About & Photo gear

Statement:
An experiment is always something to learn about.
Life is another kind of experiment.
Every day, beside our routine, we should be able to hear, see, feel, notice the unexpected.

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About the blog:
Please keep the comments on topic. If possible, please write in english. I always moderate the comments.

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About the works:
All the writings and photos on the blog, except where specified, represent my most recent work.

Copyright notice:
All my personal works on the blog are free for private personal use. For commercial use or other inquiries, please contact me: mobile-/at/-tertulia-/dot/-ro.

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The photo gear I use:
- cameras: Olympus E3, Olympus E500;
- lenses (35 mm equivalent): Olympus ZD 14-54 mm F:2.8-3.5 (28-108 mm), Olympus ZD 50-200 mm F:2.8-3.5 SWD (100-400 mm), Olympus ZD 9-18 mm F:4-5.6 SWD (18-36 mm), Olympus ZD 70-300 mm F:4.0-5.6 (140-600 mm), Olympus ZD 35 mm F3.5 Macro (70 mm), Lensbaby 2.0 50 mm + 0.6x and 1.6x conversion lenses;
- UV, Warm, circular polarizing, NG, close-up filters;
- memory cards: Lexar CF Pro 133x 4 GB, Transcend CF 133x 4 GB, Kingston CF Ultimate 133x 4 GB, Kingston CF Ultimate 100x 2 GB, Olympus XD M 2 GB, Olympus XD H 1 GB;
- Hama Universal card reader;
- external flash: Olympus FL36;
- slave flashes: Electra 80 W/s;
- color filters for flashes;
- tripod: Manfrotto 190XProB;
- tripod head: Manfrotto 804RC2;
- flash tripods;
- white & silver umbrellas;
- collapsible dome 100×100 cm;
- flood light: 500 W;
- custom made 100 W colour & white continuous lights;
- headlamp;
- portable studio background system;
- custom made backgrounds & photo table;
- backpack: Lowepro CompuRower AW;
- lenscases: Lowepro LC1, LC2, LC3.

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About the photos:
I always shoot full manual in RAW and I strive to postprocess as little as possible the photos. Usually I only adjust - if necessary – the white balance, exposure, black and contrast levels. When appropriate I convert to grayscale. The camera is set to natural rendition of colors, sharpening off & noise reduction off. Keep rate is now 1:3.

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3 comments

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   Pingback by Tertulia.ro » Updated: About page on Wed, 13 February 2008 at 05:31

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   Comment by miChou on Mon, 19 May 2008 at 21:46

   Glad to see another happy Olympus user. How do you feel about he FL-36? I’d need a flash but I’m still in doubt about this one.
   Thanks in advance for your answer (and sorry for posting the last comment in romanian :*) )

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   Comment by admin on Tue, 20 May 2008 at 04:37

   FL36 has served me a lot since it’s first day. The main benefit, even when you don’t use it’s light, is no more flash strobes which draws so much attention to you and annoys/scares away your living subjects. On the other hand, you can bounce the light and/or diffuse it. Add the fact that it’s having it’s own power source and the price which is quite ok.

   If you want more info, please leave me a comment and I’ll contact you.

   Since I managed to buy a second Olympus body, I’ll save “something” for the FL50R. Quite expensive but it has a little more power and options.

   P.S. About the comment in Romanian: no problem, I always moderate comments and translate where needed.

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