Depth of Field, Piece of Cake.

Thank God there is autofocus! Theory of depth of field from a Rollei Slr Manual.

The Case of the Fraudulent Photo.

Announcement of a serie from the British Television, Geoffrey Marland & T.W. Greer.

Projection Distance

There are some silly rules and mathematics in photography, here is a theoric base for setting up the distance for projection, as can be used for exhibition and flatscreen.

If L is the wideness of the projected area, then the first viewers has to sit at 3 times this measurement and the last one at 4,5 times this distance.

Not practical, cannot be used in cinemas and I think when I play the last version of my favorite killing game on my Playstation 3 on my 42 inch flatscreen, I would be complete out of the game.

Faulty Chinese or English to French in Instruction Manual

I know, when you aren't french born, this language is very difficult to learn. But this manual, from the Hong-Kong made Comax, has broken some records : 41 french grammatical mistakes. Maybe it was made in times that the spellchecker didn't exist, or the chinese/english keyboard didn't had the french accents...

Faulty M39 Jupiter 11 on Leica IIIc

I found this beauty on a fleamarket in Ostend, Belgium. The price was 60 Euro. Nothing wrong with the Jupiter 11, the Leica IIIc has a slow first curtain and a bit faulty slow speeds, but that's for later,... The strange thing is : this russian lens was made for a the early Zenit's with a M39 fitting before the got the M42 lensfitting. This lens works only at closer distance because the distance between film and lens is different between M39 and M42. So this combination only works for macro. Can you imagine the impossible work to get something macro sharp with this rangefindercombination! Anyway good lens, good camera, good price, happy me!

Pandemic E-coli Camera.

Due to the epidemy of e-coli in Europe, I highly recommend to decontaminate this camera before use!

Parallax error in photography

Parallax error can be seen when taking photos with many types of cameras, such as twin-lens reflex cameras and those including viewfinders (such as rangefinder cameras). In such cameras, the eye sees the subject through different optics (the viewfinder, or a second lens) than the one through which the photo is taken. As the viewfinder is often found above the lens of the camera, photos with parallax error are often slightly lower than intended, the classic example being the image of person with his or her head cropped off. This problem is addressed in single-lens reflex cameras, in which the viewfinder sees through the same lens through which the photo is taken (with the aid of a movable mirror), thus avoiding parallax error.(Source Wikipedia)

How to commit suicide with a Rolleiflex.

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Animal Cruelty : Salvador Dali.

From the famous picture : Dali Atomius, Philippe Halsman 1948. Here is a serie of shots during the studiosession. The idea of the picture is to create a methaphysical and surrealstic shot by shooting floating items as a way of creativity for the artist Salvador Dali. To compose a shot like this, three of picturial elements has to be "flying" : Salvador Dali himself, water, and ...cats. On the last one you can even see 3 of this poor animals. Imagine some studiocrew with some cats in their hands waiting for the signal to throw them in the air. Maybe these cats where drugged to death, you can throw them once, maybe twice, but the third time this animal will become wild as hell, and probably these cats were soaked aswell. Poor cat or poor studiocrew...

Photographic Equipment from Burma.

This ad, dates 1952 and comes from The Almanach of British Photography. I wonder if the shop, or street, or if mister Ahuja is still alive... If perhaps his son or daughter is, he or she probably sell the same stuff from 69 year ago..., and they were already since 1916 a company!

The King Of Thailand loves photography.

Bhumibol Adulyadej, born 5 December 1927, is the current King of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX. Having reigned since 9 June 1946, he is the world's longest-serving current head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history

Bhumibol is a painter, musician, photographer, author and translator.

During offial visits he is often see using a camera, shooting the ceremony for personal souvenirs.

There is even a Museum about his passion of photography :

His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Royal Photography Museum I.

The museum of the photographs taken by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej consists of two buildings situated north of Vimanmek Mansion. They were originally constructed by the royal command of King Rama V for HRH Princess Arunwadi and HRH Princess Bussabun Buaphan.

At present both former royal residences house displays of photographs taken by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The King, a lifelong camera enthusiast, has graciously permitted the display of some works from his personal collection. Many of His Majesty the King’s photographs reflect hidden interesting philosophical thoughts.

