Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

For all my Irish friends and all of us who want to be Irish on this day . Happy Saint Patrick's Day

There are many phtographers who like to segregate themselves into so called camps. Some are in the Canon camp and some are in the Nikon camp and some are...you get my meaning. I think that it's all silly but if it makes them happy who am I to judge. This will make the canonites very happy. Canon is the Most Popular Camera Brand Says Survey The folks over at Canon have reason to celebrate today as the online buying assistant Sortable have revealed that an even third of customers set out to buy Canon cameras. That's a cool 7% over Nikon, which is favored by 26% of users. What's particularly interesting about the data that Sortable compiled is that customers are evenly split when it comes to point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras. 36% searched specifically for DSLRs, 36% searched specifically for point-and-shoots and 22% looked for mirrorless cameras. That leaves 6% of buyers who didn't have a preference. Sortable says that while Canon clearly holds the lead, the incre...

Happy St. Patrick's Day Weekend. Even the Sicilian cassata has a green sfumatura .

The concept of an home town, is hard to understand these days. Those of us old enough to have one to which we are connected will understand. My  beloved Castellammare del Golfo.

Have a bright, rosy Friday.

A provocative tittle for a new concept of capture. Use video to then select stlls. This will indeed kill photography as we know it. A visit to the site below will be very eye opening. http://www.digitalphotopro.com/gear/cameras/whats-the-future-of-still-capture.html highlight [select] the above link and then by right clicking and  clicking at open link you will get there

These wonderful seniors were residents of Trump Pavilion, an old client. At mid summer time they used to have a hat show that was absolutely wonderful as it brought staff and residents together. I used the Nikkor 24-85 F 2.8-4. The top and bottom photos are of staff members These are out of camera JPEGs. That was indeed a great camera.

Colomba, cassata, cioccolata e cannoli: ecco la Pasqua più dolce di Scelte di Gusto e Sicilia Dopo le prime due fortunate edizioni, al via il terzo contest del giornale di enogastronomia Scelte di Gusto, questa volta in collaborazione con Sicilia, la pagina regionale più letta di Facebook . Il tema questa volta è la Pasqua, la festa dolce e serena per eccellenza. Da qui il titolo del contest: "Regalami Dolcezze": una competition in cui i partecipanti dovranno produrre qualcosa di dolce... ...ma non necessariamente un dessert quanto piuttosto qualcosa che sia evocativo di dolcezza e che contenga cioccolata /cacao, e dunque anche una pizza a forma di coniglietto, per esempio! Solo la vostra fantasia sarà il limite a ciò che potrete realizzare! Il contest prevede che la partecipazione sia aperta a tutti, ed è particolarmente rivolta al pubblico dei Social Networks: non potranno tuttavia partecipare coloro i quali nello scorso c...

I hope that your Thursday is as bright as these flowers.

New York is full of street shows. This shot dates from the middle eighties and was taken in the Sea Port area.  The lens was the Nikkor 35mm F 2.8 and the film was Tri-X developed in D-76 full strength.

More as promised.

I had to have my mirror on the 5-D repaired and the whole shutter box had to be changed. It had just fallen off. Could it have simply been glued? Sony Brings Pro-level Performance to Mainstream SLR Users with New High-Speed α57 Camera Featuring Translucent Mirror Technology Advanced Feature Set Includes 12 fps Shooting, Full HD (60p) Video Capture, New Auto Portrait Framing and more SAN DIEGO, March 12, 2012 -- A wider palette of creative options is now accessible to more shooters with the α57 camera, the newest addition to Sony’s popular line of A-mount cameras employing Translucent Mirror Technology. The innovative Translucent Mirror design directs incoming light to the CMOS image sensor and the AF sensor at the same time, allowing full-time continuous AF during both still and video shooting.  Users can also frame, focus and preview shots in real-time on the high-resolution Tru-Finder™ electronic viewfinder, which offers a wide viewing angle and 100% field of view....

The canon S-2 along with the SP. were the cameras that put Nikon on the photographic map. They had some limitation vis a vis the Leicas but were wonderful. The lens used was the 59mm F 1.4 Nikkor. The Location was the Belmont section of the Bronx. Specifically on 187th Street. It was shot way back in 1884 .

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There seems no way to ignore the mirror less system in high quality cameras. The DSLR with it's great specs and abilities appears to be heading, slowly, to obsolescence. The latter are just to heavy and bulky. Great for sports photography but really overkill foe everything else. We have independent manufactures increasing the universe of available lenses and this entry is very welcome.   Sigma has introduced its 'Digital Neo' interchangeable lenses for Sony NEX and Micro Four Thirds. At first sight these might appear to be the DPx Merrills' lenses sawn-off and re-purposed, but delve a little deeper and they turn out to be entirely different optical designs. The DN lenses are simpler - the 19mm F2.8 EX DN uses 8 elements in 6 groups vs the DP1M's 9 elements in 8 groups, while the 30mm F2.8 EX DN has 7 elements in 5 groups compared to 8 elements in 6 groups. In retrospect this isn't entirely surprising - the DP cameras work with in-lens shutters, while t...

As you have gathered, I am in love with New York. I have posted photos that capture this feeling of affection. There will be more to come in this series. Stay tuned.

Sigma Corporation of America announces SD1 Point Support Program February 23, 2012 Program compensates current SD1 owners for price reduction with additional photography gear   Ronkonkoma, NY, Feb. 23, 2012 — Sigma Corporation of America today announced the SD1 Point Support Program, which is designed to compensate loyal SD1 users who purchased the 46-megapixel DSLR camera at its original price, prior to the price reduction that was announced Feb. 8. Each SD1 owner who registers and qualifies for the SD1 Point Support Program prior to May 31, 2012 will be given a total of 40 points to be redeemed for new Sigma products. Eligible products are allocated points toward this system based on the product's market price as of Feb. 8, 2012. A list of products and point designations will be supplied to SD1 owners once registration is complete. To register for the SD1 Point Support Program, SD1 owners who purchased the camera before Feb. 23, 2012 at the price of $6,899 sho...

Thank you  all for  visiting .

Way back in June 1970 with my Yashicamat 124 and 120 size Tri-X that I developed in D-76 full strength. The print was made on Unicolor matte or N surface. This was a brand of inexpensive paper that Camera Barn used to sell.

Way back in August of 1969, shot  in Sicily on Kodachrome II and the 50mm F 1,4 FL Canon lens. Il tempo scorre velocemente.   Times goes by fast.