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    Re: Focus or motion blur?

    For a 240mm lens focused at infinity, 160 feet would not be within your DOF at f/5.6. And that's what the image appears to be, just not quite in focus (vs motion blur.)
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    Re: Man with a van!

    Get a couple of Group 27 deep cycle batteries, put them in the back somewhere BOLTED DOWN. Use a battery isolator to connect these to the van's electrical system, so you don't kill your starting...
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    Re: Kodak does it again - looses money

    Right on. I was just wondering if anyone has spotted any of that money since Kodak let it get loose...
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    Poll: Re: Worst Photographic Buzzword

    What we have here, is an example of language evolving. I can't argue that the word is used as you say, now. It wasn't always that way.

    Sadly, you've gone over to the dark side... :D
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    Poll: Re: Worst Photographic Buzzword

    There are zooms, varifocals and fixed focal lengths. ALL are prime lenses, when you add a supplementary lens, such as a closeup diopter, or reverse another lens for an ultra closeup. ...
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    Poll: Re: Worst Photographic Buzzword

    We may have a winner......
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    Poll: Re: Worst Photographic Buzzword

    Absolute WORST photographic buzzword (though it's not used much in LF circles) is "Prime Lens." Poster child for the misuse and repurposing of technical terms because people don't understand what...
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    Re: Mat size for 16 x 20 print

    I've become a fan of the bottom-weighted mats since I got my own mat cutter. For 16x20 (landscape) I generally use 21x24, with 3" on the bottom. For portrait orientation, 20x25.
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    Re: Digital light meter.

    And one of the major driving forces in the industry's move from analog meters to digital: when you get rid of the delicate d'Arsonval movement and substitute a drop-in digital module, the meter is...
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    Re: Digital light meter.

    Did you actually read what I wrote?
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    Re: Digital light meter.

    Of course, you're absolutely right on this, Frank. It comes down to personal choice, as with most everything else. My first comment (intended to be over the top!) is my take on the common belief...
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    Re: Digital light meter.

    A digital meter can tell you (something like) 5.1 or 5.2, but it is limited to discrete steps and cannot tell you anything about the area between those two numbers.

    The needle of an analog meter...
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    Re: Digital light meter.

    Good decision. Me, I use my Luna Pro F. The only thing it might lack (and that's only if I decide I need it) is that tiny 1 degree spot reading.

    As for accuracy, analog meters are MORE accurate...
  14. Re: Your thoughts on digital sensor size vs film format

    No, we don't. No digital camera, or digital back on a view camera, will ever be "large format" until the sensor itself is 4 inches by 5 inches. Or larger. And since pixels keep getting smaller,...
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    Re: What's the point?

    If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand.
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    Brilliant!

    Sometimes I worry that today's LF fotogs are losing touch with the spirit of the medium (what with DSLRs and iPhones as lightmeters, and such.) But now here's a low cost, low tech...
  17. Re: My tripod vibrates a lot with my view camera

    OK, I won't. But you definitely need a different tripod. "Different" may include modifications or additions to your existing 'pod. Possibly the problem is in the head, which could be replaced for...
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    Re: Ektanon Mounting Flange

    Try calling SK Grimes. They have an extensive database of old lenses, and likely know the specs. I had them make a flange for a lens I bought on evilBay. Quality is just excellent, and the price...
  19. Re: Do I really need a 150mm lens? Opinions please

    You don't need a 150mm lens unless you want one.
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    Re: More film than holders while shooting

    In my experience, film is vulnerable to scratches when it is wet (i.e., during processing) or when being mechanically transported inside a camera (generally roll films, perhaps film packs, but...
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    Re: Why do you use a pseudonym?

    When I have taken the title, "Emperor of the Earth" and assumed my rightful place on the throne, THEN you may learn my real name.

    Until then, you shall know me only by the pseudonym seen here.

    ...
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    Re: Ball Heads vs. Pan Heads

    Can anyone explain the advantages of a ball head vs. a pan head for me?

    Ball heads are great when used with 35mm cameras and big telephoto lenses. They really shine when shooting wildlife, where...
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    Re: 90 for 4x5

    Hello David,

    Here are a few of my efforts, all taken with 90mm Caltar SW (which is a rebadged 90mm f/8 Super Angulon.)

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/296864459_2fb5b08f08.jpg

    SP&S 700...
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    Re: Tilting camera and hinge question

    Every possible movement in a view camera affects one (or both) of only two things: what appears in the field of view, or what is in focus. And the image on the groundglass is the final arbiter of...
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    Re: advice on field 4x5

    I use a 10" f/4.5 on my Tachihara with no problems at all. I suppose it is probably comparable (in weight) to your 300/5.6.

    Suggest you pick a camera, then worry about new lenses if you have a...
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    Re: Isn't 4x5' too small?

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  27. Re: Remount lens - reasonable to do myself?

    Always keep in mind, large format cameras use 100 year old technology. Ain't no rocket science involved. Just make the parts fit together and don't strip the threads.
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    Re: List of Formats in LF category?

    Sheet film does not make a camera large format.

    I was taught that 4x5 is the lower limit of "large" format; anything smaller than 4x5 is medium format or a small format.
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    Re: Film exposed in hand inspection

    Sounds like knowledge gained through a graduate course at the School of Hard Knocks.

    Also perhaps the best advice yet offered.
  30. Re: Tell us why your “scouting” is useful

    Scouting helps me to be prepared!
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    Re: Bracketing...

    If the shot is one that can't be retaken, there may be some justification for taking a second shot using the same exposure. Then develop only one of the sheets; if it turns out badly for some...
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    Re: Shooting with bargains

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/252158854_ff4a1987b2.jpg

    Elgeet f/4.5 254mm, in Alphax #4 shutter. $50 on flea bay, plus $5 for a lighter fluid CLA and $25 for SK Grimes to sell me a flange so...
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    Re: What did you compose at Water’s Edge?

    The Light at Cape Blanco
    Tachi, 10" f/4.5 Elgeet lens, E100SW, about 4 minutes:

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/252158854_ff4a1987b2_o.jpg

    I confess to having added the lens flare effects...
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    Re: Disappointed

    None of your "issues" are really about results.

    1. It gets easier with experience, but really this is just something most of us have gotten accustomed to having our cameras do for us. LF...
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    Re: Just One More Lens

    My collection includes 90, 150 and 254. The only thing I need to complete the series is a 400T.
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    Re: Focusing Loupe: Recomendations

    I have one of the 4x Fuji loupes that I bought on fleabay; it's probably the same one Bob McC. is using. Before that, I used a 5x eyeglass loupe, the kind that clips onto the frame of your glasses. ...
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    Re: Using a DSLR as a meter

    There ain't nuthin' digital in my Luna Pro F; from the sensor to the needle it's stepless, as in "analog."



    Ten to twenty million readings, when we're talking about something a human brain...
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    Re: Using a DSLR as a meter

    Your histogram is an artifact of the processed image that was created by your digital camera, using responses programmed into its processor. When you consult the histogram, you aren't measuring the...
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    Re: Why use color film?

    s'true. That's why I said, "in general." Few photographers, even large format types, are going to be willing to make three separate negatives, then combine the channels. That's why I use color...
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    Re: Why use color film?

    Because B&W film, in general, is not conducive to color photography.
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