Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sep 16, 2010, at 5:17 AM, eckinator wrote: > I think you did great and not just "considering..." either =) Thanks. > Thanks for sharing My pleasure. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
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Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
I think you did great and not just "considering..." either =) Thanks for sharing Ecke 2010/9/11 Larry Colen : > I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. I thought that it would be > fun nostalgia to run a roll or two of film through. I grabbed my probably > expired unshot rolls of film to shoot with. I wasn't too worried about image > quality, it was more a case of just playing with an old toy that I hadn't > shot with in about 37 years. > > By the time I'd get out of camp in the afternoon the weather was generally > windy and dusty enough that I didn't want to risk the DSLRs so I ended up > spending more time (at least during the day) shooting with the Argus than > with my Pentaxen. Arguably, I should have put my 50/1.4 on the K1000 body > that I brought along but I was having too much fun shooting with the Argus. I > also like to think that I was learning a lot, being forced to shoot at a much > slower pace where every step had to be done sequentially, and manually, to > the point that winding the film and cocking the shutter were different > actions. > > For your amusement: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > > I'm not going to claim that any of these met my goal of only taking excellent > shots, but if you cut some slack on technical details like sharpness, I think > I got a few good ones, but even more important I had a lot of fun taking > them. Shooting film again is also giving me a renewed appreciation of > shooting digital, where ISO 200 is considered slow, rather than moderately > fast. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Cheers Ecke - Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
Larry Colen wrote: > Sent: 13 September 2010 18:12 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man > > > On Sep 13, 2010, at 3:54 AM, frank theriault wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> > > > > Had to stop after a while as flickr is still (to me) such a PIA to > use. > > One trick for dealing with flickr is that there are a couple of much > better front end sites, where you change "flickr" in the url to > "flickriver" or "fluidr" > Flickriver loads all of the images in a blog style, which may not work for everyone. The best way I've found is to, click on the first photo (left of screen, not thumbnail), it gets bigger. Click on it again (the cursor becomes a magnifying glass) and you get a full sized picture in a more standard gallery style and you can move back and forth easily using the arrow keys. Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sep 13, 2010, at 3:54 AM, frank theriault wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> > > Had to stop after a while as flickr is still (to me) such a PIA to use. One trick for dealing with flickr is that there are a couple of much better front end sites, where you change "flickr" in the url to "flickriver" or "fluidr" for example http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ becomes http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ and it's a much nicer interface. > > That being said, fun stuff. I particularly liked > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4980515966/in/set-72157624809385751/ > > and this > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979871787/in/set-72157624809385751/ Thanks. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On 9/11/2010 11:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: For your amusement: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ Larry, I've a distinct feeling as if I just watch a post-apocalyptic movie of some kind... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. I thought that it would be > fun nostalgia to run a roll or two of film through. I grabbed my probably > expired unshot rolls of film to shoot with. I wasn't too worried about image > quality, it was more a case of just playing with an old toy that I hadn't > shot with in about 37 years. > > By the time I'd get out of camp in the afternoon the weather was generally > windy and dusty enough that I didn't want to risk the DSLRs so I ended up > spending more time (at least during the day) shooting with the Argus than > with my Pentaxen. Arguably, I should have put my 50/1.4 on the K1000 body > that I brought along but I was having too much fun shooting with the Argus. I > also like to think that I was learning a lot, being forced to shoot at a much > slower pace where every step had to be done sequentially, and manually, to > the point that winding the film and cocking the shutter were different > actions. > > For your amusement: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > > I'm not going to claim that any of these met my goal of only taking excellent > shots, but if you cut some slack on technical details like sharpness, I think > I got a few good ones, but even more important I had a lot of fun taking > them. Shooting film again is also giving me a renewed appreciation of > shooting digital, where ISO 200 is considered slow, rather than moderately > fast. Had to stop after a while as flickr is still (to me) such a PIA to use. That being said, fun stuff. I particularly liked http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4980515966/in/set-72157624809385751/ and this http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979871787/in/set-72157624809385751/ cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
