[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

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In article <50fc03ce$0$6325$e4fe514c at dreader35.news.xs4all.nl>, MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
>On 20-jan-2013 15:36, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> Unlike many neuvo-photographers, I cut my teeth with film.  There was no
>> such thing as Photoshop for film.  Granted, if you had a film developing
>> facility (darkroom), there were certain things one could do post-produc-
>> tion to fix and or correct a film shot.  Me?  I prefer to get it right at
>> the time I release the shutter.
>
>In my living and work space, I don't have room for a photographic
>darkroom and especially not with all this Alpha, Itanium, MIPS and
>other hardware surrounding me (although slowly thinning out).  I do
>have some older Nikon SLR photo cameras, but haven't used those for
>many years.  Film sure has a lot of quality to it, I won't deny
>that at all.
>
>You're also entirely right, or I agree, that the right shutter speed
>and a steady grip (to take a nice, blur-free, picture) is what counts.
>No amount of retouching can truly make up for that, in many cases.

My gear is all Canon kit.  My lenses are very fast glass (considering that
I'm photographing bands in concert, it's a must) with image stabilization.
The only film kit still in use is a Mamiya 645Pro in which a significant
investment was made for backs and lenses as well.



>> I've been using Apple Aperture mostly as a tool for maintaining all
>> of my photos.  It has some photo fixup features but my goal has been
>> to capture the moment, not redefine it.
>
>I assume you've worked with RAW formats as well?  I must say, it's
>interesting, the with the bit-depth and high-dynamic ranges and it
>does allow some good quality 'grading' and 'relighting' even (to
>some degree), which doesn't look too terrible.

Definitely RAW!  Sad is that the lighting technicians in most venues seem
to be of the opinion that red gel rules!  The human eye is extremely non-
linear in its sensitivity to the color spectrum.  It peaks in the green.
'Tis why a green laser with the same power as a red laser looks brighter.
Film and now digital sensors are far more linear than the human eye.  So,
when shooting concert gigs, many photos are saturated in red.  One of the
few things I will do -- and I can do this in Aperture -- is to reduce the
about of red component.  I'm sure you've seen concert gig shots that were 
black and white.  I can assure you that it was probably a color shot when
it was taken.  Removing the color component is an age old trick to fixing
the color saturation problems with the over-zealous use of red gel cans.

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