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I first saw one of these pistol grip tripods a couple weeks ago at the last leederville photographic market. My friend Branko bought it, but I loved its simplicity. When you squeeze the trigger it unlocks from the ball head attachment below allowing you to move it in any direction and when you let go, it grips again. Fantastic for quickly needed adjustments without having to unscrew 3 different grips and then screwing them back up again. I thought I'd never see another one till just a few days ago, my wife points out to me the same type of tripod in an OFFICEWORKS leaflet of all places! The centre part of the tripod also detaches to become a 1.5 Monopod! and all for $99. it was a total steal!
The second part to this photo, which you can't actually see are the two new HVL-F42AM strobes i just recently bought from another fellow PIP'er Damien (Fit to Live).
The beauty of these strobes are that they support the high speed sync function of my camera allowing me to shoot up to 1/8000th of a second, wirelessly and without the need of triggers and without any banding If you check the EXIF data on this photo you can see that this was shot at 1/1000th :)
Strobist info
HVL-F42AM shooting through brolly top left of shot at full
Second HVL-F42AM shooting at 1/16 just below frame to blow the background.
Early sunset shot of mile-end district in Montreal. March 2009.
Taken on a Canon FTb slr w/ 50mm f1.8 FD lens + optex polarizer + hoya UV filter
The Nader Hasan Coat Series
"The Coat and the deep blue sky"
The Coat, worn by designer Nader Hasan, spotted walking around in Outremont district in montreal, March 2009.
taken on a Canon FTb slr camera w/ FD f1.8 lens + optex polarizer + hoya UV filter
Some practice work with the vintage Corvette I have parked in my garage. And by vintage Corvette, I mean toy car. And by garage, I mean bookshelf. Hey, I bet some people are fooled....
Check out my other website, sundaycruisefever.com to see more Corvette pics, including free wallpapers and a 7-part series on the history of the Corvette!
Strobist info: a flashlight. Yes, one single, Optex LED flashlight that used to be available at your local photography store (now discontinued). Lighting? Lighting?? We don't need no stinkin' lighting!
Ingredients:
1 x Yashica 635 (Lauri's Cam)
1 x Optex Mini tripod
1 x roll of Electrical Tape
1 x sheet of Bristol Board construction paper
1 x Nikon D70
1 x Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens
Directions
1. Look at directions online on how to build a TTV rig
2 Disregard directions
3. Cut and fold construction paper to roughly fit Yashica 635
4. Liberally add Electrical Tape to taste (straightness doesn't matter, but it helps)
5. Stand rig on tripod
Enjoy!
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With no "lovely assistants" available to take my picture, I mounted the rig on an Optex PPT 150 table-top tripod - it worked so well that I used it as chest-pod for additional macro adventures.
Norm's Favourite Multiple Flash Macro Rig -
SEE THE TECHNIQUE THREAD HERE:
www.flickr.com/groups/nikon_d90_d40_users_group_/discuss/...
Nikon 180mm ED glass T 2.8 PL mt – Mint condition. Optex UK conversion by George Hill, calibrated to T stops on the Optex MTF bench. Widely recognized as one of the sharpest Nikon lenses ever produced. George converted two of these lenses for cine use; one for Stanley Kubrick used to shoot 2001 and the ED version offered here. Covers Super 35mm, as an ex 35mm still glass it should cover Red Epic. Razor sharp prime ED optic with dedicated lens hood and caps. Pristine glass surfaces front and rear, focus and aperture smooth - a very rare lens conversion in MINT condition. $ 4650
Early sunset shot of the housing complex built for the 1976 summer olympic games in Montreal. March 2009.
Taken on a Canon FTb slr w/ 50mm f1.8 FD lens + optex polarizer + hoya UV filter
Canon 14mm L T 2.8 PL mt - $2500 Excellent condition. Optex conversion of Canon’s excellent L glass wide angle in top condition with caps. 10 inch minimum focus. Covers Super 35mm and as an ex 35mm still glass it should cover Red Epic.
