I can understand why one likes film. I find myself trying to "emulate" the feel of B&W film in PS far too often myself. Good to see some pros who haven't lost that magic despite their needs to publish fast. Really inspiring stuff on this web site, thanks for sharing your ideas.
Sep 04, 2008 2:22 PM
great stuff. xo ands & megs
Sep 03, 2008 9:21 AM
I love your page and photos :) join me please
Sep 02, 2008 8:44 AM
Hey that photo of the republican national convention is funny.
Aug 27, 2008 3:16 AM
thank you for coming the other night, it was great to see you!
xx
Aug 22, 2008 2:56 AM
Great photos! Really like the photos from the ioecho @ viper entry . Great stuff there!
Aug 19, 2008 4:46 AM
Hi Chris!! I'm finally back to Uber after my hard jobs far from home and the fast internet networks... I saw the street contest page and i hope i will be able to upload one of my "works"! in the last weeks I hanged out with my Yashica GSN with some Ilford rolls... now i'm waiting the prints delivery... and i hope to see some good stuff from them! Thank you very much for this contest! thanks to you and all the people that work in it! (sorry for my rude english)! Thanks!! Cheers!
Aug 12, 2008 10:21 PM
Either J has a twin or I ran into her in in downtown Boise Saturday night.
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Aug 05, 2008 3:42 PM
Hi Chris, just a little belated thanks for dropping by and commenting on my photos. Hope things are good in la-la land. ;)
Jul 31, 2008 2:08 AM
Hey Chris, I bumped into Mark when he was here in the Philippines. Handed him a couple tiny calling cards. Hope he gets to hand one to you. He said he'd probably see you next week. I might drop by December, maybe we can kick it then.
Jul 30, 2008 8:17 PM
i miss you!! i hope all's well. we just found out we'll be opening for Hot Chip Sept 21st in Los Angeles at the Wiltern. come!
xx
Jul 29, 2008 6:55 PM
hope everythings well and safe with you and yours, just caught the news about the quake.
Jul 29, 2008 3:15 PM
Hey bro, hope nothing too bad happened round yourself with the quake and shit.
Jul 24, 2008 11:10 PM
Thanks for stopping by my pages. Really means a lot to me. :)
Happy Friday Chris, It's Donato's foster daughter...he adopted her when she was 13 and now she's a bright 20 year old interning with Tarina. Really wonderful.
Hope you and the lovely lady are well! x
Jul 04, 2008 10:07 AM
Thanks for the informative and entertaining posts And well... oh yeah.. pictures too!
And for reviving the word "wanker".
desmond
Jun 26, 2008 7:01 AM
some of your photos really inspires me, & i appreciate what you do.
I'd love to just try it one day...I'm just very curious. Not that I would have any use for it but I can see people in fashion and advertising putting it to good use.
Posted by on September 23, 2008 5:55 PM
I think the appropriate term is "CILF," non?
Rich*****
Posted by on September 23, 2008 5:09 PM
im sticking with my 1DS maybe leicas next venture should be adapting their glass to other cameras (lol) especially the r lenses that have probably been sitting around for years id buy a 35 lux for my canon the second they introduced it. I KNOW you would too haha
Posted by on September 23, 2008 9:00 AM
Sorry, Chris...as ugly as it is to hold I've been told (by someone reputable) that an R10 is in the "conception/planning" stages. Obviously that's a far cry from production, but they are thinking of continuing a film SLR line.
i know they are "fully committed to the r-line." in that context they're idiots. i think they have a warehouse full of unsold lenses they need to move. ;)
I was just reading about the S2 over at the RRF (sorry) yesterday. Looks to be a very cool system. I was think ing that there will not be alot of demand for it either, given the cost of it. But you never know, It may very well be the next best think for all the studio pros out there.
Well you know how the RFF'er are. Pompas and insecure, at times ;)
I would think that those who are H3 devoties Will probably not but into the new S system leica. I know I would not if I allready had an invesment in the Hassy's.
But the rental houses just might pick it up as an added rental, some pros may want to try it out. Time will tell. I really think Leica should have taken a different approach though. May be a new digital M for starters.
it is indeed an incredibly sexy camera. the R8 was sexy too. just so... impractical in the first place, not to mention how impractical it got when 1Ds3 buried 35mm film forever.
to me, as a pixel peeper for a living (at least for now), i knew since a long time that i can recreate the look of any colour or b&w film with digital, but i can't recreate the amazing DR and lack of grain with any film. the medium format was the last big bastion of film and i thoroughly enjoy seeing it destroyed now that sensors larger or equal to 35mm frame get so abundant.
the very last bastion of film imho are the rangefinders. i always spat at rangefinders because i used the wrong ones. old russian ones. appaling to use. and providing not so great results. but when i first played with m7 and mp i knew that this will never die and will never be replaced by a compact digital camera...
