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1. maas a iamm a ta nannte preme eneee AAi EEEE I ITEE TET ihe Newsletter of the Syosset Camera Clib Volume 33 Number 10 June 2004 PFLI Leonard Victor Competition The annual Leonard Victor Competition will be held at the Old Bethpage Restoration on June 11 at 8 pm You may enter up to 5 images in each category that you scored at least 21 points during the 2003 2004 Season There are no entry forms to fill out just bring your prints or slides the night of the competition Three non PFLI judges will select the top 3 images in each of the 6 competition categories and a special plaque will be awarded to the 18 winners at Honors Night in the fall Camera Basics Whether you are using a digital film or point and shoot camera of either variety the basics of exposure are the same The variables are shutter speed lens aperture f stop and film speed or sensor sensitivity Exposure is the cumulative effect of light on a photosensitive surface It is controlled by a combination of shutter speed and lens opening Let s start by understanding how each variable operates The shutter the shutter is like a curtain that keeps light out of the camera except during exposure When a picture is taken the shutter opens for a specified period of time measured in fractions of a second to seconds for time exposures As a generalization interchangeable lens SLR cameras have focal plane shutters This means that the shutter is like a curtain that o
2. use it It will optimize your images to correspond with the printer s color gamut and other characteristics SCC PFLI Top Competition Scores for April Category Member Points Title Color Slides Class A Stan Rothman 22 Looking Up Annette Fox 22 Early Morning Skier Ramesh Patwah 21 Tahiti Color Prints Class A Alan Agdern 24 Flower 10 Sy Roth 23 Sunrise at the Triboro Bridge Gerald Harrison 21 Trio of Roses Color Prints Class B Jerry Sax 23 Iquaza Falls Ed Starling 22 Mrs Binoculars Bill Schmidt 22 Tuscon Doorway Alan Ross 21 Mrs Peacock Linda Volin 21 Old Fashioned Girl Black amp White Class B Bill Schmidt 22 Table and Chairs Name the Camera Last month s mystery camera Orrin Edwards and Phil Schaming of Sparta NJ got it right Last month s Mystery Camera is a Kodak Pony 135 As noted there was also an 828 roll film version of the camera The Pony was not a great camera by any standard but provided the feel and spontaneity of 35 mm photography at a time 1950 1954 when German and Japanese 35 mm cameras were beyond the resources of many young amateurs This month s mystery camera Manufactured in 1976 this camera was the first 35mm SLR camera to be controlled TE A solely via a built in Central Processing Unit The camera which is shown in the two photos to the right operates in shutter priority and manual modes It is small lightweight solid and easy to use A 6 volt battery powers the camera Over 5 million of t
3. A Alan Agdern Barry Goldstein Orrin Edwards Black amp White B Bill Schmidt Bill Bowie Jerome Sax Color Prints A Alan Agdern Gerald Harrison Sy Roth Color Prints B Bill Schmidt Jerome Sax Aileen Harrison Year End Competition Results Category First Place Second Place Third Place Color Slides A Eugene Fox Ramesh Patwa Stan Rothman Color Slides B Maylan Monahan Barry Goldstein Linda Volin Black amp White A Orrin Edwards Alan Agdern Barry Goldstein Black amp White B Bill Schmidt Bill Schmidt Maylan Monahan Color Prints A Alan Agdern Gerald Harrison Alan Agdern Color Prints B Bill Schmidt Aileen Harrison Bill Schmidt New for the 2004 2005 Season At meeting of the Programs Committee chaired by Jerry Sax it was de cided to improve the educational component of our meetings by adding two pre competition critique meetings These critiques will take place two weeks before a regular competition during which members will have the opportunity of presenting un mounted prints for constructive criticism by a panel of experts This will provide an opportunity to im prove the photo prior to the competition The first such meeting will take place in September instead of the traditional What Did Last Summer competition See the Meeting Schedule on the last page There will also be presentations by members on several topics which may include Photoshop composition close ups lighting filters and Zoo Photography If you have a suggestion for othe
