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Noah

Noah

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This may not be the appropriate thread to post this, but it affects a lot of photographers.

Some of you may be aware that an enlightened MEP has set about trying to harmonise and simplify copyright regulations across the EU. Part of that effort was an extension of 'Freedom of Panorama' to those countries where it was not already enshrined in national law (as it is in the UK). Freedom of Panorama allows folks to take photographs in public places and share, publish or sell them without seeking the permission of anyone whose copyright work appears in the photo (such as the architect of a building).

However that attempt has been hijacked in committee, and the proposal as currently drafted would ban all 'non-commercial' use without obtaining copyright licence for any 'work' appearing in the photo. In practise this would mean no uploading photos to Facebook (as FB require commercial use rights to all photos). This revised proposal has been explicitly aimed at the likes of Wikipedia which is non-profit-making and therefore would hit all non-profit-making sites & organisations; and any advertising or sponsors logos on a site or magazine would almost definitely make the use commercial

For further reading, see the webpage of the MEP who set out the original proposals: https://juliareda.eu/2015/06/fop-under-threat/

There is an e-petition against the loss of FoP here:
https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-save-the-freedom-of-photography-savefop-europarl-en
 
Laurie61

Laurie61

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This is not from the thunder storms last night but a few years ago.

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jpphotography

jpphotography

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Gramaisc said:
I see that @Gareth87 at Stafford Photo Centre currently has a 50mm f/0.95 for sale - on a C-mount.

https://www.facebook.com/StaffordPhotoCentre/posts/784103608373460

Not to be used indoors, as it would suck all of the light out of the room.
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Would love one of those, the only problem is that it would never work with any of my SLR;s as the mirror would hit it. Beautiful lens though with some serious bokeh!!! Here is a great video of a Canon 5D that had it's mount changed and mirror taken out to mount the lens.

 
photography_bloke

photography_bloke

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Talyllyn Railway - Talyllyn 150 Gala - Sunday 5th July 2015 by Mike Hillman, on Flickr

Camera and Lens - Canon EOS 70D, EF50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro (Handheld)
Settings - Shutter Speed 1/320, Aperture f/6.3 and ISO 1250
Location - Abergynolwyn Station, Talyllyn Railway, North Wales

Didn't manage to produce much this weekend - the weather turned against me and I was also absolutely shattered and not really thinking straight. I did capture a few images though, including this one of loco number 7 - a mere baby, aged only 24!

Converted to mono in Photoshop, using the Maximum Black filter setting and a small levels tweak.
 
Noah

Noah

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Noah said:
This may not be the appropriate thread to post this, but it affects a lot of photographers.

Some of you may be aware that an enlightened MEP has set about trying to harmonise and simplify copyright regulations across the EU. Part of that effort was an extension of 'Freedom of Panorama' to those countries where it was not already enshrined in national law (as it is in the UK). Freedom of Panorama allows folks to take photographs in public places and share, publish or sell them without seeking the permission of anyone whose copyright work appears in the photo (such as the architect of a building).

However that attempt has been hijacked in committee, and the proposal as currently drafted would ban all 'non-commercial' use without obtaining copyright licence for any 'work' appearing in the photo. In practise this would mean no uploading photos to Facebook (as FB require commercial use rights to all photos). This revised proposal has been explicitly aimed at the likes of Wikipedia which is non-profit-making and therefore would hit all non-profit-making sites & organisations; and any advertising or sponsors logos on a site or magazine would almost definitely make the use commercial

For further reading, see the webpage of the MEP who set out the original proposals: https://juliareda.eu/2015/06/fop-under-threat/

There is an e-petition against the loss of FoP here:
https://www.change.org/p/european-parliament-save-the-freedom-of-photography-savefop-europarl-en
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Common sense, or the fear of rebellion, has triumphed. The 500,000 signature petition from the UK, petitions from other countries, emails & text messages in large numbers ... have persuaded the European Parliament & Commission that Freedom of Panorama should be retained, and is likely to be extended to those countries that do not have it. Even MEP Jean-Marie Cavada, who started everything with his proposal of restricting the Freedom of Panorama in the first place, called upon the other members of the Parliament to vote against his own amendment.
 
Gramaisc

Gramaisc

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Starting with a blank card in the camera, I've taken the opportunity to install the first picture with the means to return it, should I ever lose the camera or the card. A mobile number shouldn't give too much away if it falls into the wrong hands.

Facebook seems to be awash with people trying to find the owners of cards and cameras that have been found with no return details available within them.
 
age'd parent

age'd parent

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Gramaisc said:
Starting with a blank card in the camera, I've taken the opportunity to install the first picture with the means to return it, should I ever lose the camera or the card. A mobile number shouldn't give too much away if it falls into the wrong hands.

Facebook seems to be awash with people trying to find the owners of cards and cameras that have been found with no return details available within them.
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Thanks for that idea, doing it right away, so simple just to leave it on when downloading pics and a copy on the comp for new cards.
 
Laurie61

Laurie61

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I bought a camera in Bulgaria several years ago,I thought it might be a bit more in value than I could bring back through customs without declaring ? so I set the camera date to a month earlier and took a few photos of coins on a table. Although I was not stopped coming back ;)
 
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