Good match for my (modest) scanner
This snap of Farrah Fawcett just happens to have a tonal range that maps nicely to the capabilities of my Canon scanners: the crop fits pretty well, too. Wish I had used the Nikon or Leica for more of my pix in the 70s… then, again, naaahhhhh…
Another crop problem
This shot of Dee Dee Bridgewater shows the problem of trying to get square-format Hasselblad pix through an 8.5×14 scanner. It’s also difficult to place the original upside down on the scanner and get it accurately positioned for maximum image capture. Pic is much better as a square…
The crop problem
Both my older Canon Lide scanner and newer MPC530 multifunction device make relatively decent-quality scans, but the biggest crop area I can get is 8.5×14 inches - which results in losing image area as seen abbove. The original has black space on both sides of the light circle, and more room top and bottom. It’s […]
Lumix DMC FZ50 as copy cam
I’ve been pleased with the quality of the 10-MP pix that come from my Christmas present, a Lumix DMC FZ50. This is basically the same camera that Leica sells as the V-lux 1 for $1000. So, I set it up recently as a copy camera - using 20 bucks worth of clamps and reflectors […]
Copy cam vs. Scanner
Here’s a scan, a section of an 11×14-inch print done with a Canon Lide scanner. I can’t remember if I did any post-scan manipulation, but this strikes me as the quality you typically get from a decent (but not high-end) desktop scanner. Midtones are captured quite well, shadows are a little murky and highlights are […]
Photo fun
So, we’re hoping to recover a little of the ‘dark time’ that disappeared last weekend, with Linda in Chicago, and spend some time working on photography this weekend. One project is to get my 1970s portfolios online (in glorious black and white), which is also an experiment with Google apps. I’ll be building a micro-stock […]
Variables
So, having taken control of my steroid/edema situation, I’ve been very frustrated that, this week anyway, the plan wasn’t working. I’vr ramped down the steroides, which should make me stronger, but the reverse has been true this week.
Today, I got my latest blood test back and it shows unusually low platelet count. My oncology nurses […]
The hunt for Long Neck
Felt very lucky to get this - another shot of pretty graffitum Long Neck - from the train day before yesterday. The ‘baby bullet’ I ride is usually going around 60 MPH (I think), the train windows are’nt particularly clean mid week, and I’m shooting into the sun when headed south to San Jose. […]
In the kingdom of RTFM
Yesterday I blogged about the frustration when a fella finds himself in ill-defined territory, at least from a RTFM perspective. So it’s nice to have spaces where you can be organized and more or less in control. Dotcom Garden is, pour moi, one such space, and ongoing tinkering with the systems and organization of my […]
Blogging your body
Well, us nerdy guys, you, know, the RTFM set, figure that, if you give me the manual, I can figure anything out. One little problem I have at the moment is that my body didn’t come with a manual (although the 13 drugs I’m on are heavily documented), so I’m kind of figuring out things […]
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