4. amp White Prints A Print Of The Month Barry Goldstein Color Prints Class B Eight Moshe Markewitz Print Of The Month Alan Ross Eight Barry Goldstein Ira Scheinerman Judy Ruder Black amp White Prints B man Print Of The Month Maylan Monahan Nine Bill Schmidt Color Slides Class A Slide Of The Month None Color Prints Class A Print Of The Month Carole Greenberg Color Slides Class B Nine Alan Agdern Slide of the Month None Eight Sy Roth May Competition Results Judged by Art Donnelly Black amp White Prints A Color Prints Class B Print Of The Month Maylan Monahan Print Of The Month Ira Scheinerman Nine Sarah Kleinman Alan Ross Nine Bill Schmidt Aileen Harrison Eight Bill Schmidt Jerome Sax Eight Barry Goldstein Carol Goldstein Peter Metzger Jerome Sax Ira Sunshine Linda Volin Black amp White Prints B Print Of The Month Maylan Monahan Color Slides Class A Nine Bill Schmidt Slide Of The Month Stan Rothman Nine Ramesh Patwa Color Prints Class A Eight Annette Fox Print Of The Month Clem Kleinmann Nine Gerald Harrison Color Slides Class B Eight Alan Agdern Sy Roth Slide of the Month Maylan Monahan Eight Linda Volin page 3 High Average Award Winners 2003 04 Season Category First Place Second Place Third Place Color Slides A Ramesh Patwa Stan Rothman Orrin Edwards Color Slides B Maylan Monahan None None Black amp White
5. c phore Ni pce makes the first fixed photographic image 8 hr exposure 1839 Sir John Herschel invents the word Photography 1840 William Henry Fox Talbot invents the process to use a negative to make multiple prints 1844 Louis Daguerre reduced exposure time to less than 30 minutes Developed the Daguerreotype in 1839 1850 The Hyalotype precursor 1906 Wratten amp Mees invent the panchromatic plate 1930 Johannes Ostermeier invents the flashbulb the Vacublitz GE markets it as the Sashalite 1935 Kodachrome introduced remains the most stable color film 1965 NASA uses the first digital camera 1972 Texas Instruments patented a film less camera 1981 Sony releases Mavica camera 1986 Fuji introduces the disposable camera 1986 Kodak scientists invent the first megapixel sensor 1 4 MP 1990 Kodak markets Photo CD and color standard for digital environment 1991 Kodak releases a Nikon F 3 body with a 1 3 megapixel sensor 2004 Three SCC photographers take the same picture p What is a Mired Mired is an adjective that means entangled or hindered but a mired or micro reciprocal degrees in photographic terms is the reciprocal of degrees Kelvin multiplied by 1 million a more modern notation is MK 1 So who cares Mireds or more commonly decamireds mired x 10 are used as a measurement standard for converting light from one color temperature to another using color conversio
6. hina New York Asia Society and Museum 725 Park Ave 6 11 9 5 Tue Sun 11 00 am 6 00 pm Fri until 9 00 pm Closed Mon and holidays Adm Included with museum adm 7 adults 5 students senior citizens Free adm Fri 6 00 pm 9 00 pm Phone 212 517 ASIA Leonard Victor Competition June 11 See article on first page Don t forget Sunday 8 am at the On Parade Diner 2004 2005 MEETING SCHEDULE August 05 Summer Board meeting September 09 Critique Program 23 Competition 30 Program October 07 Board Meeting 14 Competition 21 Program 28 Program November 04 Competition 11 Program 18 Program December 02 Competition 09 Program 16 Program January 06 Board Meeting 13 Competition page 8 20 Program 2 Program February 10 Competition 17 Program 24 Program March 03 Board Meeting 10 Competition 17 Program 24 Program April 14 Competition 21 Program 28 Program May 05 Board Meeting 12 Competition 19 Program 26 EOY Competition June 17 Annual Dinner Friday
7. his famous makers model were sold worldwide If you page 5 think you know the answere contact barryg gbronline com W S C C Aileen Harrison The D S C C Dreaded Syosset Camera Club has broken the chain As of last Sunday we became the W S C C Welcome Syosset Camera Club We actually went to three different locations and weren t kicked off or chased by any We met at 5 00 am at the diner The motley crew consisted of Gerry and Aileen Harrison Linda and Stanley Volin Carol Greenberg Ira Sunshine Ed Starling Moshe Markewiitz Alan Agdern Peter Metzger and Ira Schneider man First Stop was Hoboken New Jersey to watch the sunrise behind the Manhattan skyline Next was Liberty Park to see the back of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island We figured if our luck was so good and nobody threw us out yet we would go for broke So off we went to the Brooklyn Bridge There was no parking to be had on the Manhattan side so we crossed over to Brooklyn think we got the best parking spot which was just one block from the steps to the bridge We then proceeded to actually walk across the bridge and back with CAMERAS We all thought this was a Real Cool Field Trip and all had a good time Camera Canon A60 Canon D60 Canon D60 Canon Digital Rebel Canon G2 Canon G2 Minolta Dimage 7i Nikon 8700 Nikon Coolpix 4500 Nikon Coolpix 990 Nikon Coolpix 995 Nikon D100 Nikon D70 Nikon D70 Nikon D70 Olympus 750 Olympus C50 Zoom O
