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Adee
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #10 Posted: 01 June 2010 at 10:29 PM »
Very True boatbuilder, being old school and an original film photographer myself (now and then) I should of explained it either differently or better.

With almost eveyone I kknow moving in to digital.... I tend to lapse on the traditional settings and meanings and started to join the digital craze and forget a few things along the way from the older days.

It's been a few years since being in a darkroom and using 6x6 negs......

book1 I stand Corrected.....  Grin
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #11 Posted: 01 June 2010 at 10:59 PM »
Don't forget the difference in film F stops and digital F stops (which go up in 1/3rds of film f stops) - this becomes particularly important when taking meter readings and using studio set ups

For example:
Film -  f/1     1.4     2     2.8     4     5.6     8     11     16     22     32
Digital f/1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2, 2.5, 2 .8, 3.2, 3.5, 4,, 4.5, 5, 5.6,6,3, 7.1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 etc.,

I tend to use AV on digital mainly trading ISO against F stop where necessary depending on the movement I do or do not want and Depth of Field. Whereas on film high iso often gives a nice feel to an image, on digital it just produces noise.
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #12 Posted: 02 June 2010 at 05:10 AM »
Quote from: Adee on 01 June 2010 at 10:29 PM
Very True boatbuilder, being old school and an original film photographer myself (now and then) 

When I first started photography - my father was using a "Quarter Glass Plate" Camera - and this is a picture of me and my first camera.

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Adee
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #13 Posted: 02 June 2010 at 07:29 AM »
Try using that at this years airshow.......  Grin
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #14 Posted: 02 June 2010 at 07:37 AM »
Quote from: Adee on 02 June 2010 at 07:29 AM
Try using that at this years airshow.......  Grin

This was the original "pocket camera" - you should have seen the pocket!  Cheesy
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #15 Posted: 02 June 2010 at 08:12 AM »
They are still trying to do it these days.

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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #16 Posted: 02 June 2010 at 08:20 AM »
Quote from: Adee on 02 June 2010 at 08:12 AM
They are still trying to do it these days.

Perhaps I should have patented my original pocket camera!
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #17 Posted: 04 June 2010 at 09:42 AM »
Wanted FISHEYE LENS, probably the older the better.

Not sure what sort I want but would know as soon as I could try it out. 
If you can help, or know someone who could, please contact me.  Thankyou.

Peter, please could you ask at your photo club for me?  Thankyou.
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Adee
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #18 Posted: 04 June 2010 at 11:41 AM »
Hi Joe, I can ask at the camera club for you, but we've broken up until after the summer. We still having group meetings comming up over the holidays.

What Camera is it for ?
Lens or Addon ?
Price range ?
Slight or full fisheye ?
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Re: Photographic General Chit Chat....... « Reply #19 Posted: 04 June 2010 at 05:07 PM »
Thankyou very much, Peter, for any help you can give.

Basically I'm hoping for something I can hold over the front of my digital camera, a Canon Powershot S50, (below).  The back part of the fisheye lens would need to be about the same size as a one pence piece.  The lens would need to work when held to your eye, so lenses like the one on offer at Cash Converters, which just show a blur when held to your eye, would be no good. 

The one I had before was a small, approximately thirty year old video camera lens.  I lost it while photographing Herringfleet Mill earlier this year.  I'm now looking for something that worked as well as that lens did.  To use it I'd hold the digital camera with one hand & the fisheye lens over the front of the camera with the other hand.  It sounds crazy but I got some excellent results working that way.

As I don't know what would work I'm happy to travel reasonable distances to try out any lenses that may be offered.  Small & old & cheap is better than big & expensive & new.  The wider angle it can get without distortion the better.  I'm looking for something that lets you get as much into the picture as possible, for instance photographing rooms of a house & getting most of the room in the picture.

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