March 14th Oly/Pana POTW

<p>The Beach</p><div></div>

<p>Same Beach</p><div></div>

<p>Sold the E-5 yesterday night =) New owner will be happy, he has always used Olympus and even has some great lenses (35-100 f2!)</p>

<p>Shot from a couple years ago with my E520/14-42 kit lens<br>

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<p>E5, 12-60 SWD and FL50R..<br>

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<p>and 50-200 SWD..</p>

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<p>#1</p><div></div>

<p>#2</p><div></div>

<p>#3</p><div></div>

<p>Ha! A birthday post; so I'm indulging in a gaussian blur from this morning's dog walk (whihc may not look right at 700 pixels..)</p><div></div>

<p>...plus some frosted leaves from the same woods</p><div></div>

<p>...and thordly one from a week ago; the mountains here have been extensively mined and quarried, and this is an abandoned slate quarry in a far higher and more exposed place than I'd want to work every day. But the quarrymen were a hardy lot.</p><div></div>

<p>I few from the mission...</p><div></div>

<p>One more</p><div></div>

<p>From the country roads of Mid Tennessee this is probably what my retirement home is gonna be like the way my 401k is headed. </p><div></div>

<p>my easy chair is in need of help</p><div></div>

<p>There was a large public demonstration against the present government of India by working people from across the country.</p><div></div>

<p>E-P2 / 20mm f/1.7 ND8<br>

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E-P2 / 20mm f/1.7 ND8<br>

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<p>Test of Elinchrom Skyport RF trigger set the other day Sanford. It works, it really works.... Lighting was a how not to do it example and that counts for something. Key light was a 400 ws strobe dialed way way down in 12" shoot through Photoflex cheap umbrella ( too narrow to get soft portrait effect) and on the left of me a Lastolite round reflector too far away and oh so crappily angled to do much as fill at all but I shook out the mothballs. Got me a chance to see if these little tiny toy like Elinchromes are worth anything. They are. I used an included mini3.5 phono plug on leash to full size phono plug jack on my pack and the transmitter atop hot shoe to fire off the Panny GH 2 and sort of looking into the LCD facing me. <br>

Lens was the 14-45 mm, and on 10 second delay...I hate shutter delays ya know, it is like waiting for the stab of the lab techs syringe:-) I want a RF transmitter to go into the camera, can't find one that I would trust yet...<br>

Oh and no one else was willing to be the victim that day so I volunteered <strong>m</strong>e. Goal was to get my lights checked out capacitors recharged and relearn how to use the (incomprehensible defied man and beast ) old Minolta Flashmeter IV, Which works fine in non cord mode but hard to see the display, still works though in incident mode. <br>

Exposure was about F 6.3 and I shot at 1/60 to get some ambient light, no time to dither with that one. Next time I will use the bigger umbrella and put the Lastolite circle onto a stand and actually aim. And, most of all, maybe entice a more alluring model, he or she with or without the Borsalini felt /Adjustment Bureau style fedora :-)</p><div></div>

<p>Best attempt at a black and white conversion :/<br>

I always have difficulty with this.</p>

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<p>Patrick - try some of the camera's built in B&W modes and see what you can get. </p>

<p>I give up on black and white. If I want black and white I'll go buy some film, seems to be the only way I get a pleasing look :/</p>

<p>Some camera porn... kinda.</p>

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<p>I may not have a full blow Olympus camera but my Olympus SP570UZ does great by me: here two take a couple of days ago, If I have posted in error just delete</p><div></div>

<p>Number two</p><div></div>

<p>One last shot to finish off my week. E-P2 with Panaleica 25mm f/1.4 @ 2.5</p>

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