frank theriault wrote:
On 1/23/06, luben karavelov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
luben karavelov wrote:
Penatx MX, Sigma 24/2.8, Fomapan 100, PCQ-TEA 1:50
All comments appriciated.
luben
I forgot to add the ULR. Here it is:
http://static.flickr.com/36/85782233_28ef1dacb7_o.jpg
Yikes
Penatx MX, Sigma 24/2.8, Fomapan 100, PCQ-TEA 1:50
All comments appriciated.
luben
luben karavelov wrote:
Penatx MX, Sigma 24/2.8, Fomapan 100, PCQ-TEA 1:50
All comments appriciated.
luben
I forgot to add the ULR. Here it is:
http://static.flickr.com/36/85782233_28ef1dacb7_o.jpg
Adam Maas wrote:
You are talking for 1.5 MB (MegaBytes) files (JPEGs) that are 6.1 MP
(MegaPixels) compressed images. JPEG is not lossy compression, so the
details and artifacts depends on the compression level. The final size
of the file also depends on amount of details in the image.
Best
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all, hope those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving had
a good holiday.
The leatherette on the back of my trusty MX is slipping and
sliding and wants to peel off. What kind of adhesive should
I use to get it solidly back in place?
Thanks much,
Aaron
Jack Davis wrote:
Last questions for now.
A close examination of either a 16x24 or 20x30 print (assume LighJet if
you like) will show no resolution disparity between the two?
A 100% (or more) PS image pulled up on my computer will show no
detectable difference in detail? I won't see the
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Very nice, very nice, indeed. Are you pretty much able to control the
bleaching process, or is there some luck involved as well?
Shel
You meet the nicest people with a Pentax
Yes, I can control the process using very deluted bleach but there is
always a little
frank theriault wrote:
On 11/21/05, luben karavelov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello to all,
A week before I noticed that a beautiful and abandoned building I have
photographed the last winter was destroyed. I found the negatives and
copied them again. I have experimented with iodine bleach
Hello to all,
A week before I noticed that a beautiful and abandoned building I have
photographed the last winter was destroyed. I found the negatives and
copied them again. I have experimented with iodine bleach on the copies.
Here is the result:
graywolf wrote:
Just a bit of historical interest. Back in the 1960's the thing to do
was have an Exacta rotating eyecup adapted to your camera. Not only did
it have a place for a diopter, but the diopter rotated with the eyecup
so you could have your optician make one with astigmatism
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Had a special set of lenses made up for that without the variable
diopter.
Same here.
Things have gotten a little odd with my no-line glasses and cameras,
over the last months.
All my viewfinders are blurry
J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I forgot to reply earlier, but to the poster who said
that CA didn't matter to them because they only shot
BW, it should be noted that CA does affect BW if you
are shooting panchro BW film which nearly everyone does.
It causes a loss of resolution in the areas where the
Hello,
I have promissed to share my impressions of the Tamron SP 17/3.5 lens
that I have just aquired. I compare it with Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon
20/2.8 because I use it and I have not a comparable pentax lens (18mm ot
20mm).
So, first the feeling of handling it. It is a metal barrel that has a
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
From the shoot with Single Elements Soft lens:
http://www.photoforum.ru/photo/233209
Please click on it in order to see it on black...
I specially wonder what Tim might say... Though of course as usual,
honest and brutal if need comments are sought after...
Adam Maas wrote:
LX + lens. Probably a 24 or 20, If the 20, I'm likely to grab a CZJ 20mm
Distagon.
-Adam
Carl Zeiss Jena never made Distagon lens, they are made by western part
of Zeiss. Easern part of Zeiss, located in Jena, made Flektogon 20/2.8
on M42 and Praktika B mount - nice
An unusual portrait I have made yesterday. I will be glad to hear all
your comments and advices:
http://flickr.com/photos/karavelov/60666432/
Thanks in advace
luben
--
Computers are useless. They can only give answers. - Pablo Picasso
frank theriault wrote:
On 11/7/05, luben karavelov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
An unusual portrait I have made yesterday. I will be glad to hear all
your comments and advices:
http://flickr.com/photos/karavelov/60666432/
Thanks in advace
luben
interesting juxtaposition between the old
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
At first look I love the composition and the imagery (with one reservation
- the cemetery pic). Would love to see larger, better quality scans, but I
like your vision ;-))
Shel
Thanks Shel,
Concerning the cemetery pic, it is a crop if a bigger picture.
The whole
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I found them all eye-catching. Perhaps it was the scans,
but they seem dark rather than friendly.
Geometrically they're fine compositions. So let's take your
obvious skills to that next step: What were you trying to say?
