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Did any of you guys make the show and what did you think?
I went mostly to Panasonic and Olympus and Sony love their
new stuff and went up and down the checking out other things
did buy a new card reader which I needed, other than that a
good show and can't forget the painted ladies!

Bob
 
Yeah, I went... saw Jeff and Dan there too. I was into the Sigma (Quattros), Fuji (X100T), and Leica booths (New X cameras).
 
Unique Photo always has the the body art models.

In terms of gear... Future Fuji lenses seemed enticing.
 
I was very impressed with the Sony A7 and quite surprised with the Samsung offerings. I had to work the show Thursday morning and spend some time at the Samsung booth after reading some recent reviews.

That Sony A7 is deliciously small! Now if they could do away with the hump and make it more rangefinder style.....!!!
 
I had a great time at the show. Got a free trial pack of Canson paper, and got to know Robert Rodriguez, the Canson Am-Bass-A-tour/master printer, who I met last year. On many levels we have a lot in common and it was great making a friend who is so much like me.

I was deeply impressed by this 20x30 inch print in the Digital Silver Imaging booth that was shot at high ISO using a Leica Monochrom. When I inquired about how big did they think a tripod shot or an ultra-high shutter speed shot could be printed the response was a 40 inch print. This kinda solves the 17x22 inch limit of my Epson 3880.

I was offered a free digital silver print, and when I inquired if that meant that my first 40 inch print was for "free" we both laughed, but basically if I want to order a large print they will give me an 8x10 free print of a zoomed in crop that would be scaled from a 24x36 or 27x40 inch print.

As usual I went over to the Leica booth and gave this guy Mark a grilling. I wanted to know if the rumor about a Monochrom M-240 was true. We kinda argued about the name of the camera: Mark thought it should be called a MM; But I pointed out that thjat name is already taken and is applied to the "M" Monochrom as an abreviation. My name is MM-240, and I told Mark I don't need any stinking video. Mark would not confirm nor denigh the rumor. Mark allowed me to check out the limited M60. WOW I love the stainless steel finish on the body and lenses.

I also got the smut that Heliopan "Digital" yellow filters I use on my Monochrom feature UV and IR filters built in. This is why Heliopans perform so much better than B&W filters and make signifigantly better histograms.

I met Ivan Uskokovic who I haven'y seen in years. The last time I met him was trading some Leica gear, but now Ivan has a retail store downtown at 368 Broadway just below Canal Street. The name of his store is "K&M Tribeca."

I ended up spending more time than planed at the Expo. It seems the foul weather kept the crowds down.

Cal
 
I went on Friday, and saw Martin Parr, which was entertaining. I don't think I learned much that I did not already know, other than that he has a collection of approximately 1 million 8x10 proof prints. His editing philosophy is; "Keep the good ones, leave out the bad ones."

I did the rounds, looked at all the printing papers, some of the fancy german ball heads, and all the german and swiss digital back cameras. I just love turning those dials. There also was a new Schneider 28mm tilt shift lens that has so many adjustment rings that you need a degree to operate it.The girl assured me it was easy to set everything back to zero.

Then the man from Epson said that the v850 was not improved over the v750, because the v750 already was the best scanner in the world! No need to ever use a film or drum scanner or anything else. It is perfect. He showed me some on-screen jpegs as proof.
 
I tested every full-frame digital camera that I could lay my hands on.
My criteria were:
1. Low-light resolution
2. Low noise
3. Focus accuracy under low light
4. Focus tracking under low light
5. Focus speed under low light
6. Shutter noise
The winner........(IMHO)................the Sony A7S.
Except for focus speed and tracking, it killed every other camera at high ISO's, above 3200.
I tested it with most of the Zeiss glass that was available at the Sony Booth.
I took my own SD memeory card home after the Show and pixel-peeped 'till the wee hours. Even some shots that I took at 512,000 ISO were useable.
 
Last week a gentleman came into my store with the A7s and he took a picture of me,
I heard nothing when it's in silent mode, real nice camera there.

Bob
 
Range-rover said:
Last week a gentleman came into my store with the A7s and he took a picture of me,
I heard nothing when it's in silent mode, real nice camera there.

Bob
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Yes, totally silent in that mode....not even a "click".

Here's why I need that camera:
 

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Where did all those drones come from?

