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Your oldest photos: what's their biggest issue?
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Redhenry
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My mother-in-law used to look through my holiday snaps, hand them back to me and say, ‘Those are not proper photographs. There’s no people on them.’
Howard V
Veteran Member
Carelessness in focusing, exposure, development. Dust on negatives, wrong choice of paper gradation, sloppy darkroom routines.
I thought I was a genious but neglected the technological aspects of photography, at least to some degree. My only consolation is that I was far from being the only one.
I thought I was a genious but neglected the technological aspects of photography, at least to some degree. My only consolation is that I was far from being the only one.
When I started with digital for some reason I decided to shoot at smaller resolutions than the camera could manage.
The result is that images from that time are only useful for on screen display, they don't have the resolution for printing out.
Since I got the note, I now shoot at maximum res always.
Mark_A
The result is that images from that time are only useful for on screen display, they don't have the resolution for printing out.
Since I got the note, I now shoot at maximum res always.
Mark_A
Guy Parsons
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That seems to be a common mistake. It of course enables more shots per card when on a holiday and often allows tricks like more digital zoom to appear effective. Memory cards were small capacity and stupidly expensive when I look back now at what I paid.
Yes, always maximum that the sensor can capture for me.
My first digital camera was all of 3MP but it had the ability to interpolate to an 8MP image, the design idea to directly feed to the same company's own A4 dye-sub printer which liked to have an 8MP file.
Very careful comparisons with post processed interpolations revealed to me that some magic was happening in the camera for that 8MP version so I stuck with that 8MP file for most shooting as it simply displayed a whisker better detail.
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Charles McRobert
Senior Member
This is a remarkable, charismatic candid portrait. Quite the eye, Tony.
Oldboy 1948
Leading Member
Back in 1959 at the age of 11 I got an Agfa Isola I for 6x6 cm.
The only shutter speed was 1/30 sec so only 1 or 2 pics out of 12 could be used!
The only shutter speed was 1/30 sec so only 1 or 2 pics out of 12 could be used!
Tom Axford
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My very first experience of photography was when I was given an old Kodak 35mm camera (I do not remember the exact model) and a roll of Kodachrome film (there was only one Kodachrome then and I think it was 10ASA). Unfortunately the camera had a fault in that the distance scale on the fixed lens was out of adjustment, so every shot was out of focus! Of course, I didn't discover that until the roll had been completed and processed (about 3 months later).
Despite that, I still got hooked on photography and a year later got a new camera which worked as intended!
Despite that, I still got hooked on photography and a year later got a new camera which worked as intended!
robgendreau
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The biggest issue is that so many are landscapes. I wanted to be Ansel Adams.
So they're boring, especially since Half Dome hasn't changed. I can take the same shot as 50 years ago.
Unfortunately, I still keep taking landscapes. While I like contemporary ones, most don't stand the test of time as well as portraits, street, action, or most anything else.
So they're boring, especially since Half Dome hasn't changed. I can take the same shot as 50 years ago.
Unfortunately, I still keep taking landscapes. While I like contemporary ones, most don't stand the test of time as well as portraits, street, action, or most anything else.
iljitsch
Senior Member
10 ASA? You must be really putting the V in veteran! :-D
a_c_skinner
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iljitsch
Senior Member
Still as far as I know the only type of film that has a song written about it.
a_c_skinner
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You've not heard my skiffle group singing Technical Pan. To the tune of Lonnie Donnegan's Cumberland Gap.
tbcass
Forum Pro
I always knew the basics of composition but my first camera back in 1967, a 35mm I found in a drawer in my parents' house. was just a horrible piece of junk. It got me started though. Here's some sample photos.
Notice my finger in the lower left-hand corner.
The parallax problems with the viewfinder is evident here.
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Tom
Notice my finger in the lower left-hand corner.
The parallax problems with the viewfinder is evident here.
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Tom
iljitsch
Senior Member
IMO, an aspect of photography that's often underrated: show a place at a time. It's really cool to go back in time like this, even if the photos won't win any prizes artistically.
tony field
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It is always nice to have a time machine at your disposal. All of these images are quite excellent and even in those days you understood the general nature of composition.
The first picture of the young man is quite excellent indeed. It certainly captures the ambience of that time. It certainly stands above most of the portraits that we see today in the various DPR challenges
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Charles Darwin: "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
tony
The first picture of the young man is quite excellent indeed. It certainly captures the ambience of that time. It certainly stands above most of the portraits that we see today in the various DPR challenges
I always knew the basics of composition but my first camera back in 1967, a 35mm I found in a drawer in my parents' house. was just a horrible piece of junk. It got me started though. Here's some sample photos.
Notice my finger in the lower left-hand corner.
The parallax problems with the viewfinder is evident here.
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Charles Darwin: "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
tony
tbcass
Forum Pro
Thank You. I do like this photo because it captures the personality of the subject perfectly. The blank area at the right of the photo was due to the fact the film didn't advance all the way so an unexposed area resulted. I was going to crop it out after I scanned it but I left it because I like the unbalanced look. The camera had no light meter so I used the suggestions on the sheet in the box. You could set aperture and shutter speed and that was it.
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Tom
tony field
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It is nice when I fortuitous camera malfunction results in what looks like a carefully controlled window lighting and background. It is nice when you become an unexpected lighting expert and result in a superb photograph.
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Charles Darwin: "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
tony
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