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Posts Tagged ‘equipment’

Let’s burn Ken Rockwell at the stake!

Ken Rockwell is the photographer that “real” photographers love to hate. Just consider a few of the things that have been written about him on the web recently: Ken Rockwell doesn’t color correct. He adjusts your world to match his. Ken Rockwell is a freaking moron. His writing skills are that of a 12 year [...]

New lens: Pentax 12-24/4

It arrived Monday from B&H. Haven’t had much time to play around with it, except to make sure that it actually takes pictures, but I wanted to replace the 10-22 that I had on my Canon 20D. Not too useful for hand colored photography, as it doesn’t attach to any of my film bodies (actually, [...]

Large format!

I bought this old Burke & James 4×5 view camera a few days ago from a starving student in Eugene. Film gear is sooooooooo cheap these days…. I have worked my way through just a few sheets of film so far, from a box of HP5+ that came with the camera, which also included film holders, dark [...]

Classic BKPIX: Photographers get asked a lot: “What kind of camera do you use?”

The camera is, beyond any doubt, the least important element in the making of any photograph – and by far the most discussed. Photographers argue equipment matters incessantly in a manner that would do medieval theology proud: Canon or Nikon? Hasselblad or Mamiya? Is a Tamron lens as sharp as a Sigma? How many angels [...]

Slow evening walk

I spent much of Sunday doing yet another website redesign; eventually, I suppose, I’ll get it right. I like the Flash slideshow and galleries in this one. I don’t like the silly red logo, but that’s easily fixed. What I really need to do now is settle down, stop playing with the web design, and [...]

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