L/13 Meybauer to view...

[Tony T-S]

You need the cold look to give it a good check over, but you get a better sense of how nice it is with the other shots. The angle you've captured with it standing in the case with the maker in the case lid to the left just nails it.

[Robert P.]

You need the cold look to give it a good check over, but you get a better sense of how nice it is with the other shots. The angle you've captured with it standing in the case with the maker in the case lid to the left just nails it.

OK, thanks again Tony. Your opinion is very much appreciated.

Robert

[plaut]

Meybauer paint is tricky to photograph but scans are flat IMO

[Robert P.]

Meybauer paint is tricky to photograph but scans are flat IMO

I agree. That was my first thought as well. The digital camera shots really capture the true heights of the swasi and date.

Thanks,
Robert

[Robert P.]

How do you like these, Tony?

Robert

[WEISNER]

Robert, your photos are much more pleasing to the eye IMO, yes the Meybauer cross just melts my heart!

Kev

[Robert P.]

Thanks Kevin,

I've been trying to learn a little more about my Photoelements 5.0 editing software. I need to go back to college for a quarter/semester. I'll bet they would have a hard time with all of my historical 3rd Reich artifacts, maybe kick me out of class.

Robert

[Tony T-S]

They're great Robert, especially the second (closer) one. One very photogenic cross.

[Robert P.]

Thank you Tony,

Shooting these crosses is almost as much fun as hunting for them...

Robert

[Gew44]

I lost this post, Sorry.

A beautiful set and very well showed. IMO the digital camera is much better than scan because this last make a "flat prospective" and not is a natural light.

The Meybauer set is a little jewel.

Ciao Robert

[Robert P.]

Thanks Gew44,

Much appreciated.

Robert

[juoneen]

One of my favs also for a side by each to yours:













The first time I posted this one it was described by someone as: sALTY....and if you notice the 939 is leaning slightly, so likely from a different production run. I admit meybauers made eye candy with their EKI's. Too bad these cant talk. Even the MM's are slightly in different positions on the pin.Hinges are in different elevations as first example(yours) is lower, But both are text book as they say.

[Robert P.]

Very 'salty' indeed. I look at these crosses and imagine them being worn through every season of the year for YEARS. You're right, "If they could only talk."

Robert

[juoneen]

Forgot to answer about scans of digital photos...scans were good before digitals got better, now digital photos are the best IMO....Only one critique to add about the cross photo I used at the top of my two cents on the issue....the lighting is slightly too bright....if you have the apature set at 400, drop it to 200, take the shot @ a slightly lower (darker) setting, then you can bump it up some using photoshop, and you may find as I did through experimentation , that when photos are taken too bright, they can't be darkened as easily to make them appealing to the eye, as you can starting darker then brightening them up with photoshop. If you dont have photoshop, then a couple desktop halogen lights with high and low settings , with one on each side, can get the same effect if you slide the lights around till the shot looks perfect in the viewfinder , and take a few dozen shots experimenting with the lights, and then when viewing them just take the very best ones, and delete the others . Every once in a while you get a shot that is phenomenal as it is all lighting IMO, and not megapixels, as I use a 2.1mpl camera, and have it on a base to hold it still most of the time, and use the next higher setting above 640x780 to get sharper details when you need to see the tiny veins as you did...so if this makes sense experiment with the concept and see if it helps you go from very good to excellent quickly, but your shots are very well done despite my corrective criticism. Taking the digital photos is an enjoyable challenge , and keeping the lenses clean is always a big help to keep photos sharp and dont use the zoom , move the camera in and out instead , but you can trim photos after you take a good shot in focus further away to zoom them to keep them crisp....(different than cropping, trim is a setting on the camera used after to use on a shot you duplicate it to zoom a photo already on the memory stick , and adds the new trimmed shot including the original to the memory stick usually at the end of the last photo taken and not where the original you took is located) I use a external storage to store photos off the memory sticks through photoshop elements, and keep my memory sticks empty for the next series of shots, and not on the computer memory) seagate , and my book are both decent products to store your photos in, and are cheap to purchase in case you dont have one.

[Robert P.]

I appreciate the pointers on camera settings. I understand what you mean about zooming ('trimming' in my Sony DSC-F717) with the camera vs. cropping with photoshop. I'll work with that more. I'm always looking for better results with my photo taking.

Thank you,
Robert