us to use the cloud. Not signing up out of principle seems a little counterproductive given the issues the OP is having.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
09-20-2018, 03:19 PM
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TLDR: Try matrix metering rather than spot, and don't agonize about highlights. What I say may or may not be applicable to your case.
There are many different kinds of "street photography". My style, which I'm still developing, shows people as they go about their day. I don't want them to react to me or pose, so I don't have time to carefully compose. I usually shoot in TAv mode: shutter fast enough to freeze motion, aperture stopped down a little for depth of field, pre-focused 2 meters away.
I use matrix metering to help the camera select ISO in TAv. Always use DNG format so I can adjust exposure later.
Sometimes those settings will blow out highlights. I can try highlight recovery in Lightroom. If the highlights are too far gone, it doesn't much matter because the subject is more important than the background, anyway. I'd rather have a bad background than a subject that's too dark and turns overly noisy when I brighten shadows.
Blown highlights might matter more if your "street photography" is more about the buildings. You can still use matrix metering. Turn on bracketing and pick the brightest, least-blown exposure later.
Here are 2 examples where the subjects were in deep shadows cast by tall buildings. The background had more sunlight. Getting the highlights correct would have meant subjects looking too dark. In hindsight, the subjects have potential but I didn't catch them at especially interesting moments, so the photos could be better. The blown highlights are irrelevant and probably out of focus, anyway, because I'm focused close. 20150529-R0001196.jpg by John Speroni, on Flickr
 20150528-R0001148.jpg by John Speroni, on Flickr
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-17-2018, 01:07 AM
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Looking east towards Mount Hood one fine fall day. I'm posting a lot of old stuff lately, trying out ON1 and luminosity masking.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-20-2018, 07:05 AM
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Look forward to your masterpieces! Bring it on!
Nothing in particular, just part of my fruit diet I engage in from time to time (read "once in a blue moon :)) that I decided to have some fun with.
Here's me and my pears on another blue moon occasion or probably from the same time period. These taken at the shop where I worked for a short while, using the polystyrene packaging materials
 Pear in abstract by Noel Bowers, on Flickr
 The hiding pear by Noel Bowers, on Flickr
Apples on top of a large water drum -Same shop
 Apples on green by Noel Bowers, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-11-2018, 03:22 AM
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-27-2018, 02:11 AM
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K100Dsuper and DA15
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-30-2018, 04:53 PM
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Abandoned factory turned to "China town"...
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-26-2018, 08:03 AM
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Feeling minimalist today: "Morning mist", taken during a Workshop I led in Tuscany (Italy) in October 2017. Leica SL, Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm and filters Formatt-Hitech Firecrest. Thank you for viewing, best regards
Vieri
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Forum: General Photography
08-23-2018, 08:20 PM
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I'm not an expert, I've just played with it a bit - mainly with large format as it happens.
I've found it works either way, albeit with a reduced field of view with the eyepiece removed - If you move further away with no ocular you will get the field of view back (i.e. with the trinoclar tube).
There's no optics in the K-mount piece - so if you want to check how it works, take an SLR (any type of SLR, film or digital - or for that matter a mirrorless) and hold it near the eye piece with no lens attached - you should be able to line it up and to focus the image on the camera - that's all the adapter does, holds the camera in the right position and the right distance away.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-22-2018, 10:46 PM
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Beautiful day and light....flash of white attracting the eyer and the results.
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Forum: General Photography
08-23-2018, 01:23 PM
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-22-2018, 03:17 PM
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 | Thematic Trees
Posted By
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Replies: 5,954
Views: 396,106
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-15-2018, 07:39 AM
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One of those photos that can be taken in a variety of different ways, depending on your mood.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-31-2018, 11:30 AM
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A hen that's been hanging around with her 8 poults. They help themselves to blueberries and spilt bird seed under the feeders.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-04-2018, 07:01 AM
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The magical atmosphere of a Tuscan sunrise, taken during a Workshop I led in Tuscany in November 2017. Leica SL, Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm and filters Formatt-Hitech Firecrest. Thank you for viewing, best regards
Vieri
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-11-2018, 01:39 AM
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I found this kitten in an abandoned building down town Athens
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-09-2018, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 5,954
Views: 396,106
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Some very bare trees along a road that's lined with hydrangeas in bloom. A stark contrast.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-07-2018, 05:15 PM
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We'll start with these two.
Dahlia.
Miniature rose. Didn't plant it but found it buried under some brush and rescued it. That's gotta count for somethin'.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-11-2018, 06:30 AM
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Thanks BrianR, you inspired me to experiment a little bit:) Here are my findings:
- F100/2.8 (1:1 macro) - works at 1:1.5 magnification without any add-ons
- M50/4 (1:2 macro) works with 34mm extension tube
By 'it works' I mean sharp picture and coverage of whole 35mm slide using APS-C camera. Unfortunately I was unable to build working configuration using bellows and slide copier - minimal extension of my Novoflex is 48mm what makes coverage of whole frame impossible (with lens I have at my disposal). However, other configurations may work: for instance 35mm macro, or reversed lens, but it requires some experimentation. I wonder if forum members have any experience with it, ability to digitize slides with APS-C camera, bellows, and slide copier could be useful.
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