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From what I can remember CMOS is better in aps-c size sensors

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Cohiba label

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i dig it

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:tu

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I like CCDs best, but I have been using CCDs since the very first video camera I touched 25 yrs ago.
I don't think anyone can tell anymore if there is an advantage to either one, it could just
be that modern digital cameras are taking better photos, and modern cameras are using
CMOS, so therefore CMOS is better. And it could be, but I can't say. RIGHT at the time
of the switch, CCDs were better, but I think CMOS were cheaper, but by the time the
newer generations were in full control, you'd be hard pressed to say CMOS sucks....look at
the pictures.

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The D90 saved my a55 this weekend. I got there way too early, which was good for the night shot I wanted,
but I left Memphis early cause there was no likelihood that I would take a 2-3 hour nap, or that I could sleep,
or that it would work. And if I stayed and waited to the proper leaving time, I would be wasting my alertness
reservoir. So I just drove on down. My night shots workrd out fine, but then I had two hours of dark to wait out
until I could shoot the quarter again. Instead I just started shooting. The D90 shots with a plain 18-55
were generally great, but my D200 shots with a MUCH TOO SLOW lens were terrible. By the time the sun came
up good and was cooperating well, I was freaking bushed. And carrying the heavy D200 actually started to wear
on me. Never thought I would say that. I LOVE the D90. This is NOT ONE of the good shots, but it was cool.
This was before I went ahead and upped the shutter speed. The light was coming on. That's a fire truck by the way.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps88fa70d3.jpg

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This shot represents all that is stupid in me. Is it a great shot? You damn right it is.
But its everything that came AFTER this shot that makes it part of just a stupid, stupid
weekend of shooting.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4d7d13f7.jpg

I should have come back with 1500 shots and easily 200 real winners.
But fully half of my haul is virtually useless. If I was building up a stockpile of pics that
were little memories, the pics would serve. But I was not shooting for me, I was shooting
for fun and profit. Half my shots being grainy and noisy was NOT part of the plan.
But I left Memphis too early, got to New Orleans too early, and didn't have enough light for
2/3 of the time I was there shooting. And even then, had I screwed the right lens on the D200,
I could have achieved my goal. Instead I wrong-headedly chose the 10-20 wide angle, which is
just SOOOoo SLoooow. I KNOW BETTER! And yet I did it anyway because I love the field of view
the wide angle gives me and that clouded my judgement. But at least I have ONE RULE I stick by.
Always walk around with TWO CAMERAS. I had a 18-55 kit lens on the D90, but the quality of the
camera saved my a55. And apparently the 18-55 is not a bad lens at all.

You can read all about it in my blog entry for this shot. at the link below.

Still, its a A55-KICKING shot I think. Those High-Pressure Sodium lights combined with that fog
make that bridge look like its on FIRE.

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I guess you don't call that fog....that's a low cloud ceiling.

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Still a badass picture brad. Makes my bridge pic look amateur

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Well your pic IS amateur...and so is mine. We are amateurs, lol.
My bridges were just BIGGER, that's all. Plus yours looks like Mercury Vapor Lights.
I LIKE the orange glow, but I WANTED blue more than orange. But I liked the fact
that I didn't get jumped over there and lose all my 5hi+.

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NOW, do I want to get paid to take pictures instead of making bug commercials??
YES....yes I do. But I am the very definition of an amateur.

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Here's the pic of the wife on the dolphin excursion. Scanned it with the Epson V600 and removed some scratches cause by my stupid cats with PS CS6.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8...f358fdca_b.jpg
img003 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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If you don't mind my asking, what were the settings that you used for that bridge photo?

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Compositing it in photshop really hides the exif. Let me copy and past that. I am gonna have to give you general
data, I took dozens of the same basic shot. I also have to upload a straight from the camera HUGE shot to Flickr
to get the data in a good copy and paste format. I am gonna PM you that to save the page from a huge readout.
HERE is the edited version:

Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 1.6
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 18 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV
Flash No Flash
Exposure Program Shutter speed priority AE
Max Aperture Value 3.5
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Light Source Unknown
User Comment (c) W.Matherne2013 All Rights Resvd.

Exposure Mode Auto
White Balance Auto
Digital Zoom Ratio 1
Focal Length (35mm format) 27 mm

I messed with all kinds of shutter speeds, from 1 to 12 seconds, to keep
the ISO nice and quiet. I found the best rate of shutter speed was between
1 and 3 seconds and i also tried all the white balance setttings, but Auto was
fine. I SWEAR I thought I was in some kind of Sepia setting, but it was just
those damn lights. I couldn't find a sepia tone setting, and I guess that is
about right, all the point and shoots offer it, and I just thought it looked off.

