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    Re: Key components for "value" computer?

    At this moment with the software you are talking about, the dual core will give you more performance. I would think of about an 8500 or so.

    Ram will depend on your operating system, run 4GB for...
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    Re: How often do Copal shutters require CLA?

    Granted I am no expert on this but the ones I have lasted many many years with reasonable accuracy. I would say you have another issue.

    Allan
  3. Thread: New Orleans

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    Re: New Orleans

    Last time I was there shooting you could shoot St. Louis Cathedral as long as you didn't use flash. Early in the morning there was no one there so they might let you set up a tripod and shoot if you...
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    Re: Want to Scan but on a budget!

    I went the route of the HP 4050 and was extremely frustrated. I will start with saying that I was looking for something to do both 2 1/4 and 4x5, nothing in bulk, and I am one of the owners of a...
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    Re: Cemeteries

    Here is one I like, note the pattern in the doors behind the grate, really cool.

    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/flea77/photography/Scan-090825-0004.jpg

    Allan
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    Re: Gitzo tripod center column cracked

    Nope, but knowing them a replacement part should be available and I would not hesitate to get it fixed.

    Allan
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    Re: I finally poured my first plates

    Fantastic! This is a journey I have thought about, but I will admit it, I am a coward.

    Allan
  8. Poll: Re: Exotic wood lens cap prototypes - please respond to the poll

    Interesting idea, and as long as it matched the lens board I might be willing to give them a shot.

    Allan
  9. Re: Could someone identify the exact model of this Gitzo tripod?

    I agree, I think it is a 410r as well.

    Allan
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    Re: Rinsing, drying sheet film

    I will second BTZS tubes, went to them from trays and love it. Once I am done with the stop bath I place the film in 4x5 stainless hangers for the fix and rinse. Lastly I squeegee them off and hang...
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    Re: LCD monitor as VC light source for contact print

    I actually would not change the color of the light. The reason I would do contacts (which may be very different from yours) is to judge how well the image was exposed, composed, focused, etc. None of...
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    Re: LCD monitor as VC light source for contact print

    Here is a different take on it. We strip old LCDs for the backlight for my bosses translucent arrowheads. You take out the backlight, the voltage inverter, and the power module (assuming an older LCD...
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    Re: buying a computer - component suggestions?

    First, I have to disagree with the built in video and would avoid it like the plague. For one, the lower end ones share ram with your system ram, that is bad, very bad. Next, even when you do put in...
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    Re: Chamonix 45-N1 with Teak wood

    Well dang. The other image they have on their website, is that the Canadian Maple? The darker red one. If they are just doing teak now I guess I will have to buy used or switch brands.

    Allan
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    Re: Chamonix 45-N1 with Teak wood

    Anyone know if they will be bringing the walnut back? I was hoarding my pennies to get one in December (my Christmas present to myself) but I wanted either the dark walnut or that cherry colored wood...
  16. Thread: Scanning 4x5"

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    Re: Scanning 4x5"

    There are tons of great articles and posts here for developing LF negs (since 4x5 is the smallest most consider LF, most things here will be that size or larger). Try a search or two and you are sure...
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    Re: Budget Scanning Options

    I completely agree! Like I said, I will make someone one heck of an offer on the whole package, just give me a PM!

    Allan
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    Re: Budget Scanning Options

    First let me say I work for a company that is an authorized HP dealer (actually, I am one of the owners) so if anything, I am very pro HP.

    I bought a G4050 for exactly the reasons you stated. I...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    I don't know, after reading some of his posts I was beginning to think drugs were good because I really needed some :cool:

    Allan
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Interesting point. I am having trouble finding that word referenced in 1850, however I can find references back as you say in Medieval Latin. It really does not surprise me that a word this diverse...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    So what exactly is the difference between prints made with an enlarger and a lightjet?

    Allan
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Well my ideas have been called odd, interesting, and much worse so no worries! I would tend to agree. Think about it, pictures are made up of tiny dots, crystals, whatever anyway. Who is to say (I...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Actually I was a bit more specific than that. What I said was:



    Then Paulr and I had a quite civilized conversation which I capped with:



    That effectively ended my participation until you...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    You do realize of course that a bit mapped image is one where an image is built from many small items(bits) to create one large item, correct? For example, one could use lines of photons (TV screen),...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    I might could but that isn't the point. The point was I was expressing my opinion, nothing more.

    Unfortunately my personal definition of what photography is, or is not, does not rely on how many...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    First, I would very much like to point out that I do not mean to say my definition is right and yours is wrong. Mine is my opinion, and I believe it is correct. More than anything I am trying to...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    I do understand it. What I have issue with is that the first definition ONLY defines the capture method, which leaves printing the image out on an ASCII printer in the equation. To me, and maybe not...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    OK, then lets do this. I agree to completely drop the thread. In return I get to ask you one question which I honestly want an answer to.

    You have read my definition of photography, and how I can...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    So we agree here, good!



    I think here is the rub. Your definition of a photo (and please correct me if I am wrong) stops after the capture, while mine does not. My definition requires that the...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Ummmm, prints?

    Allan
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Rather than bat this around fifty more times I will make a clear statement here.

    My personal opinion is based on what I was taught many years ago, which also happens to be almost exactly the...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    If you read the definitions, and of course my posts, you would note that they/I state that a photograph is created when you use a light sensitive surface to record light. A monitor is not light...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Never said sound was part of the electromagnetic spectrum, I did say it travels in waves. If you read carefully I stated that radiant energy was energy that travels in waves (as per the definition)...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    I am quite sure you knew this would raise red flags with me, so I will happily step up to the plate!

    The first problem, which you identified yourself, is that it is an image on the screen, not a...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    OK, lets try this again then....



    OK, an art or process producing images, got it. That could cover any form including paint, ink, charcoal, dye sub, etc. It also does not state any type of...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    I'm sorry but 'impoverished intellect' and 'retarded line of reasoning' is quite insulting. I have also addressed every point I have seen. I do feel however that you have refused to acknowledge...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    I agree with that definition. An inkjet does not produce images by the action of ratiant energy on a (light)sensitive surface so that fits right in.

    Allan
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    You know, my father (rest in piece) and my debate professor disagreed on pretty much everything. One thing they did agree upon though, which I always believed, and you just helped them both prove, is...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Certain words I agree are not absolute. But the word photography is not an interpretive word, it is a literal conjunction of two words with explicit meanings, whether you like them or not. They are...
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    Re: are photographs still photographs...

    Then once again, if I capture an image using a digital camera, then print it to a inkjet you say that is a photograph because of how it was captured. So if I unplug the cable from the inkjet and plug...
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