Nice Photos.

All work and no music makes Jack an angry boy.

Originally Posted by Guest:

Most of us have taken one or two nice photos.

Here is my candidate as being almost quite good. In fact it is two painstakingly joined.


Taken up in the mountains [of Norway] at Skurdalsvatn in 2000.

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George

I am returning to Skurdalen in September, fourteen years after this photo was taken.  I shall get some 35 mm film for the same camera and try to make a better job of this view!

 

ATB from George

Have you decided which film to use George - whether positive or negative; and then which specific one?  For this scene Fuji Velvia 50 would get my vote (if still available!).

Peter

Well I'm going to assume George uses print film? (Forgive me if I'm wrong George)  If so the red boxed Agfa Precisa is widely available online, is cheap and is actually Fujifilm...

Thanks for the film suggestions. I had not even though about it!

I have always used film for prints rather than slide film. It is several years now since I used my Canon film camera. It is a Canonette 28, apparently in production between 1971 and 1976. A range-finder type, which I could get some good photos with.

ATB from George

Aha, I've just sold this...

But the two film cameras I'm using right now are...

I'm enjoying them both

I recently bought a dslr and while digging out some lenses I had a moment's hesitation when I realised the abundance of film cameras I have and which have not been used in a long time.  All 35mm, not having dappled in medium format.  Thankfully there are no batteries in them and I have just bought several new batteries which will hopefully crank them back into life.  Not sure if I really ought to have them serviced.  Results will presumably give me a clue as to any problems.

Peter

Dear Jamie,

My Canon was bought new by my grandmother in Norway. It is rather nice to still have the camera she used to taken countless beautiful pictures of family including my brother and me.

I could never sell it, and I really enjoy the range-finder as a method of focussing. I wish that digital range-finder cameras were not so expensive. 

My main camera is nothing like as good as the Canonette, and it is beginning to fail in the control of the digital settings. It randomly takes low or hi-res photos even though it is set to hi-res. A Canon Ixux 750, so quite long in the tooth for a relatively cheap compact digital camera. The forty year old Canonette is solid and easy to use, though some might call the weight a problem.

I would happily get your better version of the Canonette that I have, as I think that for really nice photos, I'll start using film again.

ATB from George

George, you would certainly appreciate the Fujifilm X100 (I've just sold one of them too, having aquired an X100s a while back)

If you like rangefinders, and the Canon style in particular, you would love the X100, especially with up to date firmware making it even better to use. MInt pre-owneds go for about £350, so not 'cheap' but in value terms a bargain IMO. And ideal for travelling.

Peter, I can't leave them entirely myself. I build up a few, sell some on, keep some. Some of them are just so nice to own and use...

Nice pic G

Thanks Jamie - I await delivery of a nice black one of these (X100) for my son to learn the craft properly. Should come next week.

i think he 'has an eye' and seems keen to have something proper to shoot with on forthcoming school trips to Flanders and New York. It will always sell if he loses interest.

G

I bet he (and you) love it, he's a lucky boy.

I've been a bit of a seller recently as I have succumbed to...

A true digital version of my Nikon FE/FE2. I can resist anything but temptation! So some things went to cover it.

A touch of Contax styling there Jamie.  Nice to use?

G

It's OK. You are too kind, and thank you. G

For the avoidance of doubt it was neither unauthorised or illegal. 

G

What the hell are you talking aboout?

You will need permission from every parent to take the photo and for presenting it on this forum.

This is not my opinion, it’s the way the law is nowadays.

You people need to be careful.

Debs

'you people' sounds more than slightly confrontational, like you are suggesting unsavoury motives.

Debs, not true (unless for comercial gain)

However if a parent objected with reasonable grounds (and they often are if they do) then G would I'm sure take that into account in how he used the photograph.

I would also imagine G has asked permission already so as to avoid any doubt.

Where's it gone?

I think someone's been watching a little too much Nancy Grace.

Being a cautious sort myself, I never post pictures here that feature images of people, not known to me, and therefore I am unable to ask permission. 

I think that posting pictures of children is a thing that is nowadays difficult to justify. The creator of the image can have the best of intentions. The same cannot be guaranteed for all those who may view the resulting published image.

Though such pictures may be artistic and good photography, posting pictures of children is something that I shall continue to avoid doing.

Better to be safe than sorry!

ATB from George

Indeed. Parents were also happily asking for (free) copies and replying "Thank you, love the one of them all hanging around the barre!  Have a lovely Easter holiday x"

'We people' are actually normal I hope.

G

How is posting here any different than Facebook or Flickr.  If I am at the beach with my kids and snap a shot of them playing with other kids do I need the parents permission before posting to Facebook?  Need it be in writing?  Notarized?  Both parents or one?

I mean...come on

Dear Greg,

I am not merely talking about on the Naim Forum.

I am talking about posting photos anywhere on the internet, including such things as Facebook.

I think it is a question of a cautious and respectful attitude to those who one has caught in a camera. 

What may be acceptable, may no longer be acceptable to the individual so captured at some stage in the future also.

Pause for thought on this, and then you may agree with my natural caution ...

What is in a family photo album is private, but once published on the internet it goes into the public domain permanently. There is a big implication in that.

ATB from George