Member Jack MacD

OK, I realize this is not from the roof, it is from behind the bench and the temp is a cool 22 degrees, but fortunately little wind down on the field.
The bench is heated, and the capes they wear on the bench are very warm.
Frankly, I over dressed for this assignment. I was too warm at times, as moving around keeps you pretty warm.
The shot…[Read more]

I was in room 4507 in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Not inexpensive as you might guess. Third highest building in San Francisco. Glad the day was sunny. The windows open just enough to slip a 120 out the side. Another room wouldn't have allowed for that particular angle out the open window. The views through the windows were of both bridges, but I…[Read more]

Enjoy it. You have a lens that is still in short supply. Where did you get it?

The key image has been linked to from TOP:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/09/leica-on-high.html
It allowed viewers world wide to pixel-peep at the detail. Some have suggested that the lens is not as good as they expected from a Leica, so I blew up a segment at the edge of the shot after downloading it…[Read more]

Dale,
In answer to your questions and comments:
1.In the rain, the S shines, as it is a very water resistant system. No umbrellas are allowed in the stands as they would restrict the view of fans behind the umbrella. The rain stopped by the start of the game, but I had a rain parka with hood in case I needed it. Tripods are not allowed either,…[Read more]

Mark,
Regarding framing cost, I have an amazing museum quality wholesale printer who estimated this will cost under $1,000. Normal framers wouldn't even try this. I will report the actual cost when I see it. I agree with you that canvas wraps can simplify framing, but when we have cameras that have this quality and resolution, printing on paper…[Read more]

Arif, Mark, Roger, and RVB,

Thanks for your comments. Joe and I have been coordinating ideas on how best to frame such large prints going forward. He was considering mounting frameless on aluminum, but services that we have found to do that, also unfortunately require their own printing. If anyone knows of a service that mounts ones own…[Read more]

Mark,
I signed up for the S Arizona Trip in February. I hope to see you there, and I can demo this set up for you in person!

I added this lens switch case pouch to the MindShift outfit:

http://www.mindshiftgear.com/products/lens-switch-case

This lens switch case is for me a distinct improvement over the ThinkTank skin 50 V2 bag or the lens changer 35 V2 as I can get lenses with mounted shades more quickly out of the lens-switch-case than I could the other…[Read more]

There is a $200 rebate offered ending Aug 31 on large Gitzo tripods.

Email Josh at Dale and they will get you the documentation and the tripod. Thanks Josh.

If you read earlier in this thread, you will have seen me saying I don't want to spend $800 on a 3 series when I already had a 2 series.
But I now stand corrected. The price is…[Read more]

How Large Can You Print?

I had been talking to Joe Donovan whom I met on David Farkas' New England Trip about his large format Epson printer, a 9800. He offered to print one of my images on his printer as an example that I could use to show myself and clients what very large format fine art printing looks like from an S2. Earlier in this…[Read more]

If I had been able to sel the client onl the use of fine art paper on the triptych, I would have mounted it bare onto sheets of aluminum backing, or I would have had them laminated onto the back of plexiglas, given that the client did not want any frames or borders to break up the flow so to speak.

Attached is the installation of the vertical triptych. 11 feet high.
Again, thanks David F. for the idea three years ago, and the trip from which it was taken two years ago.

I told the client we had enough resolution to print on fine art paper, but the client preferred the look of canvas wrap to match other artwork in the area.…[Read more]

My guess is three lights as I see a highlight on her hair.

Gary,
Having tried your D-Lux 6 I agree with you that it is a very nice handling camera.
Thanks for letting me try it.

I asked if anyone has tried the MindShift and now I have.

They have a two week trial offer and I took them up on it. Others have done complete reviews, but I shot some photos of the compartments filled with S gear to suggest how much it can hold, and how versatile it can be. Essentially, with the deluxe version, you are buying three or four…[Read more]

Speaking of patience as a photographic tool, along with LR,

When I had finished posting the above photos, I returned to the scene and the clouds had realigned. A cloud acting as a diffuser on the foreground would smooth out the left and right set of trees using nature. So I retook the shot, this time with the foreground in the shade, which to…[Read more]

You are all correct, but the photographer still has to transfer the number onto the slide.
The numbers on the slide do not necessarily match with bayonet distances. So to be totally sure of your accuracy, the checking procedure is worth doing. Here is another different…[Read more]

Now that I have a 24mm, I went back to this location and shot again.

Attached files

Easy to do if you have a nodel plate.

This is Moose Peterson's description of how to do it:
http://www.moosepeterson.com/digitaldarkroom/lessons/panoramas.html

To find the nodal point, we’re going to need a stick, branch or some straight line about 3-5 feet in front of the camera. Then we need something in the background, anything a…[Read more]