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rui, stop digging yourself deeper and deeper...you come off as un-informed, and not willing to put forth any effort into research.

pardon my ignorance, but what is FM?

i'm sure if he was in downtown sydney, he'd be fine practicing his method...

are there any full res hd clips from the 5dmk2 available online for users to download and play with?

 

thanks

'frightening her' - she didn't look frightened to me. you guys live in a world of pillows and cotton candy or what??

thank you angel, i'm aware the camera is not out yet, but a few people out there have played with the odd demo or are in the know... i'm pretty sure it will work, just want to make sure. was on hold with canon for ages today and did not get through to a human voice.

using the canon/nikon adaptor, can i use my old mf nikkor lenses with the 5dmkii in hidef capture mode?

 

thanks

FPW,

you keep referring to some poorly framed picture of a man with his leg cutoff. i think you are viewing the pictures he took in that short span of time in the video, and judging gilden's entire body of work by those few images possibly?

 

to answer why the leg was cut off-while i am not familiar with the image you are talking about, i can guess that it was not done on purpose. gilden's shooting style is very fast, and sometimes horizons will not be perfect, and legs/arms will be chopped off. his images are not just 'startled' faces in the streets as you suggest.

 

for an experiment, go to this link please:

 

http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R1482X4&nm=Bruce%20Gilden

 

the following are the images that struck me as interesting:

 

1,4,5,8,12,21,22,25,30,33,35,37,40,48,49

 

what do you think? do any of them strike you as interesting? his style is unlike many other 'street photographers' and maybe that is what i find refreshing about his 'non artist-educated' style.

i don't know you FPW, so i will not assume anything, but gilden is a respected photographer with a body of work appreciated by a lot...myself included. you don't come off too well when you call it trash.

 

cheers

peter, please show me a 'fundamentally honest' photograph.

'If someone literaly jumps in your face and shoots you in the eyes like 50cm away, don't you fell... "invaded"? Now imagine being done this w/ a flash.' - Rui

 

i would not feel invaded. i would possibly feel invaded by someone shooting me from a 100yards away with a 300mm lens. disrespectful is swearing loudly in conversation or into your phone while there are children around. directly walking up to someone and taking a picture, is not.

i think that's the discussion rui.... why do you feel his style is dis respectful to the people photographed?

 

like i said, when out in the public streets, you are giving up your privacy. cameras are everywhere capturing your image 24/7 in most cities.

"I can tell you if Bruce Gilden ever tries this ... "approach" in European latin countries, we risks getting beaten. And it's pretty obvious why."

 

well that certainly says a lot about the people living in those countries...

 

anyway, i don't think it's too disrespectful. some people may not want their picture taken, but gilden's approach is up front. would these people in european latin countries like a photographer taking their picture any better if it was from a distance with a telephoto?

 

there's a lot of things out there in the street that a lot of people don't like. (smokers, beggers, loud talkers, slow walkers etc) get over it

you need to put the price in quotation marks and add an asterix and + before the number

yes vivek, you fail :)

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press pass/pro gear or not, it boils down to being courteous. in your situation mick, i would have pushed in front of said photographer and given him a little taste of his own medicine. he could have very easily taken 2 seconds and asked if it was ok to go in front of you like that to get the shots to pay the bills. it's not like you were court-side at some pro basketball game either!

wen, i do not pre-focus.

christopher, i'm assuming a hudson is a car? :) if that is the case, i have no clue. sorry.

 

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ian,

they were developed at my local lab...not sure what they use. and they were scanned on a basic flatbed neg scanner. epson 3200 i believe...

thanks nicholas. they were shot with the 45 and some good ol' tri-x

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"fisheye" distortion? - no. depending on how close you are to the subject, you will have some distortion as you would with a wider lens on a non panoramic camera.

 

pretty sure the flash trigger is the standard one that comes on most cameras?

 

film? what do you shoot with normally?

 

the film can be developed anywhere. it's just longer negatives. not wider in terms of touching the sprockets. whether the lab you use can print the negatives is another story though. you may need to go somewhere more special or scan...

 

i'm pretty sure the xpan can read the film canister and know what speed film you have loaded...