Catcher in the rye

[belgiumreporter]

The most recent entry in this part of the forum is from six years ago. Is there no interest in this topic or are people afraid to be critisised on their work?

Allow me to stir things up with this shot of a little girl running up the levy wich i call "the catcher in the rye" Tech data : Nikon D70 80-200 zoom @200mm 2.8 shutter 1/3200th sec iso 200. 

[antonio]

Good pic belgiumreporter!

[belgiumreporter]

Dec 12, 2020 15:54:29 GMT -5 antonio said:

Good pic belgiumreporter!

Because you like it here's another one : Olive tree in the fog

[belgiumreporter]

And another one, i made this shot in 2005 when reporting on east European gypsies wich are now trying to integrate in west European countries. What is interesting besides ther human aspect is our classic camera interest as this shot was made with the Kodak DCS 620c . This camera , even though its low pixel count is capable of producing very good images and great for reproducing fine hues in the whites. I don't think it will ever be considdered as a collectible classic, but i'll keep mine as it brings back good memories. The 80-200 nikkor 2.8 AF-D zoom with wich the shot was taken is also still in my possesion.



The "kodak" :

[philbirch]

I suspect this area of the forum isnt used much because its a collector forum, not a photography forum

[belgiumreporter]

Feb 8, 2021 14:30:34 GMT -5 philbirch said:

I suspect this area of the forum isnt used much because its a collector forum, not a photography forum

I guess you are right Phil, but i was hoping to stir things up a bit in this section by posting a few pics. Then again, sadly enough, even in the "collector" part of the forum there isn't much happening.

[antonio]

Thats an awesome shot!

How did these "kodaks" work?

[belgiumreporter]

Antonio asked : "How did these "kodaks" work?"

Well pretty much like any other dslr, exept maybe the kodak uses it's own TIFF file format (no out of the camera JPEG) for wich kodaks own developing module or a photoshop plug in is needed to handle the files.

The camera has a PCMCIA slot in wich a hard disk or CF memory cards (through a PCMCIA adapter) kan be used. Battery power comes from a dedicated rechargeable power pack. Here's another shot i've made with this camera here's clear the DCS 620 has a vey wide dynamic range and a lot of image information is stored in the TIFF files.





There's no low pass filter in the camera ( like the nikon D800E) so you get very sharp images straight out of the camera but at he price of some moiré issues with repeating patterns.
 this is the kind of shot wich will get you in to trouble when there's no low pass filter, if you open the image and wait a little the moiré will become visible

[antonio]

I dont know if I dreamt it or if I saw it somewhere but I thought the first digital slr's, those kodak/canon and kodak/nikon bodys where something like a film body (from canon or nikon) and a sensor added to the back of the mirror.

[belgiumreporter]

Feb 24, 2021 4:21:33 GMT -5 antonio said:

I dont know if I dreamt it or if I saw it somewhere but I thought the first digital slr's, those kodak/canon and kodak/nikon bodys where something like a film body (from canon or nikon) and a sensor added to the back of the mirror.

No, you are not dreaming, in fact my first DSLR is a Nikon F90s with a kodak 1Megapixel digital back. I still have it but it is tucked away in a box i can't reach for the moment so i can't show any pictures. Back in the beginning of digital photography several film bodies were made with a build on digital back, the Kodak one on the back of the F90s can be removed and switched for a regular film back. The DCS 620 however is a Nikon F5 were the digital Kodak back is an integral part of the camera and can't be removed. Just about any other DSLR was made that way from then on, later only Leica made a seperate digital back available for their R8 slr. 

[antonio]

I didnt dream it! ahah thanks for the explanation!