I discovered this artist about 7 years ago on flickr.
“Refusing to water his style down, his photos are raw, pure, grainy, erotic while remaining the delicateness and finesse of someone who puts thought in every aspect of his work. Just have a look at his photostream and you’ll notice that your heart pounds faster.” cfye.com
Ran into something unexpected today. To preserve the details of something as contrasty as this amp I usually underexpose the shot and then pull the darks up. It didn’t quite work this time. Even though the panels’ texture can be easily brought back the nylon mesh fabric just doesn’t look right. The fabric texture does become visible with the adjusted exposure, but that’s just not what it looks like in reality.
Unedited 1st shot (underexposed to get a well saturated brass control panel)
1st shot with adjusted exposure in PS — wooden panels show the texture, but the fabric doesn’t look like nylon
I have to take a second shot with longer exposure (at the expense of control panel which is slightly blown this time). The fabric looks much better now. This is something I can work with. And the raw file still has the color info in the slightly blown area so it can be fixed. It’s far from perfect though, because I’d rather have a flat, well saturated control panel.
Unedited 2nd shot — brass front panel is slightly blown
Finished photo
Classic Lens And Digital Camera
They don't mix well.
Unless you have Leica M8/M9. But digital Leica will only compensate for its own retrofocus design lenses’ distortions.
This is what happens when you use Contax G 21mm f/2.8 Biogon lens on a digital body.
“…left/right edges… have difficulty gathering light from the extreme angle. This is characterized by a band of color shift (usually red/cyan)”
“…because the rear lens element protrudes very close to the sensor, this lens exhibits the second problem (of color shifting at the edge).”
I restore and sell these old rangefinder film cameras.
Canon Canonet QL-17 is the most popular of them. It’s built like a tank. If you run into one and there’s no physical damage it’ll most likely work. But the lens is just a little weak when wide open.
Not the case with Yashica Electro 35. Yashica cooperated with Carl Zeiss so their lenses are almost as good. Electro 35 not as rugged as Canonet but it’s absolutely worth restoring.
Look at this sample photo (by mr_wood) – this is not some kind of… Instagram filter. 🙂
