camera recommendations from 1958 magazine

[bob_riley1]

<p>I think most posters on this thread would enjoy this but it is an 11 meg PDF file.</p>

<p>Is it possible to post?</p>

[frank_scheitrowsky1]

<p>Can you provide a link?</p>

[gnashings]

<p>I would LOVE it - a link would be great!</p>

[bob_riley1]

<p>The entire PDF file is the June issue of the 1958 Playboy magazine, which I only read for the articles and interviews. They actually have some legit stuff as well as those disgusting playmates. I don't thin a link would be useful to you because it requires a non-free downloader. The only think I know how to do with a PDF is open it and read it. If there were a way that I could convert individual pages to jpegs, I would post them. I don't have a personal web site so I can't post it there.</p>

<p>Any suggestions would be helpful. I will take a photo of the first page and include it here.</p><div></div>

[bob_riley1]

<p>Of course, I could email the entire pdf file, but I hate to request email addresses.</p>

[dave_s]

<p>You could easily capture these pages to hang on the web, but if it's from a pay site it sounds like a copyright violation. Many people here are fussy about copyright.</p>

[bob_riley1]

<p>I don't think copyright is a problem. Such files are posted to sites like rapidshare which require that you sign up and pay a minor fee.</p>

[Rick_van_Nooij]

<p>I recall you can read old PBs online, haven't actively searched for it, but I'm sure you'll be able to find this particular issue too.</p>

[dave_g1]

<p>ctrl+print screen. Paste it into photoshop. Post it for educational purposes and critique, citing "fair use" ;U</p>

 

[tony_lockerbie]

<p>Leica M3, Alpa and an Exackta Varex.....gotta make you drool!</p>

[gabor_szabo3]

<p>These cameras are overrated ! ;o)<br />You'd get more mileage from the smart herringbone tweed jacket and drivers cap!</p>

[Troll]

<p>Not a Leica M3, but a Nikon SP.</p>

[m_m3]

<p>upload the pdf to <a href="http://www.filedropper.com/">http://www.filedropper.com/</a> you will then get a link that you can post here. no accounts needed, no fees.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>In the meantime, people who are interested in old camera guides, catalogs, and recommendations can find a number of these at Butkus' site. He has much more than just camera manuals.</p>

<p>Here is a link: http://www.cameramanuals.org/chinon/catalogs_photo.htm</p>

<p>but at the moment of posting this he apparently is having some server problems, so the above may be his backup site - check Google, etc.</p>

[bob_riley1]

<p>M M, I uploaded to file dropper and here are the links.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.filedropper.com/usplayboy195806">http://www.filedropper.com/usplayboy195806</a></p>

<p><a href=<a href="http://www.filedropper.com/usplayboy195806">http://www.filedropper.com/usplayboy195806</a>><img src=<a href="http://www.filedropper.com/download_button.png">http://www.filedropper.com/download_button.png</a> width=127 height=145 border=0/></a><br /><div style=font-size:9px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;width:127px;font-color:#44a854;> <a href=<a href="http://www.filedropper.com/">http://www.filedropper.com</a> >online backup</a></div></p>

<p>I tried them and they do nothing for me. Perhaps you could tell me what I doing wrong.</p>

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[dave_g1]

<p>I found the immediately following article about shooting your own playmate interesting. Their photographers preferred TLRs and Anscochrome. <br>

I wonder if Anscochrome was chosen over Kodachrome because of its high speed or because of its softer color and contrast.<br>

I'll quote in part for those of you who cannot get the file to download, or do not wish to see the accompanying photos:</p>

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<p>"Recommended for Playmate photography is any good twin-lens reflex camera (that's what we used). You'll want to load the box with a fast color film like, Super Anscochrome Tungsten. Lighting should be kept sweet and simple: a pair of speedlights - or, lacking these, photo-floods - bounced off the ceiling, will give you flattering diffused light. Place your keylight (main source) above the lady, directed down upon her at a 45 degree angle, from an aproximate distance of six feet. About eight feet from her, set up your fill in light, a foot or so to the side of the camera, slightly above the lens. ...your exposure should be around 1/30 second at f5.6 - fast enough to freeze small movements and sharp enough to allow for small deviations from the prefocused point between shutter snappings"</p>

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