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  1. Thread: 6x17 Images

    by EdWorkman
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    Re: 6x17 Images

    Heavy?
    Compared to???
    I shot with Pentaz 67 and Fuji
    Compared to a pentx MX, HEAVY
    Compared to a 4x5 about the same as say a Graphic
    Almost always handheld, sunny 16.
    200 ektachrome was just...
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    Re: SilverEfx Question

    My Epson 4900 scanner works fine with S 8, see initial installation difficulties thread above
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    Re: SilverFast SE 8 error 192

    I bought it a year ago
    I had a terrible time installing on Windows 10
    The nice lady in Florida helped
    and helped
    and helped
    I tried it from a download and from thumbdrive
    Germany tried- the...
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    Re: Fujinon 1200mm F24 Lens Found!!!

    <<<<<Now, let's get up close to that 30"x40" print to a distance of less than one foot with a GOOD magnifier. Suddenly actual print quality will be revealed. Better method would be to examine the...
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    Re: White writing showing on old prints

    Yes
    Autographic film had an added strip of thin carbon tissue between the backing paper and the film
    How do I know?
    I tried to develop an old, exposed roll [to no image] for a friend
    I returned...
  6. Re: endless external HD shuffle – RAID 1, 5, or RAID unecessary?

    Folks with really important data back up off site
    Fires and lightning are mostly avoided
    But what is civilization going to do when the Big Solar Flare occurs.
    I had saved some scans on CDs - very...
  7. Thread: Trains

    by EdWorkman
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    Re: Trains

    Awwesome Kent
    So how did you get that much light?
    OWL LIVES!
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    Re: DIY Darkroom Trays/Sink?

    First sink I built was on a hollowcore door, with plywood sides, waterproofed with epoxy paint
    Epoxy paint runs and sags on vertical surfaces, so I had to add a thickener- might have been...
  9. Re: Is there a thread for black and white images?

    HUH?
    There are a ton, sorted by subject
    Like
    portraits
    Landscapes
    water's edge
    And that's just in the LF section
    Hard to come up with a new title, there are so many choices
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    Re: Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

    WAIT
    is this the Steve Ruttenberg of other threads, a new kid to actual LF??
    Way to go
    regards
    Ed
  11. Re: Beseler 45V-XL with 8x10 Conversion Max Print Size Question

    I have one
    I got a fuji 180 enlarging lens- it works but there is some illumination difference from center to edges [that I could handle with doging/burning]
    Never tried 30x40 and I have the 240 as...
  12. Re: WTD tips on using a Protar front or rear lens cells alone

    If one peruses literature from the lens makers [when convertibles were the rage] one finds both views
    In front to protect the blades
    In back for ? I forget
    But in front the blows length may become...
  13. Re: WTD tips on using a Protar front or rear lens cells alone

    OOPS I mis typed The combo is just shy of 12"", using the 24 and the 18+ as is yours
  14. Re: WTD tips on using a Protar front or rear lens cells alone

    I have the 11+24 combo
    Putting a single element out front protects the shutter blades. I did check focus shift, probly with the 24" element, and found it to be 3/8 inch
    regards
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    Re: Focal Length of Phone cameras to 4x5

    Heresy, Blasphemy, and just WRONG
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    Re: June portrait thread

    First Swim is wonderful
    thanks for sharing
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    Re: First film ever developed on my own

    Nice to see an excited newkid
    Go for it
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    Re: Ilford ULF program is on for 2018

    Gabriel
    Despite the moany-groany about bean counters on this site----
    The prices may not make sense for folks whose finances are tight,
    but from a production standpoint the prices do make sense
    ...
  19. Re: Lenses for shooting 8x10 and making contact prints

    Smith shot 35mm and sometimes heavily manipulated prints to get the drama he wanted.
    The handsaw jammed into the corner of a pic of Albert Schweizer may be the grossest example- not that it jumps...
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    Re: Boring Photographs

    Rick
    Don't look now, but you got old
    When the end of film was announced I got out my 2D that I had for years but only sporadicaly used. I figured I'd ride out the last 5? 10? years until no film...
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    Re: January 2018 Portraits

