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T42

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Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #25 on: 15 March, 2017, 10:24:26 am »
Actually, I can get all of those by half-inching my wife's Sony Hwhatever90v and putting a protector on the LCD. All that's missing is the weather-proofing.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #26 on: 18 March, 2017, 09:06:04 am »
14 stops of dynamic range........

http://www.hasselblad.com/x1d

That appears to be 16,384:1

Drooool

T42

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Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #27 on: 18 March, 2017, 09:14:36 am »
Never mind that techy stuff, where's the wooden version?
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #28 on: 18 March, 2017, 01:09:03 pm »
14 stops of dynamic range........

http://www.hasselblad.com/x1d

That appears to be 16,384:1

Drooool

I'm sold where do i sign up and who do I have to sleep with to get one.
Somewhat of a professional tea drinker.


Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #29 on: 22 May, 2017, 04:53:10 pm »
The Wildlife  photography comedy awards are rather fun

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/2016_finalists.php

LEE

  • "Shut Up Jens" - Legs.
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #30 on: 23 May, 2017, 02:38:52 pm »
14 stops of dynamic range........

http://www.hasselblad.com/x1d

That appears to be 16,384:1

Drooool

I'm sold where do i sign up and who do I have to sleep with to get one.

It's £11,000 with lens so you may need to do more with them than just sleep.
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

Gattopardo

  • Lord of the sith
  • Overseaing the building of the death star
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #31 on: 23 May, 2017, 11:27:05 pm »
Ok I hate canon compact pop out lenses.  Have two that I have taken apart and have broken plastic cogs.


hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #32 on: 04 June, 2017, 11:26:55 pm »
Are they the ones that give the E18 error message when they jam?

(ETA Ahh yes! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E18_error)

My first IXUS 70 did this after 6 weeks and was replaced by the supplier (Amazon).

The replacement is still going strong after 9.9 years.

T42

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Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #33 on: 19 July, 2017, 10:14:17 am »
Month 1:
- You need a screen protector on that
- I haven't got one

Month 2:
- You need a screen protector on that or it'll get scratched
- I haven't got one
...
...
Month 10:
- You need a screen protector on that or it'll get scratched
- It's already scratched.

:demon:

I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #34 on: 19 July, 2017, 10:19:58 am »
A petapixel must-see, frame rate synched with a bird's wings: https://petapixel.com/2017/07/18/cameras-frame-rate-synced-birds-wings/

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #35 on: 23 July, 2017, 11:25:59 pm »
A Facebook friend posted this caption on some holiday photography...
Quote
ParФenon 2017 in 360 degrees Centigrade

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #36 on: 18 October, 2017, 04:38:03 pm »
Some REALLY good wedding photos in this lot https://www.boredpanda.com/best-wedding-photos-2017-fearless-awards/

Personally the ones that aren't staged are more my fave, but there are good examples of both types

fruitcake

  • some kind of fruitcake
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #37 on: 18 October, 2017, 08:11:28 pm »
Here are some daft pictures of a hedgehog with tiny camping equipment:

https://www.boredpanda.com/cute-hedgehog-azuki-camping/

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #38 on: 27 October, 2017, 02:28:14 pm »
Friends and family:
If you are blessed with a stereotypical Jewish nose, this will be exaggerated when you post phone selfies.

Short focal length lenses being unflattering is neither news nor rocket science.

I find it hard to 'like' some things on BookFace!

T42

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Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #39 on: 28 October, 2017, 08:56:14 am »
[rant]
Dear misbegotten Adobe, why the hell can't your so-called on-line help simply list every Photoshop menu item and then provide detailed instructions for every feature of every tool available under that item?  That's what computer professionals have been doing since the 1940s.

Instead we have either to muddle through your stuff without a guiding hand, wade for an hour through your mish-mash of poor anticipation of what we ought to want to be doing, or undergo your "helpful" videos in the hope that something helpful will accidentally emerge. Or have a gander on YouTube to find out if some helpful soul has already supplied what you were too fucking lazy to.

