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old skool as in 35mm film ?
i'd like to try b+w on digital format
Raj, old school is good. I mix my newer Olympus E500 DSLR, Olympus adapter with old school '73 silver ring Zuiko 135mm f2.8 lens for these results. Just about any old real good lens (ie Vivitar, Zuiko) with an Oly mount fits, just depends on your focusing skills, patience and eyesight :rolleyes: My eyes are getting older, but I still see life through the lens.
All shot with the '73 Zuiko 135mm f2.8 at wide open hooked up to my Oly E500 DSLR.
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Baldwin Beach, Lake Tahoe 2010
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Tallac Historic Site parking lot, Lake Tahoe 2010 (sport muffler Porsche content)
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Tallac Site, Kiva Beach area, Lake Tahoe
Here are some more when I visited my family.
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This wasn't shot with my '73 Zuiko lens, but it is a '73 911S tachometer! Shirts are available at my store Kewlautoart.com
I learned and was taught in college with the three B&W Ansel Adams Books, The Camera, The Negative, and The Print still have these. Good reading and info to start with no matter what gear you use for B&W photography.
As amazing as his work is, Ansel Adams was a bit too refined for my tastes. I've always been attracted to the grit and honesty of Walker Evans :)
I whole-heartedly concur on those three volumes............the photographer's bibles. Every word they contain is good as gold and applies to film as well as digital. After 40 years with Leica Ms and Hasselblads I made the switch to digital about 4 years ago. Haven't looked back since, but I have kept my Leica M6 and all my M lenses. I'm just now starting to get into b&w, although I've learned that it's a much better practice to take the best color shot and then use specialized software to transform it into b&w.Quote:
Originally Posted by ts rennsport
Nowadays I use a Canon DSLR with a variety of lenses, Zeiss, Canon L and Leica R. The photographer I admire the most,.........thats easy: Jack Dykinga.
#2 & #3 are the same shot, with some slight cropping done on the b&w. In this instance I prefer the color version........it tells a better story, since the orange glow of the rising sun on the underside of Mesa Arch is almost totally lost in the b&w ( all pics taken during a trip to Arches & Bryce Nat'l Parks in '10 ).
Can't say Ansel Adams books do huge amounts for me - definitely not bibles. Lots of books out there to read through. I found my biggest advances came with taking classes, then taking lots of pics in the company of different photographers.
Dr. Sexy, can you shoot any digital? Any classes in your neighbourhood? Have you seen much photography in print? Maybe take the kids to the library and flick through some photography books one day; books of photography, not books on how to use a camera. Then go out and shoot along the lines of the looks that most inspired you. Good fun!
Ps: JG that colour arch pic is awesome ;)