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| Chuck Nacke |
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| Friday, September 21, 2007 |
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Stephen,
Have not nor will I ever photograph a wedding. What does that have to do with Alamy anyway?
Chuck (still the original one)
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Just my opinion and based on over 25 years in the business.
It has always been difficult to do well.
And I will add that "Youth is wasted on the young...."
Chuck (Still the original one)
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Lightscapes (Brad?)
You write: "Is this the way some of you really talk to your friends? Some of the behavior here borders on disrespect. Good luck fello photographers."
What? I have not yet insulted you and I do resent your comments about a library that I contribute to. Not to mention the attempt to slur a manufacturer
that I have great respect for (FUJI).
Lastly, Will someone put this poor dead horse out of its misery. It has in my opinion been beaten to death.
Chuck (Still the original one)
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For sales my start date is 01/01/00 and I did not start directly contributing to Alamy until
2007.
Chuck (Still as original in 09 as I was in 00....)
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Grasshopper (?)
Call Tamron, in the U.S. their telephone number is: 800 827 8880
I don't remember what time zone they are in so I would wait until
morning.
I've tried cleaning the contacts on my lenses and it made no difference.
I would bet that the chip in the lens needs to be replaced.
Chuck (Yall know)
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I'm with matt,
Where is the "Vomitorium?"
Yea, we all have FUJI 50 ASA and Velvia Chromes that are live on Alamy, Only mine were scanned with a poor old Canon 4000.
I will also bet that there are a number of people who have seen more images, from more sources working in Alamy's QC then
99% of the "contributors."
Chuck (Still the original one)
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Over the years I've used three Tamron lenses, 300 f2.8, 28-70 f2.6 and 20-40 f2.6-3.5 on film bodies. They have always been optically excellent, but
with the newer electronic bodies I had problems with the "chip" in the Tamron lenses that communicated with the body. My 20-40 started telling the
body that it was an f1.0 (which would be a pretty cool 20mm) Then it started just creating the Error message when mounted on any electronic body.
I ended up talking with Tamron and they replaced the "chip" and the problem was solved. I also had the same thing happen with my old 80-200 f2.8
Nikkor (by old I mean more than 15 years of heavy use).
While I have not used the Tamron lenses in years they did have very good customer service and they did offer 24 hour repair if you paid $25.00 (that was
five years ago? if they still offer this service the price may have increased.) keep in mind that most Tamron lenses are warranted for five or six years.
Don't know if that helps and all of the above is from my experience with F mount bodies, not Canon.
Chuck (still the original one)
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Just my opinion (I'm in California, what do I know?) it is simple maintenance.
just a fact of life in a digital/internet world. I also noticed this afternoon that
while certain features of the Alamy site were down, you could still go to
Alamy.com and search, at least I could. I only care about customers.
Chuck (still the original one)
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There are many things I would like to add to this forum, but I can not at this time.
The blog Ian linked: http://blog.melchersystem.com/ Is pretty much what I have been
saying for sometime, I've even posted simular comments on the Alamy Forum.
P.S. I am not refering to the 'Walmart" part, I did not read it, I don't go near
anything releated to Walmart.
Good of Ian to post that link,
Chuck (still the original one)
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Clive,
I will also take issue with your statement: "The oft-repeated advice that you can use a slower shutter speed with a wide angle lens is a fallacy. Camera shake is camera shake."
You are WRONG. I have many images on Alamy that were shot using traditional film SLR's that were shot at f2.8 at a 15th of a sec. through a 20mm lens. I do not use Stabilized lenses or bodies. I also would not try to shot with a 300mm lens on a film SLR at a 30th of a sec. but I do have an image on Alamy that has sold many times that was shot with a 135mm f2 at f2.8 and a 60th of a sec.
There is no point in going into the Physics, what I have written above proves my point, at least to me.
One of the oldest rules in the book is “half the focal length of the lens is the minimum shutter speed, without a tripod, to shoot at.”
Chuck (Still the original one)
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