The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread John Celio
Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much smaller left shoulder than film cameras of old, the lens is no longer in the center of the body. This means that if you rotate your camera as if you were

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid)
If you are using a lens like the 16-50 you can rotate and zoom at the same time, and fix the axis or rotation about the lens. John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 1, 2012, at 1:07 AM, John Celio wrote: Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much smaller left shoulder than film cameras of old, the lens is no longer in the center of the body. This

RE: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
with modern camera design Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much smaller left shoulder than film cameras of old, the lens is no longer in the center of the body. This means that if you rotate your

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Jack Davis
: The problem with modern camera design Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much smaller left shoulder than film cameras of old, the lens is no longer in the center of the body. This means that if you

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread William Robb
On 01/01/2012 3:07 AM, John Celio wrote: Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much smaller left shoulder than film cameras of old, the lens is no longer in the center of the body. This means that if

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Surely an early contender for a MARK!! :-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com If that's all it takes to make you give up and go home, you should probably take up a different hobby than photography. There are annoyances out there that will

Re: The problem with modern camera design (plus cat photos)

2012-01-01 Thread John Celio
Larry, that's pretty much what I was doing, though I think you got some that are much better than mine. Frank: I'm talking about the move-the-camera-during-long-exposures like Larry showed in his reply, though I've always liked trying to get a nice, centered spiral of lights. Take a look at

Re: The problem with modern camera design (plus cat photos)

2012-01-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Celio Larry, that's pretty much what I was doing, though I think you got some that are much better than mine. Frank: I'm talking about the move-the-camera-during-long-exposures like Larry showed in his reply, though I've always liked trying to get a nice, centered spiral of lights.

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/12, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: If that's all it takes to make you give up and go home, you should probably take up a different hobby than photography. There are annoyances out there that will have you slitting your wrists. That last bit is photographing the cats. --

Re: The problem with modern camera design (plus cat photos)

2012-01-01 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: The problem with modern camera design (plus cat photos) Larry, that's pretty much what I was doing, though I think you got some that are much better than mine. Frank: I'm talking about the move-the-camera-during-long-exposures like Larry showed in his reply, though

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Rick Womer
Larry, those are great.  I especially like nos. 88 and 94. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 8:04 AM Subject: Re: The problem with modern camera

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Christine Aguila
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 8:04 AM Subject: Re: The problem with modern camera design On Jan 1, 2012, at 1:07 AM, John Celio wrote: Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2012 8:04 AM Subject: Re: The problem with modern camera design On Jan 1, 2012, at 1:07 AM, John Celio wrote: Earlier tonight I was having some fun photographing holiday lights when I realized something: now that pretty much all cameras have a much

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread John Celio
If that's all it takes to make you give up and go home, you should probably take up a different hobby than photography. There are annoyances out there that will have you slitting your wrists. I didn't give up and go home because of that. It was friggin' cold and I was feeling crappy because my

Re: The problem with modern camera design

2012-01-01 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 1, 2012, at 7:01 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Larry, those are great. I especially like nos. 88 and 94. Thanks a bunch. I was visiting friends tonight, they had holiday lights up, the set is now a bit bigger. The thing that I find these photos good for is computer or smartphone wall