8. ireds is the same In use the mired value of the light source is subtracted from that of the film If the result is positive you use a warming filter reddish if negative a cooling filter bluish These numbers are additive meaning that a pair of R3 s produces an R6 An R6 plus a B6 cancel each other out to produce a neutral gray Now isn t that better than the Wratten System Bulletin Board PhotoPlus Expo and Conference 2004 October 21 23 2004 Jacob Javits Convention Center Regis ter via website before september 30 for free registration page 7 Print and Photograph Portfolios 6 1 7 29 04 Emily Lowe Gallery Lowe Hall Hofstra University International Center of Photography Only Skin Deep Changing Visions of the American Self 1133 Ave of the Americas at 43rd St 212 768 4682 Adm 8 Students Senior 6 JoeDigitalPhoto Introduction to Digital Photography lectures Weds 6 23 7 00pm 8 30pm West Islip Public Library Thurs 12 2 04 Brightwaters Public Library These seminars are geared toward the beginner digital photography user For additional information contact the above public libraries The website is www joedigitalohoto com Greg Lyon a k a JoeDigitalPhoto is a new member of the Syosset Camera Club Nikon School of Photography New York City 5 15 or 5 16 2004 Digital 101 6 12 2004 Digital 201 6 13 2004 See www nikonschool com for details Between Past and Future New Photography and Video from C
9. lympus C750 Ultra Zoom Digital Camera List If you have a question about your camera the best person to ask first may be on this list If you are not on the list yet or if you have upgraded please send the information to the Viewfinder barryg gbroline com Member s Name Bill Schmidt Gerry Harrison Sy Roth Aileen Harrison Ed Starling Ramesh Patwa Irv Melnick Frank Iraggi Alan Ross Carol Goldstein Carol Greenberg Frank Iraggi Barry Goldstein Peter Metzger Richard Nussbaum Gerry Harrison Stan Rothman Moshe Markewitz to the Magic Lantern is developed 1856 Tintype invented by Hamilton Smith Contact ah100m juno com gharriso optonline net mollyp optonline net aileenharrison hotmail com edstar optonline net rameshpatwa hotmail com irvmelnick juno com fotoguy optonline net regguy8 optonline net barryg gbr com toad brook juno com fotoguy optonline net barryg gbronline com usmetz optonline net rnussbau optonline net gharriso optonline net stanr optonline net moshe makewi optonline net 1887 Adolph Miethe and Johannes Gaedicke invent flash powder 1888 Kodak markets the first box camera 1889 Eastman uses flexible cellulose nitrate film base page 6 Highlights of Photo History 330 BC Aristotle describes the Camera Obscura 1600 The pinhole camera is invented by Alhazen 1609 Kepler suggests the use of a lens to improve the image projected by the Camera Obscura 1827 Joseph Ni
10. makes sense that the amount of light that passes through the aperture is directly proportional to the area of the opening fstops are related to the area the lens opening which in turn is related to diameter by a formula you learned in high school math page 1 ay Officers nfs gt President Sy Roth Using our 50 mm lens example at f 2 the diameter of the lens is 50 2 216 493 2916 25 mm The area of a 25 mm circle is 500 mm At f2 8 the Vice President diameter is 50 mm 2 8 17 9 mm and the area is 250 mm Eureka Aileen Harrison That explains the seemingly arcane numerical relationship When we ee changed the lens opening by a one f stop higher number the area of Second VP the lens opening was halved You can think of it as a bucket of water o with a hole in the bottom Regardless of the size of the hole each time you double the area of the hole the quantity of water flowing Trenser 3 through it will double eee The important thing to understand is the doubling relationship As you es pce double shutter speed you must increase the lens opening by 1 fstop eee to maintain the same exposure In other words 1 10 sec f 22 Procrang 1 20 sec f 16 1 40 sec f 11 1 80 sec f 8 1 160 sec Ari Wachspress 5 6 etc in practice with mechanical shutters we round off the shutter speeds to the commonly marked values such as 1 125 sec Judges 1 250 sec and so on Cameras with electonically controlled shutters Masire Marewiiz will f
