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Here's one of my best friends and fiddle, accordion, handpan and amazing singer Georgianna holding my guitar while I take her photo at the Auld Dubliner in Long Beach, CA

Here is former Los Angeleno now Bostonian and one of the top Irish pipers anywhere, Joey Abarta, at 3:00 in the morning carry-on at Lark in the Morning music celebration.

Here is one of my friend, the amazing Irish fiddle and whistle player, Kathleen Keene taken in front of Finn McCoul's Pub in County Los Angeles. M7 and I think if I remember, the VC 90. A pretty nice lens, though it could be a Summicron 50.

Thanks Ben.

Many nice examples here, but no need to worry about it anymore. It seems Apple will provide some "bokeh" feature on an iPhone camera...:) but back to the thread. . .

Do they still make provia in 120?

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Thx Arthur. Used a 50mm f2 on a Fuji X-Pro2. Event was our firm's Holloween party. Does Australia have the holiday? Probably All Hallows Eve. from which our US Holiday sprung from. Of course our version lost pretty much all the core meaning of the original and has devolved/or evolved into a highly commercialized yet fun night to personally express freely and in some communities just to bring out their preoccupations openly. Especially in New York, San Francisco, Hollywood etc.

Like, where is Allen? Yo! Allen, where is ya?? Psssst! Any of you lads seen my mate Allen?

I remember years ago before switching to Adobe, I used Corel Draw and Photo Paint. In one of those there an engine to render photographs into vector drawings. I played with it a little and it was a bit in its infancy. I don't know if they still have that.

And to add, the "limit of resolution for the human eye". This sounds like its come from a study of "human factors" and is the practical important point to me. But DoF is looking at the point that the average human eye will perceive something to be in focus. Read London and Upton's "Photography" pg 50 of the 6th edition. A pretty well used and regarded college photography textbook. They don't use the 8 x 10 print test, they just talk about the sharpest focus is the area with the smallest CoCs.

Per Wiki, " In optics, a circle of confusion is an optical spot caused by a cone of light rays from a lens not coming to a perfect focus when imaging a point source. ... In photography, the circle of confusion (CoC) is used to determine the depth of field, the part of an image that is acceptably sharp." You are talking at the sharpest accuracy, but misses the point because DOF is concerned with the range of acceptable sharpness.

"Depth of field is a convenient fiction. There is only one plane of focus." Correct. But as I recall, DOF doesn't mean that a whole range is in focus. But it describes basically a range that is seen more or less in focus. Circles of Confusion Think of it as a working approximation that works better on some lenses than others.

I think you identified everything correctly. Unfortunately, the description of condition is a little unreliable, in that statements like "Leica Meter light meter - the meter's needle changes with light so it's likely working fine.", is a bit of unsupported conclusion, that though unintentional, is a little misleading. You need to actually test the meter to be able to say its likely working fine, because most Lecia meters of that era, even if the needle moves aren't accurate at all. Likewise, the speeds on the camera need to also be tested and the glass. I don't say this to discourage you at all. But when you go to price the gear, you might want to say with certainty, how well stuff works. But that's not so bad, people will generally look at what shape the gear looks and when people buy a camera, they will want to factor in the cost of having it CLA'd (cleaned, lubed adjusted). You can have that done yourself and add it to the cost of the kit, but you just need to be clear about how well stuff actually works. For example, you might say something like "the meter needle changes with the light, but it hasn't been tested for accuracy.". Or "the film advance is smooth, but the shutter speeds haven't been tested for accuracy." That gives the buyer a clearer idea of what they are looking at and cleans up any misunderstandings that could be taken as misleading statements. You also might putting a few rolls of film through it if you haven't already and see how it actually works. Cosmetically, the etchings will lessen the value for a certain type of purchaser and will cause a reduction in sale price, but people looking for a good user may not be deterred, not really caring about cosmetics if the camera is solid. The great thing about these cameras is that they can be adjusted and cleaned up into great working order. It's a nice set of stuff. I hope you get a decent price for it. I've had good luck with KEH for buying stuff, but they won't probably give you as much as you could get with a personal sale. But if there is a good camera store in your area that carries used Leica gear, maybe they could at least evaluate what they would offer for it and that might give you a good idea. Also looking on completed sales on e-bay is useful and look at retail prices for used Leica gear at KEH and all the other stores that have been mentioned. Good luck!

Tough spot. You've already got a steady carbon fiber set up. If you go super-light and smaller, you're going to have to stabilize it anyways. Maybe you can hire a local photo student who would be willing to assist. You might get someone to help schlep who will work for less in exchange for the experience of working with a pro. Just a thought.

Lucky week 7. Sitting in for Bill. Show your best. I'll start with a photo taken at Lark in the Morning Music Celebration with a Contax G2 and 35mm. Lets see yours!

@Ed_Ingold Ed, have you given any thought to the newish Fuji XT3? I have a friend in video, currently moved from M4/3 to a Black Magic that after adjusting to it, is liking her results. But when she started her upgrade search, she mentioned that a lot of people she knew in the video world were very excited about the Fuji even though Fuji wasn't known for its video. Apparently, they've made great strides in video with that camera. Have you checked it out in any fashion and had any thoughts on it you'd be willing to share?

You are correct, would have to be either a 50 or a 135. Could be the 50. I don't think it is but might be an Elmar 90. I keep thinking 90 only because the angle of the photo has a foreshortened perspective so looks longer than 50. But really can't tell. I'm just trying to make a hopefully at least semi-educated guess.

M7 35mm Cron

Could it be a Hecktor 90?

Thanks Ed. I may start investigating that. I haven't been shooting film, partly because of the cost and partly because of scanning. I have Nikons but it is a relatively slow process and as everyone says, they are aging and wearing out, though I haven't really used mine over much. Anyways, several people seem to be looking at using a camera set-up. Cool!

That's pretty much how I do it. Using a Raid 5 cabinet where I put the catalogue and all the working photos, and then a back-up Raid 1. This is all 3-5 year old stuff and though I've had to replace a couple of Raid 5 drives, its worked well keeping everything reachable or stored away. I generally don't keep working photos on the SSD home drive, but do keep all the programs there.