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Mai Po, Hong Kong
Filmed using a Sony Betacam D600 camcorder and an Optex modified Canon FD 300mm T2.8 lens. Manual focus.
Montreal QC. Daytime shot taken from railroad tracks looking at a large abandoned industrial complex in outremont in Montreal.
Taken on a Canon FTb slr w/ 50mm FD f1.8 lens + optex polarizer
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm F2.8
Exposure Program : Manual
F-Stop : f/7.1
ISO : 200
Shutter Speed : 1/40s
Focal Length : 45mm
with Optex Portable Photo Studio & Lightning Kit
10th March 2000
Mai Po, Hong Kong
Filmed using a Sony Betacam D600 camcorder and an Optex modified Canon FD 300mm T2.8 lens. Manual Focus
© Bob Thompson, Electric Shadow Ltd
Shot #10988
02/13/2012
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Today's photo comes with great pleasure for me to present you to, the surprise new toy! One of my professors used to be an avid Canon shooter and had this absolutely gorgeous 1DmkII kicking around at home. As he now shoots exclusively Nikon, he has had no use for it in years. The shutter count is insanely low, and the body is in immaculate condition. For the price I bought it at, it was an absolute steal of a deal that I could no way in hell turn down. Essentially this camera will act as a nice replacement to the blazing fast 7D! It has a 1.3x crop factor which I prefer 100x over the 7D, and it still maintains the same 8.5fps as the 7D so this will surely be my go to lens at the track this season to stretch my lenses and grab some extra frames. The build quality of Canons 1D pro-series cameras is rivaled by none, and I have no hesitation that I could take this thing out in terrential rain with the proper lens and be more than safe! The permanently built in grip is also nice as I rock grips on all my cameras anyway.
This grab came as a surprise to me as I was not looking for another body as I am STILL waiting on my 5DmkII to come in this week and still posses my beloved 5DmkI, as mentioned it was just to good a deal to pass up.
The IQ of this camera is astoundingly different than the 7D, I feel as though it achieves FF like images which is a huge advantage for my tastes!
Anyways super happy with the purchase, I will try to shoot some of the coming days photos with it....maybe make use of the 8.5fps......
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Camera Info:
Canon 5Dc
Canon 70-200 f4L
Optex Lightbox
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London UK - Think About Life frontman Martin Cesar carefully captures video footage outside of Capital Radio in Leicester Square following a session for X-Posure at XFM Radio's studio. Tour manager extraordinaire Etjen Van de Vliet seen in the background.
taken on a Canon F-1 slr w/ 50mm FD f1.8 lens + optex polarizer. Ilford HP5 pro black & white film.
Some practice work with the vintage Corvette I have parked in my garage. And by vintage Corvette, I mean toy car. And by garage, I mean bookshelf. Hey, I bet some people are fooled....
Check out my other website, sundaycruisefever.com to see more Corvette pics, including free wallpapers and a 7-part series on the history of the Corvette!
Strobist info: a flashlight. Yes, one single, Optex LED flashlight that used to be available at your local photography store (now discontinued). Lighting? Lighting?? We don't need no stinkin' lighting!
Holds two Canon EOS 1Ds, a Canon EOS 40D, a Canon EOS Rebel T1i (which I later turned around, makes more sense with the hump toward the middle), Canon EOS 650, Canon Speedlight 199A, Canon Extender EF 1.4x II, Canon EF12II, Tokina 11-16, nifty fifty, Canon EF 135L, Canon EF 24-70L, Canon EF 100-400L, Canon EF-S 18-55IS...
I got tired of carrying around my old Lowepro Nova 3 plus two Optex bags so I finally got a bag big enough to carry all my stuff (and probably enough to sink the Titanic). It also holds my Manfrotto Tripod and my Dell laptop! Very cool.
Holds all but one of my EF-S lenses, the 55-250IS.
Holds two Canon EOS 1Ds, a Canon EOS 40D, a Canon EOS Rebel T1i (which I later turned around, makes more sense with the hump toward the middle), Canon EOS 650, Canon Speedlight 199A, Canon Extender EF 1.4x II, Canon EF12II, Tokina 11-16, nifty fifty, Canon EF 135L, Canon EF 24-70L, Canon EF 100-400L, Canon EF-S 18-55IS...
