Introduction to.... well.. me!
Oct 27, 2017 13:22:18 #
Hello to y'all. I am Mike, otherwise known by my amateur radio call sign, W7MEV.
I have been active in photography one way or another most of my life, starting in the '50s with both a 35mm and a 4x5 Speed Graphic. In those days I mixed my own chemistry. As an adult, I spent a number of years doing real estate photography, portraits, weddings, and various special projects, some of which paid, some didn't. For many years I was in the Fire Service where, as an Inspector I did photographic documentation of fire scenes. That was interesting work, but sometimes the pictures I got were the kind no one really WANTS to look at. No framed 16x20's for display there...
After my 35mm stuff was stolen (2 days before a wedding shoot!) I upgraded to 2-1/4 square with a Mamiya C330. Loved that camera! Too bad about film. I have gone through several fixed zoom lens electronic cameras and don't much care for them. Recently I got an older Cannon EOS system Rebel XT, a DSLR, which came with an 18-55mm zoom. I have added a couple more lenses and am having a lot of fun with that camera! I like the RAW picture format which works well with Photoshop CC
I am an amateur astronomer and do astrophotography from my small observatory. That is presently my main photo activity. I have a CMOS deep space camera that allows me to take long time exposures to get pictures of deep space objects, many of which cannot be seen with the naked eye even in my 10 inch reflector telescope. The camera outputs a "FITS" format which is sorta unique to astrophotography. It is a non-compressed format that contains all the detail the sensor can capture. However, it does require a special plug-in for Photoshop or else a special program to open and process the picture.
So, that's me. Not very exciting, I fear!
I have been active in photography one way or another most of my life, starting in the '50s with both a 35mm and a 4x5 Speed Graphic. In those days I mixed my own chemistry. As an adult, I spent a number of years doing real estate photography, portraits, weddings, and various special projects, some of which paid, some didn't. For many years I was in the Fire Service where, as an Inspector I did photographic documentation of fire scenes. That was interesting work, but sometimes the pictures I got were the kind no one really WANTS to look at. No framed 16x20's for display there...
After my 35mm stuff was stolen (2 days before a wedding shoot!) I upgraded to 2-1/4 square with a Mamiya C330. Loved that camera! Too bad about film. I have gone through several fixed zoom lens electronic cameras and don't much care for them. Recently I got an older Cannon EOS system Rebel XT, a DSLR, which came with an 18-55mm zoom. I have added a couple more lenses and am having a lot of fun with that camera! I like the RAW picture format which works well with Photoshop CC
I am an amateur astronomer and do astrophotography from my small observatory. That is presently my main photo activity. I have a CMOS deep space camera that allows me to take long time exposures to get pictures of deep space objects, many of which cannot be seen with the naked eye even in my 10 inch reflector telescope. The camera outputs a "FITS" format which is sorta unique to astrophotography. It is a non-compressed format that contains all the detail the sensor can capture. However, it does require a special plug-in for Photoshop or else a special program to open and process the picture.
So, that's me. Not very exciting, I fear!
Oct 27, 2017 13:22:54 #
Oct 27, 2017 13:28:25 #
Oct 27, 2017 13:34:36 #
Oct 27, 2017 13:35:27 #
Welcome to the forum, glad you have you with us! There is an astrophography sub-forum here you might enjoy, but there's something of interest pretty much everywhere here. Have fun!
Oct 27, 2017 13:43:32 #
Welcome to the forum Mike. Hope to see some posts of your astrophotography.
Jack
Jack
Oct 27, 2017 14:06:49 #
Tikva
Loc: Waukesha, WI
Welcome to the UHH forum. There is much to learn here and lot to just enjoy.
Oct 27, 2017 14:11:42 #
Oct 27, 2017 14:22:10 #
Oct 27, 2017 15:46:09 #
Welcome to the UHH.
Have you seen that there is a Astronomical Photography sub forum?
Have you seen that there is a Astronomical Photography sub forum?
Oct 27, 2017 18:15:15 #
Oct 27, 2017 19:19:07 #
Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!
Oct 28, 2017 06:27:05 #
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