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M7 ... MP ... your thoughts?
Hi folks!
I have an M7 and an M4-P. I love shooting both of them for different reasons which, as painful as it is, I'm not going to get into here.
Naturally, one Leica (M7) turns into two Leicas (M4-...
The much maligned XA1 Goes to Washington (state)
My spouse recently traveled to Washington state and along to the Wallowa Mountains area to visit friends and then on to Seattle to visit family. I gave her the Olympus XA1 loaded up with Tri-X and asked ...
Macro Lens Choice
Hi,
Just got my awesome EOS 5D MKI finally, after years of wanting it!
And yes it may be old now, and all you lot might be laughing at me ;) but this thing is sooooo divine to use and the images it produces ...
New England October Photo-trip + Seafood
Well, I've always wanted to make a track through New England with my camera rig and backpack. October looks like a good time to go. Part of the plan is hanging out along Maine's Costal area and become ...
Question on (modern) MP
I'm thinking seriously about buying an MP (like, yeah, I need a THIRD M-series film body ...!) but I have a few questions outstanding which I haven't gotten satisfactorily answered. I'm hoping you can ...
>>>>Heads up, CHANGES to the site...>>>>
Three changes to the site. Go to the Site Help forum to read the threads, or just click here:
Ratings Submission Process
Anonymous Critique
"Was this helpful" and Helpful User Icon
NEW>>> "Was this helpful" comment voting and "helpful" user icon...
Photographers post their work on photo.net for many reasons. Self promotion for professionals, simple sharing with other members of the community, or even just to prove to everyone that, yes, they really ...
NEW >>> the option to accept 'anonymous' critique/comments...
Historically, all critique or comments on user images have been attributed to the person making them, see screenshot below. The thinking was that you needed to stand behind what you said and put your name ...
Ratings submission system change...
Small change to the ratings/critique submission system.
The ratings and critique systems now have completely different submission links. You choose one or the other to request. They are supposed to be t...
Pellix / FD lens compatability
Finally got a Pellix (purchased, not yet delivered.) YIPPEE!! Waited far too long. Even though I have 7 FL lenses I still wish occasionlly to use FDs on with this body. Searching the responses on this ...
natural spectrum lights in the darkroom
I've heard that flourescent lights would fog film and paper for sometime after the light was turned off, so I've always used tungsten bulbs for white lighting in my darkroom. Now I've tried a 27 watt "n...
Ordering a fisheye from Russia
My daughter would really like to have some sort of fisheye lens to use with her Minolta SRT 102. She uses one sometimes from school, but finding the right adapter has been a pain. I cannot afford a Minolta ...
Inexpensive Retro Medium Format Options
Hello all. I chose to post this question in this forum instead of medium format because the goal is to find an inexpensive medium format camera with a distinctive retro look. I have mentioned in a previous ...
New work, back to film with the Mamiya 7II
Since I've had some good advice from this forum over the years, I thought I'd share some new work.
www.noahaddis.com
All of the work from Lima was shot with the Mamiya 7II with the 50mm and 80mm lenses....
Folly? Get rid of 35 f1.4 and 50 f1.8 Nikkors for CV 40 f2
Well, at one point I had quite the collection of near normal lenses for my F3, including the 50mm f/1.2 AIS.
I sold the 50 f1.2 a few months ago, as I have come to the realization that my eyes aren't able ...
help needed identifying an equipment problem
Hi
A series of 6 photos, taken as the father of the bride gave away his daughter, are partially black. My best guess is that it's the shutter, but I would like some help to make sure. Or is it the lens?...
Homemade Waterproof Housing for LX3
Because I like to kayak and have only a marginal waterproof camera (Minolta Dual Weathermatic 35), I set about making a housing for my LX3. I took a watertight box that can be found in the camping/outdoors ...
D200 metering issue
I apologize in advance if this question has already been answered. I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.
Here is my issue...
Shooting D200 in manual mode, matrix metering on.
Menu settings f...
if i wish to shoot for national geographic, do i need to know video too?
apparently yes!
p Fr om http://9shooter.blogspot.com/ :
"National Geographic now looks to only hire still photographers who are also vid eo-trained!"
Well, you can't ignore National Geographic photogr ...
An Offer of Overpayment From a Scammer?
I've seen many other overpay scams with fake checks etc. But this one has got my curiosity aroused.
Below is an email from someone answering an ad I placed on Craig's. He is offering $300 for a camera ...