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It was also on a tripod, which I rarely use. I certainly could have used it in the quarter
later on that night, and might consider carrying one with me in the future if I intend to shoot in the dark
like that. I had my heaviest tripod with me, which was great for the bridge shot where i had all the time
in the world and I was utterly alone on that levee. But later on in the quarter I am not sure I would have
wanted to keep lugging it around. But again, in the darkness of 4 am, I will definitely look hard at it if I do it
again.

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Would love to see some pics of the French Quarter... One of my favorite places...

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Then you should do two things. Read the second blog in my signature, and hit up this thread

I have been in the french quarter 3 out of the last 4 weekends, shooting my butt off,
but making a lot of mistakes that sort of forced me to spend so much time there.
Not like you had to hold a gun to my head, I grew up there and miss it all the time.
But my poor a55, riding all those road miles, all for some pictures? Hopefully one day
I will amass a large protfolio of only the most wallet-opening, a55-kicking photos and
just stop working for the man. You can help, lol.

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I have a favorite everytime I go down to shoot, but this might be my new favorite photo ever.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8...5fd162e1_c.jpg
4am at Barracks at Chartres by MemphisBrad, on Flickr

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I've always considered a heavy, solid tripod to be the most important accessory one can have because on a tripod, you are maximizing the performance of your lens. I have gone as far as to tape an eight or nine inch piece of thin wire to the back of a camera, like an antenna, and squeeze the cable release only when the wire stops twitching.

Oh BTW, that is a beautiful piece, Brad. Damn it, I'm running out of wall space.

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You mean "press the shutter when you get back from the emergency room with an eye-patch?"
I would poke my eye out for sure.

I agree that a tripod is essential for what I am doing, especially in the situation that the photo represents.
A 2 second shot of that scene on a tripod would have been excellent. You can see the ISO working
overtime in that shot even as small as I have it presented there. However there is also an element of
danger to working with a pod at 4am in the FQ. You have NO IDEA who you will run into and I kind of
prefer to slink about and shoot without attracting too much attention. I WILL carry a monopod with me
next time though, if not a tripod.

Case in point, and a story I will end up telling on that blog, but I am coming down Royal Street and
looking for likely winner photos, and I see the number one danger sign in physical violence right there
in the middle of the street coming toward me. Now I have the advantage, because I have not been drinking.
But there in the street is a thin, wiry white male with no shirt on. It is not COLD on this particular morning,
but it ain't New Orleans Hot yet either. So I duck down St. Phillip street to let this hazard pass. And since
he HAS been drinking, he does not notice me in the least. But he DOES stop to admire himself in a large
store window. I am hoping he doesn't smash the window, but he seems content to stand there and flex.
So I decide to re-route entirely and just go opposite him with all speed. I have no idea if he is a threat
to me or my gear, but I have seen enough episodes of C.O.P.S. to know what the potential is when a cat is
dressed like that at 4am in the a place like the French Quarter. A tripod in this case would have made me obvious.

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I like it too, the green bench with the red walls really pops and the lighting looks just right. "Feels" like 4am, well done Brad.

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Here is a shot I had to get to satisfy Mr. Picky-Choosy. I gave him a book with 70 thumbnails in it
and he said, "Where are all the Memphis Shots??? I want Memphis stuff". Which of course is a bit humbling
to me, I LOVE New ORLEANS, but that is force-feeding a proposed clientele with what YOU like and not
what they demand. Now I have every intention of shooting Memphis when I am done with NO, but I had
not messed with it much to this point.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...pscf6a4156.jpg

So I strapped on my big boy pants and headed out to shoot the 3 Memphis bridges at sunset.
I knew by the time I was done with that, I could shoot the Hernando Desoto bridge when it's lights came on.
Then I could shoot Beale Street, since it's Neon would look best in darkness. I got it ALL DONE, and then
got home to process them and jump in bed, late, but creatively satisfied. Now let's see how much money
I can extract from Picky boy.

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Keep doing what you're doing! I was speaking in generalities and for myself. I suppose My point is that I'm a very slow worker; I'm better suited to large format, but who can afford that?

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Oh I definitely understood you, I just had to tell that story one way or another. You know I cain't be havin
no 2 line posts. What would people think? If I go down there by myself this weekend, I will take a light one
with me, and I always have my tabletop one with me. I will be there Friday, but might have my gracious host
with me one one of a few trips I have planned. I gave him one of my old point and shoot "DSLR lite" cameras
with full manual controls, etc, and I think he is kind of needing to go with me one time so he can ask the right
questions at the right time. Other than that I do not think he would want to hang out with me doing that kind
of thing.

