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    Re: FOMA iso 100 negative film: any opinions?

    I've recently used Fomapan 100 in 2 different sizes and have gotten some excellent negatives. No issues with the sheet size or with QC problems. I recommend shooting a box and seeing if it suits...
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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    Yes, "Zeiss Ikon - tsice EE cone" and just to confirm, the Zeiss people got the greek "Ikon" correct, my Greek mother-in-law paints them.

    Meanwhile, I am sure that this is the correct German...
  3. Thread: Linhof 5X7

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    Re: Linhof 5X7

    I guess I need to renew my gym membership! Actually the Technica II doesn't have a view finder but I get such great results by putting it on a tripod that its hard to settle for less . . . besides I...
  4. Thread: Linhof 5X7

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    Re: Linhof 5X7

    I deeply, profoundly adore my 5x7 Technica.

    It will require maintenance but it offers all the camera movements you can use in the normal course of photography, and it is rugged as a tank. The...
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    Re: Kawee? Help identifying a camera

    Here is a blast from the past, seeing that it has been 2 1/2 years since the previous post!

    FYI I have used Fomapan 100 in my Zeiss Ikon Ideal and it has worked out very well.

    Also, I had to...
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    Efke processing problem

    I recently had many 5x7 sheets of Efke PL100 processed by an excellent "professional" lab and the results were gorgeous. I liked them so much that I exposed about 20 more negatives and took them in....
  7. Recommendations for color neg film for scanning

    Paulr, I know you probably have reasons for wanting to use negative film. However, let me relate my own experience. I switched from negative film to transparency film for scanning in 2002 and have...
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    A&I Labs - drum scans

    I just spoke with Heather at A&I (a different person than who handled my original order) and she was very accomodating and is sending me a new CD. It appears that it was burned to improper media. ...
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    A&I Labs - drum scans

    Has anyone else send negatives for scanning at A&I lately?

    I have used them extensively in the past. Recently, I sent several 5x7 negatives in for scanning. Their "date in" was 6/15/05 and their...
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    You guys are a BAAAAD influence!!!!

    Hey, I discovered the perfect answer for GAS! (in my case, 5x7 which is half way between 4x5 and 8x10).

    Cut up the visa card, and just use cash or AMEX that you have to pay off each month. Then,...
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    Back release on Technika IV

    It most certainly is wonderful that my 1946 Technica 5x7 works so great, after almost 60 years! It has, however, been carefully cared for. All the controls work flawlessly and fall readily to hand,...
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    See you in Springfield?

    I am THRILLED that the conference is so close to home! I will be there, eagerly attending the full schedule of interesting sessions. It is a good chance to learn about things that I am not already...
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    Black Witch

    This sounds similar to, but perhaps stronger than, my favorite, "liquid electric tape"! Where do you get it? Not too many scuba shops in rural Vermont.

    (please understand that I would never own...
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    Voigtlander Heliar 21cm f4,5

    I have this same lens that I love and I use it extensively. As stated above, it is in a compound #3. The shutter had the same problems when I got it but now it works just fine after a CLA. In my...
  15. view camera mag's LF photo conference may 20-22

    I'll be there! Very much looking forward to it. There are interesting workshops in each session.
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    how are you framing your prints?

    I use a variety of read-made frames, and lately I have had good luck with Nielsen-Bainbridge units, both metal and wood.

    I always use acid-free everything. Acid free mat board and acid free...
  17. Thread: ROLL CALL

    by Paul Butler
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    ROLL CALL

    I check in a few times a day. One of my connections is a dial-up, and if I turn on the feature to be sent notices of each post, my in-box gets hopelessly clogged. So I just look at the new topics...
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    Walker Evans & Time

    I feel ashamed to be a member of this forum. Until now, it seemed different from other internet fora where, unfortunately, common standards of decency break down just because people aren't face to...
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    Rodenstock lens data on web

    Paul, your information is very valuable. It would be a shame to see it go away. Whatever your feelings about the US distributor, please consider continuing to offer your information to the world as...
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    linhof technika III

    Congratulations! You will find this to be an excellent camera.