Larry Colen wrote: > For your amusement: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > Great fun Larry and some excellent shots. Good for discipline to be shooting film. And what a cool camera! These I like in particular : http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979871787/in/set-72157624809385751/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4980490718/in/set-72157624809385751/ Very Mad Max http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979882867/in/set-72157624809385751/ Well done, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sep 11, 2010, at 15:01, Larry Colen wrote: > > For your amusement: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > Fun, fun, fun. Shots like this make me think that digital shots from this event shouldn't even be allowed. The filmishness of it (I know that's not a word) really adds to the images. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sep 11, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote: > Nice set! Thanks. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979871787/in/set-72157624809385751/ > -- good one (I would crop a bit at bottom though). Good point. I cropped it a bit, and gave the tones and colors a little bit of love too. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4980491042/in/set-72157624809385751/ > and > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979896641/in/set-72157624809385751/ > are very cool > > --S > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. I thought that it would be >> fun nostalgia to run a roll or two of film through. I grabbed my probably >> expired unshot rolls of film to shoot with. I wasn't too worried about >> image quality, it was more a case of just playing with an old toy that I >> hadn't shot with in about 37 years. >> >> By the time I'd get out of camp in the afternoon the weather was generally >> windy and dusty enough that I didn't want to risk the DSLRs so I ended up >> spending more time (at least during the day) shooting with the Argus than >> with my Pentaxen. Arguably, I should have put my 50/1.4 on the K1000 body >> that I brought along but I was having too much fun shooting with the Argus. >> I also like to think that I was learning a lot, being forced to shoot at a >> much slower pace where every step had to be done sequentially, and manually, >> to the point that winding the film and cocking the shutter were different >> actions. >> >> For your amusement: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ >> >> I'm not going to claim that any of these met my goal of only taking >> excellent shots, but if you cut some slack on technical details like >> sharpness, I think I got a few good ones, but even more important I had a >> lot of fun taking them. Shooting film again is also giving me a renewed >> appreciation of shooting digital, where ISO 200 is considered slow, rather >> than moderately fast. >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
Nice set! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979871787/in/set-72157624809385751/ -- good one (I would crop a bit at bottom though). http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4980491042/in/set-72157624809385751/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4979896641/in/set-72157624809385751/ are very cool --S On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. I thought that it would be > fun nostalgia to run a roll or two of film through. I grabbed my probably > expired unshot rolls of film to shoot with. I wasn't too worried about image > quality, it was more a case of just playing with an old toy that I hadn't > shot with in about 37 years. > > By the time I'd get out of camp in the afternoon the weather was generally > windy and dusty enough that I didn't want to risk the DSLRs so I ended up > spending more time (at least during the day) shooting with the Argus than > with my Pentaxen. Arguably, I should have put my 50/1.4 on the K1000 body > that I brought along but I was having too much fun shooting with the Argus. I > also like to think that I was learning a lot, being forced to shoot at a much > slower pace where every step had to be done sequentially, and manually, to > the point that winding the film and cocking the shutter were different > actions. > > For your amusement: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > > I'm not going to claim that any of these met my goal of only taking excellent > shots, but if you cut some slack on technical details like sharpness, I think > I got a few good ones, but even more important I had a lot of fun taking > them. Shooting film again is also giving me a renewed appreciation of > shooting digital, where ISO 200 is considered slow, rather than moderately > fast. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sep 11, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > The quality of many of the images was better than I expected to see. Your > intuitive "metering" made all the difference, I'm sure, Larry. > A couple models of the "brick" were metered, but I don't believe the C3 > was.(?) No it wasn't. The light meter I was using was saying that ISO 200 in full sunlight was f/16 at 1/300, and I'd fudge a bit on that depending on circumstances. Once dusk started hitting, I'd meter a bit more frequently. Processing the scans in lightroom works a lot better than I used to be able to do in the darkroom too. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
The quality of many of the images was better than I expected to see. Your intuitive "metering" made all the difference, I'm sure, Larry. A couple models of the "brick" were metered, but I don't believe the C3 was.(?) Jack --- On Sat, 9/11/10, Larry Colen wrote: > From: Larry Colen > Subject: Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 2:02 PM > Thanks Paul and Jack for the nice > words. > > On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Enjoyed this set as much as I've enjoyed any for some > time, Larry. What a fun inspiration. The lens surprised me a > little, too. > > In what way did the lens surprise you? There was a > bit more vignetting than I remember from it, but when I was > 12 I didn't exactly notice that sort of thing. > > At some point, I may have to try the camera out with some > fresh film and see how it does. > > > (cough-cough..d--- dust) > > A sandstorm hit as I was packing to leave. Taking down a > 20x20 shade canopy, by myself, in a sandstorm was a level of > fun that words cannot describe. After enjoying being outside > in the sandstorm for about five hours, we finally left. On > the drive home, we stopped at my nephew's place in Gerlach > to change the air filter on my van and John and I took > pictures of each other, including one with each other's > camera. Here is the shot he took of me with the K-x > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4980111453/ > > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Sat, 9/11/10, Larry Colen > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> For your amusement: > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 11/9/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >For your amusement: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ Great stuff Larry, thanks for sharing - some lovely shots in there. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On 9/11/2010 5:02 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one-and-a-half pound camera. Studebaker. Funny, that's the first thing I thought of... -- "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy." -Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. > > It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not > carry a one-and-a-half pound camera. Studebaker. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
