Recent content by lxdude

I just used a JPY to USD calculator and got $323.63.

A skater photographer I've talked to says he likes the hammerhead style because it is attached with a bracket. A shoe mount is too fragile, in his opinion. Stuff happens, and sometimes a skater or board ends up in his space.

A flash that's popular with skating photographers is the Sunpak 555 hammerhead (AKA handle type) flash. It takes the Sunpak TTL module for Contax. It also has its own exposure sensor for non-TTL applications. It's rugged and powerful. And it's inexpensive, so if it somehow gets broken, it's...

I had that problem on my only A lens, the 50/2. I removed the ring, cleaned and re-greased it, and it's been fine for more than 10 years.

That would do in a Pinsch...

It kept playing pranks, so they said to it, "Later, when you've grown up more."

Yep. Modern Photography magazine originally was dedicated to the 35mm format and was named Minicam, then renamed to Minicam Photography, and later, to Modern Photography.

This is a widely held view of both designs, and of the prior SMC-M 50/2. I have both 50s and they are similar in resolution. Stopped down a ways, they do well. The thing is, they are in a category that has so many excellent lenses, so every lens is expected to be excellent. I've wondered why...

I drink Royal Crown.

That would be the 55mm/1.8 EBC Fujinon, and I concur on its performance.

No, that's F, and F too, and F too

An advantage of those closeup lenses is that they do not affect the exposure. They can also be stacked; a set of +1 and +2 can be combined to make +3. The quality of the lenses must be high (typically doublets) to avoid degrading the image too much. A very highly corrected closeup lens, capable...

Well the one on the left is obviously a young Karl Malden.. 😉😁 I don't think the third is the same man.

I get what you're after. What I want to mention is that film doesn't really "clip", not the way digital does. The point in digital is distinct, can be represented numerically, and the histogram can show it. The point of absolute loss of detail from too much or too little light with film is going...

I litreally never tyre of these comparisons.