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    Re: New boxed Pentax digital spotmeter

    True. I was on the wait list from probably almost two years ago the first time they decided to do another batch. When they decided the second time, my name was still on their list.

    Admittedly,...
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    Re: New boxed Pentax digital spotmeter

    The Pocket Spot guys are indeed a bit spotty on replying to emails, etc. They basically make the meters as a hobby. I was on their list for a long, long time, but I did eventually get my meter. ...
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    Re: cairns on mountain paths

    And for the record, I've never set a stone myself. But I've often appreciated them when "appropriate".
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    Re: cairns on mountain paths

    While there's certainly an element of truth to that, the same argument can be made for removing street signs. One who doesn't know what street he's on has no business being there. The street signs...
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    Re: cairns on mountain paths

    Tough to say. What appears to be an unnecessary cairn in the summer, can be very valuable in winter, especially on less traveled paths, after a snow storm. Many times I've been thankful for a...
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    Re: Want to get into 5x7: Questions

    It might help to know where you are located. Assuming you're in the U.S., I have a 5x7 camera and film holders I might be able to loan you.
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    Re: LITTMAN 45 SINGLE VI On EbaY 8,000

    It's called having more dollars than sense.

    Putting a bigger engine in a Volkswagen doesn't make it a Porsche. It's a Polaroid 110 with a 4x5 back grafted on to it.

    I've seen the Littman and...
  8. Re: Recommendation: Quality, cheap hardwood lens boards

    I made the mistake of getting several boards from him in my first order. I would have been better off starting from scratch compared to how much time I spent re-working them. Though the transaction...
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    Re: Damaging a lens on purpose

    Just look on eBay for any lens labeled "mint" or that contains the description "I'm not a camera expert". They are sure to be garbage lenses that will certainly have just the right combination of...
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    Re: What happened to fiberq.com?

    Damn. Haven't looked for it in a while.

    You can still find it on the Wayback Machine:

    http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.fiberq.com/cam/
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    Re: Best flashlight?

    Construction quality for me. They're slightly heavier for a given application, but I've used mine to break handholds/footholds in ice, and I've dropped mine down countless rock slopes, all without...
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    Re: Best flashlight?

    Surefire. Everything else is second best.
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    Re: "The one that got away"

    Not LF, but . . .

    On September 10th, 2001, I returned from a vacation in California for a friend's wedding. We got in late and I didn't unpack my cameras from the trip.

    On September 11th, I...
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    Re: First Time in Utah

    I bought the same Ilfochrome. Beautiful. He didn't tell me where it was, but seeing it there made me realize it was in Utah, and a little internet research got me what I needed. The ranger's...
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    Re: First Time in Utah

    For False Kiva, ask at the ranger station. They won't tell you about it unless you ask (try to do it when others aren't standing around), to keep traffic to a minimum, but they have a book with...
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    Re: Film Out of Stock - Beware!

    I think it's time to move out of Chicago . . .

    Kidding. Mostly.
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    Re: First Time in Utah

    I finally made it to Utah two years ago. By the end of the week, I'd already made a reservation at the lodge in Zion NP for the same time next year. And within 12 months of the first trip, I went...
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    Re: Wildest Petzval Swirl Ever

    As the background is far enough away to be out of focus, it makes sense to me that it would have the swirl back there as well. But maybe I'm not understanding all the optical issues of petzvals.
  19. Re: Photographing interiors of covered bridges?

    During my few years in upstate NY, I found that the famously grey weather around the Finger Lakes greatly helped my exposures inside covered bridges. Most have plenty of small openings, so strong...
  20. Re: All-Ttime Funniest Comment You've Gotten While Shooting

    Not directly photography related, but . . .

    About 12 years ago, a friend and I were on our way to photograph the defunct steel mill in Bethlehem, PA. On the way, we stopped to photograph an old...
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    Re: Going to Kings Canyon Tomorrow

    Looks beautiful. Any shots from the ground? That looks like one heck of a cliff on the left side of the image.
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    Re: Going to Kings Canyon Tomorrow

    We're looking to back-country camp. I routinely hike in Colorado and Utah year-round and the folks I'm going with live in Colorado, so we're good with pretty much any weather contingency, training...
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    Re: Going to Kings Canyon Tomorrow

    Not to thread-jack, but . . . what's the park (and Sequoia NP) like in October? I might be heading out there the week of Columbus Day.
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    Re: My New Chamonix 7x11 Arrived...

    Aside from the Golden Aspect Ratio part, that's the justification I used about my last girlfriend. So . . . you're going to have to try harder than that to convince me. :)
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    Re: Making a list!

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    Re: My New Chamonix 7x11 Arrived...

    Most folks think that ALL LF cameras are arcane. 8x10 film is hardly something you pick up at your local camera store (unless you live here in NYC :) or somewhere equally blessed).

    After looking...
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    Re: Cold summer weather :(

    Rain/thunderstorms predicted for the next 9 days here (NYC). At least it keeps things cool.
  28. Re: What photo film and paper is lurking in your household appliances?

    I like variety.

    70mm:
    Tech Pan
    Various Aerographic
    HIE
    Ektapan
    Agfa-Gaevert Aero (a extended red-senstive film)

    4x5:
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    Re: sand in tripod (manfrotto 058b)

    Which leg locks do you have. I had the lever-type ones, and didn't clean out the sand soon enough. The next time I went to use it, it acted like a wedge in the joint and cracked the whole lock.
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    Re: Cutting 220 Roll Film down to 120

    6x17 and 6x12 are fairly common film-back sizes on view cameras. So while the film size might not be considered LF (or borderline), the camera probably is.
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    Re: LF or not? Trip advice needed...

    As others have said, the 5x7 and a TLR would be my choice. But since you already have the RB, I'd take it.

    For windy/rainy days, it's always nice to have the more rigid option of the MF.

    And...
  32. Re: Is this not the Coolest thing you've ever seen

    Guns are a different matter all together. Alas, my taste in guns is more expensive than in cameras . . .
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    I stopped counting at 85 cameras, so you have a ways to go before you hit "enough".
  34. Re: Is this not the Coolest thing you've ever seen

    Smithsonian Air & Space Museum used to have a similar one on display along with 2 of the WW II aerial cameras. I always wanted one. But I can honestly say I have too many cameras as it is.
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    Re: Dampening Tripods

    Your fellow engineers feel your pain . . .
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    Re: Am I suffering from Schneiderphobia?

    Same here. Two lenses with it (G Clarons) and they are my sharpest and contrastiest (if that's a word) lenses.
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    Re: Review of Feisol CT-3442 tripod

    I have the Feisol 3442. Compared to my non-carbon 14XX series Gitzo, it's not nearly as finely crafted. But I don't think it needs to be. And I'm an engineer who loves precision as much as the...
  38. Re: A good ol' "What happened here?" thread.

    Photo-flo is a wetting agent.

    I'd kill the perma wash. Make the stop bath 60 seconds. And cut the fix by at least 1/2, if not by 10 minutes.
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    Re: Photographer working in Detroit

    Amazing to see what post-apocolpyse looks like in real-time. It'll be interesting to see if it all just reverts back to prairie or farm land.

    He has cajones the size of church bells to wander...
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    Re: Mido system users

    I have an unused package of five 4x5 Mido holders I'd be willing to sell. I believe they're Type I, but I'll check.

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember correctly the Type I just...
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