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    photo editing programs

    Thank all of you for your input. When I made the move from medium format to L.F. it was not based on need, but something I wanted. I spent the money. Strange isn't it how the decision of "want" ...
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    photo editing programs

    I would like to have a good photo editing program. However I don't have any information to qualify one program over another. There is Paintshop Pro, Photoshop, and Picture Window Pro. The few 4x5...
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    backpacking

    We drive to a campsite and from that point I backpack the speed graphic on day hikes. The filmholders, lenses and camera weigh around 20+ pounds. We don't hike fast-- we just go at our leisure. The...
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    Dr. Horold Wingo

    The F32 site seems dead, at least no activity. Does anyone know where the inspiring Dr. Harold Wingo is now posting his photographs?
  5. Thread: career

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    career

    Rosie, I shoot landscape but I also photograph people going about their preoccupations in the landscape. Landscape photographs by themselves are wonderful. However a person or group of people...
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    Why do some photographers use sensitometry?

    Just trip the shutter. It is only film. The emulsion will turn out good or bad, and the rest of the world will more than likely never see it since we do the majority of our work for our own...
  7. Cable Release for No 3 Acme Synchro shutter?

    I tie the rubber band on the shutter trip lever and pull. The band absorbs all the shock when the shutter releases and the photos show the improvement!
  8. Cable Release for No 3 Acme Synchro shutter?

    My graphlex shutters won't release with a cable either. However I have found something that works. A simple rubber band. My hands shake and it affects my camera but a rubber band around the shutter...
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    wollensak 15", F5.6 telephoto

    I seperated mine from the lens shade and what you are looking for is a series 9 filter.
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    shutter repair

    Carol miller thank you for the prompt service and a shutter that works like it should. Put me in your happy camper file!
  11. Is b&w still acceptable by the general public?

    John sir, I shoot color on my 4x5. I shoot BW on my medium format. I like the character of both. However I have noticed recently that many television ads are using black and white. Some are using a...
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    Motorhome Location Vehicle?

    We haven't found the need for a rv yet. My wife and I use an eureka 10x14 tent. Easy to set up and take down. We carry an electric coffee pot, heater, flouresent lamp. We have room for a Queen size...
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    Navajo guides in Navajo Monument Valley

    My wife and I went to the valley about four years ago. We walked up to a vendor and they charged the two of us $60. We thot it was expensive but went anyhow. Our guide was a school teacher off...
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    meteor shower

    Did anyone take a time exposure of the persid (sp) meteor shower?
  15. How do you sell/finance your personal work?

    I used to do weddings to finance my photography. I did one for a friend back in the seventys for my cost $49. It was all 8x10 proofs in a wedding album and gave them the negs. He had a fit over the...
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    Removing a stuck nut...

    I agree with Jeffery-- use a small amount of penetrating oil. I worked in aviation instruments at least twenty years and from personal experience the stuck ring is not the problem. Anxiety on your...
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    speed graphic

    Since the internal cable release to the side mounted button was broken when I got the graphic I have been tripping the shutter by finger. Like I posted I cannot find a screw in shutter release that...
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    speed graphic

    I have been using a speed graphic for about 5 years now. I have never found a shutter release that works reliably and I have tried many. However I have found a simple rubber band gives the shutter a...
  19. Hey Texans... I'm Looking For An Expert Printer

    Scott have you tried BWC photo imaging at 4930 maple ave. in Dallas? I have all my large and medium format work done there and have been happy with the results
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    African American Large Format Photographers

    "Our cultural revolution must be the means of bringing us closer to our African brothers and sisters. It must begin in the community and be based on community participation. Afro-American will be...
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