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I don’t see them, no

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That’s for a normal scene under direct sunlight, not pointed at the sun itself (the meter probably wouldn’t meter high enough to give you a correct reading for that).

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I don’t know that particular model, but in general there are probably 2 needles on the display. One moves with the light level, and th other you turn to match it. When the needles match, the dial indicates the correct exposure. Depending, you may also need to turn a ring on the main dial to set the ISO.

If it doesn’t take batteries, it’s using a selenium cell to generate a tiny current based on the amount of incoming light. Those tend to degrade over time, but with handheld meters there’s a better chance of it still working than the ones built in to cameras, which get exposed to a lot more light. You need to check it against a good meter before trusting it, though (or you can get an estimate by using the sunny 16 rule – if it indicates 1/125 & F16 @ ISO 100 in direct sunlight it’s close to correct.

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A few more bubble shots (not all of them came out rainbow-ey):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/4074101794/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/4074101750/

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I guess that would depict diffraction/refraction (whichever it is).

Isn’t that kind of a problem for the theme description? A lot of rainbow effects (including the actual ones in the sky) are refraction, not diffraction.

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What was up with the error 404 last night. Both Mopsy and I were unable to get here.

If you joined the farktography group on Facebook you’d know these things (it was a billing glitch with the site’s host)

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=95445803656

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Before loading any film, you need to make sure your camera is IR-safe. A number of Canon bodies in particular use IR LEDs to detect the film leader, and can fog IR film.

Exposure is going to depend on the film and what kind of filter you’re using. You *might* be able to use your digital camera as a light meter, but you’d have to determine the exact compensation by trial and error, and it’s quite possible that the IR response between the two is different enough to make that entirely unreliable.

With a very dark red filter (near IR) you might be able to use the built in light meter in the camera with the filter on, but the further into IR you go the less you can depend on light meters at all.

This seems like a decent article:
http://www.shutterbug.com/equipmentreviews/film_darkroom_gear/0208efkeir/

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Well, aside from being made out of plastic, it’s no more technologically advanced than a kodak brownie from the early 1900s…

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If you want something kind of military looking, maybe check out Naneu Pro – I have a small one (Lima model in olive) I use for my Leica and it seems pretty good

http://www.naneupro.com

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Actually I believe at least since the formation of orchestras its been played from the same angle because it was easier to change the different sections of pipes for different keys when it was held with the left hand up high and the right hand in the bell.

What I meant was, in the case of horns, the right hand in the bell was being used to bend pitches so you could play a complete scale, so effectively you were “playing” it with your right hand, not that they switched hand positions 😉

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Yeah yeah yeah. Every other brass instrument is for the other hand. But nooooooooooo French horn has to be different.

Well, to be fair, they *were* being played with the right hand until someone came along and stuck valves on them…

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Is there anyone here who isn’t a musician? (Not me, it’s what I studied at university….)

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I don’t especially like my Crumpler (7 million dollar home). It’s built really well, but it’s too heavily padded for my preference as a shooting bag (the padding occupies an awful lot of space and it’s pretty heavy without anything in it) and on the other hand it’s not solid enough that I’d want to use it for anything seriously rough. Also, while the main pocket is plenty big enough it doesn’t have enough room for smaller accessories.

I liked my Domke F6 much better, but I’ve outgrown it. I probably should have bought a bigger one instead of the Crumpler….

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Couple B-sides

I also had one or two….

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/2881111704/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3935939778/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3460104116/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3957657518/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3540488398/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/2882842149/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3696011453/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/2585087384/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3101156939/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3872662831/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/2933193736/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3891429910/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3890638291/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/3759667819/

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There are a bunch of open source gallery applications you can install if you get your own web space (and you can find web hosts that have automated installation in place for common ones).

http://coppermine-gallery.net/
http://gallery.menalto.com/

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