    As noted in the earlier post, lack of a forward tilt is not a problem. You can achieve the same effect (with fewer lens coverage...
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    Photography and (Clinical) Depression

    I have a friend who took up rock climbing and became a fanatic. She says that when she is doing it, it totally takes her mind off of everything else. Her concentration is directed so completely on...
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    It's the experience, not the resolution

    I have freinds who make BEAUTIFUL contact prints. And I know that digital printing has not yet been perfected.

    However, I think if you shoot LF negatives or transparencies, and then print...
  23. POLL: do you use back movements on your Technika?

    "B" on a Technika II 5x7. I don't find the movements inconvenient at all. I use rear movements instead of front whenever possible. This way, lens coverage isn't usually an issue. I find I don't...
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    linhof? serial number

    I took a look at my Technika II 5x7, which was made in 1946. Its serial number is 3324 D - so this isn't much help, as it must be a different series of numbers. It was originally fitted with a...
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    linhof? serial number

    Is it 4x5, or 13x18 (i.e. 5x7)? Geared front rise and shift, front back tilt (base tilt) but no forward tilt? No rotating back? Black anodized aluminum lens board? A notch filed in the track for...
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    survey digital vs traditional darkroom

    100% film exposures, 100% digital for printing. I started using photoshop for printing a few years ago, because I was doing a lot of color and I didn't have the skills or equipment to print in color...
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    sheet film inserts for 13x18 and 18x24

    Modern 5x7 holders can be interchanged with 13x18 holders, but if the camera was originally designed for glass plates, you have another problem.

    The location of the ground glass won't be identical...
  28. Have Internet Forums Revitalized LF Phototography?

    I shot extensively in MF before being given a LF camera (Linhof Technika 5x7, what a gift!). At the time, I had never received training in LF photography.

    I read a great deal, and found many of...
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    using the zone system for color...?

    I must place another vote for using the 18% grey card to meter. It is very easy to make something that should be simple and straightforward into a horrifically complicated process. All you need to...
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    Drum scanning in India

    If what Rajiv says is true, then this is very good news. I had noticed that advertising and publishing are getting to be big business in India.

    Note what else he said - that he paid $12 for a 4x5...
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    warning on film storage for beginners

    In lieu of shading the lens with the dark slide, I recommend the traditional method of shading the lens with your hat. There are several on-line retailers of these items of equipment nowadays, and...
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    Drum scanning in India

    Someone from India please speak up! Meanwhile here is my 2 cents worth, speaking as someone who lived in Tamilnadu for several years and who goes back there often.

    Unlike software development and...
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    Am I wacko for even considering LF?

    Digital still looks like crap compared with film, but the question is whether your clients will notice. You can get good quality images if you have $25,000 for the right digital back, but you need...
  34. Lenses to fit dial-set Compur Shutter, ca. 1927

    My circa 1928 ZI Ideal is fitted with a 15cm f4.5 tessar. I get excellent images with this lens, provided that the sun is behind me (black and white emulsion). Admittedly, I generally use it well...
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    S.K. Grimes Recent Experiences?

    They did a recent CLA for me, and it took 3 weeks which seems about par for them. 1928 dial set compur and Zeiss Tessar lens, the outcome was excellent.
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    Looking for help with digital printing!!!

    I would suggest an alternative route, to be able to quickly run off the prints you need. This will require a longer "learning curve" at the beginning but will give you many fewer headaches in the...
  37. Thread: LF future

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    LF future

    As someone who has a "day job" in the securities industry, I can't stress enough what a boom digital is to equipment manufacturers. The inherent obsolescence in virtually all digital equipment...
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    Linhof 5x7 Technika Lensboard Questions

    Lens boards for my Technika II 5x7 are impossible to find, but S.K. Grimes has fabricated them for me, excellent copies, for a reasonable price. The lens board issue shouldn't be an impediment for...
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