New York NYC Fashion Week

[Calzone]

This Sunday I'll be attending a runway show, tickets are $25.00, that features small boutique designers that will present their lines.

Anyways "Maggie" found this event and signed me up. It's general admission so go early for a good seat/position for shooting. Address where the show will be held is 125 West 18th Street.

Not sure if I'll shoot my Pentax 67II with TTL flash of use a Leica with 75 Lux.

Cal

 

[mervynyan]

do you get the mm already, why not try high iso?

 

[jsrockit]

do you get the mm already, why not try high iso?

Exactly...

 

[Calzone]

do you get the mm already, why not try high iso?

Mervyn,

I only got the Monochrom 5:00 PM Thursday after this event.

The MM is beyond a dream camera. Now I can't live without it. Leica really did design the Monochrom especially for me.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

Cal, I think we are going to have some fun this spring huh?

 

[Calzone]

Cal, I think we are going to have some fun this spring huh?

John,

There's a lot of pent up demand. Still staying indoors, but the Monochrom has been so inspiring that I took mucho shots from my windows overlooking Lexington Ave. I have some nice compositions and look forward to printing-printing and more printing.

I also feel like a lucky dog to have a heard of great film cameras to continue to exploit. I still intend on shooting mucho film for later wet printing. For me it's easy keep digital digital and analog analog as distinct separate mediums. I have way too much gear, but I would be at a loss if I culled down because at this point they are all treasures.

I can't tell you how inspired I am.

Cal

 

[Phil_F_NM]

I can't tell you how inspired I am.

I feel that way when I'm walking around with my Nikon SP (that I'm trying to sell now, ugh.)

The really cool thing about the digital bodies is that there is no backlog of latent images to chemically process. Once they are moved to a drive, the raw files can stay there indefinitely.
I have raw files from 2005 that I have gone back to and re-processed using new and better software and techniques to make the images really look much better than they did when I originally shot them. (This is why I chose a D2x over newer more expensive cameras. New software can really make those images outstanding as long as I do my part.)

As for Fashion Week, when are we going to get to see some of these images? 😀
If they are black and white and you need a scanner, you're welcome to borrow my DR Summicron (if you don't already have one.) On a digital M body the DR 'Cron makes a fantastic negative scanner lens. Quick, big files that really deliver the detail needed, and super easy to set up.

Phil Forrest

 

[Calzone]

I feel that way when I'm walking around with my Nikon SP (that I'm trying to sell now, ugh.)

The really cool thing about the digital bodies is that there is no backlog of latent images to chemically process. Once they are moved to a drive, the raw files can stay there indefinitely.
I have raw files from 2005 that I have gone back to and re-processed using new and better software and techniques to make the images really look much better than they did when I originally shot them. (This is why I chose a D2x over newer more expensive cameras. New software can really make those images outstanding as long as I do my part.)

As for Fashion Week, when are we going to get to see some of these images? 😀
If they are black and white and you need a scanner, you're welcome to borrow my DR Summicron (if you don't already have one.) On a digital M body the DR 'Cron makes a fantastic negative scanner lens. Quick, big files that really deliver the detail needed, and super easy to set up.

Phil Forrest

Phil,

Currently I have about 50 rolls of film in my fridge (mostly 120) that need development. I actually find that seeing the results from a month's worth of shooting all at once to be both exciting and rewarding. As far as editing goes the time delay makes me look at the work with fresh eyes. Film is film, and I still love it.

Now that I own a Monochrom, I intend on shooting even more.

BTW I saw that portrait of that Vietnam Vet we engaged with that you took. I finally developed my shots that I shot on Arcos at the wrong film speed because I forgot I had a filter mounted. Anyways these shots I knew were important, but I also knew they would be extra contrasty. Anyways the negatives are pretty amazing, and the added contrast adds to and reflects the rough and tumble life that this man lived.

Cal

 

[kbg32]

John,

There's a lot of pent up demand. Still staying indoors, but the Monochrom has been so inspiring that I took mucho shots from my windows overlooking Lexington Ave. I have some nice compositions and look forward to printing-printing and more printing.

I also feel like a lucky dog to have a heard of great film cameras to continue to exploit. I still intend on shooting mucho film for later wet printing. For me it's easy keep digital digital and analog analog as distinct separate mediums. I have way too much gear, but I would be at a loss if I culled down because at this point they are all treasures.

I can't tell you how inspired I am.

Cal

I "heard" you have a "herd"....

 

[Calzone]

I "heard" you have a "herd"....

