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I absolutely love its resolution and smoothness of tone, but I noticed a lot of white spots showing up in the positives of scans. I'm guessing (!) that it either has some QA issues with emulsion...

I'm trying to figure out what happened. Is the operator, or some auto-focus algorithm, focusing on the texture in anti-newton-ring glass because it's easier to see than the film grain, effectively...

While I'd agree that trusting autofocus is foolish, my experience with a CoolScan 9000 and Silverfast is that it is useful as the first step in focusing manually. On negatives it usually gets it...

Bleah. Acquired by patent trolls. The worst of the lot.

I've stayed at several places near Zion.

The Driftwood Lodge: It's quite nice, and near nice restaurants and bars, but at the far end of town.

Zion Park Motel: It's quite plain, but...

Try http://myyosemite.com to get a feel for the place from the viewpoint of someone living there year-round. You may find that 4 of 5 early Octobers have been great (or not). If you find such a...

My September experience has been that Yosemite has beautiful hiking weather, but as noted, is too dry for much waterfall action, and too early for good color. Zion is hot (hot!) and also too early...

Well, *my* character flaws are never on-topic....

Eric "I may be missing the point" Moss

Hi all,
Lots of good info in the replies -- thanks! Digesting it, it sounds like I should...

1. Keep the Mamiya because most of my photos (which are 99% tripod-supported landscapes) are plenty...

Hi all,

Comparing my MF (Mamiya 7) landscape photos with 35mm film, the 6x7 just looks better -- color, aspect ratio, everything. I'd like to go a step further with LF, but wonder -- are the...

I'd go over to macperformanceguide.com and read up on how he chooses his Macs and how he sets them up. For a fee, he will do a complete configuration and burn-in. I'm not doing my photos on a large...

Does your bottle of developer ever get corked?

Yes, the IR layer is really really nice, and I don't mind the space it uses at all. I *highly* recommend it when scanning old, kinda dusty Kodachromes I don't want to touch with solvents of any...

That's good to know. I have a 2006 iMac, limited to 2GB RAM. The new Silverfast (6.6r5 and 8) uses double the RAM for any given job, so I can't use it on any format above 35mm. When doing 6x7...

I'm guessing it's Southern California Large/Ultralarge Format Group Get To Gether, or something *really* dirty. ;)

BTW, that model is super-cute. The first photo is worth wall-sizing, IMO.

Based on my amateurish jaunt up to North Dome (previously mentioned in this thread), I found it brutally easy to miss the trail going up from Mirror Lake. Experienced hikers would laugh at this, but...

Wow. I am jealous beyond words. I'm trying like hell to get a Lisp job with the Space Telescope Science Institute. I know there is bureaucracy everywhere, but to take part in anything like that...

When I went, I flew Southwest Air into S.F. b/c they check two bags w/o extra fees. Then I took Amtrak from downtown SF right to Yosemite Lodge for $68 round-trip. It's 7-8 hours, but I didn't have...

This was kind of fun.

http://www.ebonycamera.com/cam/main.ueno.html

It doesn't state it at that URL, but once I went through http://knowledge.ca/program/12-takes, the message confirmed that it's not a technical issue:

"We're sorry. This program is not available...

+1 on the warm socks/wetsuit recommendation. Even in September with low-ish water, it was pretty cold.
+2 on the trekking pole recommendation. The rocks are slick, and even with slow current, it...

Just as a cautionary tale, I did it the dumb way in late September. Started from the floor, went up the Tenaya switchbacks, to Snow Camp Creek (or whatever it's called), to the dome, over to...

I guess it's me, too. Having been suckered into Pilgrimage by the cover photo, I felt entirely cheated by what was between the covers. She had a chance to wow me with the Yosemite Valley photo, but...

Would something like this be of any help?

http://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/mitsub/ac4x5.htm

Has to be fake. Sure, there was color photography, but the *world* was black and white. I read it on the internet:
...

I am in awe.

http://m.engadget.com/default/article.do?artUrl=http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/19/film-camera-measures-35-feet-long/&category=classic&icid=eng_latest_art

(or, I have been scammed)

Is there any chance that makers of now defunct scanners would "open-source" their software so it could be updated to the latest OSes? I know it wouldn't be of monetary value to them, but would it...

That's why my chosen medium is electrified barbed wire. :)

Hi all,
Thanks for the insight! It's too bad I can't get instant-ish gratification, but finding a reliable processing shop is a big step forward, as is avoiding waste and disappointment.

Now,...

Hi all,

Based on the inspirational images posted on this forum, I'd like to get into LF, if only as an amateur having some fun.

My noob question is... how far can I enlarge scans of Instant...

Maybe one of these?

http://www.photobackpacker.com

I'm facing a similar choice, and the following looks promising for backpacks, though I am only comparing paper specifications:

http://www.photobackpacker.com/home.php

I'm coming into the thread late, so please forgive me if I repeat what others have already said...

My experience is that the best of today's youth are as good as the best of yesterday's. The...

It's a lovely looking thing. What would I need to use it with a Really Right Stuff TVC-23 tripod and an Arca F with telescoping rail and some sort of quick release? I haven't bought said camera yet...

> Currently I'm looking for a Rucksack ...

I saw another thread that had nice looking gear, including 8x10 setups: http://photobackpacker.com/home.php