11. n filters The older system which is still in use was an innovation of Frederick Wratten It is an arbitrarily numbered series of filters Kodak bought the Wratten Company in 1912 and continued manufacturing filters under the Wratten name The Wratten filter numbers are 2 through 15 Pale to deep yellow 85N3 through 85C Warming amber 16 through 32 Orange red magenta 81 through 81D Warming It yellow bal 34 through 61 Violet blue green 82 through 82C Cooling It blue bal 80A through 80D Cooling blue 87 through 106 Misc Decamired filters available in red and a blue series are designed to easily handle color temperature variations The advantaged of decamired filters is that they can be numerically combined to create the required correction A filter that produces a color temperature change of 1 000 K at 3 4000 K will produce a change of 10 000 K at 100 000 K This is because the filters are designed to relate to a visual scale of color The response of the human eye to color is more closely related to mireds than to degrees Kelvin A color change of 1 000 K at the higher temperature would hardly be noticed To see this more clearly note the following changes in color temperature From To Difference K Mired K Mired K Mired 9 100 110 5 900 170 3 200 60 4 350 230 3 450 290 9 00 60 4 000 250 3 200 310 8 00 60 Note that although the magnitude of difference in degrees Kelvin varies as the range changes the filtration difference in m
12. pens and closes in front of the film Other cameras generally use a leaf type shutter between the elements of the lens The diaphragm an iris diaphragm controls the size of the lens opening just like the iris of the human eye conrolls pupil size That is it reduces the diameter of the lens When the lens is wide open the diaphragm has no effect As it closes the quantity of light that can pass through the lens per unit of time is reduced Lens openings apertures are measure by f stops An f stop is a number that indicates the ratio of focal length of the lens to its diameter The following is the order of f stops marked on a typical 50 mm lens that has a maximum opening of f 1 4 1 4 20 28 4 56 8 11 16 22 Note The complexity and design considerations of modern zoom lenses make lenses with openings greater than f 4 somewhat exotic and very expensive f 1 4 and f1 2 lenses were common in the past and made avail able light photography more commonplace in the past than now Until you understand the basis of this system the numbers may appear arbitrary For now take my word for it they make sense As you go up the scale each number represents a lens opening that lets in the amount light of the previous number For example when you go from f 1 4 to f2 0 the amount of light admitted is halved When you go from f 1 4 to f4 you have gone through 3 stops Therefore the exposure is reduced by a factor of 8 2 4 8 It
13. preview control on This take is making me seasick high end models allows you to view the scene at the set f Was that a picture of your shoe stop so that you can estimate the depth of field visually You ll have to pan much slower o Hold the camera steady too Hopefully this article has clarified some of the mystery behind That zoom in of your mother is camera nomenclature Even if you have a point and shoot more than I wanted to see camera that does not allow manual settings an understanding Next time we go out on a shoot of what the camera can do will help you make photographs of Leave the camcorder to me greater impact page 2 Milleridge Inn Throgs Neck 565 North Broadway Bridge Jericho NY 11753 Annual Dinner _ ye a The Annual Dinner at the orthern Blvd F Milleridge Inn will start with a eae 4 Jericho Tpk a D Oeurves at 6 30 pm Pe ee ee The menu will be Nathern State Pkwy a Nothern State Pk mm Hors d oeuvre tone ai RT 135 Soup Du Jour ar A Mixed Green Salad Choice of entree SE Wantagh Roast Prime Rib of Beef iai Grilled Fillet of Salmon with Pommery m aano hiiia Mustard Sauce a OON my Roast L I Duckling A Lorange a vvertheca Stale revaownrs Exit 34 arth J ff ua Potato and vegetable Du Jour as Milleridge Cheesecake Meadowbrook Plwy Wantagh Pk Coffee Tea amp Decaf April Theme Competition Results Textures Judged by Erich Lohse Black
