where there’s smoke there’s forum fire
I know, I know, we've had this discussion before. No need to have it again. You don't need to baby sit me. I can watch out for myself.
But so far "NSFW" has been pretty useful for me. I think. I haven't gone inside those posts anyway, so I have no idea what they were.
Hey you brought it back up not me :^)
Besides those NSFW post are nothing much. They just have the answers to all of photography's biggest questions ;^)
Whatever. Whenever I see NSFW I just pick up my camera and busy myself with something else.
lol then from now on all my post will be NSFW/A ;^)
ALL your posts? Or just the ones I don't need to see? Because otherwise I'm perfectly fine with that :^)
Is it bad that every time I'm at work and I see NSFW I click on it? Of course at home I just ignore them lol.
THIS POST IS NSFA!!!! SO DONT READ IF YOU'RE ALPAHNIKONREX!!!!
I was once at a client's office and we started talking about his interest in photography, blah blah blah. He then tells me if I'd like to see some samples of his latest photo shoot and give him some pointers. I say of course and he spins his work computer's monitor around and proceeds to show off "artful" nudes of his wife on a motorcycle! I'm looking around thinking, "Dude isn't this NSFW!" LOL true story!
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Underwater Housing for the D3. I didn't want to start a new thread.
Just a question- I know shutters wear out on cameras, but do lenses ever need to go in for routine servicing? Like aperture blades or something like that?
Boy NSX you sure are one lazy dude!
I've never had problems with any of my old lenses, but I'm not sure how todays "fancy high-tech" gear will hold up. Perhaps the AF-S/VR versions will eventually need to be re-calibrated or tuned-up perhaps?
That underwater housing looks like an old lunch box I have...hmm I just got an idea. I wonder if I can put my camera....
NikoDoby said:
Boy NSX you sure are one lazy dude!I've never had problems with any of my old lenses, but I'm not sure how todays "fancy high-tech" gear will hold up. Perhaps the AF-S/VR versions will eventually need to be re-calibrated or tuned-up perhaps?
That underwater housing looks like an old lunch box I have...hmm I just got an idea. I wonder if I can put my camera....
Maybe they would need a recalibration, but unless you really break them, I don't think you do right?
I wasn't sure if they were important enough to start new threads.
Here's some cool videos.
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I would never do that on my dad's FM2. I'm too scared that I'd poke a hole through the shutter curtain.
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Not sure where this commercial ran. The camera doesn't look like it's in tip top condition- the flash shoe looks banged in, and the music cuts off weirdly.
Just another question- does the Nikon F2 have a meter? I might be thinking about buying one.
Shagged by a bird.. :-) ( it is alpha ok :-) )
My innocent 4-year-old was cracking up watching that. "He thinks the photographer is a drum!" Thanks, hearty!
A bit of an update on the Mamiya DSX 1000- I got a battery for the camera and the meter works, it's just that the meter is a stupid needle and it seems like under all conditions the meter has Parkinsons or something. I'm still going to give it a go because I'm interested in the performance of the lens. Plus I'm using cheap film anyway.
The FM2 has a way better meter- lights that tell you how much over exposed or under exposed. This is just a stupid needle that swings in one direction or another.
I love the Nikon.
Stupid needle? It's stepless! Far better than LED readouts. Learn sunny 16 and basic exposure conventions, and the needle will make more sense. Centering the needle will not give you good exposures either, its just going to give an average tone of 18% grey, learn to exaggerate or tone down values through use of exposure.
NSXType-R said:it seems like under all conditions the meter has Parkinsons or something.
Sounds like a very small diameter center-spot meter. Likely quite foreign to those who grew up with a Matrix meter.
Advantage - you can quickly tag multiple areas to either go all out Zone, or evaluate EV while training your eyeball.
Disadvantage - small recomposition can lead to drastic changes in meter reading.
Try your DSLR on spot meter mode, and see if you see similar behavior. I'm guessing you will.
ChrisLange said:
Stupid needle? It's stepless! Far better than LED readouts. Learn sunny 16 and basic exposure conventions, and the needle will make more sense. Centering the needle will not give you good exposures either, its just going to give an average tone of 18% grey, learn to exaggerate or tone down values through use of exposure.
Have you used that camera specifically? In theory yeah, it could give a much better reading than a LED readout, but honestly, it's so erratic that it even moves up and down wildly when I'm not changing any settings. And this wasn't a shifting light situation.
soap said:
Sounds like a very small diameter center-spot meter. Likely quite foreign to those who grew up with a Matrix meter.Advantage - you can quickly tag multiple areas to either go all out Zone, or evaluate EV while training your eyeball.
Disadvantage - small recomposition can lead to drastic changes in meter reading.Try your DSLR on spot meter mode, and see if you see similar behavior. I'm guessing you will.
Interestingly, it has a spot meter and an average meter.
http://www.thecamerasite.net/01_SLR_Cameras/Pages/mamiya%20NC.htm
I have the manual, I haven't had time to fully read it yet. I have skimmed it though.
"Erratic" needle sure sounds like spot and not average. Curious to see what you find out.
Have a look very cool
http://www.derickandemily.com/Home/Proposal.html
"The most common question so far about the proposal video is “How did you do it?” The technique is most commonly known as ‘light writing.’ A light source is moved (in this case, a 3 million candlepower spotlight) while the shutter of a DSLR camera is left open, creating a streak of light in the final exposure."
and my favorite:
"Shooting:
Both the exposure from the hotel and the video from the ground were shot with Canon 7Ds. The ground camera had a Nikon 50mm f/1.4 lens, a must for shooting in such low light conditions. I used Dragon Stop Motion to overlay the image of the text over the live view from the camera. I used the Canon EOS Utility for remote shooting."
You'd think with all that effort that they'd think to open the window to avoid the reflections. Or maybe they were going for that effect.
What!? The guy goes through all that trouble to do the light writing and then just haphazardly shows her the video after realizing the Harry Potter movie they went to see sucked?
I bet you they got into a fight about going to see Harry Potter so he pulls out the Macbook in the parking lot of the movie theater and tells her, "I don't care? I DON'T CARE! Look at this crazy woman! I spent two freakin' days doing this for YOU! And this is how you treat me!"
Ah, isn't love great.
Should have done it the way Picasso did it, much easier. (OK, I'm lazy):
http://www.solediction.com/2009/06/picasso-drawing-with-light-life.html
Now with DSLRs the artist can get immediate feedback instead of waiting for the film.
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