Comments on: Camera obsessing http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/ "To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart." - Wendell Berry Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jeffy http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-14 jeffy Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:57:50 +0000 http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-14 The principal assault was between this one and this one and I can’t see much difference between those two. I’m pretty sure the ones you pointed to appear shifted due to cropping.

]]> By: Dan L http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-11 Dan L Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:02:38 +0000 http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-11 You moved the smudge by banging on your
camera?! Apparently yes.
When did you assault this camera?
Here’s another smudge.
And another.

It definitely appears in two locations, this
smudge. Perhaps it is on the infrared filter
that most digital cameras incorporate, and that
is what had been damaged and then dislodged.

]]> By: jeffy http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-8 jeffy Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:23:09 +0000 http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-8 Thanks, Dan. The smudge could be sunburn, I hadn’t thought of that. I thought I’d affected its location and intensity slightly by smacking the side of the camera, but that might have been wishful thinking cause it seems pretty consistent in the pictures.

Becky’s cheap Kodak Z730 has one of those Schneider-Kreuznach lenses, and it’s nice. Probably more lens than the rest of the camera really deserves ;-)

Ah, film. I’ve got a Minolta X-370 body (old MD mount) with three prime lenses that I inherited from my dad (thanks, Dad!) when he upgraded to a zoom: a 28mm/f2.8, a 50mm/f1.7, and a 135mm/f2.8. I guess I could buy a lot of film and processing for the few thousand (at least) I’d have to spend to get something comparable to that setup in a DSLR.

None of this helps me decide on a new point-and-shoot, though. Sigh.

]]> By: Dan L http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-7 Dan L Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:11:00 +0000 http://tomecat.com/madtimes/index.php/2006/12/08/camera-obsessing/#comment-7 I checked your flickr photos for the “smudge” on
the image sensor. It’s odd. It’s too diffuse to
be dust, and too sharp to be something on your
lens. I didn’t notice it in any pictures before
your trip to the (phillipines,
and another.
Oops. wrong.

Have you ever pointed this camera at a scene
that placed the sun at that location? Googling
around shows some possibility of damage, and
the smudge is about the right size for a sun.

That Vario-Elmarit is droolworthy. I start to
salivate when I see the Schneider-Kreuznach
Variogons on the Kodak compact cameras.

I think the DSLR is actually most useful to
people that have a bunch of lenses already. If
you don’t have the lenses and still want the
exposure control, perhaps a film based camera
with a lens (a pentax k1000 with F2 lens
goes for between 50 and 80 bucks on ebay)
could help you decide. Less obsessing, but
more processing :-)

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