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Jake,
Yes it is Fuji Crystal Archive. Too bad Kodak is no longer selling paper in boxes. I liked their contrast better.
An electric casserole dish is pretty much what my turkey roaster is. ...

I use a turkey roaster water bath for my chemical bottles. I develop a bit warmer (39C) with a Beseler roller and it works well enough for me. I printed this last night with it. ...

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I'd definitely pledge for an upcoming 6x17 if it was in the $200 range. I made a homemade panoramic (closer to 6x14) based on a Holga 6x12. The Holga just doesn't hold the film flat enough...

Keep posting them Ben! Nothing will get the Kickstarter funded faster than those images.

I'm also in for a 90...with a Grandagon 6.8.

I've got one. I'd rate it useable, but not desirable. The friction setting is easily bumped, meaning it can easily change for sloppy loose to impossibly tight when you loosen the main lock. The...

David,

Perhaps this should be your next photo accessory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENae4behwPw

It's urban in a landscape setting.

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Haw Ridge,TN

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polamirror

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stage fright by smeitner300, on Flickr

I have always been impressed with AA's technique...but that is partially what unsettles me when I look at his images. I see the technique so strongly. When I look at "The Tetons and the Snake...

Sean-
That shot immediately reminded me of Ned Ryerson from Groundhog's Day.

Mitch,

Great perspective. Any thoughts on shooting the scene in color? Green against the concrete, steel, and glass might add some contrast.

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World Fair Park by smeitner300, on Flickr

Thanks h20man. It's been awhile since I profiled this monitor, so I can't be certain of the blue. Provia does lean that way sometimes.

Primitive Church
Cades Cove, Smoky Mountains, TN

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Thank you Bob and Jon.

Shen Hao PTB
Provia 100f
Smoky Mountains, TN
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I guess my mini-trekker is an older model. I can't tell you how old it really is, because I traded a print for it.

I use the mini-trekker with a Shen Hao PTB, with 210mm f5.6, 150mm f5.6, and 90mm f6.9. It just fits everything. My main complaint is a lack of tripod pouch. I ball bunjee strap mine underneath in...

The first thing that comes to mind is pure suicidal...shoot in the capital.

Just finishing up a Halloween shoot.
Shen Hao PTB 90mm Grandagon Delta 100, Rodinal
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I've cleaned both a 2450 and a 4490. It is a straightforward operation. Remove the screws and the halves separate. I kept the orientation the same as it would be while scanning (I didn't flip the...

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Shen Hao PTB, 90mm f/6.8 Grandagon, Provia 100f
Kalalau Valley, Kauai, HI

I have one and it's a 55mm. I use a step up ring to make it 67mm like the rest of my 90mm and 210mm.

Hi Noah,

I'm in Knoxville, but I am just a lowly 4x5 shooter :)

Steve

I just bought a PTB 4x5. The View Camera Store in the US ordered it for me. It took about a month. I'm very happy with it.

Smoky Mountains, TN
Shen Hao PTB
Fujinon 150mm

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My ball head will do something similar if the adjustment screw for the loose friction setting is too tight. I have to tighten the main tightening knob, and then loosen the loose friction setting...

John-
I agree with your edited post. It is the "technique" which is causing confusion. The top heavy look in the photos that look unnatural to me are from tilting the camera up.

It is...

Actually, one of the most impressive optical illusions I ever saw was aided by convergence. I once stood under the St. Louis Arch and looked up. Clouds were passing overhead parallel with the two...

Hi Ed,

I'm an engineer too, but a little different strain (ME).

I mostly agree. A four story building wouldn't show much convergence if you were standing a little ways away from the building. ...

EdWorkman-
One also knows that lines converge at infinity from the viewer. Railroad tracks converge to a point on the horizon, but we know they are a constant width apart. This is why, in my...

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Appalachian Barn - Knoxville, TN

I agree that an uncorrected perspective can be bothersome as well. Although in the past, I have used the convergence to my advantage . I have a medium format shot of a lighthouse where the...

Is it just me, or does using shift to get perfectly straight vertical building seem a little unnatural? To me, a taller building should have some vertical convergence because the top of the building...

It's an accordion.

I think I like this better in color.
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