While John calls my cameras "Monsters" he has also called my herd of cameras collectively "a camera museum." LOL.

I tend to seek out prime samples and then get them fully service to the extent that they have been "overhauled" and not just "CLA'ed."

Anyways it's a bit of a workout to carry two cameras to exercise all the cool rigs I have. Meanwhile carrying around two medium format cameras around so often put an inch on my chest.

Cal

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Collective noun...

Collective noun...

I think that we on the forum need to petition for a collective noun entry in the OED which covers a group of actively used cameras (vice a collection which sounds more like stuff on a shelf.)

The word "collection" is so, blah and I don't think describes a group of cameras actually in use. We need something like "a clutch of cameras" (but a clutch is reserved for eggs.)

Perhaps named after a great photographer? Like, "Cal is loaded down with a 'Eugene-Smith' of cameras in his avatar."
Actually, a "Jones-Griffiths" or a "Burrows" might be more fitting since they were well known for carrying a bunch of camera bodies.

Just another left-field thought.

Phil Forrest

 

[back alley]

I think that we on the forum need to petition for a collective noun entry in the OED which covers a group of actively used cameras (vice a collection which sounds more like stuff on a shelf.)

The word "collection" is so, blah and I don't think describes a group of cameras actually in use. We need something like "a clutch of cameras" (but a clutch is reserved for eggs.)

Perhaps named after a great photographer? Like, "Cal is loaded down with a 'Eugene-Smith' of cameras in his avatar."
Actually, a "Jones-Griffiths" or a "Burrows" might be more fitting since they were well known for carrying a bunch of camera bodies.

Just another left-field thought.

Phil Forrest

'arsenal'?


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[Phil_F_NM]

'arsenal'?

.

In the post-9/11 culture of NYC and this country, for the most part, "arsenal" is a loaded word (pun intended) that has negative connotations of conflict and nutjobs who are locked in their houses or bunkers. Many of our cameras are easily weaponized as well, hanging from the end of arm-length straps and often quite durable, in the case of the Nikon RFs, film SLRs, Canon F1, Leica M bodies, Pentax Spotmatics, etc. The proverbial "hammers" of the photo world.

It does certainly work though, as most of our "arsenals" do quite a bit of shooting. More than the aforementioned nutjobs' arsenals.

Phil Forrest

 

[jsrockit]

I tend to refer to my cameras as my set-up.

• set·up
  [ sét ùp ]
  2. set of prepared objects for task: a set of the tools or apparatus required to perform a task, properly assembled and prepared for its performance
  
  
  

 

[Calzone]

'arsenal'?


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Joe,

My Wetzlar M6 with TA Rapidgrip, TA Rapidwinder, and custom made hand strap already is a weapon that's part blackjack, part brass knuckles, and part dagger. When I carry my camera it's not hard to imagine it being used like a weapon.

Also know that my Nikon F3P with motor drive and AH-4 handstrap has been mistaken for a handgun in Queens Plaza. I saw this guy scramble for cover when he saw me, and he kept his eye on my as he scurried away.

Also know that my Gossen Luna Pro was mistaken as a detective's badge holder by a truck driver in LIC that had called 911. When he initially saw me he said, "Took you long enough," and when I said, "Excuse me," he realized that he made an error and told me that he was waiting for the NYPD.

It's o.k. to damage a camera in self defense I say.

Cal

 

[jsrockit]

My Wetzlar M6 with TA Rapidgrip, TA Rapidwinder, and custom made hand strap already is a weapon that's part blackjack, part brass knuckles, and part dagger.

If I didn't know what a M6 was, I may have thought you were going larping.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

If I didn't know what a M6 was, I may have thought you were going larping.

::SNORT!::

Ha!

Phil Forrest

 

[kbg32]

I'm going to have to join you guys one of these days, on one of your photographic sojourns.

 

[back alley]

i always carry a knife in my jeans pocket...and my father's advice to me...'if ever attacked by a group, take one in each arm and go down taking at these those 2 with you'.

 

[Calzone]

I'm going to have to join you guys one of these days, on one of your photographic sojourns.

Keith,

We live in a great-great city. When the warm weather kicks in, I have to make up for lost shooting due to the cold. I can feel a ground swell.

Also know that just making B&W negatives without any regard to printing has been a great thing over the past 5 years. It became evident when I got my Monochrom that shooting crazy amounts of film and making consistent negatives that will be easy to straight print made it easy to nail exposures in digital.

I'm already learning a lot, and I feel really good about my work.

Cal