I find them a bit scarry because it is not so difficult to weaponize one.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
Where did all those drones come from? I find them a bit scarry because it is not so difficult to weaponize one. Cal
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One of these days they will be big enough to carry an Aero Linhof with 5" winder back. In which case you should be really scared. I don't understand the insistence of these manufacturers to stick go-pros on these things, while there should be other light cameras out there with decent optics.
 
CNNY said:
One of these days they will be big enough to carry an Aero Linhof with 5" winder back. In which case you should be really scared. I don't understand the insistence of these manufacturers to stick go-pros on these things, while there should be other light cameras out there with decent optics.
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Christian,

Some of your mad-science has spilled over to me, and sometimes I can't help but add some rare oddity to construct into one of my "Monsters" as John would call it.

I found this obscure Topcon 250 bulk loader for $27.00 at KEH. It is in E+ condition and has this very cool counter. I eventually want to bulk load Kodak 5222 in a "Calzone" manner meaning scaling it up to where I can handle a 400 foot roll where I don't have to worry about difficulties securing cut-offs or worrying about fogging caused by other people's handling.

Anyways this bulk loader is a very cool object. So far Maggie hasn't yelled at me for obsessively playing with it while watching TV. I just love the loud clank when the rotating counter/flywheel resets. It is kinda loud like me. LOL.

Looks like the Nikon and Topcon (Besseler) 250 exposure cassettes are the same design, but 250 exposures is only 33 feet of film.

A second idea is to somehow utilize a Nikon MD-4 motor drive to load cassettes. I figured out that I could mill a slot into an extra back and utilize the MD-4's provision to leave the leader out of the cassette. In art school bulk loading without a bulk loader in the darkroom killed my shoulders. Doing 400 feet in a Calzone session would be like running the NYC Marathon.

As far as your 3-D/AutoCad skills I say a marketable product could be a bulk loader that can respool Kodak 5222 from a 400 foot roll into 4-100 foot rolls; or a "Calzone" model bulk loader that will accept a 400 foot roll. I imagine a supersized Lloyd's bulk loader on steroids if the "Calzone" model gets built. I don't think We could quit our day-jobs, but I think there might be others that might want a bulk loader that can accomodate a 400 foot roll.

Thirdly I was exploring buying a 250 exposure back for my Nikon F3P to further mechanize a bulk loader. Probably not cost feasable, but neither is the government or any National Lab where cost-plus spending (wasting tax payer's dollars) resides. All I know is if I still had my old job at that Fortune 500 Company that was the fourth largest military contractor in the U.S. I'd have my friends in the tool and die department making the most expensive bulk winder on the planet.

Cal
 
jsrockit said:
I hear ya Cal... and even when not weaponized, there is user error. :bang:
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John,

Last night in the news somebody was killed by an errant tape measure that fell from a highrise under constuction.

I say drones have great potential for evil. Some use GPS and have a range of a mile.

Cal
 
Interesting to hear these comments . So different from my experience , but I think that's because my head is elsewhere - film, printing, .. rather than in digital gear . Anyone see the new M mount Russar+ 5.6/20 at the Lomography booth? The size is really sweet (pancake) but construction I thought was flimsy and .. $700 ? And I noticed a lot of bad prints at various booths - garish HDR or unnatural processing etc .
 
lamefrog said:
Interesting to hear these comments . So different from my experience , but I think that's because my head is elsewhere - film, printing, .. rather than in digital gear . Anyone see the new M mount Russar+ 5.6/20 at the Lomography booth? The size is really sweet (pancake) but construction I thought was flimsy and .. $700 ? And I noticed a lot of bad prints at various booths - garish HDR or unnatural processing etc .
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Do what works for you... you know these expos aren't really geared towards any of us... I noticed a lot of prints that were just too over the top as well. Many of us came from the darkroom before using digital, so I think that is why it doesn't appeal to us as much anymore (no real huge advances in equipment in this realm for the home darkroom). If I were to set-up a darkroom these days, it would probably be with the same equipment I used in the 90s.

Digital workflow just works for my lifestyle at this point in my life (and photography is photography to me regardless of medium). Just because many of us use digital doesn't mean the expo is catering towards us either though. Many of us are not typical in our subject matter as it pertains to expo booths.

I stopped by the lomo booth but didn't even think to look at that lens. I wish that I had.
 
John just to be clear this wasn't a knock against digital. I'm not a film snob . Many, most photographers I know use digital and many of them are a lot more creative and better photographers than I am .
 
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