I'm in NH and I'm mailing my film back to Ivey in Seattle. There just don't seem to be a lot of good labs out here, much less ones that do C-41 anymore.
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I'm in NH and I'm mailing my film back to Ivey in Seattle. There just don't seem to be a lot of good labs out here, much less ones that do C-41 anymore.
I'm planning on getting a Mac Mini soon (although not for heavy image editing) and I'm having a hard time deciding between the Apple 23 inch monitor and exactly the same screen made by Dell (which is...
This is sort of neither here nor there since you're asking about the regular Astia 100, but I rate a two stop push on Astia 100F as 320 speed.
For long exposures, I usually go for Astia. I've done long-exposure astrophotography up to about 15 minutes with it unhypered and it has really nice reciprocity characteristics.
A few other...
Since I grew up there, I feel like I should put in a plug for Petersburg in Southeast Alaska. There's a daily Alaska Airlines flight that will get you to Southeast.
It's all big mountains,...
I'd put my vote in for Astia. Since it's slide film, you don't have to worry about color casts introduced in printing (of course, you do stil have to worry about color casts just from the color of...
It really has a lot to do with how you visualize things. When I got my 4x5 I was planning on getting three lenses a 90, a 210, and a 450 since those were sort of the focal lengths that I most use in...
I've also ready the "Fine Woodworking" article about wipe-on finishes and I'll give you my opinion based on some furniture that I've built (although that has nothing to do with cameras)
I'd go get...
Dan, you were wondering why a 400 l/mm film would be important when our lenses can't handle that... basically it's just a matter of sampling the resolution of the lens as well as possible. To be...
I'd guess it probably had a lot to do with the light rather than a color shift from the exposure. I don't use Provia, but I do use Astia. One my main reasons for using it is that it stays pretty...
The term ED glass really just says that the dispersion of the glass is "extra-low". Basically, it refracts blue end of the spectrum and the red end of the spectrum at pretty close to the same angle....
This is sort of only half on topic, but I thought I'd share anyway.
I got a new laptop a few months ago and it came with a "free after mail-in rebate" printer. I figured I'd just sell the Epson...
I was looking at buying an 1800f before I realized that my budget couldn't handle it and did a lot of research on the scanner. I seem to remember reading that the scanner actually has an 1800 dpi...
The Epson 3200 does do a nice job , but if you get one you should think about only using the USB interface and leaving the firewire interface alone. I've had two Perfection 3200s die in mid-scan...
You should look into using SuperCal to create your colorsync profiles since it seems to work better than the standard apple profiling method. Of course, it still relies on you staring at the screen...
For basic scanning and editing work, I'd really look at an iMac.
They have a few things going for them. 1) Small desktop space, small power requirements, and low noise. (Although this might just...
A few issues here:
1) I checked your entire site and found nothing about photography, just some random celebrity photos.
2) Please use a spell checker and learn the difference between your...
I want to add another question, because it sounds like I have exactly the same question as Lawrence.
For those of you using the Epson 2450, do you have problems with noise in the shadows of the...
I use a lab called Photobition in Seattle. It used to be called Ivey Seright. They have always been great, on time, and the quality is perfect. The only problem that I ever had was one fingerprint...
Just a quick addition, since the moon is being lit up by sunlight, you can basically use the sunny 16 rule to take pictures of it. The problem is that it's albedo (reflection) is only around 10%...
I'm not a medium format user, so you can take this advice with a grain of salt, but the only difference between 120 and 220 is that 220 is twice as long and doesn't have backing paper along the...
I tend to shoot Velvia because I get a huge thrill plunking my transparencies on the light box and looking at them with a fairly powerfull loupe. E100VS looks pretty grainy to my eye.
I don't have an answer to the schneider vs. rodenstock debate, but I can tell you that the 180mm fuji is a great lens. I've had mine for about a year and I have never had a problem with the lens...
I use this head with both my 35mm and 4x5 gear (Canham DLC). I don't have any great critique to offer, it just works for me. One interesting thing is that the QR plates have a small hole forward of...
One thing you probably should check before you get too concerned is that _your_ lens works the same as Ctein's. There's always some positional uncertainty (slop) when you build something and your...
My personal feeling is that the decision to work in digital or conventional photography is really driven by what you want to do. The fact that you can still get the chemicals to produce cyanotypes...
I have the toyo loupe and I think it's great. I haven't used/heard of the other loupe, but I wonder if a 6x loupe might be a little bit much. The ground glass on my Canham DLC is pretty course and...
I have a DLC45 and I think it's a wonderful camera. It is my first (and probably last) large format camera. The only complaint about it is that it could be a touch more rigid. However, for all my...
I'm planning on getting a 400mm class lens once my bank acount grows a little bit. I've been looking at the Fuji 450C. It's slow f12.5 and takes 52mm filters. It's also fairly cheap at $995 from...
My dark cloth has velcro across the entire top edge on the black side. Half way across it is hook type and the other half is loop type. That way, I can hang the thing over my back and camera and...
When I first started using my 545i holder, I had a similar problem. It turned out that I wasn't putting the holder all the way into my camera. There's a little ridge that prevents the holder from...
Your main problem is just going to be getting enough light onto the film. I'd try the Portra 400NC, it's worked great for me in portrait situations before.
One other thing... assuming that you...
Just to add to my question: I just dropped some film off at Boston Photo and was a tad underimpressed. I'm really looking for a place that has sorting tables and lightboxes and isn't just a hole...
Over the last year, I've become very spoiled having Ivey Seright (in Seattle) a few blocks from my home.
Now, I'm living in Cambridge, MA, and I would like to find an excellent lab pref erably in...
One quick note: Ivey Seright was recently purchased and changed their name to Photobition Seattle. The kept the same equipment and people though. The only thing that changed was the logo and...
I've really appreciated their printing in the past... I've had very few complaints. Of course, it didn't hurt that I only lived a short walk away and could walk over just to chat every once in a...
I've had a lot of work printed at Photobition, and they have always been willing to look at and redo any work that I wasn't satisfied with. You should probably just take it back and talk to them...
WAIT!!! When they say 720x1440, they're generally referring to the x and y resolutions of the scanner or printer. They're usually not the same due to the design of the scanner or the printer. ...
I'll just suggest my home town of Petersburg, Alaska. Unfortunately, you can't drive there, but you might enjoy the ferry ride from Seattle... it only takes 4 days.
Petersburg is a small (3500...
I could be wrong, but my calculations suggest that it really doesn't matter which focal length lens you use for doing close-up work. For example, a 150mm lens will give you more DOF than a 210,...