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Memory is a strange thing
I wrote about the photography of the Dane Keld Helmer-Petersen here. His work deeply affected my sense of color and line when I was a boy and I had occasion to reflect on this when processing a batch of snaps from Laguna Seca racetrack, where I spent a pleasant […]
Posted in: Cameras, Computer hardware by: Thomas Pindelski
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The hype, that is.
It is an iconic brand.
By the time it was announced expectations were already impossibly high.
It is wildly overpriced.
Unethical ‘journalists’ made it famous before its time.
The hype makes the Nuremberg rallies seem low key.
The execution is seriously flawed - lots of clunky accessories needed.
It does lots of things, most of them not very […]
Posted in: Canon EOS 5D, Cameras by: Thomas Pindelski
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Not perfect - you get what you pay for, I suppose.
I wrote in somewhat lukewarm terms of the underwhelming definition of the Canon 20mm lens here.
I took a more objective view of the vignetting issue by banging out four snaps on the old estate, camera and lens dutifully mounted on a tripod, at the four […]
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Holocaust memorial, Paris
Leica M3, 35mm Summaron, TriX
Date: September, 1974
Place: Holocaust memorial, Paris
Modus operandi: Waiting a long time for this moment
Weather: Sunny
Time: 11 am
Gear: Leica M3, 35mm Summaron
Medium: Kodak TriX
Me: Really wanting to get this right
My age: 23
Unlike the warm and welcoming architecture of Paris, with its mansard roofs and lovely light, the Holocaust memorial is, […]
Posted in: Canon EOS 5D, Aperture, Cameras, Software by: Thomas Pindelski
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Tailoring based on experience
The Canon 5D offers a variety of picture styles, the one of choice being applied to your snaps. The choices include Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome and User Defined 1, 2 or 3.
Note that Picture Styles only work with JPG files; they have no effect on RAW pictures.
Each Style permits […]
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Book review
Pure joy.
That’s what I’m feeling, looking at Robert Doisneau’s magnificent pictures of Paris.
It’s impossible to adequately convey the pure joy of his photography. So many scenes from the Tuileries, goodness. A setting that elevates all those who traverse its perfection. I’m not well travelled enough to pontificate on its world standing […]
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