The King’s photographs can be categorized into several groups. There are family photographs of Her Majesty the Queen and those of the royal children, the Prince and the Princesses. These are also photographs of royal ceremonies, photographs of the Ramakien scenes from the corridors of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and photographs of his subjects, villages, towns, and cities and natural wonders in the Kingdom. Also, he has taken photographs which have been useful for the development of the country such as photographs of interesting landscapes; photographs showing appropriate locations for dams, reservoirs and dykes; photographs of villages and their surroundings and of transportation routes. These photographs were taken on land, from the air in airplanes or helicopters. They have been used to help him plan various development projects in the Kingdom, particularly in rural areas. Upon completion of those projects, he sometimes took photographs of the officials involved with the projects.

Blueprints for the Lomographic Rocket Sprocket

Shameless as can be Lomography, did it again.

A counterfeit is an imitation, usually one that is made with the intent of fraudulently passing it off as genuine. Counterfeit products are often produced with the intent to take advantage of the superior value of the imitated product. The word counterfeit frequently describes both the forgeries of currency and documents, as well as the imitations of works of art, clothing, software, pharmaceuticals, watches, electronics and company logos and brands. In the case of goods, it results in patent infringement or trademark infringement. (Source Wikipedia)

(Source Pictures : Mc Keown's Cameras)

Olympus XA Eurovision Belgium 1980.

In 1980 Telex's manager asked the group to enter the Eurovision Song Contest. The group entered and were eventually sent to the finals, although it apparently hoped to come in last: "We had hoped to finish last, but Portugal decided otherwise. The group's song "Euro-Vision" was a cheerful bleepy song with deliberately banal lyrics about the contest itself. The Eurovision audience seemed unsure how to react to the performance, and after the band stopped playing, there was mostly stunned silence, with scattered polite applause; Michel Moers took a photograph with an Olympus XA of the bewildered audience. The band walked off amid sounds of muttering. A mark of the confusion caused by the performance was when vote-counting began, and Greece awarded Belgium three points, the announcer thought she had misheard and tried to award the points to the Netherlands.

(Source Wikipedia)

Free Camera : Dirkon.

The Dirkon is a paper camera kit that was first published in 1979 in the Communist Czechoslovakian magazine ABC mladých techniků a přírodovědců [translated as An ABC of Young Technicians and Natural Scientists]. The pattern was created by Martin Pilný, Mirek Kolár, and Richard Vyškovský.

The name Dirkon is a play on words based on the combination of the parts of two words: Dirk- is the beginning of the Czech word dírka (pinhole), and -kon is the end of the name of the well-known Japanese camera, Nikon.

Free download : http://www.pinhole.cz/downloads/dirkon_en.pdf

Penélope Cruz knows how to choose a camera.

Still from the movie "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", Woody Allen, 2008.

Nazi Tourist.

Ostend, Belgium has always been a major recreational and touristic city. Since more then a century it's an attractive place to enjoy the Northsea. Hotels and second residences are everywhere in the city. Around 70 years ago, the tourist industry was booming due to organised citytrips by our german neighbours. And guess what their favorite camera was...

Picture taken in the Atlantikwall-museum, Ostend, Belgium.

Crackeled Leatherette.

Vintage photographic equipment has one major problem, in many case the leatherette doesn't appreciate the years as much. From my personal experience and collection, I have to say that the skin of the Yashica's slr are worse : they become sticky, loose and dusty. There are some resellers that provides new skin as replacement for your beloved cameras. And if those flashy reskinneds are not tasty enough try yourself!

http://www.skinit.com/
http://www.skinslove.com/index.php/cPath/145
http://www.petapixel.com/2010/12/17/cobra-skin-camera-body-covering/

This Leica M6 rather needs new plaster!

Perversion.

From Frans Naeff's book "Photography", about the use of photographic equipment. Is this a subliminal lineout about light measurement of a subject... I do not really know what the drawing meant to be, or is this book made for a forbidden audience? Or maybe it's me who has a distored mind?

Radioactive Leica M8.

Here is an explaination about the infamous radioactive Industar :

cameras.alfredklomp.com/fed5/radiation/

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My personal contribution for 2 may 2011.