Comments for Steve Long Photography

Comment on Fujifilm Velvia 50 Review by totalmotard

totalmotard — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:30:02 +0000

The lens and camera will make a small difference. The lens on the Nikon has a bit more contrast, but not much. Most of the difference you see is from the emulsion of the film. The $5 Minolta point & shoot does a pretty good job.

Comment on Fujifilm Velvia 50 Review by Adam

Adam — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:28:43 +0000

Wow, in comparison the Velvia film colors are far superior to the Kodak, especially the reds and yellows. How much influence do you think the difference in camera lens had in the outcome?

Comment on Scenes from parks by Adam

Adam — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:16:04 +0000

You are right, STL is truly blessed with some amazing parks and Autumn is the best time of year to appreciate them.

Beautiful photos!

Comment on Pentax PC35AF by Sven

Sven — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:51:09 +0000

I have one of these in my small collection of cameras. Of course they’re not perfect, no camera ever is, and these were cheap(ish) consumer units, ment to last a couple of years before being replaced by the latest whiz-bang-wallop. They were never ment to turn you into an instant David Bailey. Stored for years not a few won’t work properly due to surface corrosion, cheap wiring, bad soldered joints etc., not to mention being full of dust and fluff.

So do as I do, buy cheap (2 bucks) and JUST USE IT (to paraphrase Apple). I always put in new batteries and leave the unit on for a few days, to ‘awaken’ the electronics before using, checking the auto stuff, motors etc, using an old film cassette to check the auto-loading and winding. The day they stop working carefully disassemble them and try to fix them. As said, corrosion is the usual culprit. Clean the corrosion and change the wiring (they always use inferior quality wiring to save money) checking the soldering as you go. Lubricants: only specialist lubricants can be used on plastics, but I find simple American-made ArmorAll works well. Soak gears and such for a few days in ArmorAll. Tiring work, but very rewarding when a camera comes back to life. I use a large cardboard box with 2 holes in it for my arms, with a plexiglass cover and lights all over, so bits don’t fly all over the place, never to be seen again, and put bits in small plastic containers with lids (kids, y’know!) If it doesn’t work, keep everything as spares …and move on to the next camera.

I always have one of my point-an’-shoots with me, ‘just in case’, even when I take one of my SLR’s. My favourites? The bog-simple Hanimex 35SP, with a rather good Hanimar 38mm 1.4 lens, the 2 AAA’s are merely for the lightmeter and flash, all else is manual, and the full-auto Rikoh FF3-af.

Remember, the best camera in the world is the one in your hand, loaded with film and ready to use.

Comment on Pentax PC35AF by Adam

Adam — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:31:38 +0000

R.I.P., little Pentax!

Comment on Bruce Nall by Adam

Adam — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:49:47 +0000

RIP

Comment on What use is God? by totalmotard

totalmotard — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:49:05 +0000

Yes, there is no self-interest in love and God must be without self-interest since he is eternal. Joy is the reaction we have when we love. Love is what we give others and we recognize it as joy in our self.

Comment on What use is God? by Adam

Adam — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:06:27 +0000

Do you feel consciousness is recognized as joy & love because the ideals of both are unconditional?