Collin
KC8TKA
Hello Colin,
I
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Luben,
There's something I don't understand. You mention 3600ppi color scans
yield a file of about 25mb for preview and web. That seems very small.
You should have a file a lot closer to 100mb. Then you ask about scanning
BW negatives. Even those should be more
://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3812369
A kind of not just a kid picture made in the yard of abandoned house in
Plovdiv.
I will be glad to hear all your comments and suggestions.
Thanks in advance
luben karavelov
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: luben karavelov
Subject: PESO: portrait in a rainy day
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481msg_id=00Cmgjphoto_id=3517167photo_sel_index=0
Nice shot, some distracting bits behind her ear on the right side.
William Robb
Hello to all of you,
I made this portrait the last weekend, I think it was Sunday. I shot it
with an wideangle lens (flektogon 35/2.4) and the result looks strange
and interesting for me. It was shot wide open at very low speed - I do
not remember exactly but at about 15-30. The negative was
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Gang ...
Yesterday I got a my first black MX and now the first film shot with it
is in development. Nice camera. I like the feeling very much and the
viewfinder is realy great compared to my MZ-M body.
luben
--
Computers are useless. They can only give answers. -
danilo wrote:
My girlfriend has a Vivitar 19/3.5 (for yashica, but I think it is
also available for pentax K).
I'm not able to tell if it is a good lens or not, but from what I saw
it seems to ship contrasty (?) pics and is also well flare-resistant
(even with the sun in the pic flare are few).
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for the offer. Unfortunately I'm on a slow, dialup connection and
it would take forever to download those photos. I'm assuming they are in
16bit Tiff format. Perhaps if converted to 8bit and saved as a high
resolution JPEG their size would be more manageable.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Thanks ... I tried several times and the page just doesn't come up for me.
Plus, email to you bounces.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: luben karavelov
Hello Shell,
I have made the cuts and crops of the test. These are 2 shots made on f8
at about 1/125 by hand
Michael Spivak wrote:
Thanks much... but i definately don't want any new lenses... i look
for something old... it's the K mount for the ME super..
I can live without the zoom... so it can be a prime lense, but zoom is
a better idea.
I went through our oldies shops today looking for a 24mm F/2.8
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with these lenses in the M42 mount? Any
comments on their optical characteristics and features? Any pointers to
photos made with these lenses?
Likewise for the Takumar 200/3.5 pre-set.
Shel
I shot last weekend a test of tessar
I think you are right Shel.
luben
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
This little dialogue brings up an interesting, to me, point. First, I
would have no qualms about giving up features (like a built-in toaster oven
and wide screen TV) that are found in many pro cameras for a simplified
feature set and a
Scott Loveless wrote:
Luben,
I like the composition and exposure except for the window. I think if
it weren't quite so blown out this would be a really wonderful
photograph. Otherwise, great!
On 6/1/05, luben karavelov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello to all,
Last I was participating
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: luben karavelov
Subject: PESO: Lights shadows
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481msg_id=00COZcphoto_id=3415443photo_sel_index=0
I would like to hear all your comments, critics and advices.
I like it.
It looks like
Christian wrote:
- Original Message -
From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So, who cares about the answers to your question?
If Pentax want to be a niche player, great! But their niche should be
advanced amateurs such as myself who are willing to pay for a steady stream
of
Hello to all,
Last I was participating in a conference in Plovdiv (one of the biggest
towns in Bulgaria). It was organized in a house dating from the end of
18th century in the ancient part of the town. The conference took part
in the yard, thanks the good weather, but I was amazed from the
frank theriault wrote:
I like it!
Rather reminds me of an old ghost photograph. Very spooky. I like
the way the stairs dominate the composition.
I tried to rate it on photo.net, but they wouldn't let me (or I
couldn't figure out how to, which I've never had that problem before)
cheers,
frank
UncaMikey wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481msg_id=00CD7iphoto_id=3367977photo_sel_index=0
Luben, I really like your work -- this shot is excellent, and, as you
say, wonderfully incorporates the flare into the composition. I wonder
if it could have been slightly less dark, show a
UncaMikey wrote:
--- luben karavelov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3367977
... On other side it was shot
on 15-20 years old film (ORWO NP15) that is very contrast.
Interesting -- and I understand about compromise, you did well, I
think.
How did you determine
Hello,
I agree that flare on vivitar wide angle lens is terrible. I own myself
Vivitar 19/3.8 and there are very few situations where it can be used
without flare. On the other side I like experimentig with the flare.
