Norman Parkinson would exit the Vogue offices with a model, a camera and three double slides of 10×8. He would be expected on his return to have amongst the 6 images a potential cover, a full page advert and a couple more editorial images.

Norman Parkinson would exit the Vogue offices with a model, a camera and three double slides of 10×8. He would be expected on his return to have amongst the 6 images a potential cover, a full page advert and a couple more editorial images.

i.e. he would expect every shot to be a keeper.

It’s interesting isn’t. The larger the format you’re shooting, the higher you would expect the keeper ratio to be.

Intuitively you’d think that that was mostly driven by cost (it gets really expensive shooting large format) but mostly it’s about the nature of the process.

The larger the format, the more deliberate the process, the higher the keeper ratio is.

The downside of course is that it’s really hard to shoot ‘the decisive moment’ with a large format camera!

My ratio is somewhat skewed by shooting moving children 😆
And shooting landscapes on 35mm tri x is a skill way beyond me! Good job I just enjoy the faff of it all.

I thought I’d aced it on the one occasion I got 6 ‘keepers’ on a 24 roll of Velvia 50. Of course, Sod’s Law was then invoked and I got absolutely nothing on the following roll…

Bob – 3rd photo is excellent. Print – wall – enjoy.

Versailles bubbles.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xs4M9A]L1007936[/url] by Paul Whitehead, on Flickr

Versailles bubbles.

Ooh an M10 eh, very nice.

Out of interest, how much shadow or highlight detail have you pulled back on that image?

Ooh an M10 eh, very nice.

Out of interest, how much shadow or highlight detail have you pulled back on that image?

It’s what the M was designed for!…………….No pulling back of the shadows, but I gave the highlights a good tweak so as to increase the depth of the clouds.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Yfijew]Untitled[/url] by Polarisandy, on Flickr

I played with an M10 for a few hours last month. Quite uncomfortable with the itch at the back of my head due to it.

Must. Not. Buy.

Andy – very good sir.

I got all excited about the Canon M10 and then realised you are talking Leica… 😳

No pulling back of the shadows, but I gave the highlights a good tweak so as to increase the depth of the clouds.

I thought it would be one or the other, just wasn’t sure which eway you’d gone.

The micro contrast is lovely and I also have to say, if you’re ever going to see your 75 ‘Lux let me know. 😀

Cheers Greg

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YjCser]Untitled[/url] by Polarisandy, on Flickr

if you’re ever going to see your 75 ‘Lux let me know

Sorry Greg, the 75 Lux though I don’t use it much is the best lens I’ve ever owned. Built in Canada about 35 yrs ago, it’s quality is superb. Just a pleasure to even hold it. It would work well on your SL but I’m not ever going to move it on!

I should definitely spend more time browsing this thread – here’s one from me. A bit blurry as was trying to focus in manual with no tripod and the person kept moving…

Great shot, well done.

Ormskirk

Just googled M10…. how much?
You could by a bike for that….. a bloody good one

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YxXdWn]Untitled[/url] by Polarisandy, on Flickr

John – you’ve not looked at the prices of lenses yet then?

… or the almost-5 grand M-D which only shoots in B/W with no LCD 😉
http://www.reddotcameras.co.uk/m-bodies/9940-leica-m-d-typ-262-black-body.html

This is Paton mounted Josh Brookes on his way to winning the Classic TT the other Saturday.This is on the banking outside Glen Lough campsite.
I’m happy with it for a couple of reasons.
1) It shows how close you get to the action in road racing.
2) I shot the image on my little Panasonic Lumix LX5 which really isn’t the tool for the job..

Sorry Greg, the 75 Lux though I don’t use it much is the best lens I’ve ever owned. Built in Canada about 35 yrs ago, it’s quality is superb. Just a pleasure to even hold it. It would work well on your SL but I’m not ever going to move it on!

Smart move and yes it would work very well on my SL, thanks for reminding me! To be honest, it’s not a lens I really should be thinking about owning. Really it’s not different enough from the 50 Lux I already have, to justfy owning both. I’d be better off going for a 90. But then, I like the idea of shooting 80% of everything with my 50 and the balacne with my 35.

I’m happy for you that you love it so much. I hope you keep on enjoying it.

Just googled M10…. how much?

Ha, quite frankly those are amateurish prices. Try financing one of these:

Or even:

This is the very pinnacle of camera technology (well outside of NASA at any rate) and either would set you back between £35k and £40k.

Didn’t Phase One do a £100k mono only back at one stage?

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XjkoFj]Shirehampton Public Hall 2017[/url] by SGMTB, on Flickr

first outing with Fuji X-E1 was to Goodwood revival – initially was not sure if leaving DSLR and lenses at home was the best idea, but as trackside photo time was limited I concentrated instead on paddock and ‘atmosphere’ shots..

restricted myself to just 3 primes (28mm/55mm/100mm) but overall I am really chuffed with how it went..here are a few favourites + link to Flickr album.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YB1Kia]Untitled[/url] by jon bawden, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Yoq3gM]Peddle car race..[/url] by jon bawden, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YB1LFa]Some last minute advice..[/url] by jon bawden, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YjhfRw]Goodwood revival style..[/url] by jon bawden, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YopXhZ]Sky reflections..[/url] by jon bawden, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xn63Pp]Ford GT40[/url] by jon bawden, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/s/aHsm8t7ZHk

C&C always welcome..

Really love the Goodwood stuff. I’ve not been but always do the Silverstone Classic. Looking forward to the Le Mans Historic next year.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xk9umd]Untitled[/url] by Polarisandy, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Ypt1pE]Untitled[/url] by Polarisandy, on Flickr

It’s not the photo I’m proud of, it’s crap. But I am proud that I repaired the lens you can see in pieces in it.

Some small screws yesterday

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YusALb]Untitled[/url] by Polarisandy, on Flickr

Apparently I have a habit of only choosing ‘old, decrepit and falling down people’ so I’m trying to make amends.

These are part of a series of a friend of a friend. As well as having a wonderful daughter, Maureen also has two Masters Degrees and has set up a charity to help victims of deomstic violence. Very few people have both warmth and agreeableness combined with a comanding presence and gravitas. It’s a rare combination.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XwXTEg]The Queen of Zimbabwe[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YaUAFY]Untitled[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XxhNKZ]My take on Platon[/url] by Greg Turner, on Flickr

Striding Edge and hikers…

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XbGEp8]Striding Edge[/url] by John Clinch, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/XwVSXu]RS1_5958[/url] by Mike Kennedy, on Flickr

I like this one from my walk near Seaford, today: However, it does show up the poor quality of the depth of field I get with my 18-55 kit lens. I knew I should have swapped to my 35mm 1.8 🙄

The photo itself is pretty much straight out of the camera, other than a little push of the exposure.

Another one, from earlier in the day:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/YxJ7Dq]RS1_5901[/url] by Mike Kennedy, on Flickr

The irony is that both of the above shots actually turned out to have been taken at, or very close to, 35mm focal length.

At the same f stop and focal length all lenses have basically the same depth of field

IMHO the shallow depth of field works well here

Thank you for your last comment. I was mainly referring to the quality of the “bokeh” (I hate that word): It just looks a little busy to me.

Well done with those Greg. Only criticism from me would be the background halo around the subject on the last is a bit distracting. Fwiw I could not see the reasoning behind the broken decrepit comments. I didn’t see any evidence of that on your Flickr page.