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• Smart phone photography, a handy pictorial.
  • That was good
    • Really good points
      • Thanks, Charlie, I haven't used the HDR setting yet.
    • Here's my favorite of his series.
      • I miss film.
        • Funny you should mention that...
        • The greatest enemy of new technolgy is the expert in the old
          • Technology socially divides large numbers of us.
            • Shooting on film did mean that you spent more time composing a shot..
              • Somewhere I read ...
                • Typical 'old fart-ism'. I'd wager todays marksmen would outshoot yesterdays,...
                  • Monkeys and typewriters
                    • SAILING by Onne Van Der Wal, is a $100.00 book created from 1 and 1/2 million images
              • Which means that digital has less value. Like Chinese tube socks.
                • Well let's get the old camera's back out if they were so good.
                  • The cameras were good!
                  • Sadly, no on the film. I have two 35 MM Slr's, a Canon and a Nikon (with motor drive), A Rolliflex
              • I agree totally..
                • I sense some 'tongue in cheek' in that statement
                  • Not at all Dan
              • I still shoot about the same.
                • Film aside, do you see your dig SLR easier to use than your film SLR?
                  • Harder. My Elan 7e had eye-controlled focus.
                  • Guys, the arguements are rather moot...
                    • It is moot, today. Post processing digital; that's my next educational step.
                • Back in the days of film, I used to shoot a lot of black and white
                  • Same here... had a darkroom setup that went into the 2nd bathroom...
                    • I have boxes of negatives!
                  • Dodging and burning with fingers worked a lot better than the digital tools.
                    • and more satisfying.
            • I could argue that point re photography
            • "The only myth is that, the old methods in any era, took more skill..."
              • Another one from Walter Iooss...
                • What digital equipment are you using these days, Jon?
                  • I've used all these
                    • Typical builders own home Smoke detector installation.
                  • I now use a Nikon D700 for more 'serious' stuff...
                • nice shot... reminds me... how many here have good shots of dolphins at play...
                  • Your son's got talent
                  • He's good, Gene. my P&S's had some lag.
                    • Thanks guys... he is working on his last semester...
                      • Your son has a nice body of work on his website.
                        • He's been at it for about 5 years...
              • I forgot all about the restrictions of reversal film
                • When you're rolling 35 or 70mm film with a whole crew
                  • When I first started building, we used handsaws often, and pounded most nails with a hammer.
                    • I'm not too really sure about that Tom. When I see some of the ticky-tacky CRAP being thrown
                      • Ticky tack work is nothing new.
                        • LOL- OK. But you must agree, with nailguns, they can do it LOTS faster
                          • Too true! A craftsman can really produce with nail guns.
                        • Heh. When I did major remodel on my house I used zero nails, everything is screws, even the siding.
                          • Building inspectors don't like screws..
                  • I was once almost fired for doing good work.
                    • Must have been a good piece, Dan, to get the nomination.