Maxxum AF 50mm F1.7, Analog Diary, Ominous

Film photography favorites, image making with a Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm F1,7, ominous evening clouds.

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I am still in the 'getting the feel' relationship with the Minolta Maxxum 7 here, with the Maxxum AF 50mm 1:1.7, as I did in an earlier post, but has not gone far beyond the stage, except for the opportunity to grab these images of a bank of ominous clouds that seems to be threatening mine and surrounding areas. As my normal practice, the images were post-processed on Olympus Viewer 3 (OV3) with final print sharpening done on Google NIK Sharpener Pro 3.

Mentioned as a whale of a camera, the film-based SLR Maxxum 7 (or Alpha 7 in Japan and Dynax 7 in Europe) is perhaps one of the best of Minolta's A-mount autofocus film cameras one could get. The camera has a shutter speed range from 30 seconds to 1/8000 second, plus Bulb, flash sync speed at 1/200th of a second, eye-start automatic focus, multifunction LCD data screen, LCD navigation panel, full PASM shooting, three metering modes, exposure compensation, AE lock, continuous shooting at up to 4 frames per second, unlimited multiple exposures, self-timer, DX and user-selectable ISO control, and more.

Minolta Maxxum 7, Maxxum AF 50mm 1:1.7

The camera was easy to get started with, feels great in your hands, and autofocus is fast and accurate, with the ample handgrip that makes one-handed operation smooth and easy. Metering seems flawless, with the equally lightweight Maxxum AF 50mm 1:1.7 RS working well in tandem. So much more to talk about here, but beyond this scratch on the surface, I still have a long way to go to really realize the full potential of the camera. Let's hope that is not too long in coming.

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Nokia Lumia 720, Mobile Photography, Seats Are All Yours

Nokia Lumia 720

Image making with a Nokia Lumia 720, the seats are all yours, you may pick and choose as you, please.

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It is a fact that using the camera on your phone is very cool and convenient. The phone is always with you and you do carry it around all the time. When it comes to taking images or capturing the moment, the process is simple and straightforward. Much like the point-and-shoot cameras of the past, it only needs a simple touch of a button to record the scene and the image is saved automatically in the phone's memory.

An advantage to you is that phone cameras are mostly, if not completely, automated. Even if you are not a trained photographer, using a camera phone is a good choice to start your interest in photography because it does not require any special training on your part. Once you learn the easy editing tools that are available as part of the phone apps and how to post the image on Instagram you’re all set to be a member of the worldwide photographic community.

On the other hand, you may be the owner of a consumer-grade smartphone that is a millennium year old and is only fitted with a camera app that you cannot do little in terms of in-camera settings or exposure adjustments. What can you do to get these images post-processed? No worries here, just have the images transferred and post-processed on the desk- or laptop system which has been installed with image management and post-processing apps that are free to download and install.

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Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.7, Lens Test, The Crowd

Legacy Lens Test: Image making with a Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.7, down by the lake, catching the crowd at the fishing tournament.

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Crowds are always a colorful lot, be they both participants, or spectators, and in this case a local fishing tournament at a local lake. The crowd is located in small to medium-sized groups evenly distributed around the perimeter of the lake, which is more than a kilometer in length.

Olympus PEN EP-5, Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.7

Images were captured on the Olympus E-P5 mounted with a Minolta MD 50mm 1:1.7 manual focus legacy lens. Post-processing for these color images was first done on Olympus Viewer 3 (OV3) with Auto Tone Correction, Brightness & Contrast, Gamma correction, and Highlight & Shadow Control. Print Sharpening was done on Google NIK Sharpener Pro3. I also did an earlier post on this event, with images converted to black and white, which I reckon came out quite as well.

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Konica C35 Automatic, Analog Diary, Dream

Film photography favorites, image making with a Konica C35 Automatic, with images post-processed with a soft-focus effect.

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A dream, based on what one may find on the Net, 'is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep,' whose content and purpose are not yet fully understood, and in most cases, are forgotten by the time one gets out of bed.

Konica C35 Automatic, Google NIK Dfine2

Yes, according to Deirdre Barrett, author of The Committee of Sleep, dreams are notoriously difficult to recall, and if a dream ends before we wake up, we will not remember it.

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