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    Psuedo helical focussing - possible?

    Yes, a conventional helix focusing mount won't work with a dual-lens (stereo?) camera.

    I believe you have a solution: mount the two lenses onto a common board with a block that is prefocused at...
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    The Cusp - Digital, Analog, What's coming

    We are approaching the cusp of the new medium.

    Digital-only photographers and digital-only media artists are about to be as shocked and humbled by a new movement as we may have been by the...
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    Ending Film camera sales + print fading challenge

    A new vernacular is rising from the digital photography, art and animation world. People growing up in the digital paradigm have new defaults, new visual language, new presumptions, and by definition...
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    Processing film to completion: my personal drama

    Marco, paper grades from zero to six were available decades ago. Zero was so soft that it was useless to me and six was almost like using an ortho copy film. Quite possibly you are recalling when...
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    Processing film to completion: my personal drama

    Are you really developing to completion, or just developing to the maximum time recommended by a credible source, possibly the manufacturer? To find out, develop in a manufacturer's recommended...
  6. Out-gassing in sh*t pipe---should I be concerned?

    You would have had no worries if you had rolled a paper around the finished roll of film and padded the remainder with a little newspaper. Be a bit concerned about the plastic pipe outgassing - not...
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    gridlike patterns in my scanned images....

    If the jaggedness changes alternately with zooming in then what you are seeing is the consequence of the zoom factor mismatching the screen spi (resolution). Photoshop is not WYSIWYG in that regard....
  8. Sinar View - focus - rear standard - does not lock?

    I am visiting a friend and using his Sinar Alpina. He does not use it very often and seems not concerned that focus has no lock. Once I have the object in focus I want to lock all the movables...
  9. What is the best source (least expensive) for large retaining rings?

    Not quite pertinent but large 'snap' retainers actually do work well - as a last resort - and are mere pennies in cost. Snap the retainer over the thread against the board and turn the lens in a bit...
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    Meatyard Landscapes

    As I recall, dimly, he used a TLR of the Rollei type. It's been a long time. I met him shortly before he passed away.
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    Do you really NEED Photoshop?

    Photoshop has one thing that is very handy - the ability to read, manipulate, and write HUGE files (over 2gb). LF people might find it handy.

    Otherwise some features missing from Elements include...
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    International copyright infringement

    Shocking, indeed, to find a rip-off has made it all the way to your hometown. You have my deepest sympathy. If it were me, I would kindly notify the shop owner and hope he pulls it off the shelves.
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