In a recent Internet exchange, I was accused of not understanding my audience, of not “getting it”. That stung a bit. But I spent some time contemplating. And, I’ve come to a conclusion. Guilty as charged. Photography to me is about communication, and I don’t understand the mentality of people who spend untold hours of… [Read More]
More on tilted adapters
This is a continuation of yesterday’s post. If you haven’t read it, you should go back and take a look. It has been said about adapters and tilt: “They all convert a good copy of a lens optically into the equivalent of a bad copy of the lens. Or a great lens into a much… [Read More]
Current work
There’s a lull in testing while I wait for the Zx cameras to be delivered, and I’ve been making use of the break to do some real photography. As some of you know, I’m starting a series of images of what comes out of our (really, my wife’s) garden. The name of the series is… [Read More]
Silent shutters and psychology
Before SLRs were the predominant big-boy cameras, shutters were reasonably quiet. The leaf shutters in press and view cameras, as well as those in twin-lens reflexes like the Rolleis were unobtrusive. Even the focal plane shutters in the Nikon, Canon, and Leica rangefinder cameras weren’t that bad. Then the flapping mirror made its entrance, and… [Read More]
Bracketing
Back when I was using 4×5 and 8×10 sheet film, if I really cared about an image, I would make two identical exposures. I’d make the first normally, then flip the film holder over and do it again. When I developed the film, I’d sometimes do all of one side of the holders in one… [Read More]