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    Re: Scanner Calibration

    I found something that tells me why the emulsions of the it8 profile matter. It has to do with the response of the scanner to the film itself, not the way the film renders the colors.

    Here's a...
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    Re: Scanner Calibration

    Thank you for your response Preston,

    By 'generic' IT8 transparency i didn't mean the canned profile from Epson. I was trying to describe a piece of film with known colors that wasn't emulsion...
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    Re: Scanner Calibration

    Thanks for your response Marc,

    I was planning on using Vuescan, but that shouldn't matter for my question. I didn't get any targets with my scanner.

    In order to calibrate just the scanner, I...
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    Scanner Calibration

    I just picked up an Epson V750 and I am investigating how to calibrate it. I understand that you have to use a transparency target like an IT8 target to give the calibration routine a known set of...
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    Re: Cross eyed looking at ground glass

    Thanks for all the help. I just spent the last 5 days shooting Death Valley with the 4x5 and figured out that my problem was a combination of being too close to the glass and getting use to the...
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    Re: Cross eyed looking at ground glass

    My problem might be that i'm too close to the gg. I was using a small blanket as a dark cloth and I think it made me stand too close. Tomorrow I'll try a larger blanket and stand further back to...
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    Cross eyed looking at ground glass

    I am very new to LF photography and I am having some trouble looking at the ground glass to compose my shots. When I put my head under the hood and look at the ground glass i feel like I go cross...
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    Re: A ground glass discovery and scotch tape

    Here's something interesting I found:

    "Before I leave the subject of broken ground glasses I found that a very adequate emergency replacement could be made. Just go to a local hardware store and...
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    Re: A ground glass discovery and scotch tape

    Interesting. If there are grid lines on the ground glass, can you still see them?

    Al
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    Re: Focus in the Dark

    Our Laser Safety Officer says "Don't stare into the beam with your remaining good eye".

    But seriously, there are some bright laser pointers that are green, maybe not as bright as the one that I...
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    Re: Focus in the Dark

    I'm pretty sure you could see this laser from 80 to 100 feet away.

    1500 mW Green Laser Pointer

    Al
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    Re: First 4x5 image

    Mark--I may live as just a transparancy until i get some better way to scan it. I should print it though, just to compare to a printed digital camera image.

    Bushpilot--I agree I like the speed of...
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    First 4x5 image

    Here is my first 4x5 image. It was taken at the Santa Barbara Courthouse in Santa Barbara, California. Please excuse the crude scan. I placed the slide on a light table and took a picture of it...
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    Just got my feet wet!

    Hi everyone!

    Over the past couple of weeks I have been putting together my first 4x5 kit. I took my first image yesterday and was able to get it developed today. It was exciting to see that...
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