But a tripod is your friend. I have 25 years producing TV commercials, I am definitely an advocate, lol. We will
see if it makes a difference. On a related note, I bought an old manual Focus 24mm 2.8 yesterday, won't have it
in time to go to NO, but I bought it so I could have two camera bodies with low light lenses if I ever got to NO at
2am again, lol. I have a 1.8 50mm and a 1.8 35mm, but they are STILL too tight once you put them on a crop
sensor body. I need wider than that, and almost got the 20mm, but it was too pricey and the 24mm specced
out too well. "THEY" say it is a great old lens. 9 elements and just fantastic optical quality. On a DX camera,
ehhh, we'll have to wait and see.

On another related note, I am having too much fun messing with this shooting for money deal. I can't be a pro,
because as long as I have been 'taking pictures', I have always had one mantra, NO WEDDINGS. And if I was an
actual pro, it would cease to be fun. And I am having fun. Once all the low-hanging fruit is picked at work and
in the family, we will have to see if I can sell anything. But it is FUN taking the stuff knowing the goal, and its
driving me to get out and walk and shoot and go places. I am a homebody hermit. This gets me out.

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In a stinking cave with the need for an updated body....but still a fun sequence... Wish I would have mashed the shutter .5 seconds earlier....that shifted the frame in PP to flatten the boards in the background(I find the slant distracting).

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa51760a.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2a94c414.jpg

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You guys and this thread are making me go back to shooting.

My website www.Photo-Galleria.com

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Just picked up all my negatives from fototechnika, wish me luck lol

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How do you think I FEEL, E.J., my viewfinder tells me I am straight and I am not.
But hell, its used, if I cared I would turn the camera one degree clockwise and
stop doing the same thing over and over on every shot. :D

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Good luck, this all goes in to your new neg scanner?

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Yes. I'm currently in the process of scanning my negatives.

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B&W- Part 1 Ilford HP5+ 400ISO B&W

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img015 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img006 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img012 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img007-2 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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Ilford HP5+ Continued

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img022 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img021 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img028 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img017 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img016 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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MAN its been a long time since I saw grain.....wait, no it hasn't I just shot at 4 am.
I MEAN film grain. Took me a while to get used to it. Tell us next whether it was worth
investing in a camera and film and processing. I am FULLY converted forever and always.
But back when I used film, I wasn't all that good, anyway. I always just blamed the
hand-me-down camera and my lack of knowledge. Never had a lesson. So I always wondered
why my flash shots at football games were half black. I guess I must have found the answer
at a library or something. You see kids, when I WAS young, there was no internet to find the
answers to stuff, lol.

Less sky, more butt.

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Last of the Ilford HP5+

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img032 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img034 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img038 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img036 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img035 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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I LOVE the way film grain looks vs digital noise. I'll be sticking almost 100% ro B&W with film. I will be posting some color though.

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Fujichrome Velvia 100

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img045 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img044 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img050 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img054 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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Looks like somebody stole Captain Morgan's little brother's sword blade. Sold for scrap iron by some poor street urchin
most likely. When I get home I want to post up a cool shot I took that I never felt was worth anyone looking at, but
now you reminded me of it...

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I love the way he needs "PIRATE" written on his bandana, lol.
And again, looks like someone got his blade!

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Still Velvia 100

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8137/8...fe8b808f_b.jpg
img056 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img060 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img058 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img065 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img063 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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One more Ilford I forgot to post.

LP Papas Fritas :dr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8...860c2813_b.jpg
img042 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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I wanted to stick these up there since you reminded me of em. Prior to seeing the cruise ship I had deemed them
useless for sharing. This is about 5am on the Riverwalk in New Orleans.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...pse1589036.jpg

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps944b6ff3.jpg

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Nice Brad.
I think for 35mm I'll stick to B&W.

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Kodak Tmax 400. I like the ilford better.

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img082 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img083 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img085 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img103 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img104 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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One more Velvia 100

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8405/8...e3b8eac5_b.jpg
img075 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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Tmax 400

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8401/8...7a6ab5f9_b.jpg
img107 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img109 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img114 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img112 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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img113 by emopunker2004, on Flickr

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We both know they are crappy, but the subject matter is cool. I never expected to see that in
the middle of the MS river that that time of the morning, although cruise ships are a common sight there.
If I had intended to ever be able to use it, exposure compensation would have been a good idea.
But I wanted the sun more than the ship, so I made a choice, lol.

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I think that there is certainly a place in the bag for that Kodak film, but not for the effect you
went so far as to buy a camera to acheive. SO I think you are right.

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I like the pix. I kinda dig how its underexposed but the sun is exposed well.

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Color film time!!!

FUJI PRO 400H

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img139 by emopunker2004, on Flickr
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img123 by emopunker2004, on Flickr
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img152 by emopunker2004, on Flickr
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img129 by emopunker2004, on Flickr
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img133 by emopunker2004, on Flickr