Does this Olympus camera have a rear or back focus button as many of the Nikon and Canon cameras have?
I might have a slightly different outlook on this question. First thing is that when we got married in 1971, we had the photographer create two 'parents' albums for our families. At this time in my life, I now have both albums taking up space in my house. Also, my father was an inveterate photo hobbiest. When he passed, I inherited 80 Carousel slide trays of pictures. After going through them, I discarded most as these were of trips and people on the trips. I kept some (not all) of the pics that included people in my life. The reality is that my kids and grandkids probably won't want more than a couple pics of their grandparents or great grandparents. In my own photos and albums, the kids can have them all, but I suspect that 95% will end up in the trash...
While we are on this discussion, I have been activly discarding most of our LP record albums. I don't (or haven't) listened to them in decades and the kids will also have no interest (or device to play them) in them.
My ego isn't such that I believe that every picture that I take will be memorialized in our family archives.
Just my thoughts...
I took the attached pic at a charity Shave-A-Thon.. Not really sure if I really like it.
Any opinions???
Just got rid of the Rollei 2.8E last year. Still have the Mamiya Super 16,, I think that The Polaroids are gone (Winklite and all). Also dumped the FR 120volt strobes (I guess that they were called electronic flashes then. Donated the Sylvania Sunguns.
Have a great weekend.
Bob
Ah... Let's not count the regular 8mm (Bell & Howell, Minolta, Bolex), Super 8 (Bolex, Leikina and Beaulieu), Single 8 (Fuji), and the current crop of consumer/prosumer video cameras. I guess that we can include cell phones above 2MP. After all......
Without much commentary, only to say that my dad was an avid hobbyist photographer, I managed to acquire (permanently borrow) some very interesting photo equipment at a very young age. I was the only kid in my 6th grade class taking a field trip to Washington, DC with a Rollei 2.8E.
Here is my camera list in no particular order:
Ricoh 500
Voightlander Bessa
Olympus Pen EES
Exa
Yashica A
Contax I
Super Ikonta BX
3-1/4 X 4-1/4 Speed Graphic (had to cut down 4X5 film to fit holder)
Mamiya Super 16
Minox B
Bronica Auto S2
Nikon FTN
Nikon N70
Nikon FE
Calumet 4X5 view camera with a Schneider Symar lens (my days at Brooks)
Casio QV 3000 EX (my first digital)
Canon Rebel
Canon 60D
Olympus OMD-E1 MkII (Current camera)
Some still are in my possession...Others are long gone
Ah..the memories
I have an Olympus OM-D series 4/3 camera and am wondering if any lenses other than the Olympus branded are compatible with this body?
Thanks
The Speed Graphics had two shutters. There was the front, between the lens shutter, which sometimes had a flash sync connector, and there was the rear focal plane shutter, which, as I remember, you had to wind up and select a combination of numbers and letters (i.e. A4) to select the shutter speed. The focal plane speeds were 'odd' by todays standards (such as a 1/240th sec) and one had to be careful to close the focal plane shutter and be certain that the front shutter was set to 'T' (time) to keep it locked open. After closing the rear and opening the front, one would insert the sheet film packet and remove the light slide from it. After taking the exposure, one reinserted the slide (making sure that the raised dots on it's top were reversed so you knew it was exposed. By the way, most Speed Graphics also had an external rangefinder if you chose not to use the rear ground glass. It also had a wire frame sportsfinder which provided only framing info... Piece of cake...
Masking tape on the paper cutter platform. 3-1/4 X 4-1/4 film probably disappeared in the late 1940's or early 50's. Probably eliminated because the Speed Graphics were available in 2-1/4X3-1/4 or 4X5. My camera was a redundant size...much like 620 roll film.
Had a Calumet 4X5 with a Schneider Symmar 210mm lens. The Calumet was the standard camera at Brooks Institute in the 1960's except for the rich kids who had the Linhofs. I also had a 3-1/4 X4-1/4 1940 Anniversary Speed Graphic. By the time it was handed down to me, I had to buy 4 X 5 sheet film and cut it down. Two shutters.. No waiting.. Those were the days...
Very helpful... Thanks...
Bob
Another positive opportunity for film buffs courtesy of the eclipse...
Thanks for the info.. I am slowly bogging my way through it. Might be decent by this time next year...
Linary wrote:
In the Develop Module, right click and choose Export - it's the same as when in the Library.
The image you see in the Library is not the same as the one displayed in Develop module, but usually is not very far apart in appearance. When you export from the Library the finished jpeg should be the same as if you exported from Develop.
I did some testing and discovered that I could export from Develop. Only problem is that it would export every pic in the file. Is there a way to export only a single pic from Develop?
Also..
I did some exporting and found that the pics exported from Library and Develop are very different. I did notice, however, that the small preview window in the UL corner of Develop, which has different coloemetry from the main Develop pic closely matches the Library export.
Thanks,
Bob
For reasons best known to Adobe, my 'Updates' tab is grayed out..