PHOTOGS ... Opie, Merock, Blimp, 600#er, Criz, etc ..

[Cardboard_Dog]

Just scored a camara bag full of shtuff. Spirotone slide duplicator, Canon 55 MM lens, Canon 35-105mm lens, Tamron tele-converter, Sigma Macro 70-300mm lens and an old timey EOS 630 SLR film .. oh and a 28 mm lens



Please tell me how awesome this is and I will gladly tell you how much i payed for it.

[600#gorilla]

if the glass is all at 2.8, and it works on a digital camera you've got something.

if not you'll need to have the old school skills to pay the bills.........which hardly anybody does anymore.

i used to be able to do that stuff - but to be competitive - you kinda have to be able to see what you've just shot and then immediately try to improve on it.

sold all my old film shit and bought a guitar.

[zirc]

always move the camera when taking a picture.

[Cardboard_Dog]

if the glass is all at 2.8, and it works on a digital camera you've got something.

....

sold all my old film shit and bought a guitar.

Thats actually why I bought everything. As far as I know old school SLR lenses are still compatable with the new Canon digitals sooo .. I was psyched immediately. After I bought it and found the EOS 630 body I was even more psyched.


I hope the guitar was worth it. I may be frugal in many areas of my life but i probably have about 9 or 10 grand invested in my instruments including 2 Martins and 2 American Fenders .. Strat and a Tele.

[600#gorilla]

i was hoping to get a new squier double bound sunburst tele with the mint pick guard, but when i played my slightly used epiphone es-175 in the store - i decided i couldn't wait for those teles to come in.

blues power.

[blimp]

I just got myself a B.C. Rich WARLOCK for $60 on craigslist.

[Bug]

SLR Film cameras are to 2010 what typewriters were to 1992. Found cheaply at garage sales everywhere. You could buy gorgeous Ollivetti's n shit for $10.

[efff]

opie, merock, blimp, and 600#er should all be bullshit that you included criz in a list of "photogs"...just sayin'

[blimp]

i'm wondering why i'm included too, mine are mostly cell phone pix.

[dm]

If I were Sundowner, I'd be pissed. That dude has skills.

[Ikefromla]

no joke. criz? inclusion dab.

[Cardboard_Dog]

I think that Criz's blurry cell phone style pics are very avante garde.

[Cardboard_Dog]

SLR Film cameras are to 2010 what typewriters were to 1992. Found cheaply at garage sales everywhere. You could buy gorgeous Ollivetti's n shit for $10.

I bought it for the lenses not for the camara but yeah .. I love garage sales. My mother used to work for Olivetti.

I bought a 71' or 72' Ampeg VT 22 at a yard sale. It was like the first year they made the VT's and it could shake the goddamned windows at half volume. Only A tube amp has that kind of raw power. Unfortunately my amp tech's helper left the speaker unplugged when he turned the amp on and ran a signal through it blowing the amp. The next amp i bought was a Sundown, an old boutique line from the 80's, and when the guy who sold it too me heard of my VT troubles, gave me a card that said Dennis Kager on it .. he's an Amp tech. And he designed, built, and owned the Sundown amp co. Ironically he also designed and Built Ampegs V series amps in the 60's and 70's. Turns out he's a really nice dude and has alot of wicked old tube amps.

True story.

[Ikefromla]

my dad would be really impressed.

[Cardboard_Dog]

he like old tube amps? or is he just old and easily impressed ..

[Ikefromla]

he likes old tube amps. i find it hard to pay attention to his rambling about them, or basically anything except the drugs and alcohol he "had" to give up.

[600#gorilla]

If I were Sundowner, I'd be pissed. That dude has skills.

no doubt.

not real friendly, but pretty good at taking those shallow depth of field, portrait type photos.

what ever happened to that guy?

[evil temptress]

Not friendly? Have you met the guy?

[600#gorilla]

not friendly to me.

i reached out to the guy, told him i was a fan of his work, and he gave me the cold shoulder.

i guess all of us photo freaks are in competition with one another on some level.

or maybe it's the way i go about being a fan....

if i take your work seriously, and if you were to show me something that i thought didn't live up to your standard - i'm not going to tell you "oh, that looks great." i'll tell you what i honestly think because bullshitting you would be doing you a disservice as an artist.

when you're good - the last thing you need is fluffing.

constructive criticism - in those cases - is the greatest sign of respect.

[evil temptress]

Maybe you come across as a dick sometimes and people find it off-putting.