Cars by Canon FD

<p>Having just expressed my displeasure with my scanner in an earlier thread, here are three Velvia 50 scans. While the post-processed results still lack dynamic range and I'm not satisfied with the sharpness, the Velvia is far more forgiving than Kodachrome.</p>

<p>Fill out the thread with your own automotive shots . . . .</p><div></div>

<p>One used to rarely see paint work as perfect as this, but this small-town car show had numerous examples of mirrorlike paint.</p><div></div>

<p>Does anyone else have so much trouble with distortion in their glasses? I can rarely get a proper horizontal orientation any more.</p><div></div>

<p>Shot on Ektachrome...<br>

Canon EF with FD 28mm f2.8</p><div></div>

<p>My contribution.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm in!</p><div></div>

<p>Canon 100mm/f2 .Chickenbus in Guatemala</p><div></div>

<p>To get things to line up try using a grid type screen. Very nice photos.</p>

<p>Thanks, and nice contributions by the rest, too. I do use a D screen at times. My glasses lenses produce distortion similar to a terrible wide angle lens, only it is variable and changes with my eye position at the viewfinder. Even the D screen doesn't necessarily offer success. </p>

<p>They also make some amazing chromatic aberration. Near the edges of the lenses, a bright red advertising marquee splits into a double image of amber and green. Red and blue on a plane surface appear to be one behind the other. Guess I need a fluorite element in my glasses.</p>

<p>More contributions?</p>

 

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<p> I can rarely get a proper horizontal orientation any more.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I have that problem too and if I'm hand holding the camera, while the grid screen helps I still end up cock-eyed sometimes. I have come to rely on guide lines and grids in Photoshop to help.</p>

<p>Alan, Your scans look pretty good on my monitor. Nice shots!</p>

<p>Canon New F1, Canon New FD 85 1.2L, Fujichrome Provia 100, Konica/Minolta DiMage Scan Multi Pro, Adobe Lightroom 2.X</p><div></div>

<p>Another:</p>

<p>Canon New F1, Canon New FD 50 1.2L, Fujichrome Provia 100, Konica/Minolta DiMage Scan Multi Pro, Adobe Lightroom 2.X</p><div></div>

<p>Years ago, my young son and I went cruising around Allentown, PA taking pictures of tow trucks. We had a great time and still have the scrapbook.</p>