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  1. Lawrence A.

    Adapted Adapted lenses, any make, for any camera

    I haven't seen a general thread for any adapted lens. Here are a couple of things shot with the Sony a7ii using an old Zuiko 75-150 f4 (one of my favorite zooms for decades), with which the river stone with fossilized ferns was shot, and the Konica Hexanon 40mm f1.8, which has become the...
  2. Lawrence A.

    Sony Sony Repair

    My Sony a7II seems to have bit the dust. I get the dreaded "Camera Error Turn off camera and power on", which does precisely nothing. I think it is the sensor cleaner mechanism, since if, after repeated restarts and repeated little moves to the sensor cleaner mode, the sensor will not shake when...
  3. Lawrence A.

    Is it really a new work if all you do is apply different processing?

    To my mind the originally photographer is right to call it plagiarism. If this is legitimate, then photographic work has no copyright protection at all. I'd be interested in what others think. Opinions could be heated; please disagree amiably. Plagiarism or remixing? South African photographer...
  4. Lawrence A.

    Abandoned Cameras

    Other manufacturers undoubtedly do it too, but Olympus has a habit of starting a line and dropping it. It was the first (I think) to drop their 35mm SLR line, and I did not like the gizmos that replaced them. I still have an Om-1, 10, and 4 in the house, even if I rarely use them. My beef at...
  5. Lawrence A.

    Olympus Strolling with the versatile Stylus 1

    I was restless the afternoon, but had no ambition to jump in the car and go anywhere. I'd already been out for a jog with the dog and been at the computer longer than I wanted, and I did not feel like sitting still long enough to read something worth delving into. So I took a walk, put the...
  6. Lawrence A.

    My Laos Family

    As it turned out, my Stylus was the camera I used most in Laos, and the Leica X1 was the next most often used. The E-M5 came in a distant third. It isn't that I don't like the E-M5. I love it. But I'm increasingly loving using cameras with very small profiles more. In Laos I could go out with...
  7. Lawrence A.

    Fuji Showcase Leica Thread Mount Lenses on Fuji

    The question for me is not whether these lenses are better or not; modern lenses matched to the digital medium obviously have advantages. But I enjoy using legacy lenses on my X-Pro (or E-M5, for that matter). I find I need to shoot in raw to get what I want from them, but I shoot in raw for...
  8. Lawrence A.

    Leica Buddhas of Wat Sisaket with the trusty Leica X1

    I don't know how much traction this thread will get, but I couldn't find another suitable place for these pictures of Buddha statues taken at Wat Sisaket in Vientiane, Laos. The Wat was Chao Anouvong's personal Wat, which makes it all the more surprising that it is almost the only Buddhist...
  9. Lawrence A.

    Buddha Images

    I don't know how much traction this thread will get, but I couldn't find another suitable place for these pictures of Buddha statues taken at Wat Sisaket in Vientiane, Laos. The Wat was Chao Anouvong's personal Wat, which makes it all the more surprising that it is almost the only Buddhist...
  10. Lawrence A.

    Another travel kit thread

    There are any number of discussions about what kit to travel with and the decision is as personal as choosing any other equipment. I'm traveling to Laos at the end of the week until December 23rd, and have fussed for weeks about what cameras would be the best to take. There is no perfect...
  11. Lawrence A.

    New tricks in Photoshop (at least for this old dog)

    I know now that the technique to do this with the spot healing brush and the shift key has been around for several years now, but it was new to me. I really like this shot, but not with the wire in front. With thanks to this Youtube post: I guess you need CS 5 or later, but anyone...
  12. Lawrence A.

    Film Cosina stops production of all cameras.

    This is a Google translation from this page: http://photoscala.de/Artikel/Voigtl%C3%A4nder-stellt-Bessa-R-Messsucherkameras-ein Voigtlander Bessa-R provides a rangefinder cameras Martin Vieten on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 16:01 How Cosina, owner of the trademark rights for Voigtlander...
  13. Lawrence A.

    Medium Format Lenses on Mirrorless Cameras

    After thinking for a long time about getting an adapter for my Hasselblad Zeiss lenses to use with the E-M5, I finally got one for the Fuji X-pro 1. The Fotodiox adapter comes with a nice, built in tripod mount, though the pictures below were all shot handheld, supporting the weight by holding...
  14. Lawrence A.

