This is different from the Velvia 100F that is currently being sold in this country, correct?
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This is different from the Velvia 100F that is currently being sold in this country, correct?
Jeremy,
What I was thinking was a very small crop (without resampling, so still 2400 ppi but a very small portion of the full frame image) from a detailed area. No need to post the full scan. ...
Silverfast is better than the Epson scanning software on my (older) scanner (the 2450). Most people regard it highly. Being able to build an accurate profile for your scanner would be useful for...
Someone should recategorize this message as "digital" instead of "anouncements". I almost missed this post...
Jeremy (and others)... I'd love to see full res crops of scans done at 2400 dpi or higher from the i900 (or 1800f for that matter). The slide scanned should ideally have very fine detail beyond...
Ah, oops. Didn't realize it was 4800 dpi.
Scans of resolution targets should be helpful. Scan of a color negative might be as well. Which higher end Microtek are you planning on testing? 1800F? (That probably represents the most I would...
Is there anyone out there with a Microtek i900 that would be willing to share some full resolution crops of color transparency scans? I'm interested in sharpness and detail (so it should be from a...
I think it's sad that manufacturers keep releasing scanners with higher resolution CCDs but without the optics to take advantage of them. It just wastes space and time (and money if you upgrade from...
Katharine,
It seems to me that a "high contrast print" would be one where the difference between a particular light area and a particular dark area is greater than a "normal contrast print"...
Ok, I'm curious.
Give me a definition of contrast that doesn't have to do with the difference between a lighter value and a darker value (with larger differences referred to as higher contrast).
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I am also interested in hotel info. I'm not fond of camping...
Regarding darkcloths...
I got a BTZS darkcloth. It works much better than a normal darkcloth with velcro. The BTZS darkcloth is smaller and uses elastic to attach to the camera. It's great to...
I have the Epson 2450 and I would recommend it to anyone on a tight budget. On a larger budget, I would probably recommend the Microtec Artixscan 1100 (because of higher dmax and glassless light...
I would add that there is one big requirement for a focusing loupe: A neck cord. I like the silvestri tilting loupe, but I rarely use the tilt feature (meant to view corners and edges for wide...
Portra 400 in 4x5 sounds like a reasonable choice. I've never tried it. I think it's too grainy for 35mm use, however (unless you like that sort of thing). I shot several rolls of it (mostly...
Why not pace off the distance in a controlled environment, place an object, and then go back, focus, and mark the distance on your rail or focus scale or whatever? You'd only have to do it once.
Can't take a picture in the wind.
I just got back from California where I took some pictures in considerable amounts of wind (on the coast, where I almost lost my balance due to wind on one...
I might point out that with LF, we typically stop down a lot. I would think that might cause LF users to favor the soft edge.
If I had your budget, I'd choose the Microtek ArtixScan 1100. It is the same hardware as the Duoscan HiD, I believe. It is, in fact, what I was planning on buying. Then I thought to myself "I'll...
I own an Epson 2450 Photo which is good enough to do a nice 24x20 color print from a 4x5 original transparency. I expect it could do a decent (maybe slightly soft) 8x10 from 35mm, but I haven't...
I like the dedicated camera backpacks for 35mm (I have a large tenba and a small tamrac). For LF, however, I have found a simple Kelty Redwing to be much more to my liking. It's much lighter and...
Step up ring to a size for which there is an adapter ring? (If you can't find a step up ring, then you would seem to have a real problem...)
I have the Epson 2450, and here are my thoughts in case anyone is thinking of buying it...
It will not give you the quality of a dedicated film scanner. You shouldn't expect it. It should...
Add on question since this looks like an inexpensive way to get a 75mm lens... Is this lens appropriate for color work? (My understanding is that older lenses, which I assume this to be, are ...
I would say the obvious answer is the one that would convince me. You can crop a frame from the 90 to look like the 110. You can't do the reverse. 110 just isn't very wide. (Less relevent if...
It sounds like you were cheated. Lossless compression usually won't compress a file 4:1 (I don't know anything about the EPS format, so I can't say what might have been done).
In the future,...
Re: David Muench, national parks, etc...
There's a reason most of the great nature photos by great nature photographers come from government protected grounds. That's where the cool stuff is...
My favorites were Antelope Canyon and Arches. I think I would have liked Bryce as much as Arches if I hadn't gotten bad weather for that part. Sadly my trip was much shorter than yours will be...
Personally, I think if you're going to criticize modern photographers for taking these pictures, you should criticize Ansel Adams as well. The viewpoints for many of his famous Yosemite pictures...
Bob, how do you reconcile your statement about depth of focus varying by focal length with Stroebel's formula (which doesn't contain focal length)? This would seem to be critical to the optimum...
I haven't read the above answers, so if I'm repeating one, oops...
Given her interest in studio work, make sure you get a monorail view camera. A wooden field camera looks beautiful but is...
Or excite@home...