My good friend and I used to play Diablo I on the PS1 wayyyy back in the day for hours upon hours.
When Diablo II came out, we used to put in each other’s IP addresses to connect and play online.
And just now, the same friend and I, pre-ordered Diablo 3. Let history repeat itself.
Come at me bro!
Nice one Student Talk.
50mm:
35mm:
Both shot at the same settings and aiming the camera at the same location. This is to show the difference between a 35mm focal length and 50mm focal length on a DX or cropped sensor Nikon camera. I’m posting about this because recently I brought up the issue of the 50mm being too zoomed in on the D3100.
50mm on a DX/crop sensor camera looks much more like 80mm on a film or FX/full frame camera, which makes it a bit difficult to use as an every day walk around lens. The 35mm on a DX/crop sensor camera looks much more like 50mm on a film or FX/full frame camera. In fact, when I put up my D3100 with the 35mm lens to my face, the focal length I see looks extremely similar to 50mm on my Nikon FM2n film camera.
And oh yeah, I bought the 35mm 1.8g lens and that’s how I’m showing the difference between the 35mm and the 50mm. Review of this cool lens coming soon.
Here are some pictures taken by my wife from the photo walk. First picture was with the FM2 and the others with a D5000. It was a really awesome experience and thank you Mr. Kyle Stanley for hosting it!
Yesterday’s photowalk was pretty awesome! I met up with the group at Green Island and it was really fun.
I took a pic or two and when I get it developed I’ll post it!
Good job dude.
Walked into Avenues earlier this week and was pleasantly shocked. Gone is the cramped, haphazard, and boring X-Cite. It’s a different place!
It is so spacious and is huge! I think it’s the biggest X-cite store yet. The design reminds me of the end of 2001 and I like it.
Great stuff X-cite. Keep it up.
Last week I got a Nikon FM2n 35mm film camera to shoot with. I got the pictures developed and here they are! One thing to note is that the guys who developed the film got the picture sizes to only 1800×1200 which is about 2.2 megapixels. In the future I’ll be telling them to bump it up.
Here’s a shot difference between a Nikon d3100 and the FM2n. First the Nikon FM2n:
And this is a similar shot with the d3100:
Here’s the FM2n:
And the d3100:
Impressions:
The quality of the film shots are fantastic. They came out looking much better than I thought they would.
Using the Nikon FM2n film camera has taught me a lot about taking pictures. Just the idea of getting your picture perfect, without any help from a computer in the camera, makes every shot count. It makes taking pictures more personal everytime you have to grab the shutter knob and you’re twisting and turning it to get the right setting, and when you flick the aperture ring on the lens; it just makes it feel so personal. I liken it to using a manual car. You’re in control.
In terms of quality of the pictures… well… it’s clear from the comparison shots that the D3100 has an edge in image quality. It may be the film I’m using, 1kd FujiFilm C200, but I’ve been to five studios and they all have the same film. I don’t know where to buy better film in Kuwait. But, the film camera creates much more beautiful bokeh compared to the D3100.
But I don’t feel shooting film or digital should be about quality. Shooting film gives a different look and it makes taking photographs more involved and intricate. It feels more like you’re making art. I notice that with the film camera I’m trying more often to take more artistic shots and shoot at different angles. It makes me think a lot more about the shot before I take it.
What I learned and need to work on:
I now know I need to work on my focusing. Some shots came out blurry. Part of the issue is that the focusing screen on the camera is in horrible condition and I need to change it.
I also realized not to worry too much about the exposure meter in the camera. Most of these shots were taken with the exposure a little high or a little low according to the camera’s exposure meter, but just a click or two in light room fixes it easily. I also learned that 1.4 aperture gives crazy bokeh but its hard to get a whole face in focus. Likewise, slower shutter speeds make it much tougher to get things frozen without too much blur when using 200 iso film. I think I’m going to try out 400 iso film for regular walking around and snapping and see if that helps a bit.
I’ve had a lot of fun with this camera and I’ll continue shooting with the FM2n. Photography is one of my hobbies and this makes it so much more fun for me. Sure, if I want to take some more pro shots I’ll grab my D3100, but for fun, everyday walking around stuff, I’ll be carrying the FM2n. And boy does it get a lot of attention! A handful of people have came up to me and were amazed that I was using a film camera. Some of them didn’t even believe it was a film camera and thought it was a digital camera that just looks like an old film camera!
Shooting film is awesome!
A poster on the 248am forum named Theboss recently has his car stolen in Farwaniya.
After three weeks he luckily found his car parked close to where he was living and reported it to the police. The car’s rear bumper was gone and that both the rear brakes and rear tires were messed up. The police found the cuplrit, but because he was 16 years old and technically a minor, Theboss said that they are just going to let him go. He filed a case against the thief and that’s all we know so far.
Really horrible that grand theft auto is happening in Kuwait. I’m sensitive to these subjects because last year my car was broken into and things were stolen and the police didn’t do a single thing. Crime is rising in Kuwait because criminals realize that the police won’t do anything to them if they’re caught, just like in Theboss’s and mine case.
Check out the thread here for updates:
