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    135mm f/2.0L repaired by Canon NJ Service Center

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    The sheet that came with the camera said that it was calibrated. No word about "cleaning" (not entirely sure what they would clean?). My lens was pretty darn clean going in (I take very good care of my equipment.)

     

    The front element was pristine upon return. The lens caps that came back with the lens were the same ones that I sent out.

     

    I don't even think that they needed to remove the front lens cap to disassemble my lens.

    135mm f/2.0L repaired by Canon NJ Service Center

    in Canon EOS Mount

    Posted

    Hey folks. It's been a while since I've posted on these forums, but I did want

    to report that I recently had a problem with my Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L lens. The

    focus key wasn't being moved by the AF transmission, so basically the lens

    wouldn't focus, even though the USM motor or MF ring was being turned.

     

    I used the Canon USA web site to initiate the repair and they opened up a repair

    "account" for me, along with a packing slip to include with my lens and a repair

    number. I removed my UV filter, lens hood, and put on a cheap pair of front and

    rear lens caps before shipping.

     

    I sent the lens via USPS Priority, insured, with delivery confirmation, to the

    Canon USA Service Center in New Jersey. The lens was received by Canon two days

    later and I began tracking the repair online. The total repair cost came out to

    $110, which included Fedex overnight(!) shipping back to my home. The repair

    time was three days after Canon received the lens.

     

    The lens came back good as new, maybe even better than new.

     

    It seems that if you follow their directions, Canon USA's Service Center in NJ

    does a great job repairing lenses.

    Apple does it again! iPod Photo

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    The iPod is not marketed to Musicians - it is marketed to people who listen to lots of music. The iPod Photo is not marketed to photographers - it is marketed to people who like to look at lots of photographs.

     

    What Apple wants to do is broaden marketshare by appealing to a teenage demographic that loves to see photos of friends with cute girls/guys having fun, etc. That market is exploding with hundreds of million in revenue.

     

    Real photographers will take $500 and buy 5 1GB compactflash cards, take 500 14.1 megapixel RAW images, pick out 5 publishable images, edit them on a powerful desktop computer/laptop and sell said images for ramen and beer.

     

    Where the heck does an iPod Photo or any CF card-to-hard-drive-watchmacalit for-that-matter fit into this workflow? It doesn't.

    What gives most blure for background?

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    <i>The way I was doing it so far was stepping a lil further from the object, ZOOMING in, and playing with the focus, so, I thought that I can acheave this effect only with a zoom lense, but out of what u guys wrighting here I see that primes will give the same (or even better ) effect, I guess just by playing with focus and apperture, without any zooming, right? </i><br><br>

     

    Sergey, set the aperture <i>wide open</i> Primes only differ from zooms in that they typically have larger maximum apertures. Larger maximum apertures <i>typically</i> equals greater background blur.

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    The distance between the camera, the subject and the background is also very important, relative to the focal length.

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    Take your subject. Place them 1.6 ft away from your camera. Rack your zoom out to 135mm. Set the camera to aperture priority mode and f/5.6. Focus on some part of their body, leaving some of the background showing.<br><br>

    Snap a picture.

    She is cool (hot)

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Looking through the responses to this image, I have to ask, what happened to the photographers in this forum? When did it turn from people who composed photographs to people who should simply be pointed to hotornot.com?

     

    Have we forgotten also the lighting, the quality of lighting, the makeup, the clothing (would the effect be the same if she were wearing a white t-shirt?), the pose, the focal length, the aperture, etc?

     

    Igor makes it sound easy ("I just spent 5 minutes snapping photos of a model with my $50.00 consumer zoom.", whatever Igor) but he's also trying to make a point - stylistically, artistically, and creatively.

    Foxy

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Dear Igor,

     

    You don't need a different lens. Foxy 1 is the best, in my opinion. Foxy 2 is second best. Foxy 3 is not very good at all, because it is a misuse of 50mm! Too much flare, not enough isolation. Keep taking great photos.

     

    Sincerely,

    Ed

    Girl in bikini top

    in Portraits & Fashion

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    I don't agree with John that the high contrast look is in today. Most, if not all fashion portfolios and published photographs are low contrast and dramatic lighting. Looks like the fashion folks are getting picky about presentation as opposed to gimmicks.

     

    I think Igor's description of 'risky' is good. This photograph looks more overexposed than anything. Thought about retouching in photoshop to remove what looks like an obvious toe and shoulder problem?

    photographing blonde models in sun

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Control. You MUST maintain control!

     

    In my experience, you need light modifiers to do what you're doing. A large piece of foamcore sheet in front of and below the model's face, a sheet diffuser between her head and the sun.

     

    You can try to change films and overexpose or underexpose or whatever you want, but unless you control the light you are doomed.

     

    Once you control the light, all you have to do is use your reflective meter on the model's face and bracket your shots.

     

    Control!!

    What is wrong in the portrait?

    in Portraits & Fashion

    Posted

    Centered composition is forgivable (I do it all the time.) However, the branch in front of the woman's face is much too distracting for me, that coupled with oversaturation makes the whole picture makes me very dizzy. It's hard to pick out other elements of the photograph (such as the road and fence) because of the visual clash.

     

    I have a sneaking suspicion that this isn't necessarily the best photograph on the roll. Got any others on the same roll that you'd put up? Sometimes the photographs we like aren't exactly the best...

    Anyone here who works in color for street photography?

    in Street & Documentary

    Posted

    I use digital now, amounting to a D30 with a 128MB CF card. Although the quality isn't like fine-grained B&W film, I do get 86 high-resolution jpgs per card and on-the-fly edit capability. Though the sensor does behave a lot like slide film with its head cut off, I still find it adequate for my needs. Now if there was only an easy way to print to silver from a photoshop file...
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