Hasselfake Fotografy

[jjj]

Goodness, at first glance I thought you'd shot Helmut Newton as a younger man! He didn't have a fake - only the real one. I, fortunately have owned several of both!

I traveled back in time to get that shot. Diner decor looked 1950s-ish

Strange about the non-Fake experience, though: why would you want to turn it through any degrees? Does a digi back on a 500 not render unto Caesar a smaller, but honestly square picture? Surely, it doesn't CROP sides? (Or tops or bottoms?)

I was using full digiblad, which very sadly does not have a square image.

[Rob C]

I traveled back in time to get that shot. Diner decor looked 1950s-ish

[qupte]Strange about the non-Fake experience, though: why would you want to turn it through any degrees? Does a digi back on a 500 not render unto Caesar a smaller, but honestly square picture? Surely, it doesn't CROP sides? (Or tops or bottoms?)
I was using full digiblad, which very sadly does not have a square [/b] image.

You have to wonder at the psychology of these Swedes! Find a golden goose then cut its head off.

When I got my Exakta back in the day, it had no pentaprism and my desire was portraits... that prism came pretty damned quickly, affordable at the time or not!

Rob C

[Harald L]

A fake of a real selfie remains a fake. (Shot with a real Fuji-Fake)

Harald

[Rob C]

I love Ego. Contains little cholesterol - at least, mine now has precious little.

Don't you just love the style you can utilise when you dig manual focus?

Rob C

[WalterEG]

So, we see the only Nikon with a square aperture gate.  Trust Rob to have the monopoly on world distribution.

[Rob C]

So, we see the only Nikon with a square aperture gate.  Trust Rob to have the monopoly on world distribution.

But where's the Nikon? You assume a mirror!

This is prime Hassfilm 120, 320 ASA Mk 2 BW. It has a unique framing device built in that avoids space between images on the roll; they automatically fit edge-to-edge with unparalleled precision; Swedish know-how at its best. Being square, the innovation is to load the film with vertical transportation, thus allowing the fitting of an accessory Live View system on the side. It tethers, too. Use it every day.

;-)

Rob C

[wolfnowl]

Unh hunh... lovely to see you back, and in such fine form!!

Mike.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Unh hunh... lovely to see you back, and in such fine form!!

Mike.

Yup! You have once again brightened my day, Rob.

[Rob C]

I wish mine were brighter: the blasted PS computer started to play games again last night, preventing my further games with the Coke. It's got this, now, regular habit of coming and going as it sees fit, sometimes working perfectly yet, at others, simply switching off or dimmimg the monitor by a couple of stops - enough to make working on images pointless... I have explored its replacement, but advice I received on LuLa was that the disk supplied in the quotation I'd recieved wasn't best-suited, reliability-wise, for the photographic tasks required of it. Worse, this second old machine on which I contact the outer world, has also required me to do a lot of dating back to an earlier time in order to get it working to expectations. When my daughter used it on her recent vacation she was amazed at the minutes that it takes to come alive when switched on. I do defrag and also employ a Cleaner thing.

As a consequence, I might finally return to the concept of one machine, though I do fear for the safety of my pix if they are pretty much constantly Internet connected, which at present they are not.

Rob C

[degrub]

Rob,

If you haven't had the PS PC case open for a long time, the dust bunnies may have taken over inside and are causing parts to overheat. Be careful if you use canned air to blow it out as the "air" needs to be oil free and not condense moisture in the air when blowing.  Gentle brushing with natural bristle brush should help if that is the case. A vacuum is a help, but don't get too close to anything with the tip. Otherwise, your local computer shop may offer a service.

Here is short guide
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2037100/youre-a-dirty-dirty-dusty-pc.html

Reseating all of the connections inside may help with intermittent problems. Replacing the thermal paste under the heat sinks will help if it has dried out, but that is probably something you want the shop to do. The rest is a "do it yourself" with a little care.

