Toronto Photography Meetup Group

yes, from Paris..

1953 Zeiss Contax 50mm
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a bunch from Paris... all shot with a Canon 50/1.5 LTM on a M3 using Acros 100 or TriX except the second to last which was taken with a Ricoh GRD digital P&S

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Yeah, so I definitely go to school with that guy. How small is Toronto?!

And now, here is my contribution:


Festival d'

Classic TPMG Party - like 3 years ago...

Hey these are all true candid shots no one knew i was taking these.

Here are some from the Bike Show this past weekend:

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Zeiss Contax IIIa 50mm f1.5 Tri-X 400 pushed to ISO 800

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Addiction
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Crumpler Guy
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The Embrace
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These Boots Were Made For Walking
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that person sticking out their tongue to catch the snow... gold!

my humble entries
was taken from inside the burger place at ashbridges


at an event at thousand islands (posted before in critique)


kennsington

One of my favourite pictures (that I took, that is):

I wouldn't call that a candid.

That's because she didn't come and conk *you* on the head afterwards

that's grain, baby!!!

thanks mondo... i was going to say something but decided not to.. glad you did though ;P

Noise is a digital concept.

yup, it may just be semantics, since both words describe someting visually similar, but general consensus is film grain = good and digital noise = bad.

film shooters can identify certain brands and types' "personality" from their unique grain patterns, colour warmth and tonality.

as a digital shooter, i do go out of my way to simulate grain by adding noise in different ways, finding that a good grain pattern adds just the right mood to a shot.

now, back to our regularly scheduled program...

Mondo it's always a delight to see your regular scheduled program.

1953 Zeiss Contax IIIa 50mm f1.5 maybe shot at f2.8 film was TriX400 pushed to 800 complete with film grain/noise

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This thread is actually a great example of the analog vs. digital look. Take a look at the grittier feel of the posted images by film shooters on this page - Burlap, Metrix and Ken - and compare them to the smoothness (and sometimes jpeg artifacting) of the digital shots.

While preference is subjective, there is a difference. I prefer a grainier look and go out of my way to reduce the digital in-camera noise and lay in a noise pattern that I like better in PS.

Film is actually made up of tiny grains of light-sensitive silver-halide suspended in an emulsion. Depending on the film, processing and exposure these grains can be visible in the final image (Under some circumstances, particularly under-exposure and over-development aka 'pushing' they will clump into larger grains). Certain films, especially Tri-X and HP5+ have very pleasing grain patterns.

Luminance noise can mimic grain to a large extent, although its a regularly distributed pattern rather than a randomly distributed pattern like grain. Chroma (colour) noise is the 'ugly' noise that most people object to with digital. Minimizing Chroma noise while allowing some luminance noise to come through is how Nikon and Pentax get the rather film-like look from their recent DSLR's.

From the medium format walk

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Some candid from a recent trip to Square One..

Witnessing hardwork at Johnny Rockets..




Living healthy...

Took the $150 P&S out last week.

grain or noise....i prefer not to have either.