Thanks Paul and Jack for the nice words. On Sep 11, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Enjoyed this set as much as I've enjoyed any for some time, Larry. What a fun > inspiration. The lens surprised me a little, too. In what way did the lens surprise you? There was a bit more vignetting than I remember from it, but when I was 12 I didn't exactly notice that sort of thing. At some point, I may have to try the camera out with some fresh film and see how it does. > (cough-cough..d--- dust) A sandstorm hit as I was packing to leave. Taking down a 20x20 shade canopy, by myself, in a sandstorm was a level of fun that words cannot describe. After enjoying being outside in the sandstorm for about five hours, we finally left. On the drive home, we stopped at my nephew's place in Gerlach to change the air filter on my van and John and I took pictures of each other, including one with each other's camera. Here is the shot he took of me with the K-x http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4980111453/ > > Jack > > --- On Sat, 9/11/10, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> >> For your amusement: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ >> -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one-and-a-half pound camera. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Enjoyed this set as much as I've enjoyed any for some time, Larry. What a fun inspiration. The lens surprised me a little, too. (cough-cough..d--- dust) Jack --- On Sat, 9/11/10, Larry Colen wrote: > From: Larry Colen > Subject: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 1:01 PM > I brought my Argus C3 to burning man > on a lark. I thought that it would be fun nostalgia to run a > roll or two of film through. I grabbed my probably > expired unshot rolls of film to shoot with. I wasn't > too worried about image quality, it was more a case of just > playing with an old toy that I hadn't shot with in about 37 > years. > > By the time I'd get out of camp in the afternoon the > weather was generally windy and dusty enough that I didn't > want to risk the DSLRs so I ended up spending more time (at > least during the day) shooting with the Argus than with my > Pentaxen. Arguably, I should have put my 50/1.4 on the K1000 > body that I brought along but I was having too much fun > shooting with the Argus. I also like to think that I was > learning a lot, being forced to shoot at a much slower pace > where every step had to be done sequentially, and manually, > to the point that winding the film and cocking the shutter > were different actions. > > For your amusement: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > > I'm not going to claim that any of these met my goal of > only taking excellent shots, but if you cut some slack on > technical details like sharpness, I think I got a few good > ones, but even more important I had a lot of fun taking > them. Shooting film again is also giving me a renewed > appreciation of shooting digital, where ISO 200 is > considered slow, rather than moderately fast. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
Some nice shots here. The Argus performed rather well, as did you. Paul On Sep 11, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. I thought that it would be > fun nostalgia to run a roll or two of film through. I grabbed my probably > expired unshot rolls of film to shoot with. I wasn't too worried about image > quality, it was more a case of just playing with an old toy that I hadn't > shot with in about 37 years. > > By the time I'd get out of camp in the afternoon the weather was generally > windy and dusty enough that I didn't want to risk the DSLRs so I ended up > spending more time (at least during the day) shooting with the Argus than > with my Pentaxen. Arguably, I should have put my 50/1.4 on the K1000 body > that I brought along but I was having too much fun shooting with the Argus. I > also like to think that I was learning a lot, being forced to shoot at a much > slower pace where every step had to be done sequentially, and manually, to > the point that winding the film and cocking the shutter were different > actions. > > For your amusement: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ > > I'm not going to claim that any of these met my goal of only taking excellent > shots, but if you cut some slack on technical details like sharpness, I think > I got a few good ones, but even more important I had a lot of fun taking > them. Shooting film again is also giving me a renewed appreciation of > shooting digital, where ISO 200 is considered slow, rather than moderately > fast. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT GESO Argus C3 at burning man
I brought my Argus C3 to burning man on a lark. I thought that it would be fun nostalgia to run a roll or two of film through. I grabbed my probably expired unshot rolls of film to shoot with. I wasn't too worried about image quality, it was more a case of just playing with an old toy that I hadn't shot with in about 37 years. By the time I'd get out of camp in the afternoon the weather was generally windy and dusty enough that I didn't want to risk the DSLRs so I ended up spending more time (at least during the day) shooting with the Argus than with my Pentaxen. Arguably, I should have put my 50/1.4 on the K1000 body that I brought along but I was having too much fun shooting with the Argus. I also like to think that I was learning a lot, being forced to shoot at a much slower pace where every step had to be done sequentially, and manually, to the point that winding the film and cocking the shutter were different actions. For your amusement: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ I'm not going to claim that any of these met my goal of only taking excellent shots, but if you cut some slack on technical details like sharpness, I think I got a few good ones, but even more important I had a lot of fun taking them. Shooting film again is also giving me a renewed appreciation of shooting digital, where ISO 200 is considered slow, rather than moderately fast. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
