smokysun Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share #101 Posted October 12, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) hi tommy, here's the other fuji: eBay: Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd 6.3 Megapixel MPN 15651024 (item 280037020923 end time Oct-20-06 16:58:57 PDT) the thing is, i'm stuck on compacts! love the d-lux 2, but can't convince myself to upgrade to the d-lux 3, tho i keep trying! i realized a firmware fix disabling the nr would simply make the 800 and 1600 even more unusable (tho it would help the clarity of the lower iso's). i'm thinking of getting the f30 simply for lowlight situations. if it weren't for that blasted xd card! who needs another system? actually, i think leica will win out by 'design'. people ultimately love beautiful tools. wayne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 Hi smokysun, Take a look here sean reid and street photography. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
tommycrown Posted October 12, 2006 Share #102 Posted October 12, 2006 Wayne, I still wonder if S9600 would be more improved compared to S6000. The way I see it, the sensor for S6000 is 1.7in compared to S9600 has 1.6in, so 0.1in was downgraded. Does this mean they tried to squeeze more pixels in smaller sensor just like Leicasonic did with their LX2/Dlux3 from LX1/Dlux2? Or, does Fuji use completely different sensor system from their older model to their new one? Always more questions than more answers~~~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted October 12, 2006 Share #103 Posted October 12, 2006 Dear Sean, Are you planning on getting your hands on the new Vlux 1 at all? I was just wondering since I can't seem to find anybody who would post reviews on Vlux. Thanks in advance, Tommy Hi Tommy, Not at the moment, sorry. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share #104 Posted October 12, 2006 hi tommy, well, i've decided to try something else: raw! i've been lazy, but last night i did a lot of experimenting with the d-lux 2 in raw and lowlight, then processing with elements 5 and the free adobe lightroom beta which support it. after awhile i started getting results i really liked. so i'm going to get another fast 2gb card and see what it can do with it. this beats buying another camera and system, at least for the present. one item in sean's review of the d-lux 2 struck me. he said the bigger the lcd screen the better chance of using it in the street. the d-lux 3 upped it a bit but kept the same pixel count. a three inch screen with higher pixels would certainly be a boon. and video cameras have had this for years. wayne ps. i might even go for attaching a viewfinder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycrown Posted October 12, 2006 Share #105 Posted October 12, 2006 Wayne, I sold my Dlux 2 a month ago, so I am currently waiting for a better photosystem from Leica. The reason I loved about using Dlux2 for street photography, it is small and discrete with no extra zoom sticking out or make any unnatural shutter noise! I really miss those features from Dlux 2 just as well as D2. However, I am wondering if Vlux 1 is like that. Do you have any info. about if Vlux has sticking out zoom or not (D2 has differnt internal zoom through manual ring) as well as if it has any shutter noise? Thanks Tommy PS I know the size is little bulky and its LCD is only 2.0in compared to most cameras 2.5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share #106 Posted October 12, 2006 hi tommy, as far as i know it will be exactly the same as the panasonic fz50. this will probably answer a lot of questions: Panasonic DMC-FZ50 Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review wayne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommycrown Posted October 12, 2006 Share #107 Posted October 12, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I know~~ I have already checked it out, but am still waiting to see what Leica had tweaked to deliver its promise of "Leica-like" IQ. Vlux seems to be a very well packaged camera for amateurs. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted October 13, 2006 Share #108 Posted October 13, 2006 hi sean, here's an update, a selection from last summer's project. all from re-worked photos. it's probably not what you had in mind, but living in solitude it's a matter of changing psychological states. the self-portrait project summer 2005 Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com thanks for the suggestions. i'll keep working on it. wayne ps. did you ever get a chance to look at this. it's the wry story of a motocycle guy who starts a revolution: 1976 - Murphy's Rebellion Photo Gallery by wayne pease at pbase.com you might get a chuckle or two out of it. i wrote it for celebrations in 1976! Hi Wayne, I looked at the self-portrait series and they don't work for me. They're very stylized and the special effects dominate. You want me to be honest always, right? I'll check out the story, thanks. Best, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share #109 Posted October 13, 2006 hi sean, thanks for looking! your comments appreciated. it's amazing to me how some things work for some people and not for others. these are too far from photography, i think, to interest a lot of people. now that everyone can do effects, i think they prefer reflections of their reality, often prefering the simplicity of black and white (amazing how many people like it still). and to be effective in the other direction, it's more appealing if you transform photos into something