Let's shoot this weekend.

[Byuphoto]

I am developing and will scan and post tomorrow. I see I won't try any of that Vista film if it is all like that

 

[Todd.Hanz]

I went to a Crawfish festival today, people pinch'n tail and suck'n head a plenty but no good pics 🙁 ,
the ditch bugs were tasty though!

Todd

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

I went to a Crawfish festival today, people pinch'n tail and suck'n head a plenty but no good pics 🙁 ,
the ditch bugs were tasty though!

Todd

Besides who wants all that seasoning and juice all over their nice cameras.

Great, now I'm thinking about Crawfish and oyster po'boys.

 

[Byuphoto]

I cooked 70 pounds monday evening. man were they good. I wish someone had come over to help eat them ;-)

 

[peterc]

Path through the woods.
Zorki 4K, J8, Silvertone 400 (rated at 200).

Peter

 

[jlw]

Sorry, I couldn't bring myself to do any shooting this weekend -- I had been out late every night of the week shooting back-to-back rehearsals of professional and university dance companies, then home to transfer shots to the computer, do some rough editing, and recharge batteries (the hidden curse of high-volume digital photography!)

My Epson R-D 1 and 50/1.5 Nokton got quite a workout, although this time because one of the theaters was larger I also made pretty extensive use of a Nikon D100 with 85/1.8 Nikkor. (The fact that both these cameras have identical sensor sizes makes it easier to get my head around what lens I should use for what picture situation.) Although I got some good shots with the Nikon, using it just reminded me of how much easier it is to shoot stage action with a rangefinder camera -- it's a huge advantage being able to see outside the framelines so you'll know what's coming into the picture. (The fact that I can keep both eyes open with the R-D 1 is an additional plus.)

I haven't finished editing yet, but it looks as if I'm going to wind up with about 900 usable photos from the four-day period. In case anyone's interested, I'll attach a few of the R-D 1 photos; all were shot at 1600 with the Nokton at f/1.5 or a bit less. The picture of choreographer Erika Overturff giving notes was shot under dim "work lights" and needed a shutter speed of 1/70; the girls in red gloves and the couple were at 1/125; the group of women was at 1/250 and the leaping men at 1/500. (Gosh, I love EXIF metadata!)

Anyway, as I said, no shooting this weekend -- I've got to catch up on a four-day backlog of mail, sleep and laundry!

 

[Will]

In case anyone's interested, I'll attach a few of the R-D 1 photos; all were shot at 1600 with the Nokton at f/1.5 or a bit less.

😉

JLW,

At ISO 1600, what kind of shutter speed are you using?

Cheers




Will

 

[jlw]

😉

JLW,

At ISO 1600, what kind of shutter speed are you using?

Cheers
Will

The shutter speeds are in the original post, albeit somewhat buried in my overall verbosity.

Also, here's another fun thing about EXIF metadata: If you download one of these images to your desktop, the metadata comes along with it, so if you've got software that displays EXIF info, you can see all kinds of detail about the photo. (Note that many photo viewers display shutter speeds in decimal format rather than the fractions we're used to; for example, you might see a shutter speed of "0.008" rather than "1/125." Just divide the decimal number into 1 to convert.)

Another potentially interesting bit of info about the stage shots is that I did just about all of them this time in manual exposure mode (except the work-lights shot of the choreographer giving notes, which was shot in auto.) While the R-D 1's meter usually handles weird lighting conditions pretty well, these particular productions had such dark backgrounds that they'd fool the meter and give overexposed main subjects.

Rather than trying to deal with this by dialing in exposure compensation (which would require constant tweaking as the action moved around the stage) I found it easier to just choose a shutter speed based on the overall light level and leave it there. Whenever the light would change, I'd take a guess at the appropriate shutter speed, shoot a quick test frame and view it on the LCD, then adjust as necessary. This isn't as hard as it might sound -- the amount of stage lighting usually is determined by how many individual lights ("instruments") are plugged into each channel (or circuit) of the control board, so usually there will be only two or three overall light levels ("presets") you have to deal with.

For example, in this production I learned quickly that the lighting design had basically a bright preset which took 1/500, an average preset that took 1/250, and a dark preset that needed 1/125. Within the preset, the figures would get a little brighter as the performers moved closer to the lights at the side of the stage, but I handled that by stopping down the lens a little rather than by switching shutter speeds.

I'm not sure this quick-and-dirty technique would have worked if I had been shooting JPEG format (the digital equivalent of slide film) but since I was shooting in raw, I had enough latitude to fix minor exposure goofs afterward without compromising the quality of the final image.

 

[lushd]

This is my contribution - Yashica GSN, Delta 400, the Orangery at Kenwood House London.

 

[Byuphoto]

Donald, that wouls be a lovely place to do a natural light bridal shot.

 

[raid]

George: In fact, we are enjoying AMAZING weather today; low humidity with warmth and sunshine after 12:00, but it started with a low humidity cooler mornong at F63. My wife agreed with me .. "it is cold!"

 

[jonasv]

i have some pictures... taken this morning, developed and scanned right away (digital may be "fast" - if I shot RAW it would take me longer to get the final images then it did now. I took the pictures, went home (5 mins), developed the film and dried it (40 mins), scanned and edited (15 mins). An hour in between taking the pictures and seeing the results on my screen. Pretty cool for the "dinosaur" film medium in this electronic 21st century, no?

As for the photos. They're not really worth sharing but, whatever.

I didn't feel like taking standard shots. I thought to myself "anything goes" and so I did.








bessa r + 35 skopar
lucky 400 SHD in rodinal 1+25

up close and personal


anything goes.

 

[JMP]

As for the photos. They're not really worth sharing but, whatever.

I didn't feel like taking standard shots. I thought to myself "anything goes" and so I did.

Actually, thanks for sharing! I like the second shot of the couple especially; they're real characters. I think "anything goes" is a good attitude. It breaks you out of your traditional way of seeing and often surprises with interesting results.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

OK, this is my tentative contribution; taken during my visit to the Madison RFF meeting.

Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75 Xr Di (sorry, I just dropped off some rolls of film, and the only one I can develop myself isn't finished yet)...

Faux Tri-X​

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Yeah, nice one, JVX (Jon)!

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Ok, another one...

​

 

[raid]

Here are some results from yesterday. I happen to have used a Canon SLR in this particular trip to the beach and to downtown Pensacola. I was testing a batch of Fujicolor 200 film, and I needed results quickly.

Camera: Canon T-90
Lens: Canon 80-200/4L
Film: Fujicolor 200 (60 24-exp. rolls for $17)

Exposure: f4.0 with speed 1/20 handheld. [happy!]
These photos were taken inside an Austrian bakery where we had lunch and some pastries.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Charming, simply charming, Raid.

 

[raid]

Thanks, Gabriel. I hope that my work also shows and it is not just my daughter. It is difficult to get sharp images handheld at 1/20 with a heavy zoom lens like the Canon 80-200/4.

 

[raid]

Here are more photos from yesterday's testing of the Fuji film. These shots were taken outside the bakery in the shade, so the shutter speed is higher than 1/20.