Frank

[Rob C]

Rob,

If you haven't had the PS PC case open for a long time, the dust bunnies may have taken over inside and are causing parts to overheat. Be careful if you use canned air to blow it out as the "air" needs to be oil free and not condense moisture in the air when blowing.  Gentle brushing with natural bristle brush should help if that is the case. A vacuum is a help, but don't get too close to anything with the tip. Otherwise, your local computer shop may offer a service.

Here is short guide
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2037100/youre-a-dirty-dirty-dusty-pc.html

Reseating all of the connections inside may help with intermittent problems. Replacing the thermal paste under the heat sinks will help if it has dried out, but that is probably something you want the shop to do. The rest is a "do it yourself" with a little care.

Frank

Frank,

Now that’s an idea!

I do remember, now that you mention it, that the computer shop once did tell me that all they’d done to fix my computer was clean it! It sticks in memory because I noted they had managed to lose one of the screws holding the back of the thing in place. However, as they charged me as little as their honesty could permit, I was happy to ignore the missing screw when I took the machine back home and found the empty hole.

Life is odd when you age: was a time that I would do all the car stuff that I possibly could by myself; now, I instantly go to the Ford garage. I eat out five or six days a week because I can’t cook well enough to be happy eating the stuff I produce, but I know I could learn.

Thanks for the reminder: I’ll disconnect the thing and leave it until after lunch, by which time I hope I don’t find it shocking!

Cheers!

Rob C

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Good luck with the cleaning, Rob. I started opening my PC for a cleaning several years ago, and I think it has helped a lot. After a light vacuuming (without touching anything), I carefully remove the memory sticks and reinsert them. That generally leaves my PC trouble-free for about another year.

Eric

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

You can become a janitor, or... you can buy an iMac.

[Rocco Penny]

I'll also say that taking off the cover is no problem.
Don't touch anything inside.
Get some bottled air blasters from the local computer or big box type store
Compressed air in a can, what a novelty
anyway, run your vacuum, then gingerly spray compressed air while sucking out all the dislodged dust as possible,
again,
don't touch anything.
Then,
if you want to be a little adventurous,
there are many strategies with which to improve your current computer's performance.
It sounds like you either have apps running full time, or perhaps not enough memory left to do simple things.
In any case,
if it is just an internet only rig,
I know how to disable virtual memory and get a ton more room,
downside is if OS crashes you're boned

[degrub]

Frank,

Now that’s an idea!

I do remember, now that you mention it, that the computer shop once did tell me that all they’d done to fix my computer was clean it! It sticks in memory because I noted they had managed to lose one of the screws holding the back of the thing in place. However, as they charged me as little as their honesty could permit, I was happy to ignore the missing screw when I took the machine back home and found the empty hole.

Life is odd when you age: was a time that I would do all the car stuff that I possibly could by myself; now, I instantly go to the Ford garage. I eat out five or six days a week because I can’t cook well enough to be happy eating the stuff I produce, but I know I could learn.

Thanks for the reminder: I’ll disconnect the thing and leave it until after lunch, by which time I hope I don’t find it shocking!

Cheers!

Rob C

Rob,

If you take it in, ask them to check the cpu temperature and consider replacing the thermal paste under the cpu heatsink with something like Artic Silver or equal. Particularly if it has been less than a couple of years since the last cleaning. Unless you have a severe dust or smoke issue in your location, the PC should run 3-4 years without cleaning. Avoid keeping the machine on the floor if possible as well.

Frank

[Harald L]

You can become a janitor, or... you can buy an iMac.

You're so right but the new Mac Pro is such a temptation ...

Harald

PS: And vacuum-cleaning will be much easier;-)

[jjj]

Avoid keeping the machine on the floor if possible as well.

Oops!

[degrub]

You can become a janitor, or... you can buy an iMac.

Better clean the intake on the back by the stand or it's iThrottle 
Frank

[Rob C]

Okay, winter arrived today with a vengeance, breathing shivers and squalls.

Better days are in the future!

Rob C

P.S. Don't you just love natural things?

[David Eckels]

Interesting points you make there, Rob, obviously not as cold as it is here