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<p>Phantom II<br> <img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-VcRP8bc/0/O/Roll1421_2.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="472" /><br> A-10 Thunderbolt<br> <img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-4hKmdzG/0/O/Roll1421_10.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="471" /><br> Thud thruster<br> <img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-MZWtnhm/0/O/Roll1421_8.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="465" /></p> <p><strong>Minolta Maxxum 7, Kodak Gold 200</strong></p>

<p>A nice lunch. :)</p> <p><img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/MyPhotography/i-fZ2G7qc/0/L/IMG_4411-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="534" /></p> <p><strong>Canon EOS-M</strong></p>

<p>Interesting comments, and all appreciated. The contest organizers are not responsive, so you have pretty much all the info there is. I intend to enter only prints I make in my darkroom so I'm pretty comfortable with my entries; I was curious as to what others might think. My remaining hangup is whether color negatives, printed on B&W paper, are germane, or constitute a bit of cheating. I lean, personally, that it's more cheating than not, so I won't be using the one or two shots where that might have been an option.</p> <p>Sarah - funny you should mention that because there is also a group of categories open to either film or digital. So, there are like 10 categories for Digital B&W, 8 for Film B&W, and 8 or so for B&W of any flavor. That last group includes "Highly Manipulated" shots. Alas, there's not wording allowed on the prints.</p>

<p>In an upcoming contest, all entries are to be B&W. There are two divisions, digital B&W and one for B&W Film. I thought I could define Digital B&W but now I'm not so sure. If you shoot it on B&W film but then scan and digitally print it, is it B&W Film? What if you shoot color film and print it traditionally on B&W paper, with an enlarger? The only hard and fast rule I can come up with is for digital B&W - shot with a digital camera and printed with an inkjet. What about shooting with a digital camera and printing it in a darkroom?</p> <p>Curious as to what your thoughts are....</p>

<p>Wisconsin natives will recognize where this is from :)</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks for the reply, Pat. I can see how using HDR will have that effect. I don't use HDR myself, so again, I'm not much help. I shoot lots of interiors with the 12-24mm, often small bedrooms, and can't imagine getting by with anything less than 15mm or so. The Sigma does have a little distortion at 12mm but it's not too horrid:</p> <p><img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Architecture/465-Sunset-Fairfax/i-N3Kttv4/0/L/DSC_1637-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="501" /></p>

<p>I have no useful advice for your predicament; I'm replying to find out more about your workflow. Feel free to ignore me. :) I am also a real estate photographer, but my equipment is the D600 and the Sigma 12-24mm. Nobody has mentioned image sharpness. Are your clients printing your images at large sizes? All mine get given to the realtor digitally with a max width of 1600px, for use on websites.</p>

<p>Simple answer: give them to her. Just give her the RAW files, after that she'll either see what you mean by "conversion" and agree to have you do it (for a price) or take them elsewhere for someone to convert. Either way you can claim you've fulfilled your obligation.</p>

<p>Kitty kat rider.</p><div></div>

<p>Dick Arnold - that's a great shot of the lighthouse. Looks more like the Caribbean than Maine!<br> At this rate the EOS-M will have completely taken over this forum by - 2018 :)</p>

<p>Bogdan - another great shot. Beach indeed! :)</p>

<p>Yes. The 5000 was before Minolta converted to their proprietary shoe, the one Sony, Minolta's heir, has finally abandoned.</p>

<p>Three great images, Dave. I forgive the non-EOS pic. :) I'd love to someday visit the Pacific battlefields. I have long been a student of the Imperial Japanese Navy and find it all pretty interesting even today.</p> <p>Speaking of war, next month is the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which triggered World War One. Any p.netters in Sarajevo?</p>

<p>I think they consider them "deals" which everyone should be made aware of. I mean, come on, FOUR wooden salad bowls for only $18.98? Nobody in their right mind would not want this offered to them. I wish I'd seen the wooden bowl ad you speak of. I would have jumped all over it. </p>

<p>Wade Keenon - yes, I too am an EOS-M lover. I haven't picked up my 7D in weeks since I got the M. They are still selling for peanuts everywhere. I'm tempted to pick up a second simply as a backup. The AF may not be the world's fastest but after the firmware update/fix most user concerns should be vanquished. </p> <p>Nice shot btw!</p>

<p>A solitary tree beginning to leaf out for Summer.<br> <img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/MyPhotography/i-9CMXSnB/0/L/IMG_4408-L.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="600" /><br> <strong>Canon EOS-M</strong></p>

<p>A beautiful window and pottery display at a local restaurant.</p> <p><img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/MyPhotography/i-QPgmtt6/0/L/DSC_0200-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="536" /></p> <p><strong>Nikon 1 J1</strong></p>

<p>Counterfeit batteries are all over the place. You'll need to buy a charger from the company that sold you the batteries. </p>

<p>I'm dealing with a light leak in my Mamiya RB67 so I'm more frustrated with medium format than I am actively shooting and loving it. Hopefully my light seal replacement works. Here's one from the last test roll that didn't show any leak. Anyone dealt with the RB67 and solved a stubborn light leak? </p> <p><img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/BlackAndWhite/i-d62crkL/0/L/IMG_0002-L.jpg" alt="" width="729" height="600" /></p> <p>Lion and lioness in the tall grass of Kenya. AKA Two kids in the grass in Iowa.</p> <p><strong>Mamiya RB67, Kodak Tmax400, Red filter</strong></p>

<p>I would say no; if they've hired someone to take photos, trying to hock your own pictures would seem crass and rude. OTOH Taking images for your own amusement or to build a portfolio of your own would probably be ok.</p>

<p>I really like that last lizard photo Paul. Do they bite?</p>

<blockquote> <p>As for handling the cell phone folks. A very polite, "let me get these few shots and I will help you get some great ones when I am done. Now everybody, look right here", works well.</p> </blockquote> <p>It's interesting. It's an authority thing. The hired professional can order folks to pose, to position themselves, and the subjects obey because, well, he's in charge of the photos. The folks with cell phones don't have this authority so they ride the coattails of the maestro. A bit like hunting lions. The good (mostly female) hunters do all the work and then the males come in and eat most of the food. Unlike lions (where the males do have an important job, just not hunting so much) these other shooters contribute nothing; they merely take. Rick's suggestion, to offer to help them, brings them into the fold. They will remember that really helpful photographer. Word of mouth advertising at its finest.</p>

<p>Randy - hope the flowers can be moved and replanted!</p> <p>Howard - as a semi-regular cyclist, RAGBRAI veteran, and native Iowan, I wish my bike rides yielded such nice images. Alas, on a 471 mile ride, you tend to not stop and take pictures as much as you might like.</p> <p>For me this week, 3 with the a58 and the 55-200mm lens.</p> <p>An old barn is a wing warming roost for turkey vultures.<br> <img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-LXJxJTR/0/O/DSC00055.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="550" /></p> <p>The Wapsipinicon River is quite high right now. Lots of picnic tables are open though!<br> <img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-zWbsVVN/0/O/DSC00038.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="550" /></p> <p>And last, some shelf fungi breaking down an old tree.<br> <img src="http://wolfeye.smugmug.com/Photography/PnetSh/i-45ZbQ7C/0/O/DSC00053.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="550" /></p> <p>All images, <strong>Sony a58, Sony 55-200mm lens</strong></p>

<p>Prints are dying (or dead) as photography's main moneymaker. You need to get your profits up-front and then you won't care who shoots what. There is no other answer.</p>

<p>Learning to ride</p><div></div>