    Harbingers of Autumn - Post Yours

    Labor Day weekend! So we know that Fall is coming. Though these leaves are more the remnants of a windy thunderstorm a while ago, they might well be harbingers of autumn, and it is certainly how I felt them. Here in Albuquerque the leaves will come down in almost one big whoosh after the first...
  15. Lawrence A.

    Fotodiox Vizelex Rhinocam

    I posted this on the FujiXspot, but since the adatpers are made for different systems, and to work with difference medium format lenses, I though I'd ask the same question here. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...ix_hassyv_p_vizelex_rhinocam_system_with.html Has anyone tried one of these...
  16. Lawrence A.

    Fuji Fotodiox Rhinocam for Medium format on Fuji X system

    http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1124005-REG/fotodiox_rhinocam_fujix_hassyv_p_vizelex_rhinocam_system_with.html Has anyone tried one of these? I've been interested in trying my Hasselblad CF Zeiss lenses on a digital sensor for some time, but medium format backs are beyond the budget. For...
  17. Lawrence A.

    Record Store Day. Best Wishes to Luke!

    Today is Record Store Day! (I swear; it's an international day celebrated the 3rd Saturday in April) So good wishes to our very own record store owner, Luke!
  18. Lawrence A.

    Completed For Sale: Panasonic LX100 | Location: USA | Ships: USA

    What type of listing is this? For Sale What are you trying to sell/buy/trade? Panasonic LX100 What are your prices? $625.00 FINAL PRICE DROP Where are you located? USA Where are you willing to to ship? USA Description For sale is an LX100 with very little use. It was delivered...
  19. Lawrence A.

    Film Hasselblad V Series Cameras

    No Hassy love??. I love the square format, especially for portraits. The guillotine-like sound of the rear curtain never bothered me. I usually pre-release it on the 500CM, so only the leaf shutter is sounding during actual exposure, though I do that mostly to control vibration rather than to...
  20. Lawrence A.

    Film 4x5 Image Thread

    I haven't seen any large format yet, and I know there must be people who shoot or have shot sheet film in 4x5 and larger. My best time as a photographer was shooting 4x5 black and white film, so much so that I am seriously considering getting another 4x5 with a couple of lenses. I have the rest...
  21. Lawrence A.

    Film Fuji GS645S

    What can I say? I love this camera, even if its shutter does startle the birds. All shot on HP5, though I neglected to note the development information. The last one, of the bakery, was in ilfosol3 1:1
  22. Lawrence A.

    Film Olympus XA Rangefinder

    Of all the XA series, the original rangefinder is my favorite. Here are some from the past couple of years, most of them taken with HP5: 1. 2. 3. 4.
  23. Lawrence A.

    Film Color slide portraits

    This was shot in 1983. How do I remember? Well, it was just after my father's 70th birthday, and the roses are for him from my brother. He would be 101 now. Although he died in 1985, this old slide makes him as present to me as if I took it yesterday. That's the great magic of the combination...
  24. Lawrence A.

    Film Olympus 35SP image thread

    Since acquiring this camera about a year ago, it has rapidly become my favorite film shooter. It sports a tack sharp 7 element 42mm f1.7 lens, a spot meter years before the OM-4 (though it doesn't do multi spot averaging) and operates in shutter priority or manual. The EV numbers for metering...
  25. Lawrence A.

    My Mother: 1916 - 2015

    This is perhaps not the place for it, but my mother passed away yesterday evening, and up at 3 AM unable to sleep, I wanted to share a few pictures and thoughts of her. When a bit over a month ago she told my sister she was ready to give up, I knew we would not have her for long. From a...
  26. Lawrence A.

    Leica The Leica X1 5 years on

    My Leica X1 arrives tomorrow if all goes as forecast, and I'm quite excited. I've wanted one since the model was announced in late 2009, but never saw my way clear to getting one -- until now. The package should contain the X1 camera, Leica 36mm viewfinder (essential for me), 3 OEM batteries and...
  27. Lawrence A.

    Windows Windows 10 Technical Preview: Anyone trying it out?

    I have a fairly old laptop, permanently connected to peripherals now, including a decent 23 inch monitor,that has become my new, "desktop" machine. It was originally an i3 HP G62 laptop that has served me very well. (I know some people hate them, but all my HP computers have done very well by...
  28. Lawrence A.

    Feedback Security Certificate warning

    Hi Is anyone else getting warnings from their browser saying the security certificate for the site is not valid? I'm trying to determine if it is the site or my browser (Opera 12.16 for windows 7)
  29. Lawrence A.

