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  1. Re: Oceano Dunes Get Together In Honor of Per Volquartz

    do we post our preferences here? so what's the final choice for where everyone is staying?
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    Re: All about Better Light scanning back

    I've been using the betterlight for outdoor landscape photography for about two years. In that time I've been very impressed with the quality of the scan and think it exceeds what I can do with my...
  3. Re: Oceano Dunes Get Together In Honor of Per Volquartz

    looks like $47/nite for an RV but no tent sites.... i may just try to stay in one of the state parks...
  4. Re: Oceano Dunes Get Together In Honor of Per Volquartz

    Forrest just clued me in on the remembrance get together. Please count me in. I would share a campsite if one can be found.

    anyone wanting to carpool from the SF Bay Area, contact me

    Bill...
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    Re: Owens Valley "Get Together" Oct 1-5

    I'm looking at my calendar. I'll let you know in the next couple days how long I can make it
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    Re: Owens Valley "Get Together" Oct 1-5

    so this meeting place is in Bridgeport, CA? got a google map link to location?
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    Re: Convert Gamma 1.8 to 2.2

    but there **ARE** differences.... the gamma 1.8 spreads out the shadows whereas the 2.2 spreads out the highlights. You can prove this to yourself by assigning (NOT convert) the "false profile" of...
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    Re: Lens board machinist?

    I've gotten lens board adapters done by Jorge Moreno

    jorgeamoreno2003@att.net
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    Re: Lensfielders?

    yes. I just bought some Arca Swiss gear and they are reliable. they are indeed in Arizona
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    Re: Arca Swiss users---shoulder bags

    I have an Arca Swiss Fline 4x5 and I've been very, very happy with my pack from Renaissance Photo Tech, Inc. (RPT).

    review

    there is a special box for the camera and one for lenses and one for...
  11. Re: report: Tonopah Temptation Workshop May 2011

    had a great time guys! not done with Tonapah so I'll be back
    where is everyone posting images? here or at APUG?
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    Re: Setting levels

    OK advice but IMHO it doesn't go near far enough... far better to NOTHING in the scan & get a RAW file. Most scanners are 12 bit so a 16 bit RAW is very dark... highest values are no more than 50...
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    Re: Arca-Swiss back orientation change?

    yes! unclip the back and remove it, rotate it, clip it back on. same is true for almost all folding cameras like the deardorf, wisner, tachihara, etc. Rotating backs add weight and not much value
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    Re: Large format digital sensors?

    another problem is my old Masterview may not have enough precision to do this sensor justice! Using a Better Light scan back and, man, does it have problems with low light... resolution is not an...
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    Re: Thinking about Large Format

    check out

    http://www.largeformatphotography.info/

    especially the equipment reveiws. you might just start with a Calumet or graphic view II for almost next to nothing to see if you are suited...
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    Re: Commercial Scanner

    you will need a flatbed and not a drum of course (or a Leafscan/Hasselblad which are closer to enlargers). Lots of choices if you want to go to Ebay to find. suggest subscribing to
    ...
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    Re: Digital Spot Meter

    1/3 stop on f/stop, factors of two (1/25, 1/50, 1/100, ...) on the shutter for film, slightly better for the betterlight since scan times are 1/8 sec, 1/10, 1/15, ...

    nothing approaches 1 part in...
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    Re: Digital Spot Meter

    here goes a rant: I use a Betterlight (BL) back and I use film with a spotmeter. When taking a picture, you need to set the exposure: shutter speed (line capture time on BL) and the f/stop on the...
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    Re: Digital Spot Meter

    is this for film or do you intend to get a digital back for a medium format camera? i am confused.... for film, a hand held device like a pentax digital spotmeter is a wonderful tool and you just...
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    Re: Anyone have Lowepro Magnum 400 AW ?

    I have my Arca F line in an RPI

    http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/backpack.shtml
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    Re: full resolution large format on web

    the iPad/iPhone app would be more interesting if i had an iPad/IPhone... which I have no plans of ever owning. likely this is true for many of the people browsing out there so could the app also do...
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    Re: full resolution large format on web

    the "little image" is actually the thumbnail

    point taken about attention span. then there is the problem of being found at all

    but i guess that once someone stumbles onto your site you must...
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    Re: full resolution large format on web

    the "little image" is actually the thumbnail

    point taken about attention span. then there is the problem of being found at all
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    Re: full resolution large format on web

    sounds like a good idea! I will also look into Zoomify's products. this was the free plug in in Photoshop CS4... and yes, i was aware of theft. I'm sure you can rip this and restitch in theory but...
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    Re: full resolution large format on web

    point taken. so instead of "full resolution" maybe "high resolution" or would you suggest something else? I used "full" because this is unreduced from the resolution of the raw scan of the image
    ...
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    full resolution large format on web

    I've been playing with posting large format on the web in full resolution. Debating whether to scale it down so that it would load faster but here's a sample 8x10 scan
    ...
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    Re: 4x5 resolution question

    no Bayer interpolation in large format scan backs, though. so colors are very pure at the expense of long scan times and image artifact problems when the subject moves. there is also a Black&White...
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    Re: Newbie help: Best modern lenses for 8x10

    as you look at lenses, you might want the specs... try

    http://www.largeformatphotography.info/lenses/LF8x10in.html

    if you are doing close up work, you can get by with a much smaller image...
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    Re: Hello from the Mojave Desert

    where in the Mojave are you? Ridgecrest, here...
  30. Re: Seeking real world experence on Betterlight scanner backs

    there are good things and bad. one interesting thing is to do a capture in infrared and one in visible then in photoshop use the luminosity of the infrared and the color from the visible = "color...
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    Re: Bracketing...

    only one. if your'e careful that's all that you need. especially with 8x10
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    Re: Los Osos Get together June 11th

    and we were very pleased to me you!!!
    :P
  33. Thread: Darwin CA

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    Re: Darwin CA

    I've (unfortunately) lived the last 20 years in the shadow of Darwin and never made it there...
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    Re: Chamonix 45N-2

    not to talk you out of Shen Hao or Chamonix, but this question comes up a lot... there are lots of other choices

    take a look at
    http://www.largeformatphotography.info/listcameras.html



    also...
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    Re: Proper Exposure w/ Flashbulbs

    if you take the guide number and divide by the number of feet I think it gives you the f/stop
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    Re: TOYO Field 8x10

    this is so good that if you don't want it, let me know who's selling it and I'll buy it

    :)
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    Re: Should I buy a Linhof?

    if you want to broaden your search, look at the Arca Swiss and Sinar's in addition to Linhof & Toyo. Extremely refined and rigid.
  38. Re: How to attach a scanback to Technikardan 23?

    Betterlight works with 4x5 Technikardan. scan backs are like thick grafmatics and do NOT use the graflok portion

    can you get a 4x5 adapter back and leave the 6x9 front like you can with an Arca...
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    Re: How is working out of a backpack?

    er... i set the pack down on the ground and let it get dirty.
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    WTB: Graflex XL 4"x5" Adapter Back

    I am seeking the very rare Graflex XL 4"x5" Adapter Back. if anyone has one to sell, please PM with price. Yes, I know it does not do the full 4x5 frame
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