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Rangefinder Camera Body

27 Dec 2010 by


Review Panasonic DMC GF1K K

It's mostly a great camera. I was surprised when I learned that the flash doesn't work in the My Color (Retro, Dynamic Art, etc.) mode. If you're expecting to be able to make a Retro photo of a darker indoor scene, you're out of luck.

I am an 'old fart' and come from the now very old world of .

I grew up in 4x5 sheet film and still think 35mm is a 'toy' .. But since I can no longer effectively use my old 120 roll film cameras like the Zeiss Super Ikonta and Hasses' what to do?

I am an amateur with my only requirement being to document my RV trips and the back-country 4WD adventures and the 'less than 5 mile' day hikes, so I may as well use one of these new fangled digital cameras.

I always thought my old Nikon F bodies were too heavy for the result they gave and now the new breed of 10 pound DSLRs are even worse yet. It's the same bad trade off today as it was in 1965, nothing has really changed. A ten pound mirror slapping monster with a one ounce result.

The GF1 is very much like my old M2 Leica rangefinder. It has all the benefits of the rangefinders, none of the SLR drawbacks. Faster than lightening to bring into play, very responsive, excellent fit and feel in the hand, and very well thought out in design and manufacture. A one pound camera with a ten pound result ! Rangefinder 35mm of this style and design are the ultimate 'candid' and street cameras, and they can not be beat on the trail unless you are hiking with a pack burro to help you along.

If you are looking for a modern camera that will do the job the old Leicas' did then this is the one for you. The lens and the sensor and the resultant image quality is excellent. You will have no problem up to 11x14 prints and perhaps beyond. I noticed in the excellent dpreview review of this camera that they have some minor moans and complaints about the JPEG engine in the camera. I do not agree with them on this point. If you set the 'my film' settings in the GF1 correctly you can get an almost indistinguishable color result against the RAW. Admittedly you loose some image information in the JPEG, and have to experiment a little with it, but once you develop a 'my film' profile for various standard shooting situations then you are good to go and save yourself the later workload of the RAW development.

The Japanese software that is supplied as a freebie with the camera is excellent, and very sophisticated. You will not have to buy $300 worth of junk from Adobe unless you want to. Once you get over the 'translation chuckles' of the various menu items in the software you will have a powerful tool in your hands. Admittedly there is a learning curve with any software of this complexity, but it is doable and is a significant value added bonus to the price of the camera.

When even the GF1 is too heavy for me to take on the trail, I pocket my Cannon S90. There is no comparison between the image quality of the Micro 4/3s and the little chip in the Cannon. It is the difference between night and day, apples and oranges. If you are one of those that are tired of the 'almost' image quality of your little pocket digital camera but do not want all the same old - same old SLR negatives, then I don't think you could do better than the GF1. Of course this Micro 4/3 world is just in it infancy and and you will probably watch the world pass you by a little as new cameras of this class are released over the next few years, but you will be taking great shots with it now, and having great fun as well.

If you are one that used to use, appreciated, and understood rangefinders like the old Leicas, and now watch, with disbelief, the endless profusion of so-called "pro grade DSLRs " pour out of Japan then you need to have a close look at the GF1. Only thing it is missing is the wind-lever under your thumb, but hey, you can't have everything.

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Olympus E-P2 Camera Review

The E-P2 is a 12.3 megapixel interchangeable lens camera, and mixes the high-quality still images from a digital SLR camera High Definition (HD), stereo audio recording and the linear PCM creativity of the camera - all in an ultra-portable, easy-to-body use. The E-P2 also brings a new twist to the line-PEN: a port accessory that adapts to the VF-2 adapter included electronic viewfinder or external microphone (EMS-1).

Like the portrait of the environment, shooting on the street is a sub-genre of documentary photography, and refers mainly to people in candid situations that evoke natural and some aspects of the human condition. Street also focuses on people move through metropolitan environments and complex societies in which they operate. Famous documentary photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Doisneau use 35mm compact cameras to capture many of the moments that define archetypal 20th century European and American society, history and culture.