    Completed Sigma DP2S in excellent condition | Location: USA | Ships: USA

    Buy & Sell Listing - EbaySelling Sigma DP2S in excellent condition Location USA Ships to USA Link to Ebay listing The ebay listing is here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301012569518?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 I bought the camera used not too long ago and...
  30. Lawrence A.

    Sigma San Jose del El Rosario Cemetery - Albuquerque

    These were shot with my DP2S, though I hope to be able to continue the project with a Merrill at some point. The shots make no pretense to being "art", but are rather straight forward documents of a disintegrating reality. The cemetery, once located on the outskirts of the city, now sits...
  31. Lawrence A.

    Film A fuji x10 x100 Leica

    Just ran across a listing on ebay for a "Fuji X10 Digital Camera X100 12.0MP Leica Lightly Used" Never heard of it myself.:biggrin: And I couldn't keep it to myself.
  32. Lawrence A.

    Fuji X20 with extras in excellent condition | Location: USA | Ships: US/Canada

    Buy & Sell Listing - EbaySelling</br> X20 with extras in excellent condition </br>Location</br> USA </br>Ships to</br> US/Canada </br>Link to Ebay listing</br> I'm selling my almost new X20 on ebay for 499.95 I have 100% excellent feedback under the name "aethelraed" on ebay The...
  33. Lawrence A.

    Fuji X20 Image Thread

    I did not see an image thread for this camera, so I thought I'd start one. Apologies if I missed one previously begun. These were all taken this afternoon during an errand run on 4th Street in Albuquerque, processed in Lightroom and Photoshop -- the black and white making a detour through B+W...
  34. Lawrence A.

    Fuji Raw processing with the X20

    I went to an old, local cemetery today, hard scrabble rock and dirt, not the garden paradises you see sometimes. It's a very touching place, speaking of hardship and hope and the love still felt by the living. For my money (and I paid retail!) the X20 performed very well. We pretty much know...
  35. Lawrence A.

    Salvage --please post yours

    I spent a couple of hours at the local salvage yard with the X100 and E-M5 and Summilux 25mm f1.4. I don't know what half of what I photographed was ever meant to do, but it was wonderful to see anyway. Please post your shots of salvage, wrecked cars, or anything scrapped. A worker in the...
  36. Lawrence A.

    Fuji Taking advantage of X100 deals: stories and images

    Hi. My new, "hardly used" (that's what the listing said) Fuji X100 is boxed, sealed, insured, and on the way from Brownsville TX! Heck, that's just next door; it should be here in no time! (he tells himself anxiously) It's got a serial # starting 21A0xxx..., so I'm hoping to be reasonably safe...
  37. Lawrence A.

    Hats, on or off

    I posted a version of this taken with the E-M5 on Serious Compacts, but I took another with the X10, it caught my eye so. Just some colorful hats fallen off the rack at one of the Goodwill thrift shops. A color feast, I thought, and one that tickled me.
  38. Lawrence A.

    Fashion Statements

    I shot this today at one of the local Goodwill stores, where these were the least of what had fallen from the racks. Caught me eye, though. E-M5 with Pl 25mm Summilux
  39. Lawrence A.

    Fuji Has anyone got the X100 instead of 17mm m4/3 lens?

    My primary system is the m4/3 centered around the wonderful E-M5. I don't yet have a prime for that system covering the 35mm EFL, and I'm hesitating to commit to the new Olympus 17mm f1.8, because it seems less than stellar for its price. The PL 25mm is a better lens for about the same cost...
  40. Lawrence A.

    The Urban Setting/Landscape

    I'm thinking of urban shots not really considered "street" (which I always think of -- perhaps erroneously -- as exclusively people shots), shots of buildings of interest maybe, the "urban landscape" in its kaleidoscopic entirety. Albuquerque is hardly urban in the same sense that major big...
  41. Lawrence A.

    X10 Black and White Images

    As I said at Serious Compacts, of the X series, I "only" have the X10, which is a nice enough little camera not to require apologies. It doesn't stand up to the top guns in the series, but it is quite a capable little machine in its own right, and does a great job for its class. It's also just...
  42. Lawrence A.

    New to Serious Compacts

    Hi, my name is Larry and I've been active at mu-43 for some months, under the same name, Lawrence A., that I use here. Having just reacquired the XZ-1 at the dirt cheap Amazon $199, I figured I'd join. While most of my photographing is with my E-M5 and various film cameras, I like having a...
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