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    A portfolio of fine prints...

    A portfolio of fine prints arrived in my mailbox this week, and I feel that members of the forum would likely find as much pleasure as I have, in seeing some of that work.

    Paul White is the...
  2. Thread: Nude

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    Re: Nude

    [QUOTE=Maris Rusis;843334]
    http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6040836478_a84cc0726d_b.jpg
    Nude, Shadow, Reflection


    Thank you, Maris, for "Nude, Shadow, Reflection". One rarely sees the genre...
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    Re: post your panoramics

    A lovely and haunting photograph, Vaughn. Superb composition. Congratulations on this one.
  4. Re: What discontinued product do you miss the most?

    Yup, Agfapan 25 in all sizes, and Type 55, and Kodachrome 35mm, and High Speed Infra-red in 35 and 4x5.

    One product that no-one else seems to have mentioned yet is Ilford Galerie paper. It's been...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Wow, Jim! Three stunning photographs.
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    Re: viewfinders

    Using several different formats and aspect ratios led me to look for a more versatile alternative to the Linhof viewfinder. I found that with minor modifications, the sports finder from my Mamiya...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Lovely portrait, jp498! Such clarity and absorption in that little young face.

    Keep shooting lots of her while she's still willing to let Dad catch her on film - she will treasure every one, once...
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    Re: dating a crown graphic

    My sister's dating a Crown Prince, but I guess you don't wish to know that (and neither does my bro-in-law)
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    Re: Restoring a Century Universal 8x10

    Well done, Michael. That truly is a beautiful job of restoration that you've accomplished.
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    Re: Please show your 6x17 pictures

    Great work, Vladik! Some of the most memorable pinhole images I've ever seen.
  11. Re: Do your family snapshots grab you by the throat?

    Thank you for that link, percepts - a real gift to pass on. I just sent it to both my girls.
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    Re: Restoring a Century Universal 8x10

    There has been some previous discussion on this issue, Jon. The CU is a wonderful camera for its lightness and versatility, but in some circumstances (breeze! long lenses!) some additional...
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    Re: Paul Caponigro presentation

    What a lovely mind, and a great quiet gentleness.
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    Re: Is photographic integrity dead?

    Well, the Wikipedia definition of a photograph says:
    "A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an...
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    Re: The Future of Film Photography

    So does this mean that Ansel, Edward and everybody else were never able to "get the best out of the film" because the scanner didn't exist? How can that equate to comparing apples to apples?


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  16. Re: Bruce Barnbaum’s claim — 20 months later

    I wonder how the price comparison looks if one totals all of the necessary digital hardware (plus updates), software, peripherals, papers and toners plus all the other stuff, versus the equivalent...
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    Re: Confused about diffraction?

    The science is interesting.......... but then so are the real-world applications in our craft of the information that science can provide us, regarding this issue of diffraction.

    I understand...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Stunning mountainscape, David. The sense that is conveyed of the volume of space opening out before the viewer across to the range of peaks is so vivid that I could almost feel ice-wind in my...
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    Re: Confused about diffraction?

    .....in which case, a Waterhouse stop, being circular, will result in less scatter of light and diffraction than a conventional bladed diaphragm, since it can be made both thinner and shorter in...
  20. Re: Photographing a model of a 17th century caravel

    I would suggest to leave out anything to do with background or a "scene", using a darkish, shadowed, almost black environment around it instead. This will throw all the viewer's attention onto the...
  21. Poll: Re: Do you buy your camera/lenses new or used??

    Yup, seems that now the consensus is they will be 20-sheet boxes, making it much more reasonable. Wheew!;)
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    I would love to hear some more from you, Jim, regarding that technique, and if it needs a book or two to contain it, then here's your first buyer. Anything that you would be willing to share in the...
  23. Poll: Re: Do you buy your camera/lenses new or used??

    Mostly eBay and the altogether excellent LFPF For Sale section. Some gear I've bought new on eBay (but mostly used), some new stuff from stores, but it's hard for stores to offer sensible prices any...
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    Re: Confused about diffraction?

    ............so maybe the f/64 Group were for real, and not some wry comment about diffraction at all!

    The curious thing about this discussion is that, having read it all and thought about it some,...
  25. Re: Derth of 180mm wide angle lenses (8x10)???

    This lens makes a good candidate for those who wish to shoot 4x10 on their 8x10 cameras (with a splitter board, or with a 4x10 reducing back). Sharp, often quite cheap and easily available, and...
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    Re: Confused about diffraction?

    Wouldn't that number depend on the focal length AND aperture of the lens, rather than just the aperture? It seems to me that it's the area of the aperture rather than the f stop, that will determine...
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    Re: Natural forms

    [QUOTE=eschatologized;520309] I am interested in natural forms revealed through close study of details,
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    Re: Fuji 250mm f6.7

    Actually, if you check the specs you referred to, you'll see that Kerry mentions (in an asterisked footnote), that the 250 6.7 is non-EBC. The later f6.3 version was EBC multi-coated. Drew's f6.7...
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    Re: Alternatives to 110mm xl?

    The 120mm Nikkor-SW leads the pack IMHO in every way but the aperture, where it is only half to one stop less bright than the others. I find an f8 is a very usable lens in most circumstances - think...
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    Re: Using RB67 lenses on 4x5?

    The RB-lenses-on-4x5 is an ongoing project for me at present, and thanks go to Erie Patsellis for getting this far - his description of the modifications for mounting the lenses were what got me...
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    Re: post alternative techniques

    Lovely work, Dave. I particularly like your composition and framing in the view across to the Olympics. I bet the original prints of both are magical in palladium.
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    Re: Fujinon W or CM-W

    I understand that the lenses marked WS were simply part of Fuji's practice of labelling those W lenses that were shutter-mounted. They abandoned the habit after a while it seems. My 250 f6.7 is...
  33. Re: Register pins on negative holder and montage

    I have done a fair amount of work with pin registration over the years. If you are able to find a Kodak Register Punch and a couple of pin-registration bars, you're (almost) in business. There are...
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    Re: Using RB67 lenses on 4x5?

    Well, it's the only way that I've found to enjoy a 37mm fisheye on 4x5. Some great new perspectives on the world, believe me...
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    Re: post alternative techniques

    Several gorgeous images here recently, gandolfi. Really lovely and uplifting work. Thank you to all the members who've contributed to this excellent thread.
  36. Re: "Digital manipulation... bad for photography" - Outside Magazine

    In a manner that is found in very few other art forms, photography does possess the ability to render with an accuracy that has nothing to do with "mental perceptions". It is precisely because it is...
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    Poll: Re: Why *that* field camera?

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    Ron and Ole, I'm with you. Except that for me it was the 8x10 Century Universal, best described as Ahead Of Its Time. And still, 75 years later, Ahead Of Its Time. Imagine if everything...
  38. Re: "Digital manipulation... bad for photography" - Outside Magazine

    I don't see that it is anything to do with projected image - we don't refer to the image on the screen that is created by a lantern-slide projector as a photograph, nor do we call an image a...
  39. Re: "Digital manipulation... bad for photography" - Outside Magazine

    Yes, and over in the Paintings section, you might find a Paint-by-Numbers version of the Mona Lisa hanging beside the original, but I don't think we would give them both the same name, would we?
  40. Re: "Digital manipulation... bad for photography" - Outside Magazine

    They are only light-sensitive in the same way that a LIGHT METER is light-sensitive.

    "Photography", on the other hand, comes from 'photon' (light) and 'graphos' (drawing, engraving, marking). It...
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