Here is a picture I took this weekend where the flare is a part of the
Hello,
I agree with the previous discussion that the flare on vivitar wide
angle lens is terrible. I own myself Vivitar 19/3.8 and there are very
few situations where it can be used without flare. On the other side I
like experimentig with it.
Here is a picture I took this weekend where the
Opps, the subject have to be read wide ANGLE lens.
--
Computers are useless. They can only give answers. - Pablo Picasso
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
There is an interesting phot of the crescent moon on the Astronomy
Picture of the Day page for May 13, 2005:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Dan M
Uaaa. Heart stopping sight. Very dramatic.
--
Computers are useless. They can only give answers. - Pablo
frank theriault wrote:
Terrific shot!
I have that lens (I think - did you mean Vivitar 3.8 19mm?), and it's
a fun one, that's for sure. Not overly sharp, but really good
price/fun ratio.
Anyway, like Paul, I like the low perspective. The intensity of the
woman taking a drag of the cigarette is
UncaMikey wrote:
Luben, I don't know if you have already posted this photo and I missed
it, and I hope I am not breaking some PDML etiquette by bringing it up,
but when I looked at your PESO shot I also saw another shot in your
photo.net portfolio.
Now, I like your in action shot very much, but
Hello,
I took this photo in a restaurant and although it was noon the light
condition was bad. I would like to hear all your comments.
http://photo-forum.net/index.php?APP_ACTION=GALLERY_IMAGEIMAGE_ID=120697USER_ID=4703
Details: Pentax MZ-M, Vivitar 19/3.7, HP5+.The picture was taken at
1/15,
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
Hello,
I took this photo in a restaurant and although it was noon the light
condition was bad. I would like to hear all your comments.
http://photo-forum.net/index.php?APP_ACTION=GALLERY_IMAGEIMAGE_ID=120697USER_ID=4703
Details: Pentax MZ-M, Vivitar 19/3.7, HP5+.The
Graywolf wrote:
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html
Link posted weekly (if I remember).
Thanks Graywolf,
That had resolved all my questions.
luben
--
Computers are useless. They can only give answers. - Pablo Picasso
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
Generally:
- Look for 7-element T/Cs (the Vivitar 2x Macro focusing T/C has a
good reputation).
- The higher the magnification of the T/C the more compromised image
you can expect (very general comment, applicable all things being
equal).
- The Takumar K-mount
Juan Buhler wrote:
This begs a link:
http://www.authentichistory.com/images/1960s/treasure_chest/v17_02_03.html
:)
What's that shit? Some kind of McCartney's type of propaganda?
luben
(coming from the ex-communist block)
frank theriault wrote:
On 4/26/05, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
American Marxist phobia is actually more a thing of the fifties and
sixties. It's really quite dead. However, there are little pockets of
folks with rather extreme views who keep it alive
Paul Stenquist wrote:
The ruling party of the USSR certainly considered themselves communists.
Whether they lived up to the ideals of communism is another thing. The
arms race wasn't a plot. No one was pleased when the Soviets learned to
make nuclear weapons. The growth of the US economy
Tom C wrote:
What's that shit? Some kind of McCartney's type of propaganda?
luben
(coming from the ex-communist block)
OK... now it's my turn to ROFLMAO... I love Paul McCartney... a musical
genius in many ways and a great performer.
You mean McCarthy. :)
OK, I agree. It is my mistake. I has
Tom C wrote:
I have to type this quietly and in the dark. It seems to me, especially
since that day in 2001, that the USA has been marching steadily towards
becoming the USSA.
:)
When I was young (15 years old, in the end of communist regime)
everybody's wish was to emigrate is US. Now
Graywolf wrote:
No, to be a photographer you have to buy a camera.
What do you have to buy to be a philosopher?
GRIN!
Doug Brewer wrote:
taking a course in philosophy makes you a philosopher in the same way
taking a course in photography makes you a photographer.
:) Yeaaa, I comletley agree.
frank theriault wrote:
On 4/26/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The ruling party of the USSR certainly considered themselves
communists. Whether they lived up to the ideals of communism is another
thing.
I don't know on what you base that comment, Paul. I don't know what
they
Tom C wrote:
republic
1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and
who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a
nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a government in which
supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote:
http://www.oekonux.org/texts/marketrelations.html
and there's more, if you want to talk seriously.
Collin
In the article he just describes that there is a shift in the mode of
production from classical capitalsim, i.e. that there is another means
to be profitable
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I base that comment on the name that the Soviets gave to their party.
Perhaps it was a bad translation, but when they spoke of their party in
English, they'd called it the Communist Party. As Luben says, they are
more correctly called State Communists. This and most of our
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