huwevans
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This thread is for comments and discussion arising from September's FirstView pictures.
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Huw Evans.
  
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Zou
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So I've packed three cameras, plus Mrs Zou has the Mju Digital - what are the chances of getting decent enough weather?
The Nikon is loaded with Delta 400, the Pintax has Velvia 100, and I've two rolls of Provia 400X in the bag. I thought I had some slow films left over, but I must have used them all. I might have to see if I can find some Acros 100 between now and tomorrow, as the Pintax is 2/3 through my last roll of Velvia. I can't see it being worthwhile getting more slow colour film...
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Dave_Cox
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We were out at about 4:45 this morning, down to Brighton to photograph the marina at sunrise. Still to process the rest of the pics, but this is the first!
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geepee
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We were out at about 4:45 this morning,
There's dedication for you.   
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Dave_Cox
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Quote:
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We were out at about 4:45 this morning,
There's dedication for you.
Or stupidity.....
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Growing old disgracefully..!
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bench_ubbster
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How's this for stupidity. My missus wanted to go shopping, I said I would go with her as long as we could stop on the way back for me to take some pictures. I ended up getting stung for £40 at BHS  Could have been worse I 'spose 
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mike_j
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Does it suffer from the Pad of Death breakdown? That's a real pain to replace, I had to do it on my GTN
PoD
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Mr_Geoff
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Does it suffer from the Pad of Death breakdown? That's a real pain to replace, I had to do it on my GTN
PoD
Oooh, thanks for that info - I've read most of the Yashica guy's site but must have missed that bit. From the sound of it I'm ok (touch wood), but I know the limits of my skills & I'll get a professional to do it if/when it needs doing!
It's a really lovely camera to use, and even though I had a few frames fogged on my trial film, I've still got some good shots from the rest of the film.
Not bad for £4!
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Zou
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Looks great from here. The montage thing is nice even when things don't align perfectly.
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fabs
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I think it works well. Nice one Phil!
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Marc
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El Sid
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Mine's a bit sticky too. Suspect I'll be down to cleaning it out at some time....
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Nigel
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A camera in the hand is better than one in the cupboard........
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lisadb
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Oh drat! I completely forgot - my brain does usually switch off on Saturday mornings.  Lisa.
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Edited by lisadb (03/09/2007 22:26)
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huwevans
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Okay folks, the picture thread is now closed, but as usual it can be reopened later in the month for any latecomers - pm me.
Thanks to everyone who participated - I think we stopped the rot for the moment anyway. Obviously there are still five more months of the 2007 FirstView project to run - it would be nice if we could maintain a good level of participation through to the end, and of course whether we can realistically carry on with it and have a 2008 FirstView and beyond will depend on the continued support of forum members.
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Huw Evans.
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El Sid
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I wonder if the slight upswing is down to your inestimable cajoling or the fact that the 1st was a Saturday for a change......
For those of us with a fairly routine working life there's possibly a limit on what we can find of even vague interest to photograph after a while...
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Nigel
Completely BSRIPN
ElSid Gallery
A camera in the hand is better than one in the cupboard........
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huwevans
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But the whole point is that you're just supposed to photograph whatever you are doing on the day - not that you should find something interesting especially for FirstView. If you're doing something special you can photograph that, by all means, but if it's just a routine day, you photograph the routine. It's a pictorial diary of the forum members' activities. And if they're mundane, well, that's life!
I know there's a temptation to show the world what exotic and fascinating lives we lead, but unless that's the reality - and presumably for most of us it isn't - then it would only tend to invalidate the project. Granted, it's not meant to be some grand academically valid piece of research, but if all we do is contribute when we feel we have something particularly interesting to show, then what really is the point? These are forums for photography enthusiasts, so we post pictures like that anyway. FirstView is meant to be something different - a little piece of photographic social documentary, if you like.
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Huw Evans.
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TheFatControlleR
L'éminence Grise, Devil's Advocate & AP Fanboy!
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^What he said^
And, in addition, to my mind it should be straight out the camera, sans tweaks and fluffing... 
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And so, my fellow Benchists: ask not what your bench can do for you - ask what you can do for your bench... Ben Chism
Live fat, die young, and leave a self-basting corpse...
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El Sid
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But the whole point is that you're just supposed to photograph whatever you are doing on the day - not that you should find something interesting especially for FirstView. If you're doing something special you can photograph that, by all means, but if it's just a routine day, you photograph the routine. It's a pictorial diary of the forum members' activities. And if they're mundane, well, that's life!
But how many pictures of my work-station can you really stand.......
Though I grant it may be of minor documentary interest to observe the ebb and flow of the tidal wave of bumf and rubbish across it......
The point I was trying to make, badly I suspect, is that after a while you will have photographed pretty much all the routine stuff. Indeed the act of photographing your normal routine on the first of every month will itself start to feel routine; we know this often acts against enthusiasm and tends to lead to the "blow it, I can't be bothered" syndrome. This month I actually looked forward to First View if only for the fact that I whatever I photographed would be less humdrum than usual... I suspect I'm not alone...
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Nigel
Completely BSRIPN
ElSid Gallery
A camera in the hand is better than one in the cupboard........
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huwevans
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Point taken. As I say, I understand the temptation to avoid showing yet another shot of ordinary daily grind. It might be that we will have to take all this sort of thing into consideration when thinking about next year's forum activities - whether we can keep FirstView as it is, or whether we need to try something a bit different. Or even something totally unrelated to FirstView - we'll have to see. At the present I think I'll just be happy if we can keep interest and participation up high enough to see the year out in respectable fashion.
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Huw Evans.
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SUNSHINE
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Is this the first First~View with no untidy desk images?
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Seven..
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As usual I enjoyed looking through all the takes and I particularly like the ones 'off the cuff':)
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Tanya(NRIPN)
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