JIM MORRISON WITH COP, 1968, ICONIC DOORS PHOTO

PHOTO COPYRIGHT ERIC RUDOLPH -- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

JIM MORRISON WITH COP, 1968, ICONIC DOORS PHOTO by ERIC RUDOLPH; as seen on page 132-133 of every edition of No One Here Gets Out Alive, 1980, by Hopkins and Sugerman.

THE DOORS ARE LEAVING THE STAGE AFTER PERFORMING A SUPERB SHOW AT ASBURY PARK'S CONVENTION HALL, ASBURY PARK, NJ, AUGUST 31, 1968

USE YOUR OLD FILM LENSES!

Above: Canon DSLR w/ Zuiko manual-focus 28mm 3.5; and OM-4 w/ slightly larger 100mm 2.8.

UPDATED & EXPANDED Did you, wisely, hang on to your film-SLR lenses? 

And do you dread lugging around that huge, slow-ish, front-heavy AF short DSLR zoom?

Especially if they are high-quality prime lenses, or good zooms, you may truly LOVE using film-SLR lenses on your DSLR. 

(Not to mention the tremendous value of manual-focus glass for the booming world of DSLR filmmaking.)

Primes, especially, are compact, light and fast!

Manual focus lenses, duh, have no motors! So they're small, light and easy to carry around.

This may re-ignite your love of photography! 

(Adapters are inexpensive and readily available; of course use them w/ caution, and run thru the focus scale to check that the rear lens element doesn't protrude too far back and hit the DSLR mirror.)

More to come on this truly exciting photographic development as we get out and shoot w/ our enormously appealing, fun, compact, lightweight manual-focus OM Zuiko lens arsenal -- 24mm through 200mm -- on our Canon DSLR. 

(We keep finding lenses we'd stashed away... we don't want to brag, but we bought a bunch of gorgeous old OM Zuiko primes cheaply on ebay years ago, and amassed a nice little collection of sweet glass.) 

No film lenses? Plenty of people are selling them relatively cheaply on ebay and elsewhere. Or they were cheap until DSLR filmmaking came along. 

Grab 'em!

Concerned about no AF or limited AE? 

Wah!; quit your belly-aching! 

You don't need either to make great pictures.

Netflix to Stream 4K

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Today's Top 10 Stories #1 Netflix to Stream House of Cards Season 2 in 4K   In an interview with British magazine Stuff, Netflix's chief product officer Neil Hunt revealed that the media streaming provider is planning to stream the second season of its hit drama House of Cards in 4K Ultra HD, starting sometime next year. However, it's expected that the service will only work with next-generation 4K TVs that support Netflix's 4K UHD Smart TV app, which means those who bought early will probably miss out. Why This Matters: A lack of 4K archive programming means that Netflix will be turning to its own original series to build up its library of Ultra HD content. "We're working specifically with David Fincher on House of Cards season 2, and that's all being shot and edited for 4K delivery," said Hunt.5 Takes: Stuff | HDTV Test | Variety

UHDTV is Here: Get Ready to Junk your HDTV!

Ultra-HDTV is really here.

That was fast!

There's no 4K content yet, but soon come. 

We were surprised to see that the sets are already being widely sold and at reasonable prices. The 55" Samsung pictured is $3,000. 

The picture is amazing.

The demos being shown on Samsung and Sony sets in places like Best Buy are astonishing.

Remember how great we all thought regular (NTSC) DVDs looked at 1st? A whopping, but clear, 500 lines of resolution. Beat the pants off of VHS.

Well, UHDTV beats the pants off of HDTV. Up to 4 times the resolution of HDTV. 

True movie-theater image quality at home.

We're not sure if the difference is that noticeable if you're not right up close.

However, if it was a year down the line and prices were down further and Netflix was streaming 4K content, as the salesman in our local Best Buy said was going to be the case soon, we'd quite likely make the leap.

Todd Heisler walks Manhattan's coastline and shoots B&W

Terrific photographer Todd Heisler walks Manhattan's coastline and shoots B&W. Nice!:
See it here.

Swamp Walk w/ B&W Master Clyde Butcher!

See it here.

Leicas as Fashion Accesories

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