Rangefinders are small and unobtrusive cameras, however, are very sensitive in the hands of an expert marksman, able to generate images that are as good as those produced by the cameras visible larger, more bulky and more. The gold standard for "street" camera has always been the Leica rangefinder (usually equipped with a normal or moderate wide angle).

The new Olympus E-P2 looks (and handles) much like the classic Leica IIIFs and M4S ingenious folding and 14-42mm Zuiko zoom kit, in a retro eerily similar to the Leitz optical folding of some of these classic cameras of yesteryear. Olympus also offers a lens of f/2.8 17mm main, and two new targets - a 9-14mm and 14-150mm zoom zoom in the works. Both should be available in late spring or early summer of 2010.

The inelegant E-P2 is an integrated service of the reincarnation of the F "Olympus Pen" series of film cameras and looks (and acts) much like the classic tools of the time image rangefinder. The E-P2 3.0 inch (230k) HyperCrystal II LCD is great, Sharp, accurate color, smooth, and has a viewing angle of 176 degrees - which is almost perfect for framing and composition surreptitiously images.

Olympus includes a new clip-on viewer mail, VF2, which gives a 100 per cent with 1.15x magnification. Olympus also offers a clip-on, with no optical viewfinder (the VF1) similar to those in the old rangefinder cameras. The E-Q2 has a maximum sensitivity of ISO 6400 (good for available light shooting indoors in low light), changing the image sensor stabilization and manual control over aperture and shutter speed. Unlike the old days photographers, street shooters today have the option to record HD movies (AVI format - 1280x720 pixels at 30 fps) - and adjust color saturation, contrast, white balance and sensitivity in the camera.

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Polaroid Land Camera

20 Nov 2010 by


Journey Gifts For Men Are Appropriate For Any Occasion

When you are searching for gifts for men what's the primary thing that involves mind? If you are like most individuals you most likely initial flip to ancient sources like home improvement stores and giant department stores. Which means you are stuck with the identical recent choices year after year. This will create shopping for gifts for men a terribly tedious and troublesome task. It extremely does not need to be that way. All you wish to try and do to spice up your gifts for men buying experience is to vary your mindset. Instead of looking for items, try thinking about experiences. Not only can this make your gifts for men buying much additional fascinating it will build the gifts you land up giving an entire lot a lot of satisfying.

Adventure gifts for men are not the same recent thing. These are excursions that are certain to thrill men of all ages and backgrounds. It doesn't matter if you're buying gifts for men who are relatives or close friends. Gifts that bring back the thrill of journey are positive to please.

Suppose concerning the man you are shopping for for. Will he love to observe motor sports or is he additional of a water sport person? Does he look to the skies and marvel what it would be wish to fly? If you'll be able to answer these questions then you can choose the right gift. Journey gift concepts for men that fulfill life long dreams vary from a rare day of rally automotive driving to parachute jumping. You'll also find jet boat outings and kayaking down the white water. These are simply samples of the many journey gifts for men that you'll be able to select from. The only real limit to your options is your imagination.

If you are currently thinking of therefore several nice gift ideas for men that you are having trouble deciding which one is best, you do not need to worry. You can simply purchase a gift voucher for a journey gifts for men therefore that your special man will select the adventure he likes the most. This can be the simplest of all attainable worlds. You're guaranteeing that your special person will be able to fulfill his life long dream for an extreme excursion regardless of his tastes.

You would possibly even think about creating your great gifts for men even more special buy creating it for two. The sole thing which will make one of those excursions better is having the ability to share them with some one so that war stories can be swapped and common experiences rehashed. Who knows, perhaps you will be really lucky and your special person will raise you to go along. Then you will both be ready to share the results of you having broken the habit of buying just a easy normal gift to purchasing great gifts for men. Indeed, this will be a big day that will never be forgotten. You certainly can not get it wrong with journey gifts for men. Share one with someone you love today.

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Who Invented Polarized Marterial?

Polarized sunglasses, like many great inventions, are used by many of us without a second thought. But did you ever stop to think about where polarized sunglasses come from? Somebody had to come up with them.

Actually, we owe the creation of polarized sunglasses to four men.  In the 1750s, James Ayscough experimented with using tinted glass to correct vision problems. 

