The last 3 are my favorite, really cool colors/contrast

Hey guys..really want the Canon Rebel tli because it had video..any idea how much I could get for a used Rebel Xti in mint condition? I may try and sell mine.

Stoked to see that this thread is still living. Thought I'd post a few scans I made from negatives I developed myself in my basement (it was my first attempt ever). The shots were all taken with my nearly 60 year old Kodak Retina IIc pictured below:



It's a rangefinder camera and it's pretty fun to use.

Some of the best shots:









Some are a bit underexposed, but I'm sure with more experience in the "dark room" (really that means just changing bag) and more experience using this camera, they'll get better.

Pretty cool, how long have you been shooting with that camera? I have 0 experience with film, but a lot of respect for how difficult the entire process is compared to digital

Not long. I was given the camera around June or July when a friend of mine had a friend of the family pass away. He had years and years of photography stuff stored away. I shot one throwaway roll that I had processed at a cheesy one hour place to make sure that the camera worked. The shots you see here are from the second roll.

The system is not terribly difficult. You just have to understand how to set exposure. Since it is fully manual with no built-in meter, you'd need a light meter. On the light meter you just set the film speed and what aperture or shutter speed you want to shoot at based on your conditions and it tells you what to set the other value for proper exposure.

Additionally, there is a small learning curve associated with using a rangefinder focusing system, but you'll find that as far as manual focusing goes, this system is superior, because you don't have to guess if the object you are shooting is sharp. You just line up two images and your focus is true.

For developing B&W it's also not terribly difficult. You don't even need a dark room! I got it right on my first try for the most part. There are tons of youtube videos and such on how to develop your negatives.

Making prints is a whole different story. I inherited the equipment to make prints, including a pretty nice enlarger, but it would be a lot of work to make the prints. I found the negative scanner option to be a much better alternative to making prints.

Will be in Phoenix this weekend, anyone familiar with the area and have any spots in mind for me to try out?

Otherwise I'll just have my hostess take me around as normal and try and get candids

I realize this is an old post, but in case it helps someone else...

For me, the issue was grip. I took a strip of tacky mesh "tape" that's used to keep rugs in place. I cut it just an inch or two longer than the circumference of the filter and then wrapped it around the filter so that both ends had about an inch hanging off. By gripping these two ends together I had a handle to give me some leverage and was able to remove the filter.

I'm pretty sure they sell filter wrenches (really plastic grips similar to what I made above) at camera stores that could help with this.

There are also various ideas here:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...p/t-20970.html

Note that for a circular polarizing filter, some of the ideas on that site won't work as the front of the filter will just spin. That's why I got down to the grippy tape.

thx a lot, def appreciated

So wanted to add a new pic of mine, it's a HDR, shot with a Lumix LX3, 1/60 at f8, ISO 100



Comments welcome

Haven't contributed in a while. Just picked up a Nikon D700 with 24-70mm. Awesome combo.

Here are some shots with the 24-70mm and Nikon 105mm micro.

Comments welcome.

Nikon 24-70mm f2.8





Nikon 105mm f2.8 Micro




My studio / dining room table. LOL.

I like the B&W Tree picture. The composition of the winding river, and the line of trees works pretty well.

I wish the backdrop of the Grand Central Terminal wasn't a big ole office building, because I think its a cool subject

Something looks very off about this picture. I think it's the rocks+bank+ground all looking very dark and similar. Also the shadow of the tree branch cutting off right near the fork is also unsettling. I can't quite describe what feels wrong with this.

I really like the composition w/ the foreground detail, trees in a line leading you off the frame and into the intesting clouds+mountain on the right, and the river leading you into the bridge on the left (would have preferred no people, but whatever).

Was this a single-shot HDR or bracketed exposure? Can you post the original unaltered?

I'd also like to see the original, in color and B&W, it looks like it might be a solid pic without whatever HDR alterations you made

Thanks for posting a pic of your setup. Is it just the single speedlight lighting the box? I see a noticable side shadow on the macro of the balls.

For the bike pic I think you should have moved to the left (and maybe a little bit lower) and put the street as it faded into the background. As composed the opposite shadows, blue lights/canopy/car behind handlebars and shadow to the left of the front wheel are all a bit distracting from the subject. I really like the light and the mood is creates. Was this all w/ ambient or did you have your flash on? What focal length? Without the car there the orange cones could also add to the picture quite a bit if composed differently

I think the reflection of the tree in the foreground being darker than the actual tree is a little freaky.

Haven't posted any pics in here for a while so I thought I'd post some from the last 3-4 months

My boy Connor (shot w/ Leica D-Lux 4)


Nikon D200 + 50mm 1.4 @ 1.4


Few random shots from a wedding I was helping a friend w/
These are both D200 + 17-55 2.8

The chromatic aberration on the edges of the glass make me angry


A christmas ornament
D200 + cheapish 50mm sigma macro HDR


Handheld HDR. I stayed still but artifacts from guy moving in background piss me off


Roche Harbor
D200 + 18-200 (i really dislike this lens, especially for the sharpness).


feedback, please

Freakin, nice shots there. I can't wait to get the 50mm f1.4.

As for the lightbox, I am using a single sb-600. I didn't have any tissue paper handy so I used printer paper. After shooting for a while, I noticed that the backdrop was getting darker and darker so I juiced up the power. Planning on getting some tissue paper for the sides and top which will let a lot more light in.

freakin,

thx for your comment, this was a bracket HDR exposure set to +/-3 EV, this is the original from which I cropped it out:



from your pics I like the colors in the HDR, the dog and glass ones are also very nice. nice contrast and angle on the dog one, and very nice DOF on the glass one.

Some extra pics of mine: bouldering in Zillertal/Austria:

I am searching for some sort of device to capture a video of me doing exercises in gym, so video has to be acceptable quality indoor. My phone camera is way too crappy to make watchable video, so I was looking into buying compact camera/compact camcorder (like Flip video ultra camcorder or kodak zi8). I am not sure if I need camcorder, cause I am not really too excited about making videos, might change my mind if I tried one though. So I think compact camera is probably best for me. Do these cameras make any decent quality video (good enough for filming exercises done in gym) ? Any recommendations? By the way I want to spend as little as possible. I was looking into kodak zi8, but it is a bit pricey (120 pounds + have to get flash, willing to spend 100 pounds or less)

I've been slacking lately. back to my favorite front-yard dock.


5d
17-40
Remote
Ingenuity

this is fantastic. What were the settings on this one, somewhere around f16 @ 1/8 sec? The long depth of field yet no blur in the flying object and silhouetted person make me love this photo

killer picture, do you have the settings off hand?

It's two shots combined into one.

Both at 17mm.

The water was done with a neutral density filter, f11@15 seconds or something to get it nice and flat. i then took off the ND filter so the shutter speed was something like 1/160 @ f11, and shot myself with the remote and the bird, hence the lack of motion blur. using layers and masks in photoshop, i put the water in where it belongs.

bada bing.

hey guys. i'm probably pretty normal in that i love the idea of owning a sick DSLR, yet hate the idea of carrying it everywhere and worrying about it.

so today i did some searching and have decided to buy a canon powershot s90, which it seems is perfect for what i want - great shots and will fit in my pocket.

i'm going to iceland very soon and will use it there for the first time, but will only get my hands on it when i get there. i truly know nothing about manually taking photos. are there any good sites geared to absolute beginners i could read? thanks.