The Official Head-Case Photography Thread.

[Grahame]

Full Frame Vlogging?

 

[blessingx]

Yummy. 
 

Edit: Just came out of a meeting where we discussed buying two. Send to remote talent. Try not to drop. 

Edited March 30, 2023 by blessingx

[blessingx]

In today's cynical photography-related news...

https://petapixel.com/2023/04/04/gen-z-discovers-modern-digital-cameras-are-better-than-iphones/ 

[Grahame]

^Affiliate link cynical?

[Grahame]

And in local news ...

The De Young Museum in SF is having an exhibition "Ansel Adams in Our Time"
https://www.famsf.org/exhibitions/ansel-adams-in-our-time

and there is a Zoom docent lecture, on Monday, thanks to the CM/Marin County Library

"This online program will be presented by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco docent Jim Kohn, and is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Corte Madera Library."

https://marinlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/63ed92c93edbd4ffdd6af3c3

I have signed up for the Zoom lecture, (Zoom compression artifacts notwithstanding) as it should be an interesting introduction to the exhibition.

Joanne signed up for De Young membership last year, so may be able to get discounted tickets!*

EDIT: *Free for us (Joanne +1), discount for "guests" on same visit.

 

 

Edited April 8, 2023 by Grahame

[Knuckledragger]

In that "Gen Z" article they utterly failed to the goddamn horizon line even remotely straight.  The single most important part of any photo involving a body of water is keeping it level.  One of the things I don't like about using an LCD screen for landscape photography is the lack of markings.  For years when I used the AF point indicators on my 30D/5D to see if I had the ocean remotely level.  Even with those, I'd often spend considerable time futzing around in Photoshop to get things as flat as I wanted.  I salute the large format photographers who succeed at the task while looking at the world upside down and backwards.  Now that I say that bit out loud, maybe I was meant to be an ULF photographer.

Edited April 7, 2023 by Knuckledragger

[Grahame]

There's an app, er, feature for that!

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/12/12/tip-the-new-google-camera-helps-you-align-your-phone-for-perfectly-level-shots/

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/hidden-camera-level-tool-ios-11/

Turn on grid lines?

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by Grahame

[swt61]

On 3/28/2023 at 9:57 PM, mikeymad said:

I thought it was hilarious that you could just stuff a whole human in there.

Ira Einhorn, is that you?

Edited April 7, 2023 by swt61

[dsavitsk]

My Pixel phone tells me when, and by how much, I am out of level. Consequently, all pictures of my cats are very correct.

1 hour ago, Knuckledragger said:

Now that I say that bit out loud, maybe I was meant to be an ULF photographer.

From the numerous posts you have made, it seems that it is finally time to get off the pot, be honest with yourself, and admit what your true calling is.

[swt61]

How do I master these techniques?

[Grahame]

On 4/7/2023 at 1:26 PM, Knuckledragger said:

 Now that I say that bit out loud, maybe I was meant to be an ULF photographer.

 

Does your camera have a car mount?

[blessingx]

22 hours ago, Grahame said:

 

How large is your dolly?

FIFY

 

Oh, these videos are getting too common lately. 🫣

 

[mikeymad]

^^ as soon as he said Toronto, I was out. 

[blessingx]

16 minutes ago, mikeymad said:

^^ as soon as he said Toronto, I was out. 

[blessingx]

Get your monochrome camera here - 

https://pentaxrumors.com/2023/04/12/ricoh-announces-new-pentax-k-3-mark-iii-monochrome-dslr-camera/ 

 

[Grahame]

18 hours ago, blessingx said:

Get your monochrome camera here - 

https://pentaxrumors.com/2023/04/12/ricoh-announces-new-pentax-k-3-mark-iii-monochrome-dslr-camera/ 

 

Surely you meant to say ...

 

 

[blessingx]

Leica once again copies Pentax  

[jpelg]

Hasn't Leica been doing cameras with monochrome-only sensors since the M9 Monochrome?

[blessingx]

Okay, my jokes don’t always land. 

[jpelg]

^Sorry, I had my "Mr. Literal" hat on this afternoon 😔

[blessingx]

I wear that hat often. In a group chat yesterday I posted "I guess Leica is out of business". It went similarly.  

[Grahame]

Saving $10k 

[Grahame]

[blessingx]

1 hour ago, Grahame said:

Saving $10k 

Probably best to A/B to be sure. How was the show? 

[Grahame]

26 minutes ago, blessingx said:

Probably best to A/B to be sure. How was the show? 

Great. All the hits.

Made all the more interesting by a docent lead tour.

By a passionate, informed, opinionated, "only in SF" docent.

They said if they were paying to have their name changed, they were going to get as many letters possible for the money.

Edited April 14, 2023 by Grahame