> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:10:15 -0800
> "George M. Anderson, Photographer" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm kinda curious as to which types of photography such "long"
(extreme?) focal lengths are being used for by fellow zuikoholics.
Are everyone bird/wildlife/motorsports photographers, or is it just
that big glass is facinating? Or, and most likely, perhaps I am just
> missing out of something... :)
Yes, we're all motorsports photographers!
Seriously, though, I've had mine less than a year, but I've probably
put close to at least 500 frames through it already. CH Ling sold it
to me, and it is absolutely beautiful...I would never part with it.
Will Kodak put any more money into Kodachrome? Absolutely not, there's
simply not enough profit in it. Will they, and Fuji, continue to develop
other chromes? Certainly. Film sales continue to rise (although flat since
about 1990, SLR sales have yet to drop), and that's a pile of profit.
Remember, as we shoot film, we support R&D on digital, which isn't really
profitable yet.
Me? I shoot Provia, and I got rid of my 10cc green glasses.
Bill Pearce
I shoot Provia, too. I love it. It's a terrific film. I'd never go
back to Kodachrome, much as I liked it twenty years ago. But time
marches on, and Provia is a much better film....faster and a much
better grain structure.
-Stephen.
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:54:14 +1300
From: Michael Kopp <mkopp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] OM 1 batteries and battery check
Hi, folks,
Thanks to all the people who came back to me about my need for an OM 1 body
for my daughter's birthday. Unfortunately, none of the leads turned into a
buyable camera. So I'm still looking.
<snip>
Michael,
I have a nice, clean OM-1N that I sell you for a very reasonable
price. Please contact me off list.
Thanks,
Stephen.
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:10:11 +0800
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] Grand-daughters of the OM, Digital Stylus!
Well, a cute little DC! If the aperture is a bit larger that would be
great, on the other hand if the noise at ISO320 is low that can
compensate for the problem of small aperture. Let's wait and see the
test result.
C.H.Ling
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> >Look, a digital mju/stylus. Looks good!
>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0301/03010903olympusmjud.asp
>
>// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
Very nice. Looks a long way from the price of the film Mju/Stylus
though. Sigh. Looks to be a good deal to take to the tropics
> though. Waterproof and no film to fight over at airport security.
Oh yeah! I've got my eye on that little digital Stylus, too! It will
be the perfect digital for taking along in the CamelBak on the
mountain bike or in the tankbag on the motorcycle. It will probably
have a nice, sharp lens, and the 4 megapixel res. is
perfect....enough for big(ger) prints (larger than 8X10, if desired),
but not so big as to have the noise issues of the C5050Z. With it's
street price, compactness, resolution, and (apparent) build quality,
this looks exactly like what I have been looking for. I can't bring
myself to spend 600 clams on the C-50Z, and this appears to be the
hot ticket.
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:42:30 -0800
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] ISO as the Third Variable
Luminous Landscape has a page in which the virtues of variable ISO with
digital cameras are extolled. Something I don't think about until
something presents itself and I have the wrong film speed in the OM4T.
There are a couple of very nice shots with the Canon EOS1Ds and a
couple of long Canon lenses with telextender.
<http://luminous-landscape.com/essays/third-variable.shtml>
I saw that, too....pretty neat.
There is also a really good articles about digital photography in general.
I would suggest those interested in understanding why there is more
to digitally produced image quality than the no. of megapixels in the
image sensor check out these articles:
"Understanding Digital Camera Resolution"
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/res-demyst.shtml
I found this article comparing the EOSD60 and Medium Format very interesting.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/d60/d60.shtml
Here's a portion of his summary, referring to the D60 and 35 mm film:
"So how about a straight answer? Is the D60 better than 35mm film,
and does it (and similar 6MP DSLRs) start to come close to medium
format quality?
For many the answer to the first question is yes. When all of the
factors are weighed in the balance the D60 really does give scanned
35mm film a run for the money in terms of image quality and
convenience. Certainly the 1.6X magnification factor is a downside
for many, limiting wide angle versatility. But with prices that are
increasingly affordable for a wider segment of the market cameras
like the D60 really do threaten 35mm SLRs on most fronts."
As Mr. Spock used to say, "Fascinating."
--
2001 CBR600F4i - Fantastic!
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