Petzval Week Behind the scenes: Fun with Flare Quite accidentally, I ended up with a couple of shots that demonstrate the flare characteristics of the Petzval on film (aka full frame). This, of course, is something most competent lens testers would do as a matter of course. But I’m not a lens tester: I’m a …
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Houseplants and weeds
Petzval Week Season 3, episode 5 You’ll be happy to know that I did more with the testing than just shoot from the car window. I also shot in the yard on the way from the garage to the house, and in the house, near where I keep the briefcase. There are no limits to …
Fun with Curled film!
Don’t do what I did… or maybe do, now that you know what can happen. Petzval Week Behind the scenes: Fun with Curled Film Film curls. Some film curls more than others. Some film rolls up along its length as if it misses being stuffed into the canister. This one can be a bit of …
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From the process discussed ad nauseum a couple of days ago, and with similar misgivings:
Did 2.0.1 fix the problem with Snapseed?
So I noticed that Snapseed had a bug-fix update after work today, and eagerly installed it. Did 2.0.1 squash the bug? Before I get to that, I thought of something I forgot to check earlier… the newfangled Photos app I won’t be using… Sadly, it doesn’t see the edits either. (This was likely a silly …
Yes, I’m a researcher.
And it’s fun being a researcher! I saw these numbers on the edge of the roll of Lomography Cine 200 film that I shot for this season of Petzval Week and didn’t know what they were.I expected it was some kind of code that might reveal who manufactured the film stock used for the Cine 200 …
Petzval Week (2): Intro
Petzval Week Season 2, Episode 1: a tale of two Petzvals, sorta. Well, good news and bad news about the Petzval. A coating on the outside of the lens barrel began to peel, then I got a reversing ring stuck to the front. Tech support gave some helpful advice regarding the latter, and decided to …
