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  1. Using a Lens Hood with Lee 100mm push-on F. Holder FK100

    The Lee WA hoods, like the standard types, don't have a "rear ring" - they have clips that fit into the front slot on Lee holders, including the push-on type you have. That WA hood looks very wide...
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    The quest for a reliable spotmeter

    "the meter to believe" says someone, and therein lies the rub: I find your questions frankly unrealistic, and do not understand your quest for such an improbably high degree of metering veracity. The...
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    Cambo Wide dim screen

    What remedies are there for the extremely dim ground-glass image on my Cambo Wid e with 65 S.Angulon? Shooting an interior recently, brightly lit with multiple o verhead mercury vapour lamps, I could...
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    Cambo Wide lenses & panels

    Thanks very much for your prompt advice. Terry, I am no sort of machinist, and I take your point about the possible expense of getting a panel made up. But since Ren & Stimpy (two people? one?!) say...
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    Cambo Wide lenses & panels

    What alternatives are there to buying the special lenses ready-mounted in focuss ing mounts, on a complete front panel, for the Cambo Wide (original type)? Is it possible to do it yourself, by...
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    Fuji Canada Discontinuing Astia

    It's a shame if Astia is going the same way as RMS, both of which not only give great skin tones but are my films of choice for shooting interiors. The suggestion that Provia F is "superior" is a...
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    Lee Wide Angle Hood - How Wide?

    When last I owned Lee items (they got stolen and I haven't replaced them yet) I was using them on Bronica ETRSi lenses, and the standard Lee hood that incorporates a single filter slot did not...
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    website critique (and links!) wanted

    Congratulations Ellis, very superior-looking site and stylish images. I especially like "arch-b" in Buildings (wish I'd shot it myself), and "trav-03" in Faraway Places - re the latter, a major stock...
  9. Gitzo 3 leg sections vs. 4 leg sections

    I would avoid a four-section legset on principle, since it offers too much potential for instability. Though I am cautious about centre columns they do come in handy sometimes, and if not extended...
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    Arca Swiss in London

    Try Teamwork in Foley St, a few minutes' walk from Oxford St, tel 0207 323 6455, speak to Jenny. Can't remember if they stock Arca but if not they'll tell you who does.
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    centre filter availability

    Many thanks to Paul, Armin, Ellis and Renee for your help & advice. I got my Cambo from Robert White after inspecting that and other types (e.g. Silvestri) a few months ago when I called in. I'll be...
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    centre filter availability

    I will not cut corners in quality, but I wondered if there was any alternative t o the Schneider grad centre filter for the 65 Super Angulon worth considering. P ut two rolls of RMS through my newly...
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    lens focal length for RF on 5x4

    Jean-Marie & Walter, thanks a lot - very helpful advice, just what I needed.
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    lens focal length for RF on 5x4

    I'm finally getting a LF camera with which to shoot roll film (no, please don't advise me to use 5x4 sheet film) but lens choice is critical. I want to shoot up to 6x12, more often 6x9, on (very...
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    Sekonic dealers

    To make the most of my Arca I need a new meter. I've seen the new Sekonic L-608 and want one. Can anyone suggest a thoroughly reliable US Sekonic major dealer w ho will ship meters and accessories...
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    Tuesday's disaster

    I'm glad this forum gives us an opportunity to convey our deepest sympathy for America and its people following the atrocities. I offer my personal condolences, for what they're worth, and only wish...
  17. lightweight quick change ballhead wanted

    Congratulations Wilhelm - I hope you invested in something good. I have to say it's a continual source of surprise to see people, some of whom I know for a fact use very expensive cameras,...
  18. lightweight quick change ballhead wanted

    Arca B1 - Manfrotto is comparatively crude, and the QR plates don't lock positively; Gitzo is ok but quirky (best legs in the business though); Arca plates are primitive but RRS make the world's...
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    Interior shoot with 4x5 or 35mm?

    Wayne, 35mm is great but using it for interiors highlights its limitations. Most editorial interiors photographers (as opposed to architectural photographers)use medium format, which gives plenty...
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    Which tripod

    Hello again Paul. Presumably you know what you are doing, but in my unscientific way I think stability necessarily involves a certain amount of weight, as well as structural rigidity. Apart from...
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    Mamiya back on Arca?

    Before I get an Arca, so highly recommended by many, can anyone relate their exp eriences of using the Arca rear-standard converter 5x4 to 6x9 and/or the Mamiya RZ filmback adaptor? I need to decide...
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    Super Angulon 47mm suitability

    I'm tempted by the Schneider non-XL 47mm f5.6 S-Angulon, offered to me at a good price, as my first view-camera lens for interiors and architectural exteriors p rimarily. The Schneider site tells me...
  23. Is the Minolta Flashmeter IV /spot suitable for LF

    I've often noticed a distinct bias toward the Pentax spotmeter, from US posters on this and other forums. They might be correct - I know little of the Pentax - but I've used the Minolta Spotmeter F...
  24. Is there any reason to stick to Velvia ?

    Clearly, lots of people are thinking along similar lines here. I spoke very recently to a magazine editor with considerable experience of scanning transparencies, and he commented that Velvia...
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    UK E6 lab - recommendations?

    My regular pro lab is South West Colour Labs, Paignton, Devon - I know they do mail order, and certainly process 5x4, so I imagine Fuji Quickload is no problem. Excellent quality, good service, tel...
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    Arca Swiss - beware!

    I agree with those posters who say Herr Meincke's problems do not suggest anything fundamentally wrong with Arca cameras, terrific pieces of kit, beautifully made. I'm more concerned about those...
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    RE:What is a good spot meter

    I'm surprised no-one has mentioned the Minolta Spotmeter F, widely regarded as an industry standard. Several years ago I investigated the range available and went for the Minolta, and found it to...
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    reflex finder usefulness

    I am likely to get a view camera, for studio tabletop (DoF control) and architec tural interiors (perspective control), and will use this with RF backs - quality is more than sufficient, and I'm...
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