Many scientists of the time were studying the properties of light and color. In 1808,  Etienne-Louis Malus, a French physicist and mathematician,  he discovered that  light waves from the sun, which usually vibrate in all directions, can be aligned into one direction when it is reflected off something, like water. According to Malus’ law, the intensity of light transmitted through a polarizing filter depends on the angle of the filter in relation to the light.

While Malus’ law is important in the study of optics, it remained for Scottish physicist, astronomer and inventor Sir David Brewster to discover the angle at which light with a particular polarization can be transmitted through a surface with no reflection.  This he did in the year 1815. The angle, called Brewster’s angle or the polarization angle), is critical in the invention of polarized sunglasses.

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, experiments continued.  People began using yellow- or brown-tinted sunglasses to counteract light sensitivity. People realized that color had something to do with polarization. The optical company Bausch & Lomb began producing a dark green glass to protect U.S. Army Air Corps pilots from glare at high altitudes.

However, it wasn’t until 1936 that Edwin H. Land, an American inventor, created polarizing light filter that was light and inexpensive enough to use on sunglasses. He later created the Polaroid Corporation and developed many inventions, including the Land camera, which allowed amateur photographers to watch their pictures develop instantly.

Land’s invention was quickly put to use in sunglasses produced by Ray-Ban, a unit of Bausch & Lomb. Ray-Ban also created the distinctive “aviator” frame that protected a pilot’s eyes as he repeatedly glanced down at his instrument panel. Army pilots received these glasses for free and as their popularity grew, Ray Ban soon began to sell them to the public. The polarized sunglasses helped pilots to see and complete their missions safely. Their ultra-cool and effective sunglasses added to the pilots’ mystique and soon everyone wanted them in order to imitate their heroes.

Polarized sunglasses are one fashion trend that continues to serve a useful purpose.

 

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This six pack of digital is an affordable way to capture lots of memories whether through video or pictures. These feature a 1.4 inch color LCD screen and take 3 megapixel shots as well as video.

rooCase Hard Shell Polaroid Blue Camera Case

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Arriflex Movie Camera

05 Nov 2010 by


How Does a Camera Work?

A Frenchman named Louis Lumiere is frequently recognized for inventing the first motion picture camera. In 1895, he invented the “Cinematographe” – a portable motion-picture camera, projector and film processing device, all in one invention. Motion pictures started to become very popular after the introduction of Cinematographe. Of course it didn’t stop there. The technological era produced various and more sophisticated equipment for the movie industry. Movie have significantly evolved for the last century. But how does a film camera work? Read on the rest of this and see for yourself…

A film or works by capturing a series of images. This is in contrast with still cameras that take a snapshot at a time. These series of images is called a “frame” and is achieved by using a sporadic mechanism. The frames are then replayed in a movie projector at a certain speed, known as “frame rate” (the number of frames by second). So actually, the film camera and your eyes and brain are responsible for creating the illusion of motion by merging the individual pictures. Commercial films like those produced in Hollywood uses the standardized frame rate of 24 frames per second while the standard width 35 millimeter. Other film formats that are also widely used include PAL, plays at 25 frames per second and NTSC (common in Japan and North America) at 29.97 frames/s. People in the movie industry find rendering from one to another as one of the technical difficulties they have to face.

Majority of film cameras in the market do not capture the sound internally. The sound is record independently using a precision audio device. This setup is referred to as “double-system”. There is also the so-called single-system. These are new film cameras that have either an optical or magnetic recording apparatus inside. If you have seen those clapper boards in film production with the guy holding it and yelling these words “Title of the movie take 3 action”, they not jut simple boards. Aside from the fact that it normally starts a take it used as a reference point in synchronizing the picture with the sound. Furthermore, it allows scene and take numbers or any other important details to be included on the film itself. Currently, the most frequently applied system is unique identifier digits displayed on the border of the film. This whole process is accompanied by a computer editing system. Every film stock manufacturer has its own name for such identification system, Kodak their version as KeyCode. There are cameras as well that have low-accuracy film systems. They are some dubbed as “non-sync” or MOS. MOS cameras are used in for second-unit work and other jobs that do not require standard filming speed. The most widely used 35 mm cameras today are Arriflex, Moviecam and Panavision versions. PhotoSonics is used in high speed filmmaking.

