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2013/07/15 13:40:42
Moshkiae
Hi,
 
Canon AE1 for me. 30-300 (wide angle) lens that I found for $75 bux somewhere and it fit just right, on all pictures on the site.
 
Never used a light meter, after learning some basics ... like f11 at 6ft with the camera mickey mouse flash on the 100 film, or 200 film ... or a standard number on the outside on sunny days ... I had already tested my "favorite" Kodak 800 film inside and out and used it for almost all of my shoots!
 
For almost all of the sports shoots, my boss always used the Konica 100, and that was easy ... 5ft f16 ... and you get used to the numbers ... the rest is ... how testy and tricky are you, and how clever can it be?
 
The only shoots I never got lucky with were the long distance stage/dark ones ... on the stage. the 1200 Konica or Fuji, was just awful and grainy as hell, and the Kodak had color balancing issues.
 
Nowadays, with the digital stuff ... most of that is ... relegated to nothing ... but I have yet to buy a good digital camera ... got me one of those cheapies to kinda get a handle on it, but the only way you and I got a handle on a camera ... WAS BY USING IT! since film was cheap for me, I did burn rolls to learn the flash and see the difference between fstops and the shutter apperture. Seeing that gives your mind some nifty ideas about what you can do, btw!
2013/07/15 16:00:09
paulo
I was frightened to click on this fred for a long time in case it was close ups of plummy and john ! ;)
2013/07/15 20:30:57
SteveStrummerUK
paulo
I was frightened to click on this fred for a long time in case it was close ups of plummy and john ! ;)




How coarse.
 
Mind you mate, I certainly wouldn't need a wide-angle lens to get a full frame pic of the whole veg garden - Plummy, John T, and my Pistolpete
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