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Great lens for an incredible price. Paid $400 1 year ago for an example in mint condition.

Did you get a recessed lens board?

Rich

Get this Book by Howard Merklinger: https://www.amazon.com/Focusing-View-Camera-Scientific-Estimate/dp/0969502524

It is the definitive work on the subject. Brilliant. Very straight forward. You...

" . . . instead of trying to replicate ancient technology . . . "

. . . is the key to this discussion.

Drum scanner technology was a wonderful application of extremely precise mechanical and...

To Fangel:

I like the first one, also.

What's the story behind these?

Rich

Generally paint is the only finish that contains lead. It would be unusual for a table to be finished with paint. Especially a drafting table. But it's possible.

The finish is more likely a...

It is a highly desired magical thing that will grant your every wish if you rub it with a special magical polishing cloth. Be sure to stand back, though. Word has it that it goes *POOF!* with a...

Like this!

Glorious.

Rich

Good stuff!

Rich

You need to re-visit color theory. You are trying to recreate the path that an image takes in the E6 process and misunderstanding how to extract the information to produce the Cyan, Magenta and...

Sorry, Ken. You have mislabeled your image.

It's A Pair.

Rich

I think its a combination of an Internet/digital camera obsession thing with "proving" that all the dynamic range that a camera or scanner can capture is represented in the image, to the great...

Gone With the Wind.

He's talking about using a graduated ND filter.

Of course that assumes the highlights are all in one place and the shadows are all in another. Pretty good chance of that in a landscape, but...

To "brighten" the image, I had only the posted screen file to use, which already had truncated half the image data. Spreading that limited data into a larger space, naturally does not lend highest...

Mick, I don't know what browser you're using, mine (Safari) has no such F11 response. But viewing the image as you suggest does not improve it for me at all.
There is no mid-tone separation to speak...

Too "modern?" I suggest you look at the paintings of the Dutch masters. While none painted in a "monochrome" style their lighting looked nothing like Sergei's original. Their lighting was brilliant...

gnuyork,

Like these a lot. Really like #2.

Rich

Sergei,

As others have commented, this is a fine portrait. It is well-composed, well-posed and well-lit.

However the "style" of reproduction which you and many on this forum seem to prefer...

You can't recover from over-exposure with color reversal material. So the old rule is to expose for the highlights.

You have a maximum of 5 stops latitude. that's 2-1/2 stops on either side of...

Curb, Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad, CA, 11/26/2017

https://pre00.deviantart.net/b89a/th/pre/f/2017/330/e/d/curb_by_rich14-dbuyvnv.jpg

I'm going to throw away all my other gear. This is from my...

Hello, Jay.

Welcome to the fray!

Let's see some stuff!

Rich

Guess some people just have to get riled up about something. Slow news day?

Rich

Like these. Especially the women's fashions. Beautiful photography.

Rich

Thanks!

https://img00.deviantart.net/28b4/i/2017/327/d/e/89380020_2_by_rich14-dbuns2z.jpg

Thanksgiving Day. Temperature today 92. Crystal clear.

Oceanside, CA Harbor, last direct, golden rays as the...

;-)

Apologies for misspelling your name!

I pre-soak only C-41 process. Never any of my BW.

I can't find anything to show that presoaking harms anything, but I can find plenty to show that it's unnecessary for any of today's BW films.
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If I had driven past this scene on the road I would have said, "Whoa. I'm in an Austin Grainger photograph!"

Rich

Great!

Chrism,

Beautiful.

That lens is next on my list. Been using closeup lenses with the 105mm f/2.4

Rich

As has been evident by the responses here, get some 100 speed film, or get some 400 speed film, or get some of each and GO OUT AND SHOOT!.

But don't make my mistake. As has been suggested, Arista...

Danny,

What size film are you scanning? What kind of scanner (drum or flat bed?)

We never used mylar film for drum or flatbed scanning. We scanned 35mm up through 8x10 using only the film...

Tuco,

I'm not sure anything can really be decided from viewing a monitor image of this size as to wether there are more or less mid-tone values visible before or after the small "curves"...

What is it about the image that you don't like? How did you capture this file? Is it a scan of a print or of the B&W negative? The lighting is somewhat flat.

To me it is lacking in mid-tone...

Guys,

I don't know the history between you, but any time a thread goes in this direction, this forum is the loser.

What you're doing has nothing to do with the topic and is unnecessary.

I'd...

https://pre00.deviantart.net/6048/th/pre/f/2017/293/f/8/white_wall_by_rich14-dbr5w3z.jpg
White Wall, Oceanside, CA Harbor

In the San Diego area, we frequently don't get really hot summer weather...

Hold on, what about 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits a dollar . . . ?

Rich

Follow the advice to use hot hide glue. In all probability that's what's already in there. New hot hide glue remelts and "reactivates" old, dried hide glue. If the parts fit well, you will not have...

Good image!

What was your E.I. for the out-dated film?

Was this shot wide open at f/5.6?

Rich