benjaminoliverhicks

<p>I'm not supposed to tell anyone, but they are giving the next one to me!</p>

<p>I would also think job experience would be heavily weighted. I would suggest trying to get an internship at a newspaper and working for the school newspaper, but I'm still in college. This is just what I think would be more beneficial than the prestige of the school.</p>

<p>Walter,<br>

Tonality, sharpness, and bokeh are only characteristics of photos. So are lack of tonality, lack of sharpness, and bad bokeh. Both sets of characteristics can make art.</p>

<p>You really shouldn't worry about it. As long as you are happy with your gear, and it meets what the school requires (some of the classes may require certain gear). The photography students I know have a Nikon D50, a Mamiya RZ67 ProII and various 35mm film equipment, another one with various 35mm film equipment, and one with at least one Canon 1Ds Mark II with L lenses. The one with the 1Ds works her ass off, specializes in sports, and has a photo in the Sports Illustrated's Best Photo's of 2008.</p>

<p>If you are in New Orleans I can recommend some good places to get your film processed. If you are near there too, you might want to save up your film and make a trip in to get the rolls developed, and there is always the option of doing it yourself.</p>

<p>Not everything is about image quality. Do what you want, and if you are enjoying it keep doing it. Have fun. That's what this is about for most of us.</p>

<p>A lot of the people who rate do so because they don't want to take the time to critique for various reason or they are scared of revenge rating and the like. I suspect that if implemented participation in the ratings would decrease significantly, and then people will complain about not getting critiques or ratings on their photos. I think that the anonymous critiques is a much better solution.</p>

<p>Jordan, you can check out ballpark film prices at <a href="http://www.freestylephoto.biz/">this website</a>. The prices at local stores and other websites should be about the same. I know how you feel about money, as I am also in school right now and don't have much money. I shoot traditional B&W and process (I will be printing soon) the photos by myself. This cuts down cost quite a bit.</p>

<p>The only reason I bought my cameras was to flaunt it. The photo I have posted are from me accidentally pressing the take picture button on my cameras when I was looking cool while holding one up to my face. I didn't know people actually bought then to use for real. . . .NERDS.</p>

<p>It is metering through the lens. So you shouldn't have to compensate. There could be something wrong with your meter.</p>

<p>That was taken at 6:00 a.m. outside my apartment two days ago. It was my first time seeing snow, and the snow wasn't going to be there for long. It doesn't snow much in southern Louisiana. Although I do wear that on occasion when I want to impress the ladies.</p>

<p>The weight of the RB67 is not as bad as people say, at least for me, and I'm not a huge guy. I carried it around Chicago for a day carrying and using it without a strap. My forearms hurt afterwards, but I need to work out as much as possible. I recently got a strap for it, and it makes it much easier to handhold. I would even go as far as to say that it is a breeze. I use mine with the chimney metered prism, which adds another pound or so to it. What I would recommend is go try both. See how they feel in your hands, and go from there. If you get the RB67, get a strap.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm with Sarah on this one.</p>

<p>People who justify there purchases by telling you how better their purchase is than yours, when they know nothing about what they are talking about. I had a friend of mine's dad constantly tell me, while on vacation with them, that his digital Rebel, the first one, was superior to my Mamiya RB67. He stressed convenience, which I gave him, but he also demanded it got better image quality. He wouldn't believe otherwise, especially since it was coming from a teenager. I wish he could have seen those slides.</p>

<p>Add one more for film and one more for digital.</p>

<p>You are probably going to get a lot of replies, but I don't think this will be a very effective way to get this information.</p>

<p>Sorry the "RB" I'm referring to is a Mamiya RB67, medium format camera.<br>

Once again thanks.</p>

<p>I couldn't really go back to sleep. So I put on my pea-coat (It's finally getting some good use.) and took my RB on a walk around campus. It was pretty awesome. Snow was staying on the ground, and people were making snowmen and having snowball fights. I think I got some good shots. The downside is that I did not think about the fact that snow is water and there would be puddles. I wore the wrong shoes. They are soaked, and my toes are freezing. It is no longer snowing. There is just some cold, cold rain now.</p>

<p><br /> Ronald: I do think, if I would have had to deal with it snowing for the whole day, I would be done with it, but it was awesome. I had a great time.</p>

<p><br /> Thank you all for the luck.</p>

<p>So it's snowing right now in Baton Rouge, LA, and this is my first time seeing snow! I'm sure it doesn't compare to the snows that a lot of people are used to, but for me it is pretty sweet. I took a few of pictures with my RB, couldn't pass that up. I am going to sleep for a little while, as I have a final this afternoon, but I will be waking up in an hour to walk around campus with my RB when there is light, if it is still snowing! Just wanted to share!</p>

<p>What about a cheap decent flatbed? Like an Epson 4490/V500. They a pretty good. especially for the price.</p>

<p>I think that the Leica CL will be one of my next camera purchases, or maybe even a christmas present (doubtful but who knows). I need a small body for carry around purposes. How is the size? Does it fit well in your hands? These photos just make me lust over it even more.</p>

<p>Have you checked the archives yet? Here's a couple, <a href="../film-and-processing-forum/00J0dx">one</a> and <a href="../black-and-white-photo-film-processing-forum/00CL9K">two</a>, from the archives, and I know there are more about this subject.  I had the same question a couple of months ago.</p>

Are you planning on processing and printing yourself? Processing and darkroom equipment are very cheap now.

I don't think I will be able to set up any lights. The athletic department photographers already have lights set up on the

catwalk, but I will look into it. It would be much easier. I did prefocus on the basket this past game. I tried to follow the

action, manually focusing, but that is above my ability, at least for now.

 

I don't think of the RB as a sports camera either . . . but it's a camera, and it can be used to take photos of sports events.

Thanks for the advice. I took the 50mm shot at 1/125th f4.5 using ISO 400. I was concerned about the DOF, and I wanted

to shoot at a higher ISO. I mad a rookie mistake, though. When I was packing my mid-sized backpack trying to fit all my

digital stuff and my RB, I left out my 220 back and the rest of my film. So I just had my 120 back with Tmax 100 I had

loaded earlier. So I am going to push that to 400. We will see what happens. I am not too worried about it. It is the

beginning of the season so I will have plenty of chances, and I will shoot at higher ISO's. I will post the results after the

season and after I get the filmed scanned.

I am going to bring my Mmaiya RB67 to a basketball game tonight. I am debating on whether I should bring my 50mm or 90mm (Keeping

in mind that it is medium format (6x7)). I will be shooting from the baseline, and I won't have room in my bag for both. Which would you

bring?

 

Hoping to get some quick responses, the game is in an hour.

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