So these pictures are more or less different: one is in a greenhouse on a bright, sunny day; the other is at a roadside picnic spot on a cloudy day. But there’s something similar, maybe, compositionally anyway. Again, the differences come down to saturation, contrast, sharpness. But there’s also grain & bokeh. The grain off […]
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Looking through, looking past: LC-A/C-5050/D7000/FG
Continuing on with the compare/contrast event, here are some examples of looking through things, looking past things, with two small, point-and-shoot-type cameras and two slr-type cameras: the Lomo LC-A, Olympus C-5050, Nikon D7000 and Nikon FG. This isn’t quite as straightforward a comparison as yesterday’s, and it’s more about lens characteristics than anything else. But […]
Olympus C-5050 / Lomo LC-A
I ended up at 3 different nurseries with 3 different cameras. I didn’t much realize it until later, but it makes for a good opportunity to compare/contrast digital and film cameras. Disclaimer: I’m not interested in disparaging either: pretty, fun, decent, mediocre, bad, artistic, etc. pictures have been made with both, and it’s not about […]
Fabulous. Groovy.
And it is, too… but you’ll have to open this up and read it to find out what it is. No more hints.
Flipping Great
So… as part of a plan for a new project—and in the interest of denying my gear lust, or at least lowering the cost associated with it some—I decided to buy a film camera instead of the D750. What did I buy? How did I decide? Read on to find out…
Fantastic. Grand.
As you might have gathered, I’ve recently gotten into film some…
the Lomo LCA, part 3
And I found some more quirks… And some more fun surprises too!