    I am impressed by the use of depth of focus. I didn't even notice the bright light above her head until I had appreciated the image
    Thanks for the lesson
    regards
    Ed
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    Re: A wide angle lens for Calumet CC400

    Let's see
    Flange-focal distance is available on an oft-cited site- Dan Fromm has provided a sticky with tons of places with good information, including for Fuji lenses.
    So , armed with that...
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    Re: 14x17 film holder build question

    Hobby/craft store aircraft ply is usually displayed in bins, on end, so curves after a time.
    I had a sheet of 1/8 that I put on top of a high cabinet to lie flat , but my wife found it when...
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    Re: 14x17 film holder build question

    IIRC Garolite is available in brown and black. I bought some brown and beat my brains out trying to figure how to make a filmholder.
    The side frames are easy to do, but the end closure and the...
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    Re: Lens choices for Busch Pressman

    150 Fujinar
    Inexpensive and very small
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    Re: Turner-Reich modifications?

    Did anyone do the math?
    I get, from the reciprocal of the sum of reciprocals of 19.7 and 25, not 12 but 11", and 12" for 21+28
    Well it's not math but arithmetic, and I'm old , so please verify
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    Re: Lens Identification

    Jim
    The 'e' after a vowel is the way to write an umlaut if an umlaut is not available.
    And for other folks, it makes the vowel sound very different.
    I went to school with Shrow-ders with oe, but...
  28. Re: Use of X-ray film: technical discussion with example images

    Xray film was never intended for pictorial use- It's a happy discovery by the OP -go backbackbackback
    As such, it has
    NO ASA,
    NO ISO
    Those are STANDARDS done in a particular way .
    ANd Aero...
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    Re: Disturbing copies

    Anyone remember the days when Pentax cameras could not be brought into the US except by Honeywell?
    IIRC the bootleg price was $125 and the risk that the customs person would obliterate the Pentax...
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    Re: lens for 5x8 camera (image circle)

    Say was Pythagorus a Greek? I think he was.
    But not algebra, just good old arithmetic- oops we don't need that, or shoe laces or how to tell time by a clock,
    or cameras or books or even reading....
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    Re: Post your churches

    Peter
    At first sight it does look out of horizontal, but a careful eye-scan shows that not to be true.
    My opinion is that it's due to the dis-symmetry of the chandelier chains creating an optical...
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    Re: is this super angulon 121 fully open?

    chris
    Did you try a quick measurement and calc the resulting f stop?
    Some folks will chime in and say not precision, but it should get a close answer- like say it should look wide open instead....
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    Re: Attention Please: Lotus LF & ULF users

    welllll
    Opinions are opinions
    It's is better to cite experience
    I made an 8x10 camera with a small aluminum plate on a small wood backing, and ripped it almost off in the field
    Wish I'd read...
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    CHP sez Tioga Pass

    Closed early this am by snow
  35. Re: Math: Calculating distance scale based on focal length, FFD, helical travel

    I wonder what the subject to be photographed is?
    How is the distance from the lens focal point to the subject useful without knowing the depth of "satisfactory" [YMMV] sharpness, unless of course...
  36. Thread: Remembering

    by EdWorkman
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    Re: Remembering

    Dennis
    The top of the sky is great
    I know sky-fixing is tough
    It was from my own experience that I asked
    Thanks for your reply
    Regards Ed
  37. Thread: Remembering

    by EdWorkman
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    Re: Remembering

    Well I was gonna keep my thoughts to myself, but Ken asked.
    The Towers look great.
    I hate to see older TV shows and movies that show them on the skyline- it just brings back the horror I felt on...
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    Re: Efke film peculiarity

    I gather I'm lucky to have started in the 'good old days'
    But how did you folks miss feeling the extra piece? Gloves?
    regards
    Ed
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    Re: Fujinon 135 W Focus Shift Problem

    Am I to understand that you check the focus with a loupe, but actually focus by calculation and measurement?
    What happens if you focus with the ground glass?
    You say 'focus shift'. To most folks...
  40. Re: Favorite wide angle lens for 8x10 field camera landscape photography?

    How do you see WIDE?
    I can't see very wide, that is photographically, so I backed off.
    As they say YMMV. My favorite probly would not be yours
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