T-90

[youngblacknwhite]

So about a year after my pops died, i find myself with a lot of cameras (only one of which I'm letting go) but i have two t-90's want to use them dad taught me a little when he was around. I was wondering if anyone here would by any chance know of a good (preferably free) recourse that would help me learn the dizzying array of options and how to truly capture a beautiful B&W with them.

[mickeyobe]

Nov 17, 2013 15:47:16 GMT -5 youngblacknwhite said:

So about a year after my pops died, i find myself with a lot of cameras (only one of which I'm letting go) but i have two t-90's want to use them dad taught me a little when he was around. I was wondering if anyone here would by any chance know of a good (preferably free) recourse that would help me learn the dizzying array of options and how to truly capture a beautiful B&W with them.

I used the T-90 for 20 years. It is a great camera.

I may not be able to answer all of your questions but I'll try. Just ask away.

This is the now non operating T-90 site.
It has hundreds of questions and answers that are still open for your use.
www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/messageboard/canont90msg/index.php

You might also try Butkus for a free manual if he has one.
The manual will prove to be your very best accessory.

If you can, get a copy of Hove-Fountain Books "T90" by Richard Hünecke.  It is excellent.
The "Canon T90 Performance Book" is pretty but not of much use.

Mickey

[daveh]

Link to manual.

I also found this: WikiHow

I've never had a T-90, but I do have a couple of lenses that will fit one.


(Note: I've just tried the links and the manual, Butkus, link gives an error, but it then redirects you.)

Addendum, I've just had another look (particularly so following Mickey's post) and I found that the address wasn't quite correct. It's now amended.

[mickeyobe]

This did it for me. If it were complicated I'd be up the creek.

www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_t90/canon_t90.htm

Mickey

[mickeyobe]

This did it for me. If it were complicated I'd be up the creek.

www.butkus.org/chinon/canon/canon_t90/canon_t90.htm

Mickey

[youngblacknwhite]

I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct name but i think of F-Stop (i think it may be a developing term) but there's a setting aside from shutter speed that effects the same line of the camera that I'm having the most trouble with.

[mickeyobe]

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youngblacknwhite,

ƒ stop is the same as aperture which is the same as a diaphragm which is the same as a hole. It is merely an adjustable opening or hole in a camera's lens usually between the glass elements. Each ƒ stop, which is engraved on the lens, is assigned a number which designates the size of the hole as a fraction. Thus, ƒ 1.5 is really ƒ 1/1.5 or ƒ 8 is really ƒ 1/8 or ƒ5.6 is ƒ 1/5.6 etc. The aperture is usually composed of several extremely thin overlapping, opaque plates.

Each subsequent ƒ stop is one half the preceding one or close enough to one half to be so considered. So ƒ 8 is one half the size of ƒ 4 which is one half the size of ƒ 2 etc.
To throw a wrench into this explanation ƒ 2 may be considered approximately the same as ƒ1.5.

When we get to the smaller openings the numbers do not appear to be at all close to half the preceding numbers. Example ƒ 16 is one half of ƒ 11 which is one half of ƒ 8.
We just have to accept that they are and the formula will work.

The ƒ stops also control another feature that adds greater versatility to picture taking. You can delve into that at a later date. Too much at once can be overwhelming.

I think, ybw, that if you really want to get involved in photography that you will find a short course in basic photography would be a great asset and fun, as well.

I would also suggest that there are many excellent books on the subject. Members of this site could probably recommend their favourites.
Mine is "National Geographic Photographer's Field Guide". My copy is several decades old (1981). It might not be published any more but your public library might have a copy.

I hope this is of some help.

Mickey

[youngblacknwhite]

I think I actually have that one in my fathers old stuff, I used to help him with the darkroom more than anything else. I want to keep his t-90's period but I dont want them just sitting there collecting dust.

I do a bit of amateur with the point and click digital, and am fairly familiar with its settings and how to manipulate it but it seems cheap to me. I may just be wanting to do things the hard way, but it really does seem like your cheating?

Thank you for the info, I will start reading my dads books and keep you all informed.

[mickeyobe]

Dec 7, 2013 19:31:06 GMT -5 youngblacknwhite said:

I think I actually have that one in my fathers old stuff, I used to help him with the darkroom more than anything else. I want to keep his t-90's period but I dont want them just sitting there collecting dust.

I do a bit of amateur with the point and click digital, and am fairly familiar with its settings and how to manipulate it but it seems cheap to me. I may just be wanting to do things the hard way, but it really does seem like your cheating?

Thank you for the info, I will start reading my dads books and keep you all informed.

youngblacknwhite

I think it is wonderful that you wish to use film and your darkroom. It is folks like you that will keep the process alive.

But if and when you grow weary of the darkroom just remember
- 'photography' -
"In 1834, in Campinas, Brazil, Hercules Florence, a French painter and inventor, wrote in his diary the word "photographie" to describe his process.[2] As far as can be ascertained, it was Sir John Herschel in a lecture before the Royal Society of London, on March 14, 1839 who made the word "photography" known to the world. But in an article published on February 25 of the same year in a German newspaper called the Vossische Zeitung, Johann von Maedler, a Berlin astronomer, had used the word photography already.[3]

The word photography derives from the Greek φωτός (phōtos), genitive of φῶς (phōs), "light"[4] and γραφή (graphé) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing",[5] together meaning "drawing with light".[6]


The object of photography is to obtain a picture by some means other than drawing by hand. So does it really matter what means one uses? I think not.
I believe any mechanical or electronic or chemical means is acceptable and is definitely not cheating.

By all means do it any way you wish. You will not be cheating.
Digital certainly is 'cheap' but a better word may be 'inexpensive'. Its cost is a mere fraction of the cost of silver - black and white or colour - prints. It is much easier and faster and far, far more versatile.
There is a great beauty to a well made B & W print which I have not yet seen in digital but it is on the very threshold of catching up and, if possible, surpassing silver prints.

Good luck.

Mickey