Photographer's thread

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Where's the "Best Done Blowed Up Real Good" trophy?

Probably next to the table out of frame since it would be a whole block.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

These were taken over the span of a couple of weeks.

[Captain Snooze]

Just a small observation.
I have a new-ish, current gen Sony mobile phone. The camera app is quite impressive with its basic camera controls. I've occasionally read phone reviews and their associated camera performance and been impressed with the way articles have describe phone camera capability.

When I have a look at a pic taken with the phone and then review it on the phone I think gee, that's impressive but when I review the pic on my pc (27" 2k monitor) it just falls apart. I had thought that phone pics had to a large extent caught up to "proper" cameras but I guess when one is looking at a pic on a 6 inch screen one can get away with a lot.

Sony Xperia 5 V.

[bcj]

Some company default cameras are offloading things to cloud and AI processing.
They'll do it unless you tell them not to, til they do it anyway. So progress. Wow.

Have a look at Open Camera on F-droid. It doesn't do a whole lot, but it's on device if that makes a difference.

[LRNAD90]

The image quality from a sensor the size of a thumbnail will never be able to match the quality of an image from a much large sensor(10+ times the surface area), given equal technologies..

That being said, the vast majority of people only care about seeing the image on a phone screen, or maybe an iPad, so Phone Camera's are putting real Camera's out to pasture none-the-less..

People's standards are really low in general anymore, and convenience trumps quality and the effort required to learn how to use an actual camera seals their fate..

[bcj]

Got a slide scanner to digitize all my dad's collections.
Had one two years ago that crapped the bed on the first day, so I sent it back.
The new one is Kodak branded, but still similar physically. It's held up past the initial day though.

One dubious feature is that it has no memory and as soon as you clear the SD card it starts the file name sequence at 001 again.
Gosh! that's so useful with a pile of slides yet to do.

Spent the better part of yesterday consulting my learning programming books to remember what that's like again.
Got it running on my computer using a local counter init without alzheimers.
Now I can try to make a dent in all the slide magazines kicking around.

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by bcj

Got a slide scanner to digitize all my dad's collections.
Had one two years ago that crapped the bed on the first day, so I sent it back.
The new one is Kodak branded, but still similar physically. It's held up past the initial day though.

Cleaning the slides is a priority.

Some of those converters don’t have much resolution but may be enough to save the memories.

I have been putting off scanning both my dads slides dating back to the mid 50’s and my own from the late 70’s.

I get quite pissed off at the dust I find after a test run on a few slides and drop the project for another time.

I have a slide duplicator to attach to either a 40 or 60 MM lens depending on the camera sensor size.

... Master procrastinator at work!

I used to do 8*10 Cibachrome prints from my slides back in the day,
That process cost a fortune and the fumes possibly shortened my life expectancy as well although those prints should outlive me..

[bcj]

I'm saying F_the_dust and shoving them through.
If there's a stray hair or lint, I'll blow it out and continue.
I contend that they look period correct and old-timey. Yeah! That's the ticket!

If some of them can be made of use, then I'll spend a bit of time shopping them.
Thumb drives for xmas.

[Captain Snooze]

Originally Posted by bcj

Got a slide scanner to digitize all my dad's collections.

I've scanned a few slides and it amuses me when I go looking for exif info of the digital pictures. Trying to arrange them by Date Taken doesn't work either lol.