jimmy_english

<p>Fuji Superia 400 F8 @1/250 hand held.</p>

<p>The lens came in this afternoon. I took a couple of pics & had them processed & scanned @ a drugstore. I think this is a lens I will have to learn how to use. The colors seem ok but Im not sure about the out of focus parts. May need to plan pics better. I used my Sekinic 558 & Minolta X700.</p>

<p>http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Jim.e/?action=view&current=R1-08442-0012.jpg</p>

<p>Thanks for the detailed response Paul. I found a Minolta 100 3.5 with the adapter & correct hood. It looks like a clean copy & has a 15 day guarantee. Should be here in a week or two.</p>

<p>I am considering buying a lens in the 90 to 105mm range for a portrait/macro lens for my X-700 & XG-M. The 2 lensed I have researched are the Vivitar Series 1 90mm F2.5 and the Minolta 100mm macro F3.5. What are the differences between these 2 and also cost-vs-benefit of them. Thanks in advance for advice/opinion<br /> Jim</p>

<p>Here's an explanation better than anything I could come up with.</p>

<p>http://www.dantestella.com/technical/fill.html</p>

<p>Grrr......</p>

<p>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Jim.e/DSC_0190.jpg</p>

<p>"In a pinch a serviceable flat reflector can be found in an old home movie screen. They even come with their own stand if you're lucky." http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Jim.e/th_DSC_0190.jpg playing with my wife's D5000/sb600 & five dollar movie screen.</p>

<p>The first thing that comes to mind is to check that the film speed dial on the back is set to 100 and the contacts are clean.</p>

<p>the manual says not to stack them</p>

<p>http://www.myphotoweb.com/Zenza_bronica_camera/zenza_en/index.htm</p>

<p>Vertaflip ?</p>

<p>http://www.adorama.com/SB300115.html</p>

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<p>Doesn't Fuji have a hole near the end of the backing to hook into the take up spool that Kodak doesn't?</p>

<p>From the Sekonic L308S manual<br>

http://www.art.ucla.edu/photography/downloads/Sekonic_Digital.pdf<br>

"2-1 Cord Flash mode<br /> This measuring methad is used to make sure<br /> synchronization with flash units, or to measure<br /> flash bulb by connecting Synchro cord."</p>

<p>"The luminous waveform of a flash bulb is gentle, so light will<br /> not be sensed in auto reset cordless flash mode. Always use<br /> the cord flash mode for measuring flash bulb light."</p>

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<p>here it is in pictures</p>

<p>http://www.camerahobby.com/Photo-Bronica_Tips.htm</p>

<p>Bob:<br>

Yes it is a good diffuser for close range photos. I cobbled it together to see if this sort of diffuser gave me the look I was after before shelling out the $$$$ for the Gary Fong (pro looking) one. I did get the Fong thing but I like this contraption better. The following pic was made with the $1.29 "salad bowl".</p>

<p>http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Jim.e/?action=view&current=zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-highc.jpg<br>

Trouble is that my wife says I keep embarassing her with stuff like this.</p>

<p>How about something like this?</p>

<p>http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Jim.e/?action=view&current=DSCF0412.jpg</p>

<p>or this?</p>

<p>http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v57/Jim.e/?action=view&current=zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-flash.jpg</p>

<p>"One man's debris is another man's duck blind" Phil Robertson </p>

<p>There are some cheap ones on *bay that work</p>

<p>For example item 250535759354</p>

<p>Thanks Nick:<br>

I sold mine because the exposures were hit or miss. I had some success using a hand held meter. The meter on mine "worked" but I never figured out how to set the exposure using the wheel on the front of the body. I just cranked the shutter speed, appeture & exposure wheel around until I could get the reading I needed. The slow speeds sounded pretty close but I had no way of knowing if the faster ones were. I did like the lens & when the exposure came out right it gave good results.</p>

 

<p>Grand daughter taken with a Contaflex Super I no longer have.</p>

<p>http://www.photo.net/photo/7592786&size=lg</p>

<p>That is clear!<br>

"Remember that the strobe only sees the aperture, as long as the shutter is below the sync speed"</p>

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<p>Mark:<br>

"We have to keep chugging along, making mistakes, making crappy pictures and occasionally making the real keepers regardless of what others say be it positive or negative."<br>

I'm not a street shooter. Just family & vacation photographs. But my take on this is that prints are probably the only way.<br>

Future generations will be able to judge what is good or bad. Print what you think has a chance of being good & put them in the drawer until your heirs can go to the local art dealer. He/she will know what will sell. (history will tell)</p>