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    18-55 EF-S + 50mm F1.4 or 17-40 F4/L

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    When I got my Drebel i was shocked that the viewfinder was so dark. The kit lens was already too dark for me to focus conveniently so I would not spend a lot of many on a 17-40 f4. I now use a 28mm 1.8 as a standard which is perfect. If I were to get a zoom lens i would definetely choose one with a 2.8 max. aperture.

    Crit: The Bartender

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    It looks like you've done a really good job but if you want to know what could be improved in my opinion:

    <p>-the scan looks soft or is it camera shake?

    <p>-the reflection in hiss glasses is a distracting.

    <p>-the backlight could be aimed higher to seperate his dark hair from the dark background. I don't really like the highlights in his neck.

    How are you using your shots of people?

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Are you sure you need model releases for your purpose? If you want to sell just prints of your photo taken in a public space with somebody on it, as far as I understand it, you don't need a model release. Only if you want to sell the rights to the image (for example for commercial photography) you need a release. It's quite understandable people don't just sign releases when you come up to them and say you just took a picture of them. What you could do is ask their adresses, send them a print of the photo and if they like it they will probably sign the model release and you could also agree to pay them when the image sells.

    Website Critique

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    In general it looks good but if you want some hints on things that could be improved, they all have to do with the processing of the images:

    -make sure aspect ratios are maintained

    -less jpeg compression (jpeg compression should never be visible)

    -better scanning and processing in photoshop could make the images look a lot sharper and, in general, better.

     

    The images are essential, if you want to profile yourself as a specialist on imaging you should not sacrifice image quality, even if it leads to having large jpegs on your site.

    E Bay Rip Off

    in Medium Format

    Posted

    You have to be careful but there are a lot of honest people on ebay. I have had several problems with items not functioning well or damaged but everything has been solved to my full content, with full or partial refunds being offered to me. Off course there are bad apples but it tells from their feedback.

     

    I don't think anyone was out there to rip you off for 10$. I also never use cheques or money orders. Paypal is so much more reliable.

    Perspective from an 80mm lens for 6x6

    in Medium Format

    Posted

    Winfried, if I understand this correctly a standard lens on a 6x9 camera (probably a 90mm or something) would have the same DOF on a tight cropped portrait as the 50mm for 135 at the same tight cropping? That would also mean that a 6x9 image cropped into a 6x6 is, in terms of DOF, a totally different thing than a true 6x6 negative?

    Perspective from an 80mm lens for 6x6

    in Medium Format

    Posted

    I tried to do a search but i could not find any threads on this

    although there should have been questions about this earlier:

     

    I know the field of view from an 80mm lens on a 6x6 camera compares

    to a 50mm lens on 35mm. But how about perspective? It would seem to

    me that the perspective is still that of an 80mm lens. So if I take

    a tight headshot with an 80mm MF lens I would not have the kind of

    distortion that I would have if I used 50mm on 35mm camera. Is this

    correct?

    Minolta Auto Meter IV problem

    in Sony/Minolta

    Posted

    I have a Minolta Auto Meter IV F which has the following problem:

    When using the spot meter attachment the meter works just fine, when

    using the incident dome, the readings are 4 stops too high. This

    seems to be a problem caused by a little pin that is pressed when

    the spot attachment is attached and depressed when the dome is

    attached. However pressing the pin without any attachment does not

    change the reading of the meter. I'm not sure if this is the problem

    but i think it has to do with it. I'm wondering if anybody has ever

    experienced this problem before and i'm wondering how it was solved?

    W/NW WANTED

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Osdorp Posse is a Dutch hip hop/rap act. The poster says. "Wanted: Osdorp Posse" (and the small letters:) "for the illegal posting of this "tering"( = @#$^S@) sticker."

     

    For the rest I don't have a clue what Ernst is on about with this teringphoto :)

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