Archie Pellagio Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Has anyone in Afghan been able to get a photo of the BRDM that has been turned into an Afghan Telecom billboard just North of Pol i Kumri on the road to Mazar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) A somewhat pretty sunrise on the beach past September: Canon PowerShot S90, 1/500, F8, ISO 80, -2/3 exp Edited August 28, 2011 by sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11E Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) Mirage 2000C at Kleine Brogel air base, Belgium Rafale, also at Kleine brogel, both are taken with a Canon EOS 350 Edited August 28, 2011 by 11E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAT D9 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 (edited) T-72B1 on Russian Arm Expo 11.09.2011 in Nizniy Tagil Abandoned buildings and equipment Forest full of secrets. Vol.II Forest full of secrets Edited October 6, 2011 by CAT D9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 A young model that I did a shoot with two weeks ago: http://fc09.devianta...ear-d4aref6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Kibbey Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 * Basically: http://www.kenrockwell.comThat Rockwell is an interesting character. +2 on that site. Very informative...I see a purchase in my immediate future...I'm thinking the Nikon D3100*. Anyone have any comments about that one? *...and maybe one of the nicer pocket cameras he reviews, so I'd be splitting my budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APF Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) +2 on that site. Very informative...I see a purchase in my immediate future...I'm thinking the Nikon D3100*. Anyone have any comments about that one? *...and maybe one of the nicer pocket cameras he reviews, so I'd be splitting my budget. I've reviewed (for me) Nikon, Canon, Pentax and Sony alpha 35/55, and all performed about the same (for my criteria). The only ones with a really different feature set are the Sonys: the semi-permeable mirror and electronic view-finder put them apart: they focus bloody fast in live-view as well (to be more precise: live-view's all they have, they merely switch between internal and external LCD), and the electronic viewfinder enables them to display all sorts of information within the picture. Don't let anyone say that those electronic viewfinders are bad and can't compare with an optical one - try it.The price for that is some missing light into the sensor, and an issue with mirror images which may appear if very high differences in brightness, say a night shot with lamps in the picture. The effect is negligible for standard pictures (and the camera software might even remove it from the picture if the lights aren't overexposured) so again decide for yourself. You might want to spend some time here and here. Keep the money for the pocket camera. Once you've used a DSLR you'll likely cry at the picture quality of those critters. Oh, I eventually bought a Canon 600D / Tamron 17-50 f2.8 and a Canon 55-250 f??? (the less expensive one). Not because it's above the others, but my local dealer had a special deal one saturday and ... EDIT: as far's the site's concerned I found it a bit (rather: a Mbit) leaning towards Nikon and Canon without so much as a honorable mention of other brands. 2nd EDIT: Found another site, this site to compare DSLRs. Edited October 18, 2011 by APF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertEagle Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 APF, enjoy the Canon. The Tamron lens has received some stellar reviews. Last week I bought a Sony NEX-5N. I am very happy with this camera, minus one little issue (clicking noise during video which will be taken care of). My two choices: Sony NEX-5N16 MPMirror-less, interchangeable lensesVery good low light. ISO 3200 is very usable1080p at 24 fps or 60 fps, not interlacedAdapters to use most brand lensesFocus peaking for manual focus lenses. It is so easy.Optional OLED viewfinder (same as A65 and A77)18-55 kit lens is surprisingly good. Non-rotating and comes with a lens shade Sony A6524 MP Semi-transparent mirror (you lose some light)Amazingly fast autofocus and trackingSuperb OLED viewfinder, lets you view historgrams liveSame 1080p 24 or 60 fpsVery good ergonomicsThe 18-55 SLR kit lens is okay, has a rotating front element The video on the NEX is superb. There is a clicking noise that involves sending the camera to New Jersey for calibration. I'm not thrilled about that. But I followed some advice and set the camera to portrait mode and manually set the saturation to negative. At 24 fps on my big TV via HDMI the video looks like a feature film. Over the weekend I bought a really old Nikkor 105mm F2.5 Auto P (pre-AI). It is built like a tank and the glass is flawless. Using an adapter it works beautifully. Wide open it's pretty sharp and the bokeh (out-of-focus) areas are nice and smooth. $60 for the lens and $50 for the adapter. I'm going to use this lens at concerts. Now I'm looking for a Zeiss 21mm 2.8 Biogon (from the Contax G system). That will give me a nice, really small camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APF Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 APF, enjoy the Canon. The Tamron lens has received some stellar reviews. I do, I really do! Up to the point where spouse and kids are getting this "oh no, not again!" look.... One small thing I find interesting is that I've found much more use for the 17-50 (27-80) than the 55-250 (90-400 - old school values for 35 mm film troglodytes). Apart from portraits it's too long for everyday work, and there are only a few times where you can't close the range for the 17-50. Well, that's fine for me as fast long lenses tend to dig huge craters into the resources. OTOH the 17-50 might still be a bit shorter to be really happy with it for indoor photography - there's still the odd wall creeping up from behind.But if I'd buy *another* lens right now I'd be in serious trouble. And while I could do with a shorter lens, I guess I will rather buy a really fast 25-50 mm - probably the Sigma 30 mm f1.4, and a flash - Nissin DI866 MkII. Last week I bought a Sony NEX-5N. I am very happy with this camera, minus one little issue (clicking noise during video which will be taken care of). My two choices: Sony NEX-5N16 MPMirror-less, interchangeable lenses[...] Sony A6524 MP Semi-transparent mirror (you lose some light)Amazingly fast autofocus and tracking If I wouldn't have wanted a DSLR really badly I probably would've gotten myself one of those mirrorless cameras. I guess that's the semi-pro camera of the future, because removing the mirror shrinks the whole system (body and lenses) and will make them more affordable to buy and carry around. OTOH there's a myriad of DSLR lenses lying around, and I guess for at least another ten years or so any mayor manufacturer which drops his DSLR line will receive a mayor bashing.In my eyes the A65 - like the A35/55 - are a nice idea, but compromise too much: they retain most of the size of the mirror housing (for the semipermeable one), so the optics are about the same size, add another optical element which provides significant distortion in high contrast environments, and yet don't provide an optical viewfinder (which would've been the reason for the semipermeable mirror in the first place). Yes, I know, they need the light for the phase AF system, but I wonder wether it wouldn't be possible to integrate the phase AF into the main sensor (into a buried deeper layer, perhaps?) which would do away with the mirror and the steps needed to calibrate the position of the picture sensor and AF sensor to each other. But we will see... Over the weekend I bought a really old Nikkor 105mm F2.5 Auto P (pre-AI). It is built like a tank and the glass is flawless. Using an adapter it works beautifully. Wide open it's pretty sharp and the bokeh (out-of-focus) areas are nice and smooth. $60 for the lens and $50 for the adapter. I'm going to use this lens at concerts. Now I'm looking for a Zeiss 21mm 2.8 Biogon (from the Contax G system). That will give me a nice, really small camera. First thing I'm looking at now is to start some psychological preparation to get the ok for another piece of kit. And another... Greetings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanhoe Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 http://www.technologyreview.com/news/542121/a-high-end-camera-in-a-small-package/ The rectangular black camera can capture images of up to 52 megapixels. Unlike most cameras, which use just one lens and image sensor, the L16 will squeeze in 16 camera modules with three different focal lengths—five 35-millimeter ones, five 70-millimeter ones, and six 150-millimeter ones. Each of the camera modules will have a 13-megapixel image sensor. The cameras will simultaneously snap their own shots from different perspectives when you take a picture, and software will combine them automatically into one image that mimics what you’d get from a DSLR camera with a large lens attached to it. I've been expecting this. Using multiple sensors and image stitching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Hi. Please satisfy my narcissism by checking out my Flickr page http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/185082777@N03/with/49068803162/ :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETAC21 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Hi. Please satisfy my narcissism by checking out my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/185082777@N03/with/49068803162/ :D Nice, now you need an appropiate nickname, like Philippine Dingo or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hi. Please satisfy my narcissism by checking out my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/185082777@N03/with/49068803162/ :D Nice, now you need an appropiate nickname, like Philippine Dingo or something... Pusang Ulol aka Rabid Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sielbeck Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hi. Please satisfy my narcissism by checking out my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/185082777@N03/with/49068803162/ :D Nice! I especially liked the pictures of the stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Hi. Please satisfy my narcissism by checking out my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/185082777@N03/with/49068803162/ :D Nice! I especially liked the pictures of the stars. Thank you! I am constantly updating my Flickr page. Hoping to shoot the night sky very soon again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I recently did a short photography course. 12 hours over six weeks (one evening a week). I have, as a result, packed most of my cameras away acknowledging my weaknesses. I will still take some photos of family and in a project to document graves in an historic cemetery, but will not consider myself to be a photographer any longer. Thinking of the works of St Ansell Adams has convinced me of that. Having said that, a member of the tanknet facebook page has pointed me to these websites, that are worth reading. https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/basics.htm?fbclid=IwAR1VxHTjfTrES0CGIqNynfWIlj3tgfUOCGpCMHey432WCvs_q0HMKHFlAo8 https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/notcamera.htm https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/fart.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootER5 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Hi. Please satisfy my narcissism by checking out my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/185082777@N03/with/49068803162/ :D Very nice work.I finally bought a cheapy DSLR a couple of years ago and have been getting back into the groove of still shooting. I've been a television photojournalist for more than 31 years, but still shooting was my first love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootER5 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I mentioned it in the Good Old Fashioned Tank Porn thread, but I recently hooked up the photo/negative scanner that my wife got me for Fathers Day a couple of years ago. During my Christmas vacation I scanned 500-something negatives and have been repairing and editing them as I have time. Some were in pretty bad shape considering that they've been in negative sleeves for nearly thirty years. All the negatives are color, but I've converted a few to grayscale.All photos made with a Pentax MX Super using Kodak Gold100 film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinthian Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 shootER5: Thanks! Very nice tank photos you got there. M60 is one of my favourite tanks. DougRichards: Those links are awesome. My weakness is composing. I really should be less rigid of mind when taking photos. Those links will be important if I want to improve my photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootER5 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 shootER5: Thanks! Very nice tank photos you got there. M60 is one of my favourite tanks. DougRichards: Those links are awesome. My weakness is composing. I really should be less rigid of mind when taking photos. Those links will be important if I want to improve my photography. Thank you. I disagree with you, though. Your composition is very solid. Nothing wrong with it at all, from my point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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