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I just got back from shooting 4x5 in Monument Valley the day before yesterday. Other than some BS speeding ticket I got just outside Petrified Forest National Park it was one of my best trips ever....

You are exactly right Paul. They are 4x5 scraps of gelatin-silver printing paper. Wonder why someone would sell them on eBay without removing them. This is making me uneasy.. Should I risk using...

Thanks both. I will try putting some film in them and see how they fit with and without the cards. I will have over three hours to play with them in the plane, just hope nobody gets suspicous .

I am leaving for Phoenix ( and then onto Monument Valley) in a few hours. I got some used film holders from eBay, they show signs of use but seem to be OK. All of them had white cards in them on both...

You don't need to know any formulas ( "formulae" ?), fancy equations...or estoeric geometric princinples. Just use the loupe on the ground glass.

1. Determine the (approx) plane of focus....

Give the Canoscan 9950F a hard look before you decide. Check out the photo-i review. I own one , and with 4x5 chromes its superb !

While this is not the comparison you are looking for , I compared 35mm scans made with the Coolscan 5000 (provia 100F , sharp 2.8 Zoom, f/8, sturdy tripod ) and printed with Epson 1280 -- to that...

I don't know what got over me the first week of 2005, I made the leap to 4x5 from years of less than satisfactory 35mm and digital experience. In that week I ordered

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Shen Hao...

Canon 9950F. Fantastic scanner! Photo-i did a review and rated the Canon better. Check the sample scans to find out about the hidden dark noise in the Epson. The Epson might be a great scanner...

I am amazed that no one mentions Canon flatbeds when it comes to large format scanning.

Julian, have you every heard of a scanner called the Canon 9950F , or have you completely bought in to the...

In fact, I will go further to say its Karl C. Rove. He was the Chief Architect of Bush's ' 04 victory.

Like him or not, he has won Bush two completely unwinnable elections.

William H. Gates III

He is the CSA (Chief Software Architect ) at Microsoft.

"Lens brand loyalty usually stems from spending thousands of dollars and then trying to rationalize your decisions. "

Truer words have never been spoken !! Well done, Frank ! :-)

Heck if spent...

Those pictures weren't taken by Jason Blair..were they ? ;-)

Keep in mind it scans 4x5 at only 1000 dpi.

4x5.

Is the Nikkor 300/9 too dim to be using indoors ? Mine's a ground glass screen on a Shen Hao.

The other day I took a couple of portraits in my home studio with a Schneider 210 Apo Symmar hooked up to an Alien Bees strobe/softbox. The problem is 210 seems too short, I got close to the...

I have no experience with the F3200, but give due consideration to the Canoscan 9950F. Its simply outstanding ! Initially I was disappointed that the colors were not coming out right and the scans...

Dang ! Even drum scanning is being outsourced to India ? I am wondering how the job of getting a soda from the fridge while I sit glued to the TV, can be outsourced to India . Seriously. There has to...