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    anybody heard of this vendor?

    Hi.
    Anybody heard of/do business with bluestripephoto.com? Wanted feedback on experiences (if any) before trying them. Thanks.
  2. Thread: expedia.scam

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    expedia.scam

    There is no coincidence...I clicked on this for a reason!

    I was planning a trip to Montreal last week, and the exact same thing happened. The fare went from about $688 to about $960 and then to...
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    When is a photo one's own art?

    As a visual artist ( drawing nudes, painting) who came to photography ultimately, I couldn't agree with your original statement more, Ed.

    Photographing works of art of others is not art making.
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    Attn: Photo instructors

    So...I take it a public elementary school would qualify...?
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    Attn: Photo instructors

    Hi.
    Does it have to go to a college? I am teaching 10-11 yr. olds fundamental large format photo techniques (along w/ digital imaging). I am "biting" as it were due to the fact that I am funding...
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    Good scanner for Transparancies

    Tim:
    Couldn't agree more. My Microtek 1800 was a piece of unmitigated crapola, in my opinion. The thing left skid marks on most of my scans, the 4x5 holder was warped (right out of the box!) and...
  7. Thread: film...on film

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    film...on film

    tmax 100 and fp4...
    and photoflo
  8. Thread: film...on film

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    film...on film

    Hi.

    I've noticed lately that after developing, fixing, washing and drying 4x5 sheet film, there is a residue of some sort left on one side of the film. This....film, if you will, is like a haze,...
  9. Thread: epson r2400

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    epson r2400

    Thanks, Brian. You may have helped save me 850 dollars...
  10. Thread: Graphic Tablets

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    Graphic Tablets

    Strange, but I bought a wacom for 345 bucks a few years ago, and have very rarely used it for anything. I am actually quite comfortable ( and used to) editing with a mouse and my wrong (pronounced...
  11. Thread: epson r2400

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    epson r2400

    Hi.
    I am looking to upgrade my printer. I currently own a 2200, with which I am fairly pleased. I mainly shoot black and white, however, and would love to produce prints without metamerism. I...
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    Just bought a C-1, need reccomendations

    Wow...scary.
    I just bought the same camera about 5 months ago. It is a GREAT sturdy beast. I settled on a 300mm Fujinon W f5.6. It is a ridiculously sharp lens. Go to KEH, there service is...
  13. Thread: scanner...again

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    scanner...again

    Interesting, Frank. Some guy, apparently in customer service, insisted that the problems I had, e.g. streaks in scans, were very uncommon, and that the 1800f was a "professional machine".
    In my...
  14. Thread: scanner...again

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    scanner...again

    Hi.
    Just wanted to let those who might be interested in scanning lf but can't decide on a scanner:

    the Epson 4990 is great! The Microtek 1800f I had wend bad after just a few scans, was heavy,...
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    focal length...8x10

    Hi.

    Before I order this thing...

    I have a wonderful Fuji 300 6.3 lens for 8x10. I'd like another focal length, and am considering a 240 symmar s 5.6.

    Does the angle of view differ...
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    Stacking prints made on Epson Velvet

    Don't do it!!!

    Epson Fine Art inkjet paper looks great...but it is ridiculously fragile. You'll have little white dots where the ink flakes off...even when dry! That's why I gave the 5 or 6...
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    "Digital" View Camera

    Hmmm...interesting. Why does this guy keep insisting that digital is better than film? Is he being paid by Phase One, Canon or somebody? And about the file sizes...I got bigger files when scanning...
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    question about Beseler 45 mx

    Hi.
    MY enlarger, a 45 mx (NOT mxt), has a small drawer, if you will, that slides in just over the lens. As the enlarger has a drawer (much bigger) for contrast filters, I am wondering what this...
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    Gordon Parks passes away

    First Miles Davis....now Gordon Parks...

    This is a sad day indeed. A renaissance man in the truest sense of the term.
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    retaining ring for old lens

    Vick...
    your age- old suggestion worked like a charm! Thanks to a great little hardware store on
    3rd street in Detroit.
  21. Thread: lens mystery...

