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Metrolink M5000 no: 3106 with an Ashton service on Nicholas Croft, Manchester 6-3-16
Olympus AF-1 Twin compact
Agfa Vista Plus ASA200
CanoScan 9000F
Okay, some are only dark grey.
Some statistics:
17 cameras all in all
Film advance: 10 x manual, 7 x motor
Exposure mode: 12 x programmed AE, 4 x aperture priority AE, 1 x single shutter speed.
Focusing method: 8 x guess-o-matic, 7 x AF, 1 x RF, 1 x fix focus
a diorama exhibit at a historical museum depicting a blood compact among revolutionaries during the uprising of 1890s
A little 3d projekt in C4d
No photo.
Some adjust were taken in Adobe Photoshop
C4D:
I use 3 softboxes in a Studio for the light.
Gi was on.
Linear Workflow was on.
Use Mograph Dynamics.
Anti Alaising on 4x and Ambient Occlusion and a Softfilter in CInema.
Photoshop:
Colour correction and shrapenes filter.
Use Nik software for somme effects:
Softfilter
Colourfilter
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I currently use the following digital compact cameras:
Olympus E-p1 (front left)
Olympus E-p3 (front right)
Canon G11 (back left)
Canon G15 (back right)
These four compacts have many of the features I desire. However, some have only some of the features; none have all of the features; and some features are completely missing from all four.
My ideal compact digital camera would meet the following specifications:
1.Built to withstand daily usage.
2.Manufacturing quality of the Leica MP or M6 film camera
3.Body and controls are ergonomically designed.
4.Has a simple user interface like the Nikon SP, Leica MP, or Leica M6 film cameras rather than relying on menus, toggle switches, and fly-wheels
5.About the size, weight, and style as the Leica MP or M6 film cameras
6.High quality, fast, interchangeable lenses
7.Live-view LCD screen
8.Ability to hide the LCD screen so that it is not visible.
9.LCD screen swings and rotates
10.Fast and accurate auto focus control
11.Fast and accurate manual focus control
12.Manual and auto exposure control
13.Choice of built-in spot, zone, and center-weighted light metering patterns
14.Offers shutter priority, aperture priority, manual, and program exposure modes but no scenic modes like portrait, landscape, children, sunsets, etc.
15.Provides “B” (bulb) and “T” (timed) exposure options
16.Resolution equal to or greater than 35mm film
17.Minimum of 12 megapixel resolution
18.Creates RAW and standard jpeg image files
19.Dynamic range similar to the Fuji S5 dSLR
20.Uses CompactFlash and/or SD memory cards
21.Uses standard-sized generic batteries rather than proprietary batteries
22.Uses rechargeable batteries that can be recharged outside of camera body
23.No built-in flash
24.Has both hot shoe and PC flash connections for external flash units.
25.Uses a digital sensor that allows the user to select a horizontal rectangular format, a vertical rectangular format, or a square format.
26.Digital sensor is user upgradeable.
27.Camera software is user upgradeable.
28.Body cost $600 or less
29.Digital sensor is protected from dust and/or is self-cleaning.
30.Provides custom color, contrast, saturation, dynamic range, white balance, and noise reduction controls.
31.Has totally silent mode (no clicking, beeping, or whirling sounds during picture taking).
32.Minimal warm-up time when unit is turned on.
33.Minimal delay when shutter is pressed
34.Ability to shoot at least 2.5 images per second
35.Ability to shoot at least 24 consecutive images
36.ISO light meter range from 50 to 3200 or greater.
37.Produces high quality video images
38.Has microphone jack
39.Camera does not have stupid sounding name like “CoolPix” or "FinePix.”
Until my perfect digital compact comes around, I will continue to use the four digital compacts I have.
Thus far, I have been very pleased using the Canon G15 compact and the Olympus micro 4/3 as monochrome cameras.
I use the G15 as a black & white test camera when shooting with a 4x5 view camera because the G15 can give me a 4x5 aspect ratio for composition.
The Olympus micro 4/3 camera with Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 normal lens, Olympus 45mm f/1.8 telephoto lens, and Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 wide-angle lens produces excellent monochrome images.
Today I got the new Brockhaus Heuer Compact. 2022 year model. Updated with revised quick-lock function. A "button" instead of the cylinder twist. Feels a little more solid this construction. Will be great to try it.
The small vice there is a beer opener, another great model that will suit well on long evenings in the workshop.
I will be using this camera in week 325 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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Shot with a Konica POP 35mm compact on Agfa Vista Plus 200 film.
The camera is broken (the electronics and flash don't work due to a corroded battery compartment), but with a bit or research it turns out that you can quite easily shoot it using rough Sunny 16 rules.
The shutter speed is fixed at 1/125 sec. And the focus is fixed at approx 2.5 metres. However, combinations of the film ASA switch setting and having the flash popped up or nor allow you to set the aperture at f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11 & f/16 allowing you to shoot in a variety of lighting situations (albeit with varyting ammounts of depth of focus). Considering I've never used this before, I was quite pleased to see that almost all my shots were ok, with just a handful being slightly underexposed, but noe out of focus.