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How To Make Your Own 16mm Black and White Film Like They Do In An Expensive Film School

New York Film Academy and NYU Film School charge students $30,000 to $40,000 a year for their programs. But most people don't realize that the actual filmmaking exercises done in these schools are very primitive and can be replicated very simply. NYU's "Sight and Sound: Film" course, a 2nd year Fundamentals Course costs about $7,000 in tuition. New York Film Academy's year long filmmaking program costs about $30,000.

In each of these courses, students make about 5 to 6 black and white reversal 16mm films. These are the kinds of movies you expect to see in a film school. Black and white, no sound. As a learning exercise, these movies actual do more damage than good because the techniques used are so out of sync with how things are actually done on a real movie set. Certainly, one need not spend this much in tuition to make movies like these to work with this level of equipment.

The camera used by these schools is the ArriFlex-S. This camera was invented in 1952. It became very popular in the 1960s, the heyday of 16mm film news shooting. However, nobody in the film business uses this camera anymore: except for film students. The camera is "non sync" meaning that you cannot shoot characters speaking dialogue; the film will not keep the same rate as the recording tape and the dialog starts to go out of sync with the mouths of the actors as they move.

Arrifliex-S cameras, where available, rent for about $150 a day. There are two rental houses in New York you can go to instead of paying thousands in tuition. Go to Hit and Run Productions in Brooklyn http://www.hitandrunproductions.com. Or Cinema Astoria Queens in  http://www.cinema-astoria.com. Then go to B and H Photo and Video on 9th Avenue and 39th Street in Manhattan. Ask them for Tri-X or Plus-X Reversal Film. While you're at B & H also pick up a cheap "light meter".

Reversal film is like slide film. The image goes right on the film itself. It's the cheapest film you can shoot on which is why film schools like it. When you go to the camera rental house you just ask them how to load the film. They will show you in about 5 minutes. You can also ask them how to operate the camera and if you can rent some lights. You can get some film lights for about $50 a day.

When shooting, you simply point the light meter at your subject. You punch in the speed of your film (Tri-X is 400 and Plus -X is 200) and it will tell you what "f stop" to put your camera at. The f stop is just a little ring around the lens that lets in more or less light.

It's so simple. Basically, the brighter it is outside, the narrower the f stop needs to be. If it's really dark, then the f stop has to be completely open. The light meter does it all for you.

Then once you are done shooting you go to http://www.colorlab.com. Give them your film they will develop it for you and put it on a mini dv tape.

Then you can edit it on your mac.

If you can't get to New York simple google the following. "Arriflex-S camera rental" or "Bolex camera rental". You can also mail order the Reversal Film from B & H and also mail film into colorlab or find a lab near you.

Or you can skip this exercise altogether and make some movies with sound and color!

 

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Extras Casting Call

02 Nov 2010 by

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How can I find casting calls for extras without paying a fee first?

My family and I are pretty skeptic about companies asking for a fee and your personal information first.

But I really want to be a movie extra and I'm having a hard time finding sites that are looking for movie extras in my area.

I tried craigslist, but there was only one notice when I looked up "extra", and when I clicked on it, it was one of those websites that look fishy.

I also don't really wanna sign up for anything beforehand (like for an agency or something).

Anyone know of a good, reliable for movie extra calls?

Thanks in advance.

Keep checking craigslist.org in the "tv//video/radio jobs" category in the "jobs" section.

Also, you can check mandy.com for your area. There may or may not be much depending upon where you live.

Also, alternative news weekly newspapers generally list open calls and auditions in their classified sections.

Also, there are trade sites that list casting calls. Check the links below and certainly you do not have to pay anyone to get work as an extra.

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Holga Medium Format

26 Oct 2010 by



Where to develop 120 in zurich or lugano?

im addicted to lomography, and have a . where should i print my pictures?

Check the major professional photography laboratories in Zürich...they will usually develop film. Try: http://www.photostudio13.de/ - http://www.gwerder.ch/ - http://www.stutzfoto.ch/. If those don't work out for you, try to find a shop selling chemicals for darkroom development...you can try processing the film yourself!

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