Nikon FM - Wikipedia The Nikon FM is a mechanically operated, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured in Japan between 1977 and 1982 by Nippon Kogaku K. K. (now Nikon Corporation). History[edit] The FM was the replacement for Nikkormat FT3, which had been introduced only a few months prior. These cameras were intended to provide a more reasonably priced alternative to Nikon's professional F-series cameras, which at the time was the Nikon F2. The FM has proven to be a remarkably long-lived and reliable camera. Design and construction[edit] The FM is constructed almost entirely from metal and uses a mechanical shutter. For its time, the FM used a modern titanium-bladed, vertical-travel focal plane shutter capable of speeds from 1 second to 1/1000 of a second, plus bulb. The body has dimensions of 89.5 mm height, 142 mm width, 60.5 mm depth and 590 g weight. Lens compatibility[edit] Many newer Nikon and third-party F-mount lenses are also compatible. See also[edit]
Beginner Photography 2016: How to Take Pictures Like a Pro - Camera Lens Land When it comes to starting out in beginner photography, I get it: The amount of information you need to learn can be overwhelming at first. It can seem that there is so much to learn that you don’t know where to start in regards to how to take pictures properly. And there really are quite a few concepts that you have to learn to get to the point where you know how to take pictures on a consistent basis – good ones that is. But here’s the thing: If you start with the fundamentals of beginner photography and really get them down from the beginning, all the other photography concepts will come to you a lot more easily. I know this from experience: When I started out at the beginner photography level, I jumped around to all sorts of different photography concepts before I really got the fundamentals of photography down. Don’t be like me at the beginner photography level – study and practice how to do photography at the basic level before moving on to the advanced photography concepts! That’s it.
Bienvenido a Jicuri Drum This Incredible Flower Timelapse Took 3 Years and 8TB of Photos to Create Filmmaker Jamie Scott made his name in the timelapse space with Fall, a Central Park timelapse of epic proportions that took 6 months of dedication to capture. And yet his followup timelapse, titled Spring, somehow puts his first creation to shame. Spring is the flower timelapse to end all flower timelapses. “All in all this took 3 years to shoot,” writes Jamie on Vimeo. “I shot over 8TB of 5k footage.” The goal, says Jamie, was to create the “polar opposite” of the Fall timelapse. So Jamie popped his Canon 5D Mark II and a 24mm lens onto a Dynamic Perception Stage One slider and started shooting… and shooting… and shooting some more. Perhaps the most stunning aspect of the whole short film is Jamie’s seamless transitions. In this case, it meant meticulous camera angle and lighting prep in varied locations, followed by post-production that made it possible to composite several plates together seamlessly. Finally, the timeline. Truly a flower timelapse to end all flower timelapses.
How to Remove Fungus from a Lens There’s nothing quite so frustrating as discovering a lens you own has developed a bad growth of fungus on the internal elements. Lens fungus is commonly found in older lenses. It is indiscriminate of brand, build-quality, or price tag. If humidity stays in your lens for too long, the dreaded fungus may appear. Today, I want to share with you the simple, non-damaging way to remove fungus from your lens. Warning: This walkthrough involves disassembling a lens. Here is a list of tools and materials you’ll need to get the job done: Lens Spanner: I bought mine here for $16.50. Alright, let’s get to it! But shine some light on it and you find it had a particularly bad case of lens fungus in the rear element group. Time for teardown. Using my JIS screwdriver, I removed the 4 screws holding down the chrome lens mount. With the lens mount removed, the aperture ring is now free to come away from the lens body. With the aperture ring removed, I was able to clean up the back of the lens body.
This Picture Shows How Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO Affect Your Photos Here’s a helpful little infographic that has been floating around the Web. It’s a simple look at how the “exposure triangle” — aperture, shutter speed, and ISO — affect the outcome of photographs. It’s not a complete picture, of course (for example, it doesn’t say why you’d ever choose a higher ISO versus a lower one), but it could be a nice illustrated reference for those just starting out in photography. The image was made by Daniel Peters of Photoblog Hamburg, where you can download a printable PDF of it. (via New Mobile Life via Lifehack)
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