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Re: [OM] Re: Sunsets and long-focus lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Sunsets and long-focus lenses
From: "Kierstin" <2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:38:06 -0000
will I be able to get a good sunset shot with my lens?  [SOLIGOR  MC
ZOOM-AUTO  F2.5/3.5  f=35-70mm]

It costs me about £4 a roll to develop (& this is cheap mail in
development).

Kierstin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Kierstin" <2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:09 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Sunsets and long-focus lenses


> Hi Kierstin,
>
> (I was going to reply to this off-list, but decided to share it, as others
who are
> wiser than me will have something of value to contribute)
>
> Well, the costs in the UK must be different from what we have here.
>
> You don't have to enlarge them a lot anyway. Take a few shots and get them
> printed up at 8x6 or whatever, then try cropping them by laying sheets of
> paper over the edges to figure out what you might have done had you used a
> 200mm or whatever lens.
>
> I really think a 300 is too long for that subject. And they are
agonisingly
> difficult to get the best out of.
>
> Also, much of the beauty and attraction of sunsets and sunrises comes from
> the clouds around, and a LF lens would simply cut all that out.
>
> I don't believe that one decent long lens is going to be cheaper than a
few
> rolls of bigger enlargements. Especially at the beginning.
>
> It is very easy to fall into the trap of going for gear rather than using
what you
> have and seeing what you can make of it. Been there, done that.
>
> It's nice to fondle a nice lens BUT does that take a photo?
>
> Remember, ALL 35mm shots are usually enlarged to some degree or other.
> Contact prints of 35 x 24 mm are so small as to be nearly useless.
>
> Have you seen my processors page (see my signature piece below). It has
> some good UK processors to chose from. Email a few and get quotes.
>
> Above all, shoot a couple of rolls of sunsets and sunrises before you make
> big decisions. You will be surprised what you learn about the subject, the
> camera, and how you need to envisage what you want to record.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Brian
>
> From:           "Kierstin" <2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:             <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject:        Re: Sunsets and long-focus lenses
> Date sent:      Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:32:22 -0000
>
> > the only problem is that enlarging images, via the photo lab, will cost
me a
> > fortune and I obviously cant do it myself - as I haven't even mastered
the
> > camera.
>
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....
> Help build up a good list of preferred film processors.
> E-mail me with the details of any very good one to add to
>
http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/processors.htm
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