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Title Of Thread: What's happened with moderators . . .

Opening text: What's happened with moderatorssince my last 2007 presence here? . . . Perhaps that's been...

Oh please, these moderator complaints are so tiresome. In the last year or two there have been page after page of complaints like this. Let it go. The forum is what it is. It costs nothing to join...

Paradox - student on a budget using 8x10 film.

More seriously, just look around all the different places that sell used photography equipment - craigslist, dealers like B&H or Adorama, photo.net,...

Looks to me like it's not a camera, it's an enlarger, missing a base plate or set up for horizontal projection.

If that happened to me, which fortunately it never has, I'd pack up and go home. Better to have three photographs than none.

In addition to all the usual precautions, I keep holders in zip lock...

I like the composition and the way you've seen the subject matter but not the way it's been printed. For my tastes it needs more contrast especially in the highlights. When I look at your excellent...

I use LF (to the extent I do, which isn't nearly as often as it used to be) only because I enjoy the whole large format process - from loading the film to drying the negatives and everything in...

Oops, thanks, I should have noticed that.

I've since learned that B&H has some Photoshop CS6 disks in stock. Wish I had known that before I went through this miserable download process.
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If there's a Costco near you I think they do that kind of thing. Of course you have to pay to be a member.

Hand is fine if all you want to do is keep direct light from striking the lens. But if you want to shield the lens from indirect diffuse light, e.g. the kind of light you get on a cloudy but bright...

Thought I'd follow up on my experience in buying my Photoshop CS6 upgrade from CS5 yesterday. It took about three hours and two different Adobe chat room people to get it up and running. I was told...

Yes, that's a good point. But I used the Calumet 6x7 roll film back and it seemed to work pretty well with the Tachis. I actually liked it better than the Graflok back type because you just slide the...

As I'm sure you know, 35mm and diffraction is a whole different deal than LF and diffraction. Consider that even an 8x10 print from a 35mm negative is approximately an 8x enlargement or the...

New ones sell for $895. So if you were buying, and if the camera was in mint condition, $650 would be a pretty good deal. I've owned two Tachis, they're very nice cameras especially if you hike....

I wouldn't say base tilt is "no problem." Certainly you can tilt and focus with base tilt. But having had cameras with both axis and base, I found that axis required fewer iterations of "focus near,...

"Does a smaller aperture, or f-stop ALWAYS increase the size of the image circle projected by the lens?"

No. It depends on the lens design. Some lenses continue to increase as you stop down,...

I used Silverfast for quite a while. I can't help with your specific question but I can tell you that for me there was a very steep learning curve involved with learning to use all the options to...

Thanks for all the responses. I'll take the advice and buy. When I was looking I had the same problem Jon mentions. I planned to call but maybe the chat room is a better idea.

Agreed. And again, sorry if I offended you.

Sorry if my comment offended you. I guess I was snide because it seemed so silly to tell us that in talking about the economics of film we often overlook the fact that you only have to buy a roll or...

I have Photoshop CS5. I was going to upgrade to Photoshop CS6 only because I didn't want to lose my ability to get upgrade discounts in the future (CS7, CS8, etc.) after Adobe switched to its "only...

I agree if by "rival PS" you mean something that will do everything for everybody that Photoshop does. But many of Photoshop's tools and capabilities aren't used by most photographers, they're there...

I used a normal indoor flood light in a reflector for years and it worked fine for contact printing. I don't offhand see why a LED light wouldn't work fine too, as long as it's powerful enough. The...

Yeah, the reason I'm into photography is that I like buying film and not using it. I've only bought film once, that was a roll of APX25 that I bought back in 1990. So it's been mine for 23 years so...

Mark Nelson has written an ebook on making digital negatives and also offers workshops. I've attended one of his lectures and seen his work which was very good but I've never attended his workshops...

You chose to buy some very good equipment. That was your choice but it wasn't necessary to learn Photoshop or to produce excellent images. For example, you bought an Epson 750 for $1,200. I've been...

You didn't own a computer before you switched to Photoshop? You didn't own a printer? You didn't own a DSLR? You mention buying "scanners" plural - why did you need more than one? You also don't have...

Geez, another one. For the life of me I can't grasp the mentality of someone who inserts a message in a Photoshop thread just to dump on those who use Photoshop.

FYI - many people who shoot "real...

I don't know about accounting treatment but for federal income tax purposes a monthly software license fee would normally be deducted as a current expense each year (unless it's prepaid for a period...

I bought Photoshop 4.0 about 10-12 years ago. Since then I've bought every upgrade through CS6 at a cost of about $195 each, on average about every three years, or about $65 a year. Am I correct that...

Having heard several of John's lectures over the years I'd urge anyone who can attend to do so. They're informative, inspirational, and entertaining, an evening well spent.

Sorry, I seem to be caught in the Large Format Forum Black Hole where I can't edit a message and when I try to delete it I see a different message than the one I'm trying to edit or delete. Time for...

Does it make you feel better to insult the many people here who make their prints using Photoshop?

God, that's clever Pete - "real photographers" (as opposed to unreal photographers I suppose) Did you think of that all by yourself?

Try "relevant" next time.

I bought a blue filter (and others) when I got back into photography and bought a Nikon F4. I don't remember now why I bought it but I never put it on the camera. I think it still sits in its...

I think there are similar comments in other threads about delays, not returning calls or emails, etc. Which isn't to say it's a uniform practice or that it hasn't improved, just that I don't think...

Paul is making an important point here but more or less just in passing so I'd like to take the liberty of amplifying what he's saying (I think, he obviously can correct me if I misunderstand).
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Multi-coated filters don't help?

I don't recall experiencing this problem with my Technikas and filters. I did use a Linhof compendium shade for a while but it was a pain to put on and take off...

I'm not so sure about most people and that preference. With a lens as long as 150mm f/9 isn't really a problem, at least I never found it to be one. In any event, I'd at least look at other factors...