I got tired of carrying around my old Lowepro Nova 3 plus two Optex bags so I finally got a bag big enough to carry all my stuff (and probably enough to sink the Titanic). It also holds my Manfrotto Tripod and my Dell laptop! Very cool.
Holds all but one of my EF-S lenses, the 55-250IS.
My new bag I received today, fits all my camera gear (PS this is not my gear in the bag)
What I have is;
Canon EOS 1D
Canon EOS 350D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 (58mm)
Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro (58mm)
Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG (82mm)
Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG/HSM (77mm)
Other Accesories
Macro 58mm Lens kit (1+ 2+ 4+ 10+), Hoya 58mm PL-CIR Polariser, Photoco 52mm Haze (UV) Filter, PL 52mm Circular Polarizing Filter, Various other filters, Glanz 32" Reflector, Optex PT3900 Pro Tripod
So I was feeling a bit bored, and at the same time, I wanted to test out my freshly made "Solar Lantern".
Anyways I saw some online instruct-ables on how to build a cool solar light. So I went to ikea and bought a mason jar, and borrowed the electronic parts, and put em all together.....and voila! A solar lantern.
Anyways, for the real test. I wanted to see what the difference between using a skylight filter on the amount of light it actually blocks. When I first bought my camera a while back ago, I was naive and didn't know better. The Black's employee convinced me that I needed a skylight filter to protect all my fancy lens from getting scratched. So I bought 2 OPTEX SKYLIGHT FILTERS (52mm). They were $14.99. Then I recently read an article online that cheapo filters (this one), actually blocks out a lot of light.... but how much worse?
So, shown here are 2 different photos. One WITH the filter (top), and one WITHOUT the filter (bottom).
Can you see a difference in the amount of good light that gets filtered out? These are identical exposure values for both shot, and haven't been edited in any way. Also note the reduction in sharpness.... I'm sure as hell not using these craptacular filters anymore.
04/25/2012
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Supppppppperrrr pumped about this today! So I decided since the last fiasco with buying that Seagate external drive was a total disaster and I ended up returning the product, it was time to look for a new option. I logged on to Future Shop's website and started looking at their deals. First thing that peaked my interested was a 2TB Western Digital MyBook Live Network drive. It was on for a great price and was ideal for my application. Went to the store and picked up what was the last one on the shelf. I noticed right away it was also the only drive that didn't have shrink wrap on it out of the other MyBook drives. I asked an associate why this was and he gave me a passive answer as to tell me that it was just because the shrink wrap was falling off and they pulled off the rest. I was skeptical still that it was not an open box product but I picked it up regardless as it was the last one and I needed the drive. I got home about an hour later and began to open the packaging further. Not to my surprise the anti static bag that contained the hard drive had been torn open to access the harddrive. Instantly I knew I was right at the store, and this product had been purchased before. I got ready to call FutureShop right away, but just in case I plugged the drive into my Router to see if it had been used. Once again, not to any surprise of mine, I was accessing "Kim's External" on the desktop of my MacBook.
After speaking with an associate from computers named Mike who I had dealt with for the exchange of my iPad (Great Guy), I learned that apparently there was actually one left on the shelves so he instructed me to come into the store to exchange it, apologized for the inconvenience, and hung up. Well when I got to the store and went up to him at the counter, he quickly hustled into the back and grabbed what I thought was the brand new drive for me to exchange. For the first surprise that day he stated "Hey Emilio, because of the inconvenience with the drive we decided to upgrade you to the 3TB MyBook Live drive for free!"
I was totally %110 satisfied, and it renewed my faith in why sometimes shopping at big box stores is beneficial.
Now as for the drive itself.....AMAZING. This thing is a dedicated network drive which allows me to access ALL my stored files from ANYWHERE in the world! Super convenient when I am on a trip out of the country or even just the city to be abler to never feel like I forgot that crucial file! Even better is the fact that with the 3TB storage now, I have room for days! On top of this I still have two 1TB usb external drives as well as a 640gb passport portable drive. The day I run out of storage now is the day hell freezes over......
