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  1. Re: Arca Swiss F Metric - How tighten the swing base ruler?

    Bob,

    Rod has referred me to the regional Arca Swiss headquarters for repair.
    Guess I'll ask there.

    Shame, thought I can somehow tighten this myself, but perhaps it's a nonadjustable thing.
    ...
  2. Re: Arca Swiss F Metric - How tighten the swing base ruler?

    Thanks Bob,

    I'll try to reach him!

    Best regards,
    Martin
  3. Arca Swiss F Metric - How tighten the swing base ruler?

    Hello,

    I'm using an Arca Swiss F-Metric 4x5, which now has the problem
    that the front standard swing guide/ruler has become loose
    and can be turned left and right by finger.
    (first and second...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Awesome photograph, Arkasha!
    Love how you've emphasized perspective with the close-up foreground.
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Replacing the lamps didn't help either, but they're fully compatible, as you said.

    Turns out it was the dirty mirror causing the lamp brightness warning.
    After cleanup, the warning is gone.
    ...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Thanks guys, good to know!

    Got my hands on a 5000 which resolves better than my 5500.
    Set it up yesterday, but it has a low-light warning with the elder lamps, so I'll try to swap replace them...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Hi,

    does someone know if the 5000 & 5500 lamps are interchangeable?

    Best regards,
    Martin
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    Re: Problem with Lightroom & HP Z3200ps

    Hmmmm. With more and more prints, and also shaking the Gloss Enhancer, somehow it goes from medium grey to light grey.
    Must have something to do with it ...
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    Re: Problem with Lightroom & HP Z3200ps

    Hmmmm. Many of the Inks are past expiration.
    Could the Gloss Enhancer somehow have turned grey?

    Now I've created a Custom ICC Profile.
    Perhaps that will help ...

    Best,
    Martin
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    Problem with Lightroom & HP Z3200ps

    Hi,

    reactivated my HP Z3200ps after a long time.
    Fortunatly after a print head cleaning run, all is good with the print heads and the diagnostic nozzle test image.

    Now I've tried to print an...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Great shot, Arkasha!
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    Re: In praise of Divided Pyrocat

    First test shot using Divided Pyrocat.

    Not quite satisfied with the composition though.
    Wish I had a bit more wide angle to include more of the vegetation on the right side.

    Also, the wind and...
  13. Thread: post your trees!

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    Re: post your trees!

    Daniel,
    stunning photograph!

    Awesome how the light flows through the trees.

    Best regards,
    Martin
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Took delivery of the Evonik products
    "Plexiglass Gallery UV100 Anti-Reflex" 3mm and
    "Plexiglass Optical Glass with Anti-Scratch Coating" 5mm,
    which I plan to use as hold down plates.

    Will test...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Hi,

    thanks Gui, the tray appears flat and is well-seated.

    I tried a different position and also putting a picture frame glass on top, but it does not change the issue.

    BTW, I found out the...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Hi Peter,

    OK, that's what I expected to be possible when I decided to buy the scanner, and different users seem to report at least 5300dpi - 6000dpi.
    I only used the 9000dpi setting to get some...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Hmmm, a colleage got this, which seems to be superior in every way:
    132250

    Here's a crop of the interesting part:
    132251

    The Calibration section within the "FT-S5500 Maintainer" tool wants...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Peter and Gui, thanks for the tips about the tray!
    Think I'll order some glass from F-Point.

    OK, for now I've made experiments with the standard ANR tray.

    Overview over the Test Target.
    (...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Hi,

    I found the Anti Newton Ring Glasses at http://www.fpointinc.com/,
    ( searching for "screen" at https://secure31.webhostinghub.com/~fpoint5/store/agora.cgi ),
    they offer two products:
    ...
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    Re: Screen Cezanne Users Unite

    Hi,

    joining the crew! :-)

    drove a total of 16 hours in the last 2 days to pick up my Screen Cézanne Elite FT-S5500 from Germany ...
    Cleaned up and reassembled the scanner today.

    No software...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Thanks Holden!



    Awesome shots, Isaac!
    Great sense of depth!

    Best regards,
    Martin
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    @Jon, Harley, Pali and David: Thank you guys!!! :-D




    Thanks PDM! It's also one of my favourite lenses! Great image circle and a stellar performer!



    Thank you Peter, I stayed at Refugio...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Thank you!
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Thanks Zach,

    here's another from 2014...

    Morning Mist at Lake Almsee

    https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7601/16346708984_53ba9292c0_b.jpg

    FlickR Original:...
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    Re: L O U P E recommendation for 4x5

    Schneider 6x Asph is perfectly bright for the ground glass,
    for the light table I'm using Schneider 10x.

    Best regards,
    Martin
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Thanks fishbulb!

    Sorry, but the embedded color profile had 5000K, which is not supported with all browsers,
    therefore it looked to blue. I've replaced the file:...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy

    https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8733/16760683937_ee1bc5c0a1_b.jpg

    FlickR Original: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8733/16760683937_8d6051d55e_o.jpg
    FlickR Page:...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Great!

    With Provia in my experience, in dusk/dawn situations - and expecially in twilight - the cold color temps can become overpresent, but in your's it's nicely "warm"!
    Guess I should give it...
  29. Re: Drum Scanners: Upgrade from Howtek 4500 to Heidelberg Tango?

    Hi Georg,

    quoting Rafael from the Tango-Primescan-Group:
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Alex,

    I also prefer the third one, did you use a warmup filter?

    Best regards,
    Martin
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    Yeah, and especially not in this case.
    The water has no detailled texture, so when blending you favour the stones/moss/etc
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    Thanks, Rory!

    @Stone,
    ckagy, Rory and Old-N-Feeble are right!

    I exposed two sheets of film, one exposed for the fast water, one for everything else.

    Then drum scanning, loading both scans...
  33. Thread: post your trees!

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    Re: post your trees!

    Great!
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    Hi Stone,

    that's because of the subject contrast range.
    Had no negative film with me.
    So I took one exposure for the foreground, in which the water is mainly white,
    and one for the water, in...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Great shot, Michael!
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    Thanks!, Boinzo!

    Good detail on yours, I like when I see the single "threads" of the waterfall (not sure how to call this in proper English).
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    Re: Software for Screen Cézanne Elite FT-S5500

    Hi Peter!



    I hope so!

    Do you know if the software needs a serial?
    AFAIK, it's "abandonware" anyway, as Screen does no longer support these scanners and it doesn't even seem possible to buy...
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    Re: Software for Screen Cézanne Elite FT-S5500

    Thanks guys!

    Hope I'll find a solution.
    Seems that for color neg scanning, the Cezanne gets away with quite clean but hi-rez files.
    Would love to rescan my bad Portra 400 scans.

    Best...
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    Software for Screen Cézanne Elite FT-S5500

    Hi,

    I have the chance to pick up a Screen Cézanne Elite FT-S5500 in good condition from a printing company,
    but unfortunately they've lost the software along with the computer.

    Is this a lost...
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    Glad you like, Derek!
    Your kind words motivate me to scan a bit more ... in the meantime I've a pile-up of unscanned transparencies :-)
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