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[blessingx]

Diane Keaton Moonlighted as a Photographer

https://aperture.org/editorial/how-diane-keaton-moonlighted-as-a-photographer/ 

 

[EdipisReks1]

Re: Pixma. I’ve done 2 13x19, 2 11x17 and about a dozen 8x10 prints. I’ve used about 20 percent of the dye. That seems reasonable, and suggests decent longevity. Paper is about $30 per 50 sheets. Per print cost is probably a couple bucks. If I had gotten all of these professionally printed, and it’s all photos I wanted printed and framed, we would be deep into the cost of the printer. I’m very glad I bought it. 

On 8/14/2025 at 2:27 PM, blessingx said:

When one of my favorite, faaarrr from perfect, quirky, no one should buy in 2025, cameras shows up in a new article... 

https://petapixel.com/2025/08/14/the-retro-styled-nikon-df-dslr-was-both-behind-and-ahead-of-the-times/

Mine, unfortunately, didn't come with a pocket watch. 

 

I love my Df.  It’s so fun, and the sensor has a certain magic to it. 

[blessingx]

The M EV1 is official 

https://leica-camera.com/en-int/photography/cameras/m/m-ev1-black 
 

 

[Grahame]

2 hours ago, blessingx said:

The M EV1 is official 

https://leica-camera.com/en-int/photography/cameras/m/m-ev1-black 
 

 

So when are you getting one, Ric?

[blessingx]

 

5 hours ago, Grahame said:

So when are you getting one, Ric?

Need time to setup the GoFundMe 

Edited October 23 by blessingx

[blessingx]

In the consumerism thread, I mentioned tracking down a copy of The Pillar by Stephen Gill, a self-published photobook that made waves a few years ago. Thought some of you may enjoy a few shots also. 
 

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/karl-ove-knausgaard-on-stephen-gills-bird-images-in-the-pillar 

https://www.1854.photography/2019/07/the-pillar-by-stephen-gill/ 

https://www.photohastings.org/book-review-the-pillar-by-stephen-gill/ 

 

Edited October 25 by blessingx

[blessingx]

One more Stephen Gill post as I find his work fascinating and you may too. He followed the above with Please Notify the Sun. "It was in 2017 that I began to have an inkling that a single fish might contain a universe of infinite proportions and how amazing a journey within its body could be. So I started to research everything I would need to embark on such an expedition. By January 2020 I had built a work top, obtained a microscope, a camera, optics, lights and fridge."

 

https://collectordaily.com/stephen-gill-please-notify-the-sun/

https://americansuburbx.com/2021/02/stephen-gills-sublime-decay-please-notify-the-sun.html 

 

[Knuckledragger]

 

[jpelg]

Posting this here instead of the "Consumerism" thread, as likely only viewers here would possibly find this interesting in any way. 

I've always wanted a try a medium telephoto on my full-format DSLR, mainly for portraits. So, when an inexpensive Rokinon 85mm 1.4 in the Sony A-mount sat on B&H's used site for a few weeks, in a weak moment I succumbed to the temptation & placed the order:

Literally the first snap from my A900, in a dark living room with one lamp lit, at f1.4 yielded this, which shocked me in its [insert typical "medium-format like" or "3D" quality superlatives here], particularly since it's manual-focus with the usual sliver DOF at minimum aperture:

Of course, I've yet to reproduce anything since that approaches these qualities. So clearly I got very lucky on my first snap & will have to invest more time to learn how to get the best out of this big chunk o'glass. Also, so far I've only shot in B&W (which is my current favored MO), and yet to play with the color output (and deal with the reported CA at minimum apertures). But it's a beautiful piece to fondle & hear the clicks from the aperture ring.

Edited Sunday at 10:40 AM by jpelg

[mikeymad]

 

 

[blessingx]

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