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Je viens juste de lire la triste experience d'une personne qui essayait d'acheter un 5D chez PriceRitePhoto ... J'essaye de faire de mon mieux pour eviter a d'autre personnes de se faire avoir par ce magasin a eviter ...
I just read a very bad experience from a guy trying to buy a 5D from PriceRitePhoto … Well I wanted to do my share at propagating the story to avoid any other people to be scam by these people. You can read the story here
Durant mon voyage au Japon, nous sommes bien sur alles au quartier des Geisha a Kyoto. J'etais un peu decu pour etre honnete ... Je m'attendais a quelque chose d'autre je pense. Enfin, c'etait une autre occasion pour quelques photos sympas. En voila 2. Tri-x poussee a 3200.
During my trip to Japan, we of course ended up in Kyoto in the Geisha area … We didn’t see that much and to be honest I was a bit disapointed … I guess I was expecting something else … But anyway, it was another opportunity for some interesting shots. Here are 2 of them. Tri-X at 3200.
J'essaye toujours de trouver la combinaison parfaite pour prendre des photos en lumieres failble. Cet apres midi, j'ai pris une peloche de Neopan 400, poussee a 800 et developpee dans du D76 stock pour 8.45 minutes. Excellents resultats ! Tres bonne tonalite et grain tres faible !! J'en ai profite aussi pour utiliser mon nouveau Canon P et mon CV 90mm f/3.5 que je n'utilise pas assez souvent ... Une excellente combinaison qui va faire des ravages dans le futur ! :-)
I’m still trying to find my perfect low light combo before my twins arrive in December. I’ll have plenty of opportunity to shoot indoor and I want to be ready (assuming I have a bit of time for shooting and developing … Yeah right .. 
) This afternoon I shot a roll of Neopan 400 pushed at 800 and I’ve developed in D76 Stock for 8.45 minutes. I’m really, really gl;ad with the result. Scanning is a dream, noise is very low !!! I’ve also took the opportunity to shoot with newly acquired Canon P and a lens I don’t use that often, the VC 90mm f/3.5. Excellent combo !!! The Canon P is definitely a keeper !!!
Voila mon entree pour le challenge PhotoFriday de cette semaine "Jaune". Prise a San Francisco avec un Leica M6 et Nokton f/1.5
This is my entry for this week PhotoFriday challenge "Yellow" This was taken in San Francisco using my M6 and Nokton 50mm f/1.5.
Je viens juste d'essayer NeatImage 5.0 avec une peloche d'Ilford 3200 et je dois avouer que je suis bluffer par ce logiciel !! J'ai ecris un petit article sur l'experience: http://www.400iso.com/?page_id=91 ... J'ai bien sur utilise une photo de ma fille pour le test :-)
I’ve just tried NeatImage 5.0 on some of last week Ilford 3200 rolls and I have to say that I am very impressed by this piece of software ! I wrote an initial write-up on my experience which I thought could be useful to some people. HERE
I’ve used one of my latest daughter picture for the experiment
Bientot de nouvelles photos de bebes sur 400iso.com. Ma femme acouchera en Decembre de 2 (DEUX) superbes garcons. C'est amusant d'essayer de garder quelques souvenirs d'une grossese and j'ai un bonus ! Ma fille s'amuse beaucoup a faire tout comme maman ! Et papa s'amuse aussi bien sur ...
You might see some new pictures of babies on 400iso. My wife is due in December and should give birth to 2 (TWO) beautiful boys It’s always fun to document the pregnancy and I have the double bonus of my daughter having fun as well. She is pretending that she is expecting as well and wants to do everything like momy … Dad has fun too
Ma femme qui travaille sur mon Canonet. J'aime beaucoup les photos de petites mains travailleuses :-)
This is my wife working on my Canonet. I like these kind of pictures, just showing hands.
J'ai toujours voulu personalise mon Canonet QL17. C'est aujourd'hui chose faite avec ce superbe cuir bleu ! :-) Detail sur la procedure dans la rubrique articles !
I had some fun changing the leather of my Canonet QL17. I’ve always wanted to personalize this fine camera. Well, I’ve done it ! I’ve described the process HERE
J'ai realise durant mon voyage au Japon conbien il etait difficile de visiter le pays sans guide. Tout est en Japonais bien sur et ils ne parlent que tres peu l'anglais. J'ai eu la chance d'avoir le meilleur guide de tout Tokyo. Notre amie Ingrid a pris une semaine de conge et m'a fait visite Tokyo et les environs ! Elle parle tres bien le Japonais, connait la region et possede une moto qui est parfaite pour la visite d'une metropole comme Tokyo. En resume, un super guide !! Cette photo a ete prise a Nara dans un pub typique. On a fini bien bourre et passe une excellent soiree !!!
