Saturday, September 03, 2011

First Roll. New Camera and Lens.

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Camera:  Hasselblad 501 C/M.  Lens:  150mm Zeiss Sonnar f4.  F-stop 5.6,  Shutter Speed 1/60th.  Film: Tri-X 400.  Lighting:  Sunlight thru ...
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Friday, September 02, 2011

In the end it all goes into the number one tank.....

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It's instructional for me, and a good antidote to the gear lust that many of us feel, when I go back and look at projects from 2002, 200...
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Thursday, September 01, 2011

Try not to fall or drop anything into the number one tank.

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 Why? "Oh, that's because it's the raw sewage intake tank." my client said casually.  "It'll be months before we ...
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Ten ways to win an argument on a forum.

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1.  Make up your own facts.  This is such a good strategy.  In advertising it's called, "Data Free Research."  Many people wil...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Took the Canon 1DS mk2 out for a spin. I put the Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE on the front. Yeah....it's soft wide open....NOT.

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I spent the afternoon on location doing a job for a new client.  We photographed a new medical device that uses pulsing xenon light to irrad...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Going backwards in time. Buying up yesteryear. The cameras I wish I'd had back when....

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It's been a mysterious week.  The heat is getting really oppressive and all out of hand and I find myself turning back the hands of ti...
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Get Ready Olympus. The Sony Nex-7 is the spearhead of the next wave......Hello Canon and Nikon.

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Edit:  Added Sept 8:   http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-07/canon-clinging-to-mirrors-means-opportunity-for-sony-cameras.html   One mor...
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