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I second the Vuescan recommendation. Hamrick's latest updates seem to have fixed the few niggling issues that I was confronting. After taking time time to learn its controls, Vuescan has the...

Nice site overall, Adam. But I'm hoping that "The Art of Photography" is just a placeholder for some other title/header that you're planning to use later. Perhaps I have a warped perspective, but I...

I'm a proud Arizonan, and would offer a variant suggestion. If I were doing this trip with the time you have, I'd get off I-40 at Holbrook AZ after doing the Petrified Forest. I'd take AZ 77 to...

Well, it seems to be pretty well-established that it's not - at least to the extent that "photography" means the making of the photo. No right is being invaded or eroded, because the "right" touted...

BTW, that's not really a legitimate concern. Despite the nonsense you see on TV, one cannot "hide the ball" in litigation. The "other side" is fully entitled to know your factual and legal theories...

Cyrus, it looks to me like you're trying to plow new ground, not seeking to protect an existing right. As much as I sympathize, I have difficulty with the concept that taking a photo is an act of...

I agree completely with Tito and Michael. I’ve always assumed that “non-repetitive” was the appropriately vague way of saying “tastefully infrequent.” As far as I’m concerned, Steve has met that...

Chris, Open Road Tours runs a shuttle service with 4-5 runs a day from Phoenix to Flagstaff, and two a day from Flagstaff to Grand Canyon. Wayne has given you their phone number. I think their...

Kevin is correct, except for the "heavy." The Tower 4x5 was a rebadged Busch Pressman, well made, and quite solid, but weighing right at 5 pounds sans lens, thanks to its being of all-aluminum...

I began in the mid-80's with a homemade 4x5 monorail. It was truly awful -- ridiculously thick mahogany frame, bellows from Naugahyde rubber cemented to construction paper, hacksaw blades for back...

Neal, your comparison is striking, but I'm wondering if there's something wrong with your 1640. I've been using the same scanner to scan 4x5, and your 1600ppi example looks like the output from...

We all know this, we're just trying to remember how to do superscript in html. The formula you probably want is:

D = F(m+1)²/m

Where D is the total distance from stage to stage, F...

I hesitate to add to this thread, but I'm an IP lawyer who has some knowledge on the underlying issue, and hope I can clarify what is going on. This is an esoteric dispute about archaic statutes,...

Harry is perhaps referring to some other problem I don't know about, but I own an RH10 and an RH20, and both fit perfectly on the graflok of my 6x9 Crown Graphic. I believe that the models actually...

I've been to the recommended website, and found lots of "teaser" info intended to induce book purchases and enrollment in workshops -- but no answer for even one of Kevin's three posted questions....

Like Scott Walton, I use 400NC a lot, and think it's great for a lot of things, including landscapes without brides. Pumping up contrast or saturation at the negative just needlessly undercuts the...

Andy, I sympathize with your plight, and share the hope that something poetic will happen to the thief. Everyone who's had similar experience knows exactly how it feels.

You might take care, ...

Small claims court may be your best answer. After six years of non- performance, though, you may have a statute of limitations problem that would get you bounced out. Here is Arizona, for example,...

Chris has insightfully and correctly analyzed this one, except that many (probably most) of the corporations involved are not that big. They're little shells that have been created just for the...

Sorry folks, but this sorta sounds like jealousy to me. What's mostly "wrong" with Kinkade's works is that "too many" people liked them, so "too many" prints got made and sold, so someone made...

This is so cheap I'm almost embarrassed to mention it, but over the years, I've folded several bellows by layering ordinary Kraft paper and dark-colored Contact paper. The Kraft paper holds...

Joe, I have a Toko, and I've been very happy with it for the year I've now been using it. Kerry's description is pretty accurate. It's a standard-looking wooden field made from what looks like ...

Brad, As to your pinion gear needs -- Boston Gear has a website, www.bostgear.com, that includes a distributor locator. If you find their outlet in your area, they will probably have catalogs...

Answer: Yes, using a mirror this way can cause blurry egdes, and it's happened to me.

Your camera can see something your eyes and brain have been "trained" to ignore. Because common mirrors are...

A useful variation on John's suggested technique is "light painting." You or an assistant can actually walk around in the background (dressing in black or dark clothing is usually suggested)...

Roger, it looks like everyone missed your point of confusion, in the last sentence of your third paragraph. I was having the same issue until someone walked me though it at a pace my short-legged...

First, bear in mind that you're asking this question in a forum where the audience is obviously biased in favor of the larger format. Still, the grain in 400 Portra is not 250% larger than in 160...

David, the short answer is, "Yes." The Epson Twain program even has settings for B&W negatives, so you don't have to scan in color and end up with a positive file three times larger than you need...

Michael, I live in Tucson. As suggested already, the old mining town of Bisbee is picturesqe. It's now an "art colony," but the architecture is interesting. Southern Arizona is dotted with rugged ...

Dave is right, but "abundantly" is almost not strong enough. Some parts of the Rincon Mountains (east of Tucson, where the eastern part of Saguaro National Park is), look amost like they are...

I have now read at least a dozen of these spacer descriptions on this forum, and I still have only a faint idea what you folks are describing! I guess it's that I'm basically a visual learner -- ...

Thanks Doug, that suggestion for use of a cheapie enlarging lens was one of the best I've found here in months. After reading Doug's tip a couple days ago, I took an old 75mm Vivitar I found at a...

I'm not sure how scientific this observation is, but my house is on a septic system, and I've been dumping developers and stop bath down the drain since moving here about nine years ago. (About...