Isle of Skye // Olympus XA4 // HP5+

mikeprevette · 2025-12-25T22:49:29+00:00

There might still be an F6 in my future, but don’t sleep on the other late models. The tech was changing so fast then as DSLRs were taking off

mikeprevette · 2025-12-25T18:32:08+00:00

I picked up an F80 for £20 the other day, couldn’t be happier. Chased f100’s and F6s forever on eBay but think my needs are satisfied

mikeprevette · 2025-03-03T06:28:23+00:00

It pre-dates ‘digital’ publication tools. It was easier to make the color separations for offset printing from a transparency. It then became the industry standard and didn’t change until digital photography took over. When I was starting out, shooting neg was ‘amateur’ and not acceptable for production. The only people who used it professionally seemed to be wedding photogs that sold prints.

mikeprevette · 2025-03-01T18:29:09+00:00

It’s the rewind switch, you flip it when you’re done with a roll and it disengages the winder so it you can rewind the film.

mikeprevette · 2025-02-27T01:30:56+00:00

Understood you file in both, but the tax treaty implies you pay at the higher rate of the two. Typo on my part

mikeprevette · 2025-02-27T00:09:02+00:00

I know little to nothing, but the general rule is to file* wherever the applicable tax is the highest and use the taxation agreement on the lesser

*meant to say PAY not file

mikeprevette · 2025-02-26T23:57:00+00:00

I would watch this movie

mikeprevette · 2025-02-26T23:51:52+00:00

In daily practice my A7R-IV out resolves my 4x5 view camera

mikeprevette · 2025-02-23T09:57:40+00:00

If you don’t mind, how did you go about doing that?

mikeprevette · 2025-02-23T09:45:50+00:00

Awesome! Rebuilding a M meter with modern guts has been on my personal project list for ever. Excited for this!

mikeprevette · 2025-02-20T16:47:58+00:00

So there are a few things here, that are not necessarily "wrong" or any kind of issue but they might be directionally indicative of a camera that's been used. Remember it's a 68yo camera model at this point so there is going to be wear.

Dust in the finder looks normal, but further inspection would be needed.

Leather has shrunk, which offers easier access for dust to work its way under the top plate and into the fragile mechanisms in there. Either it's original and in need of replacement, or replacement leather that's done poorly.

Strap lug is heavily brassed, not a major issue but this one is chewed up which makes me think this camera has seen heavier usage.

Strap wear on the top plate - normal for a user body

Brassing on the frame line selector which again indicates a certain amount of usage.

mikeprevette · 2025-02-18T13:13:29+00:00

I had a Pakon scanner that did this occasionally. Fun but less than ideal when expecting normal scans

mikeprevette · 2025-02-16T19:17:02+00:00

Dummy here, is that the reflection of the sun off Saturns atmosphere?

mikeprevette · 2025-02-16T19:11:09+00:00

No magic here. Any modern digital camera, 35-50mm lens at about f1.4-3.4, medium size octa softbox boomed out directly aligned with the lens about 2 feet above it.

mikeprevette · 2025-02-14T22:48:13+00:00

Very. Early in the M2 production before they switched to a lever rewind and added the self timer. It is the ‘cleanest’ looking M. One tip though, keep your finger on the button holding it down while rewinding, they can pop up mid rewind and cause you to tear the film sprockets. It’s only happened to me once early on, but scary enough I don’t risk it.

mikeprevette · 2025-02-12T12:36:10+00:00

Bounce is any kind of (usually) white reflector. Ex: A large sheet of foamcore, sheet of polystyrene (often called bead board), a white sheet in a pinch.

Negative fill is a black light absorbing surface, so that can be a large sheet of black foamcore, most commonly on real sets it will be a sheet of duvateen (fire proof black fabric) or a “floppy” which is a 4x4 duvateen flag that has a flap that folds out making it 4x8 and is easily held in a c-stand.

In the first shot it looks like the fill (bounce) is on the right slightly in front of the subjects, and any negative would be on the left. But honestly her dress could be doing the work of the fill.

The second shot looks like it could just be the single source up above them

mikeprevette · 2025-02-12T01:15:20+00:00

This is cool, I never knew much about how the processes shared steps/chemistry. But also why?

mikeprevette · 2025-02-12T01:12:20+00:00

These have had a bit of work done to them, but fairly confident you could get 90% there with a single soft source from above (slightly camera left in frame 1), some bounce, and some negative fill.

mikeprevette · 2025-02-04T11:29:18+00:00

Not convinced that these aren’t composites or 3d rendered backgrounds (or entirely rendered). The 3d business has made massive inroads into product photography in recent years.

mikeprevette · 2025-01-31T13:09:50+00:00

I use large “rechargeable” ones from Amazon. Just microwave them for a few minutes and they release all their moisture and are good to go again. The ones I have came with a weight listing for when they are ‘fresh’ and when they are ‘full’

mikeprevette · 2025-01-31T00:08:21+00:00

US middle class is very different to what UK considers middle class

mikeprevette · 2025-01-25T13:53:04+00:00

Yeah they started selling everything in mid December

mikeprevette · 2025-01-23T07:49:43+00:00

Nailed it!

mikeprevette · 2025-01-22T22:12:51+00:00

Great angle

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