I'm not sure that they are more consistent (depending on what you mean by consistent). The prime attribute of a condenser head is higher contrast than with a cold light head. The extreme example of...
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I'm not sure that they are more consistent (depending on what you mean by consistent). The prime attribute of a condenser head is higher contrast than with a cold light head. The extreme example of...
It's not a cat but a mutant asian leopard so judge size accordingly. We have feral versions roaming around Austin.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
In MA. I like to drive up or hike up Mt. Sugarloaf in Sunderland in the Connecticut Valley north of UMass Amherst. IT's a sandstone monolith sticking up out of the valley floor and provides...
Thanks for the nice summary Emmanuel. During the 1960s and into the 70s I made use of a couple of types of Ultra Micro Nikkor reproduction lenses for mask making on Kodak High Resolution Glass...
My sympathies Bob, I have just gone through the same situation. I've been using CS3 on a Mac G5 with Leopard 10.5.8. Both Safari and CS3 don't function properly any more. The old system really works...
Wonderful pensive pose, seems to exude her character. Does she have a slightly wandering left eye? I might crop to a portrait format. Very nice, thanks.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Sorry, I meant backplane swing not tilt.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Jason, nice work there - I love those rocks along the ME coast. Here's one of the cobble beach at Quoddy Light up north in Washington County on a cold November day. TK45 with a 75mm Nikon lens. Tmax...
If you want maximum sharpness in the bridge then treat the bridge itself as a pretty flat Schiempflug plane running from right foreground to left end of bridge. Thus you could use backplane tilt by...
Wow, this looks like a dusty nightmare. How do you keep negatives clean?
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Yes Louis, I missed the 8 X 10 requirement. I think the Nikon set barely covers 5 X 7.
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Yes, possibly do an exchange for a Nikon 360/500 T ED convertible tele. Very high quality optics with really good contrast, a feature that is very important with tele lenses.
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If you get to the Jasper area take a drive up the Mt. Edith Cavel road to the parking lot. From there a short hike to the lake and Angel glacier. The lake usually has some small bergs floating around...
I've made some measurements of the Epson V750 scanner and found that the equivalent pixel size is about 25 to 30 µm at something like 100% contrast. That is about 1000 pixels per inch so for a 5 X 7...
Both of the previous posts were for the front element only - still a pretty good deal.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Tri Tran, masterful image here. Has a very etherial look with tonality of perfection. For me this is among your best. Great thanks for showing.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Really fine work here. Very sensual; and that wisp of hair along her neck just does it. Congratulations.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Ken, I'm not a computer guy so thanks for the above clarification.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Bob, a machinists shear is a clean way to go for cutting. Long term you can buy these used for cheap. They come in various lengths from 24 in. to 8 ft. and work like a bending brake, but cut rather...
As Sal says some of the prints show a bit of distracting processing artifacts. His Flickr site gives a good impression of his range of talent. I like the way he connects the portrait with its...
Using a DSLR film scanner on a rock solid mount would definitely allow precision alignment of film to camera in 1 to 2 µm shifts as Emmanual suggests above. I use a micrometer X/Y stage calibrated in...
Maybe I've posted this somewhere already but I think this thread needs some color and activity. Seaside grasses here behind the cobble beach at Scots Bay Nova Scotia, on the Blomidon Peninsular....
Difficult to generalize on this, but. For my taste I don't use a polarizer very often. But when I do it is for situations where the subject is illuminated with a lot of diffuse light so the polarizer...
I've used the reversal B&W images mounted in a light box rather than projected. When developed to a full tonal range (8 to 10eV and may be more) they make for a spectacular presentation.
Nate...
George, feel free to post the above image on fb. St Pauls Bay along the north coast of the island is quite nice - I often went there on a rented BMW motorcycle. That's where I missed a curve in the...
Hi George, welcome. You caught my attention because I spent a couple of years on Malta (1957, 1958), yes, a long time ago. I was in the US Navy airforce stationed at the British airbase at Halfar. I...
Yes, except Techniques of Micro Photography, P-52 which is 5.75 X 8 inches. For some reason there was a mix of sizes and I have a hunch that the smaller size was used for guides to industrial...
Astia and Portra a good choice. If the film was stored frozen prior to the trip even at seven years of age there will be a slight color balance shift with possibly a bit more if kept at room...
I recently tossed dozens in an effort to downsize my library. I see I have kept at least three which I found most useful for macro and micro work:
Techniques of Micro Photography, P-52, $1.00...
Custom wet hood with laminar flow hepa filters, deep sink and built in light table for examining and drying film.
Wild binocular microscope with calibrated eyepiece reticle for examining film or...
I use the Frame Destination AR glass for a few color prints that I feel deserve that extra bit of contrast and color rendition. Coated glass of course costs more money but in some circumstances is...
David, fine work with these winter scenes here. I love the mood and the tonal range supports the subject nicely. Bravo.
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Bruce, you echo my words exactly when I lived in MA. During the great blizzard of 1978 in Framingham which was near the center of the highest snowfall (46 inches around my backyard) I spent the week...
If the wall is about 12 inches wide at the top and relatively flat I would use a couple of bean bags and dispense with the tripod altogether; especially if in the tele range of 300 mm and up for 4X5....
Some people class Ilfochrome prints as chromogenic although not strictly so since the dyes are already in the print material. Nevertheless I have a number of early Cibachrome prints done in the early...
Typically if glass has a slight greenish tint (especially when viewed on edge) it is a type of soda lime based glass
likely to cut easily. Soda lime type was not the best to use in an enlarger for...
Never paid much attention to this type of venue - but I should have. Seems like a fine idea to help both museum and artist. Some high quality images there in Houston. The price listed for the...
I sold a 150 Nikon SW near mint for a cool $1000.00 about 4 months ago. As I recall I found the range to be from about $800 to $1300 for lenses in mint to ex. condition. It is moderately scarce and...
Folks, I do my scanning on a MAC G5 and would like to load PS-cc subscription on that machine for convenience. Will that work?
Nate Potter, Austin TX.
Mike, I love those images in B&W. You are the first I've seen on LF forum to have photographed at Grindstone Neck. It's a dazzling location for rock formations and there is a lot of cobble and coarse...