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    lens mystery...

    YES!
    Reversing the lensboards worked.
    Thank you all for you repsonses. Still don't know the model of the camera though...
  22. Thread: lens mystery...

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    lens mystery...

    Dave,
    No it won't. As I indicated in the original post. I tried this. It was to no avail.
  23. Thread: lens mystery...

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    lens mystery...

    Thank you all for your responses thusfar. I don't know what model of Cambo the camera is ; it is not labelled. ( I have looked).
    Jim, yes, it has 6 inch plus square lensboards.
    Jim and Alan,...
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    lens mystery...

    Ron, that is exactly the problem!
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    lens mystery...

    I know how to focus...it is not an issue of inadequate bellows extension. The lens is mounted on the graphic (4x4) board, which is in turn mounted on a Cambo 4x4 adapter board. There is no issue...
  26. Thread: lens mystery...

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    lens mystery...

    Hi.

    I am having trouble with a lens/4x5 combo. Actually, it's a Cambo (no pun intended). I am unable to focus a 127mm Kodak Ektar on this camera. I have called Calumet; I was informed that I...
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    retaining ring for old lens

    Hi.
    I've come across an ancient turner-reich triple convertible lens that I'd really like to use on
    my 8x10 camera. Unfortunately, it has no retaining ring. It is a rather large lens; 18 inches...
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    Getting the most out of the Epson 4990

    Am I the only one who has a problem with such a high failure rate among various lines of tools marketed as "professional" ?
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    Getting the most out of the Epson 4990

    I see I am not the only one underwhelmed by the 1800f. Mine was defective and the build quality of the holders I found lacking. Epson makes some amazingly good stuff. I tried the 1800f, based on...
  30. Thread: Which Mac to buy

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    Which Mac to buy

    I NEVER thought I would say this, but: I think my most recent Mac will be my last. I have two G3 s, which are wonderful machines. My G4 stinks, in my honest opinion. The fan is so loud that it can...
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    format/media variation: good or bad?

    Thanks for your input, Ralph.
    I was, however, referring to film format, as opposed to print format.
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    format/media variation: good or bad?

    Hi.
    My name is Percy (sort of ), and I am an equipmentaholic...

    Seriously though, I love making images; it is my passion in life and has
    been for more than 35 years. I have been obsessed with...
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    how old is too old...

    Hi.
    I have finally grown up, and decided what I want to be.
    I have been made to understand, by various "underminers", that photography,
    especially editorial and fashion, is a "young man's...
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    4x5, is it worth it?

    Robert...my issues some time ago were frighteningly similar to yours. Short answer: yes, 4x5 is worth it, especially if you have a 4x5 enlarger. Just enlarging to 8x10 yields an image quality that...
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    graphite on prints...

    Hi. I was trying many a substance in order to hide white specks on a black and white print last night. Strange as it may seem, in an act of desperation, I tried pencilling in the areas using a #2...
  36. scratch on otherwise (almost) perfect negative...

    Hi.
    I have what looks like a small, crescent-shaped cut/scratch on a negative which I wou love
    to make a limited edition of. I have tried Edwal no scratch on the negative as well as the same and...
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    Deardorf or C-1 for field use?

    Hi.
    Got an Orbit 8x10...same as C 1. Great camera. Yes. it is heavy. Heavy enough to
    knock the living dog crap out of a would be robber. It's metal. A man's camera.
    Not for the girlie man...
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    linhof 240 5.5 tele xenar

    Thank you, Donald, first, for bringing the thread back on topic, and second for providing what seems
    to be the culprit; I did, as I recall, use quite a bit of rise in order to include more sky and...
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    linhof 240 5.5 tele xenar

    Ok...
    but shouldn't I have been able to see the vinetting on the ground glass when I brought the image into focus ?
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    linhof 240 5.5 tele xenar

    Hi.

    Anybody know about this lens?
    I recently purchased an incredibly clean, precise working version of this lens for use
    on a Crown Graphic, hoping it would also do double duty on a 5x7...
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