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Post by philbirch on Oct 11, 2014 4:24:09 GMT -5
Why did the lady toadstool marry the mushroom?
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Post by philbirch on Oct 11, 2014 4:23:37 GMT -5
Here are a few pix taken at Dunham Massey this week last year. even in the souvenir shop!
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Post by philbirch on Oct 11, 2014 4:13:25 GMT -5
You break all the rules and create an wonderful image. I like it. I break the rules and get a bad image. Here is one I took a few days ago specifically for the lighting. I have done no PP except crop And the effect I was looking for (not the sharpest because I hand held)
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Post by philbirch on Oct 10, 2014 17:07:44 GMT -5
In UK we are told as kids that we mustn't pick mushrooms or eat berries off trees, which surprisingly most kids actually take notice of. There is a law forbidding us to dry mushrooms, this is mostly to allow the police to arrest producers and sellers of 'magic mushrooms. In Poland, my wife's home country they pick them in the woods, dry them and sell them on the market no licence or anything. Interesting.
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Post by philbirch on Oct 10, 2014 7:28:25 GMT -5
I missed that photo, I'll just have a quick gander to see what all the fuss is about.
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Post by philbirch on Oct 10, 2014 7:26:19 GMT -5
For SLR designs, the mirror must move up and hit the dampening material. Then the the first curtain begins its trip to fully open. Then the exposure of the film or sensor begins. David, The mirror is fully open and finished its slamming before the shutter curtain opens. It then rests silently until the second curtain closes. Could a solid piece of equipment like most cameras continue to vibrate after the mirror hits the non resonant damping (Note: Damping) material? Or, is there some other component of the shutter mechanism that vibrates enough to move the entire camera? Mickey ( Devil's Advocate) I'll answer this. The mirror slamming up will cause the camera to vibrate. The shutter will open almost immediately the mirror bangs up, the vibrations actually still occurring as the shutter opens. Perhaps the vibration may have stopped when the shutter finally closes, but the damage is already done. I get worse shots with myNEX5 and Nikon d3200 than my Sony A6000 using the same lens probably due to shutter shake, tripod or not. When I used my NEX clamped to the bird watchers hide the clunk vibrated through the wood and startled the birds. My Nikon wasnt so bad and the A6000 is almost silent in comparison.
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Post by philbirch on Oct 10, 2014 7:16:14 GMT -5
Great pix. Where do you live to need a licence? Thats interesting.
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Post by philbirch on Oct 9, 2014 18:02:46 GMT -5
Cuute!
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Post by philbirch on Oct 9, 2014 4:04:55 GMT -5
I have had practical experience of this, and wondered why my lenses were not up to scratch. I guess it could be called 'shuttershake' The image taken here has shuttershake. I used the kit lens on my NEX5 on a tripod, lightweight with a ball & socket head, the vibration of the shutter caused the shake, it's a real clunker! The exposure was about 1 second at about F11, I still got shake even with the 2-second timer or remote release. My Sony A6000 on the other hand has a very quiet, smooth shutter and has almost no shake. I'll use my heavy duty Manfrotto next time Thanks for this post, very informative - as yours always are.
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Post by philbirch on Oct 8, 2014 18:05:12 GMT -5
Zorki 4. I previously had a Fed 5 which was awful - none of it worked properly. I was expecting this Zorki to be similar but it is excellent. I never had a fully working Zorki 4 or 4k at all, the couple of feds I've had (3 and 4) have been fine, my fave Zorki is my 2-C which works as well as it looks - beautifully!
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Post by philbirch on Oct 8, 2014 18:01:34 GMT -5
A for Altissa Altix N mk1, from the camera shake collection. ( Note to self, must take new photos!)
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Post by philbirch on Oct 8, 2014 17:58:31 GMT -5
Y for Yashica G. Note inverted Logo. Mickey Whats the story behind the upside down logo?
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Post by philbirch on Oct 7, 2014 17:14:51 GMT -5
I received an Iloca 1A today, a charming little camera well packed with a lovely letter hoping I'd enjoy it. Normally you get nothing. The camera itself is in reasonable condition but the shutter works at all speeds and the lens is nice and clear. Great service.
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Post by philbirch on Oct 7, 2014 4:22:31 GMT -5
Great to see, David, photos were precious in the old days. Often the first thing people thought about if there was a house fire was the family album. I like the waist level view typical of the box cameras. And of a five year old!
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Post by philbirch on Oct 6, 2014 17:33:37 GMT -5
Phil, The Americans are entrepreneures. The marketability of a product is always on their minds. Now years after those space shots they are still selling Space Pens. By now their sales have probably paid for one of the space suits worn back then. Make those space shots pay for themselves. While the US space programme may be defunct, people are still employed making those pens. Highly admirable I think. Mickey I agree but marketability wasnt on their minds in the 60's. To clarify, the Fisher Space Pen wasn't actually developed by NASA, it was developed by the American Fisher company and NASA bought 400 of them for just a few dollars each. The Russians used pencils at first but later realised that the graphite 'lead' was hazardous in zero gravity as were the wood shavings. The Americans also used pencils but preferred to use propelling pencils, no wood or rubber, but the lead was still a problem. The Russians went on to grease pencils but eventually used ball points from the 70's onwards. I'm not sure whether they used Fishers or a copy but it was similar to the NASA models. I agree space spinoffs are big business and has had wider impact on our daily lives than people realise. NASA and its contractors hold patents for an unimaginable number of everyday things including mobility aids, foods, refrigeration systems, welding machines, eye surgery aids, composite manufacturing, safety features in aircraft, nanotubes, optical manufacturing, circuitboard making, architecture, water and waste treatments, MRI components, wireless sensors, gigapixel images and the list goes on. and on and on. But why anyone would want a pen that works in space for the office is beyond me.
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