14. r topics be sure to re spond to the email when you get it or contact Jerry Sax BIRDING WITH THE HAR RISONS Aileen Harrison We got up early The sun was bright We packed our gear Expecting quite a sight We went to where The birds should bunch We had tripods Bird feeder seeds and lunch Only one bird And we came so far But it didn t matter We left the cameras in the Car It was also decided to hold at least two theme competitions Unless input from the membership changes the selection of topics they will be Children and Trees Digital Printing Vendor 5x7 8x10 11x14 12x18 One of the advantages of digital Adorama Prolab 0 29 0 69 2 99 4 99 9 99 cameras is the elimination of BJ s kiosk 4 99 film and the cost of its Bonus Print 0 18 0 29 1 99 development Inkjet printing on Costco 0 19 0 69 1 99 2 99 oo daly paper ean be Stree ceo einen hile Let i os HiTech prices include 20 SCC disc 0 24 0 80 1 60 4 80 5 60 ASUNE TAL YOU SANNARG Ofoto 0 29 0 99 3 99 17 99 high quality 8x10s from asetof Shutterfly 0 39 0 99 3 99 7 99 inkjet cartridges At a low price Snapfish 0 25 0 95 3 79 of 42 00 for a set that s 1 68 Target 0 29 4 99 for ink Add 0 80 for a sheetof Walgreen Kiosk 6 99 page 4 8 5 x 11 paper and we re up to 2 48 per print assuming you get it right the first time The following current prices are based on an order of a single print on glossy photo paper All of the vendors a
15. re available on line Postage where applicable is not included This chart is not intended to be all inclusive but is representative of the prices out there at the time of my survey So should you send it out or do it yourself Part of the answer revolves around how much gratification you get by controlling the process from start to finish would submit however that digital printing is not analogous to darkroom printing There is very little control of the process at the printer level You either have the process optimized or you don t Image manipulation is done either in the camera through custom settings and exposure or in the computer using software Direct Printing If you prefer to do your own printing at home and don t have or wish to use a computer there are a number of ways to do it Some printers have a slot where you can insert the cameras memory card Kodak offers a printer with a dock that accepts the camera eliminating the need to remove the memory card or to connect a cable Other systems allow connection of the camera to a printer via a USB connection If you want the convenience of making 4x6 prints at home and sending the rest out you can get a dedicated 4x6 photo printer that connects directly to your camera Retail outlets like CVS Walgreen s and others offer digital print kiosks that accept your cameras card The first thing to do is check your user s manual to see if there is a setting for direct printing If there is
16. requently have intermediate shutter speeds Membership amp Records Orrin Edwards Aside from controlling the amount of light entering the camera lens Exhibits openings have an effect on the distance between the nearest and Gerald Darrison farthest objects from the camera that are in focus This Aileen Harrison phenomenon is called depth of field which is dependent upon three Field Trips factors Alan Agdern Peter Metz 1 Focal length the longer the focal length the shallower the depth of field 1 l PFLI Delegate F S The wider the lens opening smaller Fstop the shallower the depth Sy Roth O 3 Lens to subject distance the closer the subject the shallower the depth of Publicity field Gerald Harrison Aileen Harrison Because the plane of critical focus can be controlled depth of field is Olympus Liaison an important creative tool It allows us to make backgrounds appear Mel Wachspress soft and non distracting when photographing things at close range Moshe Markewitz such as in portraits and macro photography Conversely when we Viewfinder Editor want everything to be in sharp focus we must use a small larger f Barry Goldstein stop number lens opening harrve shroline com SLRs have a mechanism that keeps the diaphragm wide open during focusing and light measurement and closes it to the Camcorder pre set opening during the exposure This is to aide in by Carol Goldstein focusing and composure The stop down

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