Peter Blaise Photography 2001112124 01-39 Black and White

Peter Blaise Photography 2001112124 01-39 Black and White

Photo Technical Information:

Dates:
2001-11-21 08:07 a.m. to 2001-11-24 12:00 p.m.

Image Content:
Mostly candid and semi-candid images of people and places, except for images #08, #12, and #20 which are of pattern and shape.

'Shooting' Locations:
Rockville, Maryland; Staunton, Virginia; Snowshoe, West Virginia; Manassas, Virginia; and Washington, DC; all US,

Flash:
Natural and artificial available light only, no photo flash,

Filters:
All images were take with no filter,

Lens:
Quantaray/Ritz(Sigma?) Manual Focus 300mm f/5.6 Catadioptric Mirror T-Mount Lens, aperture preset at f/5.6, taken with the camera set on Aperture Priority Program, all images manually focused. Lens details: Quantaray T Lens, Mirror/Reflex, 300mm f/5.6 (fixed) - ø67mm front filter ring, Field of view: ~4.6° to ~8.2°, Close focus: 86", Size: ~2 3/4" wide by ~3 1/2" long, Construction: metal and glass, rubber focusing ring, Markings: "QUANTARAY 300mm 1:5.6 MIRROR LENS No.46858 67ø MADE IN JAPAN", with T-Mount to Minolta MF which fits Minolta SR/MC/MD/X-600 cameras but does not operate camera's MC/MD sensors - see discussion at http://www.geocities.com/peterblaise/minoltamf/index.htm#mctomd for T-Mount/ SR/ MC/ MD/X-600 lens compatibility explanation. Note: Since lens aperture is not adjustable, I used the camera's Aperture Priority metering which automatically set the shutter speeds to adjust for optimum exposure (and/or I could have used neutral density filters and/or polarizer filters for subject brightness out of range),

Camera:
Minolta Manual Focus X-700, shutter speeds set according to in-camera meter center weighted averaging reading. Camera details: 35mm SLR with Programmed Automatic Exposure, Programmed Autoflash operation, Aperture Priority and Manual Exposure modes, capable of using the full range of Minolta Manual Focus lenses - see discussion at http://www.geocities.com/peterblaise/minoltamf/index.htm#mctomd for T-Mount/ SR/ MC/ MD/X-600 lens compatibility explanation. Exposure control: EV 1 to EV 18, +/ - 2 EV Compensation in 1/2 EV steps, ISO 25/15º to 1600/33º in 1/3 Steps, (equal to ISO 6/9º to 64,000/39º in 1/2 or 1/3 steps) - Shutter: 1/1,000 to 4 seconds - Viewfinder: 0.9x magnification, 95% image - Flash: auto; sync with 'x' flash; Through The Lens Off The Film flash control with 'px' flash - Batteries: 2x LR44 or A-76 or SR44 or S-76 or EPX-76 or 1x CR-1/N - Self Timer, with standard super bright Acute Matte Viewfinder Screen P1 Horizontal Split Image Biprism for general photography, with Minolta EH-7 Rubber Eyepiece cup,

Film:
Ilford Delta Professional ISO 3200/36º 135-36 35mm, continuous-tone panchromatic black-and-white negative, for black-and-white prints, exposed and developed @ EI Exposure Index 1600/33º,

Tripod:
Images were taken with lens and camera system handheld (no tripod),

Film Scanner:
Minolta Dimàge Scan Dual II AF-2820U, captured at 2,820dpi, 8bit/pixel, Adobe RGB, 12mb TIFF master image file for each image,

Image Editing Software:
Adobe Photoshop v6 for image rotation (scanner creates digital images that are rotated by as much as 5º), cropping to full frame (scanner image output includes edge overscan outside image frame), resizing (to 4,230 x 2,820 scanner resolution), dust and scratch removal (manual), level setting (manual and automatic), dodging and burning (manual and automatic), sharpening (to compensate for scanner lens and LED array performance and for on-screen display performance), conversion from TIFF to JPEG ~50% by Photoshop the again to JPEG ~50% by IrfanView to ~627 x ~418 x 24 bits per pixel for a file size of 19kb to 55kb; thumbnails auto converted by CompuPic Pro v5 to progressive JPEG 150x100 pixels, 24 bits per pixel, for file sizes of ~3kb to ~7kb.

Web Page Editing Software:
Macromedia Dreamweaver v3, CompuPic Pro v5

All images © Peter Blaise Monahon

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