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September Photography Thread

bit of proper cornish sunset yesterday evening, from the A38 on the way back to my folks

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caution!! pirates at work

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It also has quite a bit of edge distortion, which due to compression is harldy noticeable on the camera screen but pretty evident when I shift them to my PC. But you do get what you pay for I suppose (well I do, but Stowpirate seems to have a much better nose for bargains) and it was only 1/10th the price of a dedicated fisheye lens with automatic focus.

Interesting photos. The one I have been using has similar problems. It is very sharp in the center and gets soft towards the edge. Using film metering is a real pain as it appears to amplify the light making TTL metering or even an exposure meter useless. Here is a link with some info about the Zenitar

http://www.rugift.com/photocameras/zenitar_m_fisheye_lens.htm
 
Nah, just that I view it in threaded mode

Which makes me have to view everything else in threaded mode too, but never mind

Actually I think it would be better to have a maximum size on this thread. A voluntary one perhaps. I like looking at it but often can't be bothered to wait for it to load and then scroll through reams of massive images.
 
Actually I think it would be better to have a maximum size on this thread. A voluntary one perhaps. I like looking at it but often can't be bothered to wait for it to load and then scroll through reams of massive images.

Have two windows or tabs open, and look at something else, even another U75 thread, while waiting for the photos to load. :)
 
Actually I think it would be better to have a maximum size on this thread. A voluntary one perhaps. I like looking at it but often can't be bothered to wait for it to load and then scroll through reams of massive images.

The trouble is that small images do not really work. You can compress them and still keep most of the quality but that process takes effort. I think the problem for some is that Flickr jumps from horizontal resolution of 500 straight to 1024 except when the image is on portrait mode. A resolution 500 wide is useless nowadays.
 
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Taken with toy XA rangefinder camera with film developed in kitchen sink. Has anybody any tips on the best aperture setting for this camera and handling as so far I am a tad disappointed? I have tried three XA's now and all gives similar unsharp results which are no use for cropping. It could be the ultra light shutter release which introduces some camera shake or the default f5.6 I have been using is not the ideal setting. I have read that above f8 it improves but that goes against logic!
 
Was taking some pictures for my college course, testing out my lighting I took these pictures. I don't know why but I really like them, I love that treatment just now. These were absolutley nothing to do with what I was meant to be shooting.

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These photographs are of pictures made in the 1920s using the wings of the Morpho butterfly.

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These butterflies are now a threatened species, so don't attempt do this at home.
 
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