completely different. ah, well. win a few. lose a few. in theater i've people who loved my pieces and people who walked out in the middle, unable to stand them! thanks again. it's much appreciated. wayne Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/1447-sean-reid-and-street-photography/?do=findComment&comment=69335'>More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 13, 2006 Share #110 Posted October 13, 2006 Hi Wayne I am sort of with Sean on this series as well, I look at them and I say to my self he used that filter to do this and the content becomes secondary. Soehow there is a lack of continuity between content and technique Imants ps this B&W works better for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share #111 Posted October 13, 2006 hi imants, thanks. good to hear from you. the feedback helps cause i'm wondering what to do for my show in the spring. i actually think i'm best at b&w, despite all our conversations about color. funny, i love color but in photos it always seems so ordinary. and i now have a theory that color photos rob people of their dignity! whereas b&w somehow raises them in stature. how does that sound? my best, wayne ps. but i love doing things in this style, as you know. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/1447-sean-reid-and-street-photography/?do=findComment&comment=69350'>More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 13, 2006 Share #112 Posted October 13, 2006 WIth exhibitions do what suits your needs, some need the money, some want the fame, others have a ego to feed. B&W seems to sit nicely with you and I would go with 80% B&W and a few colour. These I would present as triptychs to help reinforce your ideas. It is all a matter of focussing on your concepts and not straying with ...'Maybe I could do...l" With me my exhibitions are induging in my ideas and enjoying seeing the images from a body of work in one place, never even got close to breaking even as I self finance.... and of course presenting to the public but that is their domain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share #113 Posted October 13, 2006 hi imants, thanks for the ideas. this will be my first real 'show' as such, though i've done a lot of lobby galleries for dance and theater productions. i wasn't thinking about money, til i saw the woman in there now selling her paintings of musicians for $1600 a pop (and they're selling). i still think it's probably not going to be a money operation for me. i keep resisting turning art into a job, a decision i seem to have made in my cradle. i'm thinking of calling the show: "utopias: lost & found" as that's what i keep looking for, maybe because my father was a minister. i'll keep you posted and ask your advice again. hi sean, i keep thinking about how to define one's task. ran across this in a book called 'the quotable writer'. the comments apply across the arts, i think. here's a quote from the writer sol stein: "I have edited and published both kinds of writers and both kinds of books (literary and commercial, fiction and nonfiction). I have worked closely with writers of each kind who have made millions from a single work. What I have never witnessed is a writer's work succeeding notably in a field he doesn't habitually read for pleasure." that's certainly one clue. i look at a lot of fashion photos, partly cause of the beautiful women, and a lot because of the humor and imagination involved and the symbolic use of color. i haven't had much interest in doing it, though i did a similar thing early on with a friend. many things are fun doing one time (for example, writing and acting in a movie). i keep going back to the classic parisian photographers, especially doisneau, the only one who sees the city with both a classic eye and a sense of humor. (without humor, anything i try is dead in the water.) and here is a quote from the writer jack bickham, which applies to street photography, i think, specifically: "Exaggeration is the first step toward creating vivid fictional characters...Time after time I have been confronted by new writers whose novels were peopled with characters who were flat, dull, unclear, uninspiring, uninteresting and plain old boring...Good characters are not real people; they are better than real people." this is certainly true in theater: characters are simplified and bigger than life versions of real people. i think the great street-photographers actually had an eye for creating interesting characters by choosing them at the right moment in a public place. suddenly, a face in the crowd becomes larger than life. (doisneau, for example, seems to have mostly shot from waist level. and one of my favorites, bill brandt, usually makes his characters huge by the angle he takes.) wayne ps. how about an article on 'the myth of equipment'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 13, 2006 Share #114 Posted October 13, 2006 Wayne wasn't thinking about money, til i saw the woman in there now selling her paintings of musicians for $1600 a pop (and they're selling) the first of many clouds appears to distract. There is nothing wrong with a career as an artist, the danger is when you hit a formula and it sells, it becomes easy, impressive etc and one stays there without questioning or searching further. I choose to do other fun things for money 'my father was a minister' sounds more interesting than "utopias: lost & found" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share #115 Posted October 15, 2006 hi imants, 'my father was a minister' sounds like a danish pornographic novel. not