Recent content by neuromantism

Wow, this is definitely an arguable point. Just stepping outside and looking into the science or engineering and manufacturing worlds, one can quite often name multiple different techniques and methodologies used to obtain a certain goal. Let's just think of DNA sequencing. There's the Sanger's...

Well, I know it's a silly question, (cause maybe it's been already asked) but are you using the correct film back with the correct film? Or is there a chance that you use 120 film in a 220 film back holder (or the other way?)

I use Tamron SP 90mm F2.8 Di Macro USD (F004 from 2012) for A-mount adapted on Sony A7IV, and with Nikon's ES-2 rip-off made by JJC backlit by a light therapy lamp. The lens is quite sharper than my Sony 90mm G2.8 G macro, costed a fraction of its price (either new or used Sony's) and the only...

I can't agree more, this perfectly rounds it up. I would add, @Certain Exposures, that this is rather very naive to assume that people posting their film pictures on the internet don't apply any sort of post processing, especially when they post pictures made with use of negatives. Moreover...

From my overview of this photographer's work that I've seen on Flickr (he has a really nice and rich gallery there) I judge, that these are digital post-processing artifacts. In my eve he is using sharpening or dehaze 'brush' in selected spots, you can see that these artifacts appear only...

Of course that one is going to yearn for that era of time only if one can reap off of colonialism. Yes, the Djin agrees to your request; you're reincarnated as a dark-shade skinned man, incorporated to display in one of English 'human zoos' functioning at the turn of the XXth century in Great...

A Djin appears and grants your wish; you get to travel in time 120 years back, but resurface as either: ~ a Sicilian peasant; ~ an Armenian highlander; ~ a Russian field worker; ~ an Algerian street vendor; ~ a Namibian hunter; ~ a Peruvian transport carrier; ~ a... Time travel is indeed...

I second (most of the) motor winders for 35mm film cameras in the present age. Some could argue that some camera models can benefit from an extended grip... But I guess that they never use them loaded if it's still possible to maintain the camera operation.

It doesn't help that YouTube is using on many videos some sort of algorithm to reduce file size while "improving" image quality by giving it AI-guided denoising, sharpening, and who knows what else, gloss-over those videos. Without permission from the creators. Without an option to opt-out. Now...

I've used Tamron - SP 90 F2.8 Di Macro USD (F004 from 2012) on my Minolta Dynax 5 without a problem - as a matter of fact, it works much better on a film camera than adapted to Sony A7IV with LA-EA5 in terms of AF. I've read somewhere a long time ago that in combination with some film cameras...

Anyone thinking that China doesn't have the mindset for enginnering of their own hasn't seen what are they capable of in terms of optical engineering in consumer electronics nowadays. Think of Laowa starting already in the last decade and Viltrox brand's progress in the field of digital...

Really interesting discussion about seriousness in photography. In my view the answer to >>"If you're serious about photography..."<< is that you must have other people that want your work, that are willing to pay for your work and that you consistently deliver in your photography. So basically...