20 Jul Just Because You Can…
Doesn't mean you can't as well. And always remember that you might not, should not, and would not...
July 2020
17 Jul ” Which Camera Would YOU Buy? “
The question. If you are known to be connected with the photo trade - seller or shooter - or with the art or science or hobby or culture of it - someone will bail you up at a barbecue and ask you. You can grasp your...
15 Jul Is Painting Photography?
Yes, but in a crude form. The users of hairy and burnt sticks to make marks on dried wood pulp or rough cloth can certainly make interesting images. Many of the results are very colourful and decorative. The results can be large or small at will,...
13 Jul You Can’t Show…
Old advertising principle: you don't show a product you can't sell. Getting the crowd het up is the basis of a lot of advertising. Loosening wallets is a complex activity - there is an entire industry trying to analyse how to do it - but it's...
10 Jul It’s Perfect…
Aside from the fact that it is 15% over-saturated, 30% too dark, and has noise everywhere. The sun is in the wrong position and the flare from the lens is excruciating. There is no fibonacci curve or golden mean or rule of thirds anywhere in...
08 Jul Flash Is Inauthentic!
Say what? Oh, no, we're not going to roast that old chestnut again. Climb the barricades, wave the HCB banner, and throw Leica rangefinders at the police. Would throwing Argus C-3's be more appropriate? They've got sharper corners. The age old debate about artificial versus natural light...
06 Jul When Isn’t A Wimberley?
Sorry about the tortured English of the title - late night and too much coffee. What I really meant to say is " Here is a tracking gimbal mount for a very large telephoto lens that is not made with the Wimberley uni-pivot design. It's from...
03 Jul Driving A Camera With A Clutch
Most of us have gotten used to using cameras that are pretty well automatic - even the Leica M users with their manual focus drop into the automatic slot as soon as they press the shutter release - the camera has measured the light to...
01 Jul A Modern Point Of View
I have sometimes been accused of being old-fashioned and taking an outdated point of view. I do not grow angry at this - I merely take out my buggy whip and thrash the critic. I like a bit of exercise of a morning...
29 Jun 27 Shots
That's odd - a strange number of exposures for a film camera...