[rollei_list] Re: Microdol X, Rolleiflex 3.5F, HP5+
- From: John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 10:52:51 +0100
Carlos,
It did not look like a scratch because it was too wide and started well into
the frame but I could not work out what it was. Thanks for correcting me.
John
On 13/05/2011 15:19, "CarlosMFreaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John:
> I agree with you about the manual preset and manual timing for this
> kind of shot, BTW they can fail sometimes.
>
> Regarding the pond fotograph, it is not a scratch, someone switched on
> a water pump to water the lawn; this is the first photograph in the
> roll taken during the sunset with camera handheld. The pond is beside
> the "Knowledge Center" buildings in my city and I took the image after
> to visit the NG photographer Steve Mc Curry Kodachrome images exhibit
> there, since it was not allowed to take photographs about the exhibit,
> at least I took a photograph about the pond to say I carried the
> camera for something... :-)
>
> Thank you very much for the kind comments.
> Carlos
>
>
>
> 2011/5/13 John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Carlos,
>>
>> Great photos.
>>
>> I have never really got on with autofocus for action coming towards the
>> camera - especially with short distances. Although I will probably be
>> shouted down, I think you would be better, as you have done, with a
>> "perfectly timed" manual preset. Autofocus takes a slight time to adjust and
>> you can miss the 'perfect point' because of the delay. Manual timing is
>> purely down to the skill and judgement of the photographer; it also makes
>> taking the photo more exciting.
>>
>> Is that a wide scratch on the left hand side of your pond photo?
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On 13/05/2011 10:44, "CarlosMFreaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I think this kind of photographs is easier to take with AF cameras, I
>>> focused previously calculating the subject position and shooting
>>> during the movement "dead point":
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/5711364694/in/photostream
>>>
>>> I had taken two photographs with the 3.5F Planar and HP5+ 400 about
>>> the sunlight on the river when a launch suddenly appeared in the
>>> viewfinder and then I took a third one:
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/5702919714/in/photostream
>>>
>>> This frame was underexposed and scanning results were not so "natural"
>>> like for others frames from the same roll, tones look something
>>> different after the image adjustment but I eventually liked them:
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/5710805107/in/photostream/
>>>
>>> This one was taken camera handheld when some street lamps started to
>>> be switched on:
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/5702350513/in/photostream/
>>>
>>> Carlos
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