monsoonphoto.net Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I've recently took the Minolta Hi-Matic 7s to a trip to Myanmar. Fabulous lens. What lovely glow. If you're interested in the camera, please take a look at my website and let me know what you think.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://monsoonphoto.net" target="_blank">http://monsoonphoto.net</a><br /> <br /> Tools used: Minolta Hi-Matic 7s, Konica Hexar RF + Voigtlander 21/4.0, Kodak 400TX + HC110. <br /> <br /> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1314/796555053_08c18a068f_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_anon Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Please...DO NOT cross post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john falkenstine Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Mr. Anon, This IS the internet and I am a very long time photo.net user and contributor. The vast majority of the folks who post in the classic cameras forum are interesting people. Its one of the few forums that I still find interesting. I don't see anything wrong with cross posting, its done all of the time in the street photography forum and the philosophy forum as well. CE Nelson who contributes here in a positive manner also has his own forum. FLEXIBILITY is what makes the classic cameras forum interesting. Let's keep it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw436 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Absolutely agree with Mr. Falkenstine. Very well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw436 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Alan, Your Myanmar series is fantastic. Very excellent work. How did you get such good scans? Did you scan the prints or the negatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_anon Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I'm sorry....just because cross-posting is against photo.net policy is no reason for me to point this out. You are correct, you guys in this forum are SOOOOO important that you can waste valuable bandwidth instead of following the rules. I apologize for pointing out your ignorance, wastefulness, and pig-headedness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw436 Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Thank you for such a thoughtful and uplifiting reply. How do your remarks square with PN policy? The cross-post wasted less space and bandwidth than your meaningless posts. At least the original poster only posted on here once- meaning he has wasted half the space you have. His post also made the forum more interesting whereas yours have cheapened it. Mr Anon, your attitude is what is ruining PN and why so many of the photographers I have enjoyed greatly are leaving in droves. Perhaps you would like to see this website degraded to an online version of Pop Photo. I cancelled that subscription, too. Please rethink your attitude or ignore this forum completely. It was doing fine without you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_mabbutt Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I like the tonal range you've got in a lot of the shots - bright whites, nice blacks. Was that manipulated in post-processing or did they come out of the camera like that? Also, what speed(s) were you shooting the Tri-X at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Well said John. I know it's off topic, but I have been a Pop Photo subscriber since September of 2001 and as time goes by, the more this magazine makes me throw up. An expensive magazine printed in UK called Practical photography is following suit. The only column I have to look forward to on POP Photo is Mr. Herbert Kepler's forum as they are always interesting. If you check the August column he has featured the Welta Perfect, which combines two types of cameras in one, the folder and tlr, and the first auto exposure camera made by Kodak a folder in 620 format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincenzo_maielli Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Hi, Alan: your style and your photos are absolutely great. A greeting from far Italy. Ciao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riccardo_mottola Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 great images, good technique too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw436 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Thank you, Ralf. We are on the same page with Pop Photo, then. I promise to you that I can sit down with it and read it cover to cover in about five minutes. Herbert Keppler's article is really the only one I care to read whatsoever. It would also appear that someone shot some nice landscapes once upon a time and has used that same field trip for the cover and all internal articles ever since. I realize that people on this forum may be outside of the mainstream as it relates to our affinity for classic cameras. However, one should not fall into the trap of believing that just because we like classic film cameras we are not also the same people using today's top tier technology. We like classic things. We ourselves aren't relics. Pop Photo, and I dare say Photo.net, should consider that every single patron is not a mindless consumer of whatever is given to them. If a magazine, or a website for that matter, wants my money it is important then to provide what I want and not hold me to acceptance of what they want to feed me. Any organization is free to do as they see fit. If it's my money and time they want then they also need to worry about what makes me happy. This Myanmar series is exactly what I come to PN for. While it may be posted somewhere else, it also belongs in the Classic Camera forum or else many of us may not have seen it. I don't frequent the Rangefinder Forum. I am here. I greatly appreciated the opportunity to have seen such wonderful images instead of missing them because they were only linked in some other forum I'd never have read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsoonphoto.net Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thanks everyone for your comments. <P> Glenn Mabbutt: I shot these on Tri-X, rated at ISO 250. Processed in HC110 dilution B, 5 minutes at 18 degrees celsius. <P> John Wilson: I scanned the negs straight on Nikon Coolscan IV. I adjusted the levels and burned/dodged in Photoshop. <P> J Anon: I'm sorry that you have a problem with cross-posting. But thanks for "wasting bandwidth" with your comments. If you don't like the posting, feel free to ignore it. Or if you're a moderator, then it's your right to remove it. Otherwise, learn to live with what is the Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron_lips Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I really like your tonescale; beautiful greys! Since I am quite a newbe, what is the process you used in photoshop, it is not clear to me. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Alan, Great presentation. I understand people envy your fine work. Post more please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsoonphoto.net Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hi Ron, two important functions in Photoshop: Levels and Dodge/Burn. It's hard to explain it; Levels basically sets the maximum white and maximum black -- two important areas from the Zone System as perfected by Ansel Adams. Dodge/Burn are traditional darkroom techniques that darken or lighten certain areas in a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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