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    Re: New darkroom

    Reading the West documentation, if you are doing a full cure/sand, you should use at least 3 coats. An alternative is to not wait for a full cure before applying the second coat. In this situation...
  2. Re: Plumbing for Water Temp Control + Darkroom Plans

    Hass Manufacturing (here). They make the intellifaucet. I have just had one delivered today, and the are avery helpful company.
    Steve
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    Re: New darkroom

    I am also 6'3" and considering the height of my soon to be constructed sink. What depth do you have at the front of the sink?

    Steve
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    Re: New darkroom

    Do you mean what is commonly called in the UK as Washing Machine Valves as per the picture?

    Steve
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    Re: New darkroom

    Why have you chosen 206? As I understand it, 205 hardner is the norm, an d206 gives longer cure times.

    How many coats are you going to give? Are you going to wait for full cure (and hence sanding)...
  6. Thread: v900?

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    Re: v900?

    All the more reason to introduce a marginally improved model, obviously marketed as a great improvement, to increase demand.

    Steve
  7. Re: New campaign to "report odd photographers" to the police

    Now thats a new way to earn some money. Anybody know of any terrorists looking to comission some work?

    Steve
  8. Re: New campaign to "report odd photographers" to the police

    Considering the intellectual capabilities of the cops that have stopped me in the UK in the last few years, being conspicuous makes no difference. Waving at the boys buzzing us in the helicopters did...
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    Re: RAID archiving software

    I was thrown by the title of the post, as RAID is not sw and it is not an archiving system. WADR, you are combining your requirements (archiving sw) with a solution (RAID), i.e. you want an archiving...
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    Re: Goodbye Polaroid, we shall miss thee...

    Brian,

    I was looking at the press release section on the Polaroid site. I am in the UK, and I have subsequently seen it on UK news sites, but only after I started looking. It was easy to miss.
    ...
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    Re: Goodbye Polaroid, we shall miss thee...

    Thanks. I assume you mean all over the major American news outlets.

    Intrerestingly, there is no coverage on the Polaroid website.

    Steve
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    Re: PC requirements for photoshop

    Some vital omissions: how many ££££s, how many pixels (and bit depth) and how many minutes (or hours!!!)? Any specific reply without this info is meaningless.

    Check the Adobe website. They have...
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    Re: Goodbye Polaroid, we shall miss thee...

    What demise?

    Steve
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    Re: Microtek M1 user experiences

    For all of you guys reporting problems, not many of you have reported any other relevant details, such as OS and RAM. It might or might not be significant, but it would be useful info to have.
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    Re: Microtek M1 user experiences

    Not saying that you are wrong, but if it is the case then Microtek have got some very serious QC issues indeed.


    Steve
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    Re: UV Light Source for Pl/Pd Printing

    Is this based on any measurements, or just by visual inspection?

    Steve
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    Re: UV Light Source for Pl/Pd Printing

    Why? What do you use?

    Steve
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    Re: UV Light Source for Pl/Pd Printing

    Dave,

    Do you mean one inch gap between tubes, or one inch centre to centre? Do you have anything to support this? The reason I ask is that I am also looking into building a UV box, and have been...
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    Re: Isle of Skye

    How long is he going for? Six months?

    Seriously, all good photo locations, but throw in the weather, and Skye is more than enough for a good two weeks minimum.

    I spent a week there earlier this...
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    Re: Microtek M1 Scanner

    Ted,

    Could I suggest that you start a new thread with your observations of the scanner. My browser is having difficulties with this thread.

    Steve
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    Re: ASP Script for Online Gallery?

    Sounds like you should be looking at a front end solution, such as Javascript, rather than a back end solution.

    Don't knock the single html page solution. It does have advantages, such as...
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    Re: How to Critique Properly

    Depends upon the ego of the photographer :-).

    Steve
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    Re: Microtek M1 Scanner

    Sorry, but for those of us outside USA, when is thanksgiving?

    Steve
  24. Re: Type 55 Update - Plant closing announcement

    This plant was not owned by Polaroid. They did own it, but sold it August 2006. What has been happeining since then? And is this only type 55? What about 54, etc.?

    I have just sent an email to...
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    Re: Ilford/Harman Acquires Kentmere

    Sorry, what assumption do you mean? My meaning ws that the reduction of the sales of new film based cameras does not prove the idea that film based photography is about to dissapear. Some people do...
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    Re: Ilford/Harman Acquires Kentmere

    I don't know why, but there are too many people assuming (without reason) that it is only a matter of time before film based photography is no more. This is often based on some alarmist figures, such...
  27. Re: Can a Jobo Make up for the Initial Cost of the Machine in the Long Run???

    Whilst that might be the case, taking a simplistic overall view achieves nothing, other than panic. I don't know about the US, but my take of it in the UK is that those labs doing mainly high street...
  28. Re: Can a Jobo Make up for the Initial Cost of the Machine in the Long Run???

    1) If you are trying to do a financial analysis of the cost, then this is a very personal thing as you will have to include the cost of your time, and your personal costs associated with the...
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    Re: Microtek M1 Scanner

    Datamind in the UK have a price of £750.

    Steve
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    Re: Prophoto RGB?

    Henry,

    This is just not correct. The chain can support more. Just because the output will be sRGB does not mean that sRGB has to be used all the way through. Ignoring the larger space issue, Adobe...
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    Re: Prophoto RGB?

    I would not necessarily agree that ProPhoto covers the gamut of any printer, but thats a minor point so lets not dwell on it.

    We don't disagree that 16 bits is essential. I did state this earlier....
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    Re: Prophoto RGB?

    Then why does Photoshop provide softproofing then? For exactly when you want to see what your output looks like. Apart from the fact that most, if not all monitors, have a smaller colour gamut than...
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    Re: Prophoto RGB?

    I think it is always a good idea to work in a bigger space than your output. So. if you are only outputting to screen, then Adobe 98 is good enough. But who only outputs to screen?

    If you are not...
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    Re: Prophoto RGB?

    Yes, it is essential that you use 16 bits, otherwise you won't get any advantage. I use it most of the time, but I also do digital capture. In these circumstances, I believe that it is the best...
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    Re: Loading Jobo 3010/3006 Drums

    All,

    Thanks for the replies. Sounds like it should not be a problem.

    Ted,

    Yep, C5-C6 it is. Same with the typos.

    Why do you use the 3006 more than the 3010? They use the same amount of...
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    Loading Jobo 3010/3006 Drums

    Hi,

    I am considering getting one of the above expert drums and I am trying to work out which one. On the face of it, the 3010 would be the best bet, as I only use 5x4, and it can develop 10 sheets...
  37. Re: Jobo getting out of the drum film processor business

    Why not check some facts first before posting stuff that is alarminst and incorrect?

    First, it IS dated June 2006. Why would you think that it was a typo, and if you did, why not check it? There...
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    Re: The Future of Photography?

    If you are not going to argue, then what exactly are you doing? Do you not understand what you are writing?

    We agree that support has declined, so why do you still labour that point? The issue is...
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    Re: The Future of Photography?

    Sorry Don. "We all know that ... this is only going to get worse..". That is a prediction of the future, and hence, at this time, is not fact. It might in the future become fact, and it might not....
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    Re: Film Still Popular Among Pros

    Whilst the practices of one photographer are interesting, what would be more useful is a wider survey. B&W Mag recently produced the results of a survey run by Kodak of a large number of Europen...
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