a bad idea. that might draw the crowds. i'll think about it. and thanks for the other recommendations. actually i've committed the going sin of thinking about and researching equipment the past couple days, going through dp review, fred miranda buy & sell, etc. found a used d-lux 2 at a reasonable price, a used g6, if it had a flip-out screen i might have gotten a used fz20 as it's much smaller and has 2.8 thru the zoom range. now i'm feeling really guilty cause amazon had a deal i couldn't refuse on the fuji f30. with rebate it should come to $250 for the camera, 1gb fast xd card, and card-reader and shipping. after reading and researching i decided i'd like a second compact for low-light. (if the d-lux 3 had solved the problem i would have gone for it). all the evidence says this is the best one for the job. ah, i'm against all this equipment mania, but i just watched a documentary on cinematography called 'visions of light' , and the history of it is in large part the history of technical innovation, though early film-makers were actually doing a lot, it was just tougher, and some things were not possible without new fast lenses etc. i recommend this dvd highly. i disagree with you on the 16:9. however, it may take studying a lot of films to really get how it works, narrative rather than sculptural. wayne Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/1447-sean-reid-and-street-photography/?do=findComment&comment=70399'>More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 15, 2006 Share #116 Posted October 15, 2006 I think that the fuji f30 would be a great camera for your needs and at that price it's a bargain considering what avenues it will open for you. I quite like the camera but with no raw it counts itself out. They say that the colours are different, so have fun with the Leica and Fuji differences and getting your work together equipment ... yes a pain in the proverbial, I just got rid of my Oly E system as it blew the highlights out and under the Australian sun and these days lack of ozone it is a bit of a pain. So all I have is the D2 and a Oly XA, all has either been give away or sold off. The baby sigma will suit my needs as I am only interested in the colour created by the foven sensor, especially the greens and ochres. With so much exhibition work, building,tutoring and giving paid photography work stuff the flick taking images is not a priority Then after the kitchen a M8 well it will be a 9 by then no hurry. This equipment dilemma has been a bugbear for Leica owners for some years a s Leica has yet to get its act together more so than others in the game. I think this is mainly due to their cliental and that the Ms were such a successful in the images and aura they created. p.s our bushfire season is in full swing and the season looks grim along with a crippling drought in south-east Australia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted October 15, 2006 Share #117 Posted October 15, 2006 may or may not lots of stuff Horvatland - Frank Horvat Photography: Entre Vues Horvatland - Frank Horvat Photography: home / Frank Horvat Photographie: accueil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHAG Posted October 15, 2006 Share #118 Posted October 15, 2006 Thanks a lot Imants I knew Horvat but didn't knew his site. He always had unexpected stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokysun Posted October 15, 2006 Author Share #119 Posted October 15, 2006 hi imants, equipment is fascinating by itself. no question about it. and i'm a little ashamed of myself. i first had a digital elph and wanted to do everything with it. couldn't. g5. rebel. 20d. $5000 in lenses. two sony f717. the d2. the d-lux 3. f30. back to the compacts. what a strange road it's been. and all this stuff still on my hands. time to sell, sell, sell. i want to be remembered as 'the master of the compact' the way those mysterious medieval painters were known as 'the masters of the mysterious torpid rose'. i'm thinking of putting tape across the back of the f30 so i still shoot 16:9 (sorry about that). crop after. bought an magnetic attachable wide-angle lense for it from hong kong. see if that helps. as you go into high fire season, we very gradually slide out of it (not over yet. saved a house last week.) you can see the clouds trying to make a mark (see the figure in the sunrise? that's not the god of rain, alas.) i'll look at the horvat. lots of interesting looking interviews. thanks again for the insights. wayne ps. saw some lovely infrared pics with the f30. the guy just held the hoya 72 in front of the lense. very ir sensitive. pss. just looked at horvatland. a beautifully done, model site. it says as much about the aesthetics of the photographer as the content. thanks. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/1447-sean-reid-and-street-photography/?do=findComment&comment=70773'>More sharing options...
Guest Metroman Posted October 16, 2006 Share #120 Posted October 16, 2006 Horvatland - Frank Horvat Photography: Entre Vues Horvatland - Frank Horvat Photography: home / Frank Horvat Photographie: accueil Imants thanks for that link. Spent the evening reading his site. Are you using the XA much now? I just bought another one as I missed having it with me all the time. I thought when I got a CL I wouldn't miss it - gave it to my eight year old son who is having great fun with it - but I missed having something that would fit in any of my pockets. Thank you Yoshihisa Maitani! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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