Revue 35 Compact de Luxe, a scarce sister of the Revue 35 Compact Electronic, which is itself also a scarce camera.
As far I found out, the difference is in the viewfinder: Both feature a needle of the exposure meter, but the Electronic only indicates over- or underexposure, the de Luxe displays shutter speeds (1000-250-30), similar to a Minox 35.
The Revue 35s are nearly identical to the Vivitar 35 EM. The Vivitar also displays the shutter speeds and its opening for the lens barrel is round, not square.
The producer of this camera is still a mystery, it reminds me of the Revue 400SE/Vivitar 35ES pair.
The logo on this camera, the atomic model, looks like the early Yashica logo, but it is not the same.
The camera itself is really cute. With the lever at the bottom you can retract the lens and the shutter button, the lens is protected by a sliding cover then. It has aperture priority AE, the focus has to be set manually. There is a small button above the viewer, which obviously has the same function like the half pressed shutter button: the meter is switched on and the needle in the viewer indicates the expected shutter speed, furthermore a red light becomes visible on top, I assume it is a battery check (two 1.5 V SR44 are required).
The film speed dial around the rewind crank is devided in half-steps (!) from 25 to 400+1/2, perhaps 560 ASA.
Most parts of the housing are made of thin plastic. There are small cracks around some screws and the window of the viewer is broken too.
Update after one roll of film: Yes, really a fine camera. Sometimes I had mixed up the feet and the meter scale, but that didn't matter ...
I currently own and use the following digital compact mirrorless cameras:
The Canon G5 (back left) is the oldest digital camera that I still use. I would like to retire it but it has one useful feature that none of my other camera have -- a built-in intervalometer.
The Canon G11 (back center) has a reticulated LCD screen that I find useful when I am shooting still life or close-up subjects with the camera mounted on a tripod or a copy stand.
The Canon G15 (back right) is the one I take when I need to travel with a light photographic load. The f/1.8 to 2.8 28mm to 140mm fixed zoom lens covers 80% of the subjects I need to shoot. If it had a reticulated LCD, it would be close to perfect for me.
The Olympus E-p3 (middle left) and the Olympus E-p1 (middle right) were my handheld available light cameras until I replaced them with the X-Pro1. I am now using them as dedicated black & white cameras.
The Fuji X-Pro1 (foreground) is my current handheld available light camera.
All six cameras have the following important features that I need:
1. Quiet operation -- especially when shooting theater or in audio recording studios
2. Excellent image quality (jpeg and RAW)
3. Size, weight, and style of a Leica rangefinder
4. A simple user interface that relies more on dials rather than menus
5. Video
Some of the important features that I need but none of the six cameras have are:
1. Fast and accurate manual focus control
2. Input jack that accepts a microphone for video audio track
3. Accessory battery pack for extended shooting sessions
Some of the important features that I need that some have and some do not include:
1. Built to withstand daily usage -- my G5, E-p1, and E-p3 break too often and too easily
2. High quality, fast, interchangeable lenses -- the Canon lenses are not interchangeable
3. LCD screen that swings, tilts, and rotates -- only on the Canon G5 and G11
4. Hot shoe and PC flash connections for external flash units -- all have hot shoes but only the X-Pro1 has both
The second model based on the stacked triangle twists just uploaded.
This model:
Alios kraft, hexagon from 30x30 cm square, 40 division grid.
Included CP and several views, backlit, with and without flash.
This is a roll-off compactor box seen at Trash Taxi in Winter Haven, FL.
Special THANKS to Trash Taxi for allowing me into the yard to take these pictures!
Not all amateur photographers own a DSLR. They are expensive, heavy and bulky, while compacts camera fits anywhere. Some of them have a nice macro feauture, that allow to really get close, but for a 1:1 macro you will have to experiment. On this image, apply the same macro coupler principle for a DSLR. I have a box of all kind of surplus lenses and found a small 20mm, reversed and mounted with electrical tape, set the compact to telephoto. My compact at telephoto is 20mm, so 20 /20=1. So able to reach a 1:1 macro with this setup. This small red fly is not a regular size fly, it only measure 2.5mm long, is really hard to see because of it's light color. But this macro setup was able to resolve even the microscopic hairs on the back of this red fly. Recommendation: Use the camera on Program mode with flash and low ISO. If the flash is too strong, cover it with a darker film.
Data: Canon PowerShot A2200 @20mm with a reverse 20mm tape on, f/5.9, 1/160, ISO: 1600, Maginfication: 1:1, Mode: Program, Focus: auto, Support: handheld, Flash: none, Process: Zoner Photo Studio 12, file: IMG_0455, Date: July 13, 2012.
Spanish: Mas abajo esta la versión en Español.