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Nikons and Nikonos

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Posted on March 18, 2001 at 09:26:13
Jim Willis


 
Just curious if any of y'all are underwater photography nuts. It's one of my particular fetishes, and I have a heap o' Nikons that I use. Mainly Nikonos IV-As and Vs, and FAs in housings with MD-12s.

 

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Re: Nikons and Nikonos, posted on March 19, 2001 at 10:23:40
SR
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 I've always wished I could,but havn't. I love snorkeling but have a health issue that makes scuba a bad idea. I looked at used Nikonos before a trip to Cozumel but just couldn't justify the cash for surface pictures. Kodak makes a disposable rated to 3 meters (if memory serves) I decided to settle. Got some nice pictures with it but mostly too dark and too flat. How do the Nikonos preform as surface cameras ?


Steve

 

Re: Basically....., posted on March 20, 2001 at 11:44:16
Jim Willis


 
The Nikonos V is like tying a brick to a point-and-shoot as far as surface shots go. The standard 35 mm lens is pretty crappy and gives flat flat flat images in and out of the water. And it's heavy. The only thing I ever use the 35 for is UW macro, where it performs quite well. (I only use it at night - during the day I use a housed system for macro.) Of you want decent UW shots with the Nikonos other than macro, you've gotta use the 15 or 20 mm lenses. These, with finder, end up being more than the body.


 

Re: Nikons and Nikonos, posted on March 23, 2001 at 12:16:47
Mike B.


 
I own and have owned a number of Nikon cameras and lenses. I don't dive so no Nikonos. I mention lenses because in my experience, their fixed focal length lenses are the best I have ever used. This comes from darkroom experience and dealing with large blowups.

 

Re: Nikons and Nikonos, posted on March 23, 2001 at 19:01:07
Des
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 Gidday Jim-- I'm a bit of a camera nut(blimey that and Audio,no wonder I'm so poor!)and dive a lot--have NikV's and RS's and for top water two Hasselblad outfits-- I kinda like the medium format on land.My prefererred film for both under and top water is Kodak EV100s. I use G4 and PhotoShop to print.

Not much in my 15 mins of fame dept,except I invented the adaptor that Hasselblad now use for enclosing their circular Polariser in the Pro-Shade--it enables the filter to be rotated within the mattbox, plus I was the first to get them to recess the old Polaroid100 back when it would'nt fit on the earlySWC's--I just filed it down!

Good Shooting,

Des

 

Photoshop, posted on March 24, 2001 at 23:21:50
R B
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 Gday Des Can you tell me what tools in photoshop that you use the most? I know it would depend on the photo, but are there tools like unsharp mask that you find you use a lot?

regards rod

 

Re: Photoshop, posted on March 25, 2001 at 01:37:41
Des
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 Hi there Rod---well Photoshop can supply almost any solution for digital manipulation of scanned material--most of my usage relates to finished prints for display,or to CD for print media from 35mm and 120mm transparencies.

When the scanned item opens in P/S,after sizing/correct resolution setting etc,mytools of preference--usually in this order would be:
Levels
Color bal
Curves
Hue/Sat
All on adjustment layers of course --so I can rectify or eliminate if necessary separately.
You only use the Unsharp mask as the final move,(don't overdo it!)and only after flattening the finished image.
Understanding all of P/S is a bit like translating the Koran into Swahili--so patience is an absolute must!
To fully get a handle on the system,I can suggest getting Classroom in a Book from Adobe,and the Photoshop Bible by Deke McClelland.
Just practice,practice,practise!!

Best,
Des

 

Thanks Des, posted on March 26, 2001 at 08:13:33
R B
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 Gday Des, I will have to learn more about this beast (Photoshop). The first lot of slides I scanned in I tried image, adjust, auto levels. Which seemed to improve the look of the image, I was impressed then the unsharp mask & I couldn't believe how good the image looked. I was madly printing out the best of my slides & sticking them on the fridge where I could see them. After a couple of weeks it occurred to me that all the different pictures had lost there feel, they all looked too Technicolor, too sharp. I will have to learn more of the manual controls to keep the original feel of the shot as intended when I took them.

regards rod

 

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