You are twats, and I pee in your porridge.
[/rant]
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Ben T

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #40 on: 05 December, 2017, 10:39:00 am »
go to https://www.thetrainline.com/ if you get the background a picture of a woman with a camera... hasn't it been flipped?!... isn't the film winder on the wrong side - shouldn't it be on the right? Or is that how they have them in europe/USA? If not I might complain. :)

fruitcake

  • some kind of fruitcake
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #41 on: 05 December, 2017, 11:34:56 am »
go to https://www.thetrainline.com/ if you get the background a picture of a woman with a camera... hasn't it been flipped?!...

Horizontally flipped - to fit the page layout which places the form at screen left. As you say the winder and shutter release are on the left. There's also some blotchiness on the rucksack - where they've cloned out the branding.

LEE

  • "Shut Up Jens" - Legs.
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #42 on: 06 December, 2017, 10:01:45 am »
Here are some daft pictures of a hedgehog with tiny camping equipment:

https://www.boredpanda.com/cute-hedgehog-azuki-camping/

Or a bloody massive Hedgehog
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #43 on: 13 December, 2017, 06:18:19 pm »
2017 comedy nature photograph awards are live https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/2017_finalists.php

BrianI

  • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Lepidopterist Man!
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #44 on: 15 December, 2017, 09:41:23 pm »
Just been uploading some of my old 360x180 degree panoramas to 360cities.net!

https://www.360cities.net/image/charlestown-harbour-fife-scotland  :thumbsup:]

Sadly my new Canon 750D + Canon 10-18mm kit lens is to big a combination for my trusty Nodal Ninja 3 panoramic head.  And the larger Nodal Ninja 6 is a wee bit too pricey a £450 or thereabouts....

However there is a Nodal Ninja clone on Amazon, for £150 or so (which a friend at my camera club bought, and is pleased with). So a new year treat for myself!  :)

T42

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Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #45 on: 27 December, 2017, 10:51:26 am »
Just unearthed the Oly EP-3 I bought in a 2013 brain-fart moment.  Easily the most awful camera I have ever owned - crappy autofocus, crappy image quality and, when I put it up for sale on line, totally unsellable. Got the battery on charge for form's sake, but I don't reckon it'll be seeing much other than the inside of a cupboard for the next five years.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #46 on: 23 January, 2018, 09:36:29 pm »
Helped a colleague scan some cyanotypes today. Really nice.

Zoom in


On cold pressed watercolour paper. Stunning in the hand. The leaf is quite large, about 15cm long.
Zoomed scan is 4800dpi scan. The top one is 240dpi (downres from 2400 dpi scan)
"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #47 on: 01 February, 2018, 07:34:45 pm »
I've decided to put all my Bronica SQ-A gear up for sale, it hasn't been used in 10 years I reckon.

(anyone fancy some, pm)

Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #48 on: 19 February, 2018, 06:15:59 pm »
Actually unconnected with the previous post, I'm re-evaluating all subs I pay, Adobe CC is one of them. I pay annual sub, paid monthly, I suspect that's a common way

Online chat:
I'd like to cancel my sub
agent: why?
Because I don't get value from it, I prefer a software purchase which I upgrade when I want the new features or support.
agent: would you like our special offer? Would that help? Three months free
So my current sub ends in July, that would mean it ends in Oct, what would my additional commitment be?
agent: nothing
So  come October I'm as free to cancel?
agent: Yes. Would you like to do it?
OK then, I'll have your special offer (and make a mark on my Calendar for September)

That is one weird special offer, but anyone else with a CC sub might like to try it.




T42

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Re: Phototalk random thread
« Reply #49 on: 10 April, 2018, 03:28:18 pm »
Just noticed that it's 10 years this month that I bought my first Panasonic camera, a TZ3. Didn't much like it at first because of low-light muck, but soon found it excellent on bike trips. Daughter has it now, unless she's lost it.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight