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    Re: LF in the movies

    An LF camera is used in several instances in The King's Speech, a movie much better then I expected. It is only used in passing (no focus on it) for photo-ops of the King.
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    Re: Did B+W buy (any part of) Schneider?

    Also, according to Schneider, they acquired B+W
    http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/firma.htm#bete

    (see 1985...)
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    Re: Aperture Magazine just set me an e-mail

    Get off my lawn!
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    Re: ULF Photography - No, really.

    Although certainly a good amount of photography may fall into what you are saying (the majority for sure), there is also a very large swath of photography that is most definitely made, not taken....
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    Re: Speed Graphic Problem

    The stop should be moveable somehow (not involving force). Move it.
  6. Re: What's a good buy on a simple light meter?

    I'm quite fond of my digisix, though they aren't dirt cheap and don't seem to come up used often enough.
  7. Re: Avoiding fingerprints while loading/unloading film

    The only time I've ever had fingerprint issues is during scanning. For loading and development, I think I've only ever seen a fingerprint once, and that was because I was stuck field loading with...
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    Re: When you forget your bellows shade...

    Hmm, it looks like the plamp might be a good option here though it looks a bit larger and clunkier .This thread also mentions Office Depot sells something similar.
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    Re: When you forget your bellows shade...

    The problem in this case (and why I should have know better) is that the sun is quite close to being in-frame. I expect I might have just got a picture of a darkslide if I had used that... though, to...
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    When you forget your bellows shade...

    at home, and figure it is all good, I can use my hand, well be careful. Doh. To be honest, I kinda hate farting around with the hood (it makes the controls hard to access amongst other things) and...
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    Re: WHAT happened to this shutter?

    Since I am sure plain ol' dropped lenses are a dime a dozen to richard (he has to have seen more then a few), I'd expect this one has to be something more 'original' to warrant the interest.
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    Re: Which film developer????

    I know you said you didn't like powders, but ...

    XTOL is easy to mix, pleasant to work with and gives excellent results. I mix up a batch and put it in 250ml bottles (filled right to the top about...
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    Re: Sigh...Half Rant, Half Question

    I think if your friend feels the negative is good, you should just 'calibrate' your printing process to produce good results and have at it. Other people might have comments on the print process I...
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    Re: Sigh...Half Rant, Half Question

    - Unless the Sync was off, shutter speed accuracy doesn't matter. I think if the sync was M or something, it would be a lot worse then the loss of a stop.
    - You lens aperture could be marked wrong?...
  15. Re: House Calls with my Camera in current View Camera

    How long is it running in the ROM? Any chance of a showing in Ottawa?
  16. Re: Sinar F1 vs F2 - How can I visually spot the difference?

    The controls are not the same; the F2 offers more independent locks on the front movements.

    I bought a used F2, looks like it has never been used, but did not have a metering back (thankfully!)....
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    I agree totally. But even *if* I were to allow that magically digital printing will wipe out the skill requirement, as some say, then I say it makes no difference; great work will still based on...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    Yes, exactly. So even if what you propose -- that digital printing will require no craft in the future -- it will still not allow joe blow onto the wall; he still doesn't have vision. The ability to...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    A 12-year old has always been able to produce gallery quality prints, it is just a matter of hiring a high quality printer.

    Craft can be bought, artistic vision cannot.

    Once upon a time (and...
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    Re: ULF Photography - No, really.

    I love polaroids. I'm certainly no 'artist' with them (And don't try to be, I like them as snapshot materials), but there is something about it conceptually. I keep an old polaroid camera around...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    Well, if you like, you can redefine photography, but it is not the production of a print. A photographer is one who photographs. It really is simple. It is not the production of a print. The final...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    sooo ... an inkjet print is an inkjet print, a photographer is a photographer, no? But someone who's output medium is a book can't be a photographer, because no photons were sacrificed in the...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    Again, is it your contention that those whose images end up in books or magazines, where the image was not formed optically, are not photographers? Are they just wannabee offsetters?
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    photographer:
    –noun
    a person who takes photographs, esp. one who practices photography professionally.

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    You'll note that output is not considered.

    By your definition, those who print...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    Well, they are hard to compare because they are unrelated.
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    Umm ... you do realize that is basically a non-sequitur, right? A photography takes pictures. A printer (man and/or machine) prints pictures. Many a photographer doesn't print, and a good number of...
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    Re: ULF Photography - No, really.

    What about photographs of bags of garbage makes them inherently disqualified as art?
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    Not only that, I don't even coat my own plates! I totally wimp out and purchase pre-sensitized negative/positive materials. Not that I haven't thought about it :)

    Aside ...

    But I do enjoy...
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    Re: ULF Photography - No, really.

    Oh, and yes, I find the dumpy motel inspires. Perhaps not warm and fuzzy feelings, or particularly pleasant inspiration, but yes, quite inspiring.
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    Re: ULF Photography - No, really.

    I first came across new topographics-style work completely context and interpretation free. I was very intrigued and fascinated, and found the work quite interesting. I found it needed no...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    I shoot my own pictures, development them myself (colour & B&W), scan them myself, adjust and print them myself. I make my own frames (from rough wood, though cut down and dried by someone else) and...
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    Re: wet darkroom vs. inkjet

    Even better, leave the picture taking to someone who knows what they are doing! You'll get much better results.
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    Re: Welcome to the New LF Forum

    Steve, you really should be checking out the classified section for the Ansel gear.
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    Re: ULF Photography - No, really.

    I also found the images, or at least the glimpses in the video, to be quite compelling. It would be interesting indeed to see them. The fellow himself is quite interesting as well, not what you...
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    Re: Manfrotto 400, 405, 410 geared heads

    I don't know what the material is, but I'm willing to bet you'll get a lot of years of service from one of the manfrotto's before it wears out.

    The 410 is too light for 8x10, IMO. It is good for...
  36. Re: What head for a big, heavy monorail when it must not move

    I use a majestic in the "studio" (i.e. home). I think I could bolt a piece of plywood to the top and dance on it. But it is definitely a studio tripod. They often have wheels on them for a good...
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    Re: R.I.P. Kodak E6 Kits

    Well, that seriously sucks. I guess I'll have to be ducking across the border, since most US vendors can't/won't ship chem international (or at heart-attack rates), and they seem very thin on the...
  38. Re: How did those Wet Plate togs get perfect plates compared w dirty modern stuff?

    I think part of the answer is the goal: The old timers were trying to achieve technical perfection in their wet-plate process; they used wet-plate because it was what they had. A modern photographer...
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    Re: travelling in heat with film?

    I don't see how insulting the film can help over a long period. Without an ice pack, the interior of the cooler will rise to the ambient (for the cooler) temperature; this is inevitable. Heavy...
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    Re: When will a new Mac Pro arrive?

    They aren't trying to sell the computer to Windows people, they are trying to sell it to Mac people and are giving them a reason for upgrade. The status of windows computers is irrelevant to the...
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