i'm really ecstatic about the S-system. i will not buy it. maybe if i win a lottery, then yes, maybe. but i surely hope to use it, rent it. experience it. i always thought that although hassies provided awesome results, and so did mamiyas, their ergonomics were such that the camera was always an obstacle. a very fine but cumbersome tool. and i sincerely hope that the S-system is a nail in the coffin for mamiya and will also give hassy something to think about, with their giant impractical machinery.
the S-system, along with, hopefully, the MX format by Nikon (37 mp, 36x36mm) will give a bit of fresh air into modern photography...
anyway, so far i can't wait to put my hands on my own 5D mark II as soon as it appears on the shelves. till then i need to learn adobe premiere or something like that ;)
i dunno about burying film forever. i haven't seen a print from digital claiming to be one film stock or another that really looks like what i'm used to seeing from a real print from whatever film stock.
they're not exactly abundant, mate.
i'd be happy to have a full frame rangefinder! dunno if it would replace any of my m's but i'd be very happy to have one for sure.
like yourself i'm stoked leica has blazed a trail different from the clunkiness of the 'blads and mamiyas!
we'll see if nikon actually does that.
yep, i'm first on a certain list for that new mark 2! can't wait!!!!!
you know Chris, I bought one. But I told only Thorsten :) Now I had to tell you.
I hoped in a new DMR, full frame. Not that I'd buy one, but it would have kept R system afloat. To me, an R10 should still be film. And maybe a DR10 or a R10D for digi-boys. But for me the M8 should have been film... and the M8D or whatever. You know, I'm a purist.
Still, I'm happy they made a new Nocti and that it sin't some kind of "DX lens".
when nikon first annouced their really high shutter speeds they took a picture of an aircraft undercarriage.. landing hope they try some action shots then
I just read that Kodak released a new 50MP sensor that is going into the new Hassy. I think said going for 40k ... ohh there is also the new sony full frame coming soon let me know how it is if you get a chance to use it.
i wouldn't ever consider an actual sony-branded camera, though. i think the sensor will make it's way into a nikon since they don't make their own sensors.
Posted by Thorsten O... on September 22, 2008 9:01 PM
It's a super-interesting camera and concept, mostly because it's back to basic in the way that the qualities the M from 1908 introduced is in this one.
And you haven't been listening. This is the future S system, from which R10 and several other R cameras will arise. They might use both S and R lenses.
It's just different camera for different people. Forget Nikon and Canon. That's another story, another level in the evolution ;-)
And I'll get a real fondlers piece tomorrow. Only 200 made. It starts with an R.
i think it's great they're pushing the boundaries of what sensor size is contained in a dslr body. good for them. they blazed new territory back in the day with doubling the size of typical-for-the-era cine film and ... here's a leica. i would love it if they redefined the market hasselblad has pretty much locked up.
this camera won't be available for a while. i think depending on how it actually does in the market will dictate if you get to see a new beloved-but-irrelevant-when-it-hits r. ;)
the dmr is no evolution, mate. ;)
in the world i work in daily and the world you "dabble in" ... it's either nikon or canon with an editor pushing your material to be "first out" or you're dead. that's the world i live in for the most part.
200 made. um ... is it a commemorative danish royalty edition of something?
in gold?
you'll see they'll forget about the r. there are like 10 people in the world who own them. ;)
hope to see one of these added to your stable of fine tools mate. Interesting styling and I am surprised at how small the LCD screen is. The price is horrific though.
not anytime soon, mate. this would be something i'd either borrow or rent.
i was gonna say something about the lcd screen but ... they're still married to that extra-bottom attachment scheme. they want you to buy more shit. they couldn't have just incorporated that into the design thus giving themselves more space for a bigger screen. no, they want the eye surgeons to push an extra procedure so they can afford the booster or whatever the fuck it'll be.
Holy shit, that is one helluva camera, alright. I'm hoping I discover a long-lost relative of mine has bequeathed me their Leica collection! Until then, I've gotta do the living-vicariously thing.
I just caught up on a couple of your entries, and though it's belated -- I'm sorry to hear about your friends, too. That sucks in a way words can never come close to describing... all I can say is, I hope that they're able to return their lives and loved ones soon enough.
Checked out MGMT. Looks like another group skipping over Michigan altogether. Interesting stuff. Thanks for the heads-up. If I happen to run into Wanker by some sick chance, I'll be sure to kick him in the shin for you.
I was attempting to be semi-passive. I really dont know the guy.... but I have seen the pics he took of that poor baby... you're right... he deserves it. If you can hook me up with his whereabouts, I'll get right on it.
Posted by equivoque on September 22, 2008 10:29 PM
i was referring to the "honorable genre" the test shot, and how many are already salivating to photograph their salt shaker or whatever when they get their hands on one. ;-)
