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    Re: Websites, Content and How it will be Seen.

    Techheads: 1
    Potheads: 0

    Airheads: still clueless. ;)
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Indeed.

    Steve made "getting there" and doing it in style his trademark. That kind of vision and focus is what really makes a difference.

    We need more people like him and fewer opportunists for...
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    Re: One of my photos was appropriated (maybe)

    Now this is a pretty bold turn of phrase, me thinks! :D

    Nice photo, though.
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    Re: My tribute to Brett Weston

    It is truly extraordinary to have such a mentor as well as such a protégé!

    Wonderful portfolio and tribute, thank you for sharing.

    But... why is this thread in The Lounge?
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Austin and Zach (strictly in alphabetical order): Do you guys realize how discouraging it is to see images like yours and then post something here? :)
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    Re: Kodak

    Chances are you will like it, that's a pretty good developer. You might also want to consider Ilfosol 3, especially with lower speed films.
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Mark,

    You said that "digital files are more fragile than film or prints. Corrupt a few bytes of an image file and the whole file is probably useless." Which is what led to this sub-discussion.
    ...
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    Re: Kodak

    It appears that those "restructuring" lawyers are the Jones Day law firm. They represented Lehman Bros. and Chrysler in their "restructuring" relatively recently.
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Yes, actually, I have. That was a part of my job for quite some time.



    The conversation was about file corruption that you mentioned, not media failure. Media security is a very different...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    No, but as David and Rick pointed out, properly set redundancy - say RAID 1 as a minimum - will make it moot.

    Now, did you ever have such a damage happen to you personally?

    I have had many...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    I'll see your Fragile, Probably" and "Corrupt a few bytes" and raise you my CRC and Checksum.

    :D
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Then again, here's Schneider's take on this question...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    If you think striving to keep alive and well a technology that can't do it on its own any more might be a good business in the future, you should go ahead and start one.

    Personally, I don't do any...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    But they are still going forward with it, aren't they? Evidently, the reason for concern is not quite good enough to go back to physical storage.

    On the other note, and in keeping with the topic,...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    The way I understand it, patronage is not really a business - it is more of a symbiosis between art and money, a way for art to be created but not used as a tool for generating profit. It is in fact...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Speaking of separation of content, I just noticed that the conversation has completely veered off topic again. Or maybe not. It all depends on what is the cause of all this anti-digital angst,...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Questionable in what way or aspect exactly? What do you mean by "almost flawless"?

    When a digital file is copied, the copy is exactly the same, to the last bit, or the operation will fail. There...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Digital information definitely has both greater permanence and greater reproducibility than non-digital information. In fact, the vastly greater permanence is due precisely to the ability for...
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    Where those photographs taken on a Velvia, by any chance? Or was it B&W film of some sort? :D
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    On the other hand, The Library of Congress is actively and resolutely going the opposite way.

    I don't know about you, but I'd trust the Library of Congress over Wikipedia any day.
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    I think you are giving marketing too much of a credit and not nearly enough to yourself.

    I don't know you personally and I may disagree with some of the stuff you say here, but I'd pick one of...
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    Re: What did you compose at Water’s Edge?

    http://48pixels.com/images/mammoth_008.jpg

    4x5 crop, Nikkor-W 135mm, Provia 100F
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    Re: Film photography, a good business in the future ?

    I agree on all points except on the first one. It's not just wrong, it is ideologically polemic in the worst tradition of Marxism-Leninism (or whatever it was called).

    Backlash against digital?...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    They don't call it a ghost town for nothing... :)
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    Re: Everyone's a photographer

    Merg,

    It is always nice to hear from you, one of the nicest voices around here and the most competent at the same time.

    I am at the age when I could also be considered "older generation" - I...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Hey mamypoko, great work. The second one is especially nice!
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Bodie, Labor Day weekend:

    http://48pixels.com/images/bodie_2425.jpg

    Canon 2Ti
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Mono Lake, Labor Day weekend:

    http://48pixels.com/images/monolake_2446.jpg

    Canon 2Ti
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    Re: Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

    Bodie, Labor Day weekend:

    http://48pixels.com/images/bodie_1109-1.jpg

    90mm on 4x5, TMY2 in XTOL
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    Re: Everyone's a photographer

    Mystery? What mystery? Photography has always been a highly technical craft. There is no mystery in sloshing a bunch of chemicals around in the darkened room. Not unless you also happen to believe in...
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    Re: Everyone's a photographer

    I agree.

    But then again, what are the chances of someone getting ready to repeat the same big mistake for the third time would realize they shouldn't repeat a small one?

    Purely theoretically...
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    Re: Everyone's a photographer

    If learning by trial and error is indeed the main learning method for most humans, then everybody (or at least a great majority) should pick an upper-end professional wedding photographer by their...
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    Re: One of my photos was appropriated (maybe)

    I agree with most all you said. But I do have an opinion, based solely on Richard's opening description:



    My opinion, in the absence of direct visual comparison, is that the composition and...
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    Re: One of my photos was appropriated (maybe)

    OK, I think this is a logical question:

    If a good argument can be made that his painting is indeed transformative, than how exactly does that constitute an abuse of your copyright and what is the...
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    Re: One of my photos was appropriated (maybe)

    Here's one lawyer's take on cases similar to this.
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Perhaps they were thinking how to get as far as possible from NYC or LA... :D
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    Re: One of my photos was appropriated (maybe)

    And his painting is not your photograph either. It is a painting of the same scenery at best, or a painting based on your photograph at worst.

    Even if he did paint looking at your photograph...
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    Re: One of my photos was appropriated (maybe)

    And then there is that pesky little concept called "transformative", mentioned in the copyright law.

    Many copyright holders, especially photographers it seems, would like to wish it away, but so...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    No kidding!
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    Re: Large Format Digital ??

    Well, then, here's one from the same place to cheer you up:

    http://www.petapixel.com/2011/04/28/transform-your-old-flatbed-scanner-into-a-cheap-lightbox/

    :)
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