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Camera Info:
Canon 5Dmkii
Canon 135mm f2L
Natty Light
Optex Lightbox
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Montreal QC. Daytime shot taken from railroad tracks looking at a large abandoned industrial complex in outremont in Montreal. van horne & parc ave.
Taken on a Canon FTb slr w/ 50mm FD f1.8 lens + optex polarizer
I got tired of carrying around my old Lowepro Nova 3 plus two Optex bags so I finally got a bag big enough to carry all my stuff (and probably enough to sink the Titanic). It also holds my Manfrotto Tripod and my Dell laptop! Very cool.
I love this picture because of the green reflection in the water. Although my crappy optex tripod wasn't very sturdy, but I think its still pretty good.
This pile of caps and extension tubes volunteered for the test shots. This was 5 separate exposures blended in CS5. I used the macro slider to get the camera farther into the lightbox but never did any focus stacking with it.
Taken on Kodak 400 Max 35mm colour film using my 1974 Pentacon Praktica LB camera, professionally lab processed in C41, scanned with Optex film scanner.
Ema Dzila, I have so much fun taking pictures with you. Thanks for making me a better photographer.
All pictures were taken with my Nikon f 80 and a 28-200mm Sigma lens. ( film photography)
Ilford Ilfosol3 devlopper
Optex scanner
Venice, Italy - Two priests and a nun on vacation in Venice, seen from an adjacent canal bridge. Aug 2009.
taken on a Canon F-1 slr w/ 50mm FD f1.8 lens + optex polarizer. Fuji Neopan pro b&w film.
Pictured here:
1970s Yashica FX-3 super 2000 w/ 50mm lens
Two Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 telephoto USM
Two Canon 18-55 Wide angle lens
Soligor T-157 quick-release tripod
Canon Rebel XS body
Canon Rebel XSI body
Soligor external flash
piXel shutter remote
Original shutter release cable for Yashica
SD memory cards (3)
Original kodac lens paper, cleaner and blower brush
DC II 58mm lens hood
MASSA CPL 58mm
OPTEX Uv/protective filter 58mm
New York NY - A giant acrylic double-burger is used as the display outside Paul's (aka Da Burger Joint) in the East Village in NYC. Paul's boasts that they have without a doubt the best hamburger in NYC, which according to many reviews I've read seems to be likely. Oct 2009.
taken on a Canon F-1 slr w/ 50mm FD f1.8 lens + optex polarizer. Kodak Tri-X 400 black & white film.
This is an ARRIflex 35-IIIc 35mm non sync sound motion picture camera. It is being supported by a weaver steadman 3 axis head, underslung off a Fisher 10 Dolly. Attached is the Optex Probe lens system with I believe an 8mm front lens being used. All of this just to make a sandwich look sexy!
Montreal QC - Over a sequence of several days, I walked this alleyway at approximately the same hour (10:00 AM) and found this cat in exactly the same spot. At other times he's gone. He appears to follow a strict routine. Sept 2009.
taken on a Canon F1 slr camera w/ FD f1.8 lens + optex polarizer. Kodak Tri-X 400 black & white film.
New York City - street scene on fifth avenue and 58th street in midtown manhattan in NYC. May 2009. My first ever black & white photo.
Taken on a Canon F-1 slr + FD f1.8 + optex polarizer. Kodak T-Max 400 pro b&w film.
This brightly striped cotton apron is skilfully hand-woven by producers in Tamil Nadu benefiting from fairly paid work opportunities at Co-optex.
100% cotton and machine washable.
With front pocket and waist tie fastenings.
Note silica gel packs and humidity indicator card in custom foamed air-tight flight case - this lens is loved & looked after! ;o)
It is also the ONLY 800mm Canon you'll ever see that fits in a King Pelican case with room to spare - George Hill at Optex chopped it so we could keep it safe and secure for travel and nice & dry with silica gel.
Case, PL & Nikon mounts and 2x included. Thanks for looking!