kasperbergholt
Joined: 05 Jun 2023
Posts: 38
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Expire: 2024-03-20
|
 Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:46 am Post subject: Looking Through the Windows of the Palm House |
 |
|
kasperbergholt wrote:
When I was a child, I was told that taking photos through windows was a bad thing.
A couple of days ago, I tried doing exactly this when visiting the Palm House in the botanical gardens here in Copenhagen.
In addition to the blurry effects of the windows, in and of itself, I did the photos with a vintage Pentax K10D, my first camera with a CCD sensor that I'd won the auction for the week before on eBay.
I think the experiment turned out very well.
The Palm House at the Botanical Gardens, Copenhagen, is an architectural and botanical landmark built in 1874 inspired by London's Crystal Palace.
Equipment used: Pentax K10D and Carl Zeiss 35mm f/2 distagon.
Also see: Copenhagen Waterscape
_________________
-- Kasper Bergholt
Zeiss Milvus 55mm 2.0; Nikon D3; Nikkor AF 2.8 55mm.
Last edited by kasperbergholt on Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:57 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
Posts: 11097
Location: California
Expire: 2025-04-11
|
| Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:40 am Post subject: |
|
|
visualopsins wrote:
 Very well indeed!
_________________
☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮ like attracts like! ☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
Cameras: Sony ILCE-7RM2, Spotmatics II, F, and ESII, Nikon P4
Lenses:
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Takumar 1:4 f=35mm, 1:2 f=58mm (Sonnar), 1:2.4 f=58mm (Heliar), 1:2.2 f=55mm (Gaussian), 1:2.8 f=105mm (Model I), 1:2.8/105 (Model II), 1:5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200, 1:6.3/300, Macro-Takumar 1:4/50, Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 f=35, 1:1.8 f=55mm, 1:2.2 f=55mm, Super-TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28 (fat), 1:2/35 (Fat), 1:1.4/50 (8-element), Super-Multi-Coated Fisheye-TAKUMAR 1:4/17, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 1:4.5/20, 1:3.5/24, 1:3.5/28, 1:2/35, 1:3.5/35, 1:1.8/85, 1:1.9/85 1:2.8/105, 1:3.5/135, 1:2.5/135 (II), 1:4/150, 1:4/200, 1:4/300, 1:4.5/500, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-TAKUMAR 1:4/50, 1:4/100, Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-TAKUMAR 1:4/100, SMC TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50, 1:1.8/55
M42 Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2.4/35
Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm F3.5-4.5
Pentax K-mount SMC PENTAX-A ZOOM 1:3.5 35~105mm, SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:4 45~125mm
Nikon Micro-NIKKOR-P-C Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Pre-AI (Sonnar), Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AI, NIKKOR AI-S 35-135mm f/3,5-4,5
Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51B), Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (151B), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
Vivitar 100mm 1:2.8 MC 1:1 Macro Telephoto (Kiron)
|
|
stevemark
Joined: 29 Apr 2011
Posts: 4101
Location: Switzerland
|
| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2024 1:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
stevemark wrote:
Well, the images certainly look different, but do they look better? Not really sure about that. But as a staring point for further experiments they certainly are OK. An old trick often used by experienced photographers was to cover the front lens of their large format cmaeras partly with some vaseline (not much!) to get a ceratin "veil" over the entire image. Since they could choose the position, size and thickness of the vaseline the effects were much controllable than simply "taking images through a window".
Maybe worth a trial and further experiments if you are intereted in a vintage look?
BTW the Minolta Dynax 7D with its 6MP CCD might be an interesting (and very cheap) option too. The user interface - especially when combined with hte vertical grip - is very user friendly. The camera feels very solid and must have cost a fortune to manufacture (because of all the switches and small wheels allowing direct control without going into thze menu).
Good "Minolta" (Konica?) colors too, especially in dim twilight with yellowish sodium lamps.
S
_________________
www.artaphot.ch |
|
Search
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