I’ve realized that visiting Japan without a guide could be quite a bit challenging. Japanese is of course the main reason if you can’t read/speak it and most people don’t speak english. I was fortunate to have the best guide in town ! My good friend Ingrid took a week off and took me everywhere ! She speaks fluently and knows the area pretty well. And have a motorcycle which is perfect to visit Tokyo. Anyway, this was the best guide I could dream of ! 
This picture was actually taken in Nara while we were enjoying a nice evening in a typical Japanese pub. I thin we ended up drunk though
Cette photo est mon entree pour le concours PhotoFriday de cette semaine sur le theme de l'imperfection. Photo prise dans la ville fantome de Bodie en Californie. De superbes couleurs dans cette ville et de nombreuses opportunites pour ceux qui aiment la photo !
This is my entry for this week PhotoFriday challenge. This was taken in the ghost town of Bodie, California. Beautiful color in this odd city with plenty of photographic opportunity !
J'ai enfin trouve un moyen simple pour supporter le Francais sur 400iso.com ! J'utilise ce plugins wordpress basicbilingual qui me permet d'editer et d'afficher mes posts en 2 langues. Quel bonheur ... PS: Non, je ne vais pas traduire les entrees precedentes du blog :-)
I’ve finally found an easy way to make 400iso.com bilingual ! I’m using this nice wordpress plugins basicbilingual which allow me to edit and display both text nicely. Excellent !
Ps: No, I won’t translate all myprevious entry
A Leica press release announced that sales are up 6.7% thanks mostly to binoculars, scoopes and rangefinders (not the camera kind).
Sales of analog and compact digital cameras fell by 55.6% to €4.2 million.
All the rangefinder and film aficionado are looking closely at these results … We all cross our finger that Leica will be able to get your stuff together and get back on their feet. The struggle is definitely not over. Now if they could come up with a digital M at a reasonable price ($2000) I think we could see some traction. It is supposed to be announce at the photonika 2006 …
Hi there,
I just found out about this website who has a bunch of interesting videos all related to photography. Here is the link.
Susan is organizing a "Spread the toy joy" raffle where she will give away 2 or 3 toy cameras ! Now, that’s a nice initiative from a ver, very talented artist !! Instruction here
I’ve found this interesting article describing the process to develop your film using … Coffee, tea and even vitamin C !! I definitely need to try this. Looks like caffeine works as the reducing agent … Should work with Coke right ? I think I’m going to try with Coke !! 
More on the process here
I’ve posted some black and white shots (XP2) taken with my Canon f/1.2. As you can see, results are on par with color: Great bokeh and acceptable contrast. This one is a shot of my good friend Alex from califoto.com who is playing with his newly acquired Canon QL17 (I sold it to him ! But don’t worry, I have another one )Other pictures can be seen in the review here
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After Manon at 3200 iso, here is Manon at f/1.2 I’ve acquired a Canon LTM f/1.2 from 1963 and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I’ve written a quick initial report here
I’ll post additional pictures and thoughts on this lens later this week
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As you might know, I was using Qumana LE to update my blog. For some reason, it stopped working and I didn’t receive good support from the Qumana team. Too bad, it was a nice product. I was very disapointed in their communication. Especially since they quote me when I first tried their Software. Anyway, I’ve found this plugin for wordpress and it replaces nicely qumana. It’s not perfect but it is very intuitive and integrated into Wordpress.
You can find it here.
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) The next morning, we were able to attend their daily ceremony where they recite mantra during 30 minutes. It was a real magic moment. Their voice, the atmosphere, the light … Everything was perfect. I’ve tried to capture a bit of this moment … Light was very dim but I was able to get a few decent shot. Here are two. 
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… But I do find them photogenic. It’s very difficult to miss a picture of a cat. So, here is mine. From my old collection of pictures. Taken with my Elan 7e and the great Canon 85mm f/1.8 
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) but they will be up soon ! 
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Anyway, I kind of liked it and thought she deserves a space on this blog. So here she is ! 
) The place was packed with kids studying for the day this great national treasure.
Well, with the news about AgfaPhoto, I have to find alternative for Rodinal. I’m going to buy some gallon whenever B&H reopen (don’t you love these Jewish holiday ? It’s impossible to order anything until the 27th on most of NYC photo store ) and I also have Kodak HC-110 … But I might be interested in mixing my own … After all, all I need is p-aminophenol hydrochloride, potassium metabisulfite, sodium hydroxide and water … Should be easy enough
