FREEDOM in an Upsidedown World

[Anthony Reiss]

Freedom in an Upsidedown World

I can never tell you enough of how liberating photography has been taking photos with your DSLR in an upsidedown way. Try it! It's freakin' fun!
What it does:
* It frees up your nose. It will no longer be flattened.
* The buttons and LCD monitor will no longer be wet with your fluids.
* You can see where you are going and stepping on to.
* You can finally breath again.
* You get to use your arm muscles in a more challenging way.
But there are negative effects:
* People think you are a lunatic.
* They think you have a new gadget, and pester you. (They have never seen a DSLR used upsidedown)
* Your family will disown you.
Some tricks:
* Flip the images later on your computer. If there are hundreds of images, all it takes is one click if the image software is Photoshop or equivalent high end program.
Try it!
It's fun!
Anthony

Note: Today's advanced metering will be fooled by the upsidedown format and go crazy and insane with exposure and you'll get hilarious shots. Switch to center weighted or if you are very confident, spot metering.

[w.slayman]

Anthony,
I tried it, but it must only work for Digital SLR's, because the imulsion ran off my Fujifilm Superia and into the mirror area, clogging up the camera.

[Anthony Reiss]

Hi Bill,
I have been doing this a long time even with film cameras. I also have an A1 and 2 F1's (the old and the n) and they work OK. I get the best ones on a Nikon F2 AS which I still use regularly, because it is purely mechanical (except the AS meter head). The great thing about film is you don't have to flip the images. (but the labelling sequence looks funny..)
I never encountered emulsion running off Superia or Velvia. What would it take to make that happen?
Cheers and best regards!
Anthony

[w.slayman]

I guess the top of the film was not properly sealed at the factory,and the gavitional pull here at sea level was just to much.

This has the potential to develop into a world class liars contest.

[w.slayman]

Anthony,

Since you are DO,WN UNDER if you hold the camera upside down, that would really make it right side up, and you are upside down. That must be why it works for you, and not for me. HAHAHAHAHA BTW I was lucky enough to get R&R in Australia during the Viet Nam War. Fantastic Country, and the Friendliest People on Earth.

[Anthony Reiss]

Bill
I have a nasty experience with an A1. They are notorious for reflex mirrors being stuck due to Canon's use of a lubricant which turns to goo after a decade. They also used seals which melted in 100 degree heat. I learned this the hard way one very cold winter. The reflex mirrors were going slow motion indicating a clog up somewhere. I suspected it as the lubricant turning to tacky gel in the sub zero temperatures. I put the A1 beside the radiator just enough to get it to warm temperatures. The next day, the whole innards were a mess with Canon's lubricant. These never happened with F1's and Nikon's F2's.
Using the A1 upsidedown for long periods could manifest a lubricant problem or a sealant problem, I don't know and not certain about this, but this happened to me years ago.
Anthony

[Frog]

I don't understand what the first and third negatives are?
I think they should go in the positive list./

[w.slayman]

Anthony,
I think Frog may be the only sober and sane one on this thread, on one hand I may have had too many slabs of VB , while on the other hand you might have had too many slabs of XXXX.

[Axle]

Originally Posted by Anthony Reiss

But there are negative effects:
* People think you are a lunatic.

It's OK, people already think I'm a lunatic. I go into abandoned buildings for fun.

[Anthony Reiss]

Originally Posted by Frog

I don't understand what the first and third negatives are?
I think they should go in the positive list./

Hear! Hear!

[Anthony Reiss]

Originally Posted by w.slayman

Anthony,
I think Frog may be the only sober and sane one on this thread, on one hand I may have had too many slabs of VB , while on the other hand you might have had too many slabs of XXXX.

In NSW, It's Toohey's FTW!
Onya!

[Anthony Reiss]

Originally Posted by Axle

It's OK, people already think I'm a lunatic. I go into abandoned buildings for fun.

Far out!
=)

[w.slayman]

Anthony,

The last time I was in Australia, was in 1968 on R & R from the 5th Special Forces in Viet Nam. Mostly in and around Darwin. I do not remember much of the slang, except slabs of beer , great mates in the SAS , more slabs, very friendly shielas , more slabs and waking up on/under tables in pubs , more slabs, and trying to catch and ride a roo (BIG MISTAKE) , I think he did not like Yanks.

Enough about memory lane, back on thread and serious business, we have to figure out the imlusion problem. You may be right about extreme low tempratures in NSW or FL and they may have something to do with it, but I still think it is the upside down gravity, because Fuji does not seal the top of their film, in order to allow more color to jump out during processing. That is why Fujifilm has better color saturation and Fuji uses the 4th color layer claim simply to confuse Kodak engineers.

[Frog]

Originally Posted by Anthony Reiss

Far out!
=)

There's one I haven't heard in a long time. Ah, we were so groovy in those days.