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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Future of A mount July 19, 2021
    I'd wager it's the same plan as most of the other makers, perhaps even more extreme in this example. Jack up prices (a lot), to try to make up low sales in terms of value/profit. The problem with that is is drives many potential buyers away, frankly who would be crazy enough to pony up […]
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  • Alpha E-Mount system • Re: I am trying out the A6300 July 19, 2021
    One of the reasons I picked this up was to do reviews, this one just came in from TTArtisan, the 7.5mm fisheye F2.0 lens. Also has a screw in filter ND1000 at the back of the lens. Initial impressions surprisingly good even at F2 (subject to DOF being enough)As for the A6300, my thoughts are […]
    bfitzgerald
  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Future of A mount July 18, 2021
    What on earth are Pentax playing at, the sales of these lenses are going to be very small, Its a brand that is struggling any way, I do not see the logic in direction Pentax are taking.Statistics: Posted by classiccameras — Sun Jul 18, 2021 10:56 pm
    classiccameras
  • Give it Your Best Shot • Re: Chihuly Museum and Garden July 15, 2021
    Chihuly Glass Garden.Statistics: Posted by sury — Thu Jul 15, 2021 10:54 pm
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  • Alpha A-mount System • Re: Future of A mount July 15, 2021
    Looks like lens prices are going into the outer atmosphere, just like Richard Branson!One wonders how sustainable the photo industry is, I know many makers said they were concentrating on higher margin products. This goes far beyond anything I would imagine, high prices = ever decreasing market...it's as if they have no new ideas just […]
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Frank’s a definite Alpha Male

By David Kilpatrick, on May 28th, 2013

We shall be sending Frank Doorhof one of our original and rare Alpha Male T-shirts, in black, though I’m not sure we have anything quite large enough to fit him – which goes for his personality too. He’s a great workshop presenter, overcoming technical problems by just cracking on with whatever will work best. At . . . → Read More: Frank’s a definite Alpha Male

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Alpha in the cathouse….

By David Kilpatrick, on January 17th, 2011

It was a photo-call too good to be missed. Shirley Kilpatrick reported for duty at Europe’s biggest brothel where fashion photographer Steve Thornton was staging a publicity stunt for California Sunbounce. Welcome to the House of the Rising Sunbounce, also known as Pascha.

The first person we saw in the empty corridors of the photokina . . . → Read More: Alpha in the cathouse….

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Tilt-shift with full frame DSLRs

By David Kilpatrick, on January 9th, 2009

After just a short while working with full frame, high resolution DSLRs the need for tilt lenses has really come home to me. Most lenses deliver their best results at fairly wide apertures like f8, it’s easy for detail to begin to look soft and lacking impact if you are forced to stop down to . . . → Read More: Tilt-shift with full frame DSLRs

7 comments - (Comments are closed)   Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Lenses - Alpha Mount, Photo Techniques, Studio   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Alpha Live View in the studio – solved!

By David Kilpatrick, on July 21st, 2008

One of the problems with the Alpha 350/300 is that the Live View is linked to the settings when you use Manual exposure. It provides a form of metering, a relatively accurate preview of under or over exposure. This makes it impossible to use Manual with studio flash (AC mains strobe) setups. Currently, there is . . . → Read More: Alpha Live View in the studio – solved!

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Studio light-table technique

By David Kilpatrick, on June 15th, 2007

YOU MAY want to learn exactly how I shoot the product photographs which appear in my own articles here at Photoclubalpha. I use a studio light table with an opal plexiglass transilluminated scoop. This is the method I have used now for over 25 years and it’s saved me a lot of time, and earned . . . → Read More: Studio light-table technique

One comment - (Comments are closed)   Accessories - Minolta/Sony, DK's ramblings, Equipment Reviews, Photo Techniques, Studio