This is what the damage looks like. It's pretty much the same for one box of 34 sheets; the other box is less severe because it was packed more tightly....
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This is what the damage looks like. It's pretty much the same for one box of 34 sheets; the other box is less severe because it was packed more tightly....
Thanks Rick. Yes, I did explain that the boxes contained exposed sheets of film and could absolutely not be opened.
GPS, the film was between two Kodak cardboard sheets, held together by a rubber...
Thanks for the sympathy and the kind advice about what to do next time I fly with film. What I need is advice about how to go after the TSA efficiently and effectively.
Re. developing abroad:...
When I flew through O'Hare on June 30, I was greeted by a friendly sign at the security checkpoint saying that I could have my film hand inspected if I wanted. I almost didn't ask, but then I...
argos33 - I used two cameras, separated, if memory serves, by about a yard and a half.
Get out your old anaglyph goggles (George-Washington Bridge, 2x 4x5", Delta 100):
http://www.doeringphoto.com/temp/forumