Early on I learned not to put my film holders down in front of the tripod. Inevitably, you back up a few steps with the tripod, forget the film holders are there and take a spectacular picture with...
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Early on I learned not to put my film holders down in front of the tripod. Inevitably, you back up a few steps with the tripod, forget the film holders are there and take a spectacular picture with...
Hi guys, remember me? I started the thread :)
I just wanted to let you know that I received my Mac Pro today. As soon as I upgrade the RAM and buy Photoshop, I'll be in business.
Thanks for all...
Thanks, Marko. Related to the firewall, do people think you should buy an antivirus program for the Mac? If so, which one?
Thanks for all the replies. I was about to hit the "submit" button for the Dell, when I decided to ask here first.
As a result, I ordered a low end Mac Pro instead with a 20 inch cinema monitor....
Concerning the iMac option, I'm reading a lot of bad stuff on the web forums (the online photographer and dpreview primarily) about the new imac and its glossy screen. People are categorizing it as...
I want to replace a Windows XP machine with newer hardware. I want to use my existing peripherals on the new PC. My primary software will be Adobe Photoshop CS3.
I have a Minolta 5400 Elite 2, for...
I have one box of Portra left. After that, I begin cutting down 8x10 film. I particularly like 400 NC. Not too grainy in a 5x7 neg.
Take care,
Tom
I come down a bit on Michael's side of the argument. I currently have a Gold Wing and have carried a Fuji 6x9 rangefinder or a 6x4.5 SLR with tripod. Don't think I would consider carrying my Sinar P2...
For what it's worth, I use the 600T, which is supposed to have the same image circle as the 800 and 1200 Nikkor. It barely covers 8x10. I use it with the 5x7 format, primarily.
It would be great to use with a handheld Technica or Graphic. I would use quite a bit of it.
In a contact print, f128 is a usable aperture.
Ben
I've been using my P2 as a field camera since about 1997, both in 8x10 and, primarily, 5x7 format. I initially tried the sinar hard case, but it was too big and bulky. I now use a LL Bean...
Kirk, With 5x7 and 8x10 sheet film in a expert drum, areas of the neg such as clear blue sky often ended up streaked with uneven development or staining. I found I was ruining more negs with PMK than...
You guys are making this much too complicated. Pyrocat works flawlessly in a JOBO, PMK doesn't. :)
Kevin, to answer your question vis-a-vis metering with the Zone VI with the red filter:
Empirically, I found my pictures using red, orange and yellow-green filter were under exposed by 2, 1 and...
Actually, I'll take the other side of this arguement. A Zone VI meter is calibrated against the same standard as every other Zone VI meter to within 1/6 stop over its entire range. Lots of other...
Frank, I think you should be OK. With my P2 with metering back bellows (just so we're talking the same bellows) I can focus my 300mm Apo Symmar to within 6 feet. I haven't tried to establish what my...
I took a close look at the comparison photos in the Photo Techniques article. To me, even as published, there was an obvious improvement in shadow detail differentiation and highlight detail in the...
Kerry, Probably the short, honest answer is the learning curve associated with developing sufficent mastery of the software, the additional time calibrating, and tweaking to make all the components...
Kerry, I don't think a determination of which method is objectively best becomes a real world part of the decision.
Equipment you already own and your inclinations (enlarger vs. digital...