On-Topic Photographs - How?? (...please)

[Haselsh1]

OK Dave and Sue. I was going to go PM as this is getting very personal now but if we are OK to continue then that's what we'll do. Have a fab day.

[Marco]

Yep, guys, please keep it on the forum as this is information which many people will find interesting and informative

Marco.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

maybe it could be changed to "the art of sound (and some guy called hamish and another guy called shaun talking about photography and cameras and sh*t)"

step to far maybe....

anyway

so what is your current camera of choice then shaun?
and what would you say is your favorite camera of all?
and to keep it on topic ... choice equipment for hifi photography?

[DaveK]

maybe it could be changed to "the art of sound (and some guy called hamish and another guy called shaun talking about photography and cameras and sh*t)"

step too far maybe....

Hi Hamish,
Not a step too far for me - I like it - let's go for it - will you approach Admin etc. or should I ?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

ha, yeah crack on... its a hifi forum and i havent barely said anything about hifi in ages... bit out my depth for the most part i prefer reading with interest than trying to comment! i then keep finding these photography threads and sticking my beak in where i might at least have somthing of use to say!

[Haselsh1]

maybe it could be changed to "the art of sound (and some guy called hamish and another guy called shaun talking about photography and cameras and sh*t)"

step to far maybe....

anyway

so what is your current camera of choice then shaun?
and what would you say is your favorite camera of all?
and to keep it on topic ... choice equipment for hifi photography?

Bloody Hell man you don't want much...!

My most favourite camera is a Nikon F5 and it is the one I use the most. My most favourite lens is a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 EX as it is f2.8 throughout the whole zoom range and I use the very same lens with my F5. Problems... yes, it weighs in at around 2.5kgs and that's bloody silly.

My favourite film is Fuji Velvia 50 ISO.

My favourite digicam is a Nikon D70.

I don't do Canon anything.

My favourite Hi-Fi would be vinyl and valves with speakers by Audio Note. Ahh... exquisite.

[Haselsh1]

Just to add...

I've had three Hasselblads in the past along with Bronica SQ's and ETRS' and also a Pentax 67 or two and to be honest, they're very overrated. 35mm is far more flexible and much more spontaneous.

[Barry]

Maybe it could be changed to "the art of sound (and some guy called hamish and another guy called shaun talking about photography and cameras and sh*t)"

step to far maybe....

anyway

so what is your current camera of choice then Shaun?
and what would you say is your favorite camera of all?
and to keep it on topic ... choice equipment for hifi photography?

No good - it would'nt fit the banner, though to attempt that could be a baptism of fire for Nick in his new role.

Although not addressed to me, I'll respond anyway:

Leica M3 with 50mm f/2, loaded with Kodachrome 64,
Leica M4 with 35mm f/2.8, also loaded with KR 64, with a 90mm f/2.8 in pocket.

Completely manual, superbly reliable - been with me all over the world under conditions of blistering heat, freezing cold, rain or dust, they have never let me down, unlike some other analogue or digital cameras owned by fellow travellers I have come across.

Barry

[Barry]

You are quite correct in your description of light and how it either passes or gets blocked by a polariser. If memory serves me right, the light reflecting off a metallic surface is called 'specular' light and this is not affected by a polariser. Only light of a single dimension or flatness is blocked by a polariser. That's enough of that...!!!

Light reflected by a surface that is not perfectly smooth (as a mirror would be, hence specular reflection: > speculum: mirror), tends to suffer some scattering. Most of this scattered light will emerge predominantly one direction, so may look like reflected light, however the scattering will have destroyed the plane of polarisation of the incident light. The emerging light will consist of light with random plane of polarisation. If the planes of polarisation are completely mixed up by a reflective but rough surface, the reflected light will be completely unpolarised.

Barry

[Haselsh1]

Bloody Hell man you don't want much...!

My most favourite camera is a Nikon F5 and it is the one I use the most. My most favourite lens is a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 EX as it is f2.8 throughout the whole zoom range and I use the very same lens with my F5. Problems... yes, it weighs in at around 2.5kgs and that's bloody silly.

My favourite film is Fuji Velvia 50 ISO.

My favourite digicam is a Nikon D70.

I don't do Canon anything.

My favourite Hi-Fi would be vinyl and valves with speakers by Audio Note. Ahh... exquisite.

Look I'm even quoting myself now...!

I have used hundreds of different cameras over the forty years I've been doing photography but the Nikon F5 is the most complete camera I have ever used. It is totally reliable and made from Titanium which gives it a certain robustness against impact damage. I treat my cameras as though they are gold or platinum, I never abuse them. They do after all cost a considerable sum. I would like to say once again though that the camera is, by and large, irrelevent. It is the lens that forms the image not the camera. To that end I have never seen a better image than one formed by a Carl Zeiss lens. They truly are the best in the World.