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Well, the photowalk was worth it. The weather cooperated and the light
was pretty nice. There were 45 of us in Marblehead, MA (USA) who prowled around the town getting strange looks from lots of "normal" people. 45 camera geeks are hard to ignore. What sort of surprised me was the conversation. There were all manner of gear on display from P&S to heavy iron, but I didn't hear a single conversation about gear. It was all about locations, light, and non-photo stuff. At the Hurricane bar and grill we talked about almost nothing related to gear, aside from the usual curiosity questions. If you missed it this year, sign up next year. It's a good take. And yes, I did send three shots in to the SI Dictator/Committee that were taken yesterday. I traveled light and took only the GX1 and three lenses: the 14-140, 7-14, and 8mm fisheye. That kit worked really well. |
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On 2012.10.14 14:22 , Bowser wrote:
Well, the photowalk was worth it. The weather cooperated and the light was pretty nice. There were 45 of us in Marblehead, MA (USA) who prowled around the town getting strange looks from lots of "normal" people. 45 camera geeks are hard to ignore. What sort of surprised me was the conversation. There were all manner of gear on display from P&S to heavy iron, but I didn't hear a single conversation about gear. Almost the same. There was a lot of Canon/Nikon gear out there, esp. fast holy trinity lenses. One fellow was shooting video and stills with a Sony high end camera rig. One fellow asked for help with his Nikon 800 (no idea why he assumed I could help). Helped him with his ISO setting but no idea how to fix whatever was wrong with his monitor setting that was giving him fits. I was the only person shooting film and such with the Hasselblad, so that made for some curiosity. As I finished a fellow asked me a question about Hassleblad lenses (that I could only reply in part in his case as I didn't recognize the model he cited). He was not with the WWPW but with a camera club out on an unrelated outing. Unfortunately I won't get the film back until Wed. noon at earliest - and I doubt I'll be able to get there before Sat. I also shot digital and decided to stick to a single lens, 135 f/1.8. It was all about locations, light, and non-photo stuff. At the Hurricane bar and grill we talked about almost nothing related to gear, aside from the usual curiosity questions. If you missed it this year, sign up next year. It's a good take. I enjoyed it. I might organize one in a town north of Montreal next year rather than do the Montreal one. (They had as many people on the wait list as in the group. I think the organizer allowed the top 4 or 5 wait listees to come along in case there were cancellations). And yes, I did send three shots in to the SI Dictator/Committee that were taken yesterday. I traveled light and took only the GX1 and three lenses: the 14-140, 7-14, and 8mm fisheye. That kit worked really well. I traveled heavy-ish but only changed lenses on the Hassy once. I think I'll get some sort of rapid strap system for when I have 2 cameras. -- "There were, unfortunately, no great principles on which parties were divided – politics became a mere struggle for office." -Sir John A. Macdonald |
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:22:44 -0400, Bowser wrote:
: Well, the photowalk was worth it. The weather cooperated and the light : was pretty nice. There were 45 of us in Marblehead, MA (USA) who : prowled around the town getting strange looks from lots of "normal" : people. 45 camera geeks are hard to ignore. What sort of surprised me : was the conversation. There were all manner of gear on display from : P&S to heavy iron, but I didn't hear a single conversation about gear. : It was all about locations, light, and non-photo stuff. At the : Hurricane bar and grill we talked about almost nothing related to : gear, aside from the usual curiosity questions. If you missed it this : year, sign up next year. It's a good take. : : And yes, I did send three shots in to the SI Dictator/Committee that : were taken yesterday. I traveled light and took only the GX1 and three : lenses: the 14-140, 7-14, and 8mm fisheye. That kit worked really : well. I'm glad to hear it! In the end, alas, I didn't go. (An opportunity missed, since the weather couldn't have been better.) The conflicting activity that was going to keep me away got postponed, but I was so exhausted after an unusually grueling week that I couldn't face getting up early and going back into town on Saturday. Also, I started to wonder about wandering through downtown in a crowd. Most of the good results I've had in urban environments have come from being able to poke around alone at my own pace, with no one else to speed me up or slow me down. In fact, one thought I had was, "Maybe I should have gone out to Marblehead with that group that Bowser chose!" But with 45 participants already, you surely didn't need any more. I think what I looked forward to most was the conversation, since I seldom get to talk in person with photographers who are better than I am. Location and light sound like the right topics to me. I really will try to go next year. Bob |
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On Oct 14, 2:22*pm, Bowser wrote:
Well, the photowalk was worth it. The weather cooperated and the light was pretty nice. There were 45 of us in Marblehead, MA (USA) who prowled around the town getting strange looks from lots of "normal" people. 45 camera geeks are hard to ignore. What sort of surprised me was the conversation. There were all manner of gear on display from P&S to heavy iron, but I didn't hear a single conversation about gear. It was all about locations, light, and non-photo stuff. At the Hurricane bar and grill we talked about almost nothing related to gear, aside from the usual curiosity questions. If you missed it this year, sign up next year. It's a good take. And yes, I did send three shots in to the SI Dictator/Committee that were taken yesterday. I traveled light and took only the GX1 and three lenses: the 14-140, 7-14, and 8mm fisheye. That kit worked really well. The end result, how do you compare the Micro Four Thirds to your Canon DSLR? |
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On 2012.10.14 15:15 , Robert Coe wrote:
Also, I started to wonder about wandering through downtown in a crowd. Most of the good results I've had in urban environments have come from being able to poke around alone at my own pace, with no one else to speed me up or slow me down. In fact, one thought I had was, "Maybe I should have gone out to Marblehead with that group that Bowser chose!" But with 45 participants already, you surely didn't need any more. The Montreal group sort of spread out. Many alone. Many in pairs or 3's. Some started in the market area, I headed across the canal and finished in the market area. I think what I looked forward to most was the conversation, since I seldom get to talk in person with photographers who are better than I am. Location and light sound like the right topics to me. I really will try to go next year. There wasn't much talk about photography, actually. Or at least not about gear (as Bowser said), or about technique. More about "there an interesting _____ over there." "There's a hawk with prey over there." Etc. -- "There were, unfortunately, no great principles on which parties were divided – politics became a mere struggle for office." -Sir John A. Macdonald |
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On 2012-10-14 12:23:25 -0700, tony cooper said:
On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:11:04 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: On 2012.10.14 14:22 , Bowser wrote: Well, the photowalk was worth it. The weather cooperated and the light was pretty nice. There were 45 of us in Marblehead, MA (USA) who prowled around the town getting strange looks from lots of "normal" people. 45 camera geeks are hard to ignore. What sort of surprised me was the conversation. There were all manner of gear on display from P&S to heavy iron, but I didn't hear a single conversation about gear. Almost the same. There was a lot of Canon/Nikon gear out there, esp. fast holy trinity lenses. One fellow was shooting video and stills with a Sony high end camera rig. One fellow asked for help with his Nikon 800 (no idea why he assumed I could help). Helped him with his ISO setting but no idea how to fix whatever was wrong with his monitor setting that was giving him fits. I was the only person shooting film and such with the Hasselblad, so that made for some curiosity. As I finished a fellow asked me a question about Hassleblad lenses (that I could only reply in part in his case as I didn't recognize the model he cited). He was not with the WWPW but with a camera club out on an unrelated outing. Unfortunately I won't get the film back until Wed. noon at earliest - and I doubt I'll be able to get there before Sat. I also shot digital and decided to stick to a single lens, 135 f/1.8. It was all about locations, light, and non-photo stuff. At the Hurricane bar and grill we talked about almost nothing related to gear, aside from the usual curiosity questions. If you missed it this year, sign up next year. It's a good take. I enjoyed it. I might organize one in a town north of Montreal next year rather than do the Montreal one. (They had as many people on the wait list as in the group. I think the organizer allowed the top 4 or 5 wait listees to come along in case there were cancellations). And yes, I did send three shots in to the SI Dictator/Committee that were taken yesterday. I traveled light and took only the GX1 and three lenses: the 14-140, 7-14, and 8mm fisheye. That kit worked really well. I traveled heavy-ish but only changed lenses on the Hassy once. I think I'll get some sort of rapid strap system for when I have 2 cameras. There wasn't a Photo Walk anywhere near me, so I did a Solo Walk in Sanford, Florida. Just so happened that there was a huge biker event in downtown Sanford, so I got my three...and then some. I shot what I saw, so my submissions to the SI might be a bit different. I had not read about the event prior to going to Sanford. I had planned to just walk down the main drag of the downtown area. I did the "Solo Stroll" in San Luis Obispo, just looking for targets of opportunity. Just used the D300S + 18-200mm. I carried the G11 but didn't use it. After the SI bunch are put up I will put up link to a DB folder of more of my candidate shots. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 2012.10.14 15:23 , tony cooper wrote:
There wasn't a Photo Walk anywhere near me, so I did a Solo Walk in Sanford, Florida. http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/s...re-at-us-flag/ or http://tinyurl.com/9zemk2x It had 40 openings (of 50) left. If you were early enough you may have bumped into a few of them. -- "There were, unfortunately, no great principles on which parties were divided – politics became a mere struggle for office." -Sir John A. Macdonald |
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On 2012.10.14 17:39 , Alan Browne wrote:
On 2012.10.14 15:23 , tony cooper wrote: There wasn't a Photo Walk anywhere near me, so I did a Solo Walk in Sanford, Florida. http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/s...re-at-us-flag/ or http://tinyurl.com/9zemk2x It had 40 openings (of 50) left. If you were early enough you may have bumped into a few of them. ... sorry - late enough - they went in the evening. -- "There were, unfortunately, no great principles on which parties were divided – politics became a mere struggle for office." -Sir John A. Macdonald |
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:15:22 -0400, Robert Coe wrote:
On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:22:44 -0400, Bowser wrote: : Well, the photowalk was worth it. The weather cooperated and the light : was pretty nice. There were 45 of us in Marblehead, MA (USA) who : prowled around the town getting strange looks from lots of "normal" : people. 45 camera geeks are hard to ignore. What sort of surprised me : was the conversation. There were all manner of gear on display from : P&S to heavy iron, but I didn't hear a single conversation about gear. : It was all about locations, light, and non-photo stuff. At the : Hurricane bar and grill we talked about almost nothing related to : gear, aside from the usual curiosity questions. If you missed it this : year, sign up next year. It's a good take. : : And yes, I did send three shots in to the SI Dictator/Committee that : were taken yesterday. I traveled light and took only the GX1 and three : lenses: the 14-140, 7-14, and 8mm fisheye. That kit worked really : well. I'm glad to hear it! In the end, alas, I didn't go. (An opportunity missed, since the weather couldn't have been better.) The conflicting activity that was going to keep me away got postponed, but I was so exhausted after an unusually grueling week that I couldn't face getting up early and going back into town on Saturday. Also, I started to wonder about wandering through downtown in a crowd. Most of the good results I've had in urban environments have come from being able to poke around alone at my own pace, with no one else to speed me up or slow me down. In fact, one thought I had was, "Maybe I should have gone out to Marblehead with that group that Bowser chose!" But with 45 participants already, you surely didn't need any more. There was room. Definitely a worthwhile thing, but here's the deal: we dont' need to wait a year. If you ever want to do a walk around anyplace in eastern MA, let me know and I'm game. And yes, face to face beats the living hell out of this method of conversing. I think what I looked forward to most was the conversation, since I seldom get to talk in person with photographers who are better than I am. Location and light sound like the right topics to me. I really will try to go next year. Bob |
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:17:50 -0700 (PDT), Helen
wrote: On Oct 14, 2:22*pm, Bowser wrote: Well, the photowalk was worth it. The weather cooperated and the light was pretty nice. There were 45 of us in Marblehead, MA (USA) who prowled around the town getting strange looks from lots of "normal" people. 45 camera geeks are hard to ignore. What sort of surprised me was the conversation. There were all manner of gear on display from P&S to heavy iron, but I didn't hear a single conversation about gear. It was all about locations, light, and non-photo stuff. At the Hurricane bar and grill we talked about almost nothing related to gear, aside from the usual curiosity questions. If you missed it this year, sign up next year. It's a good take. And yes, I did send three shots in to the SI Dictator/Committee that were taken yesterday. I traveled light and took only the GX1 and three lenses: the 14-140, 7-14, and 8mm fisheye. That kit worked really well. The end result, how do you compare the Micro Four Thirds to your Canon DSLR? for 99% of what I shoot, no real difference. However, the IQ is not quite as good as the 5D2. The noise is a little higher, and the highlights can clip if you don't watch exposure. that said, I carry the GX1 most of the time now. The light three lens kit is just a joy to use. Unless you make huge enlargments you'll probably never see the difference in prints. What strikes me about the GX1 is the usability. The controls are accessible and simple. You can get to most of the key features with a single button push. The lenses are really nice, especially that 7-14. The AF is contract detect, so it's always dead-on and it's very fast in single shot mode, faster than the 5D2. Continous AF is not, and this isn't a sports camera in any way, shape, or form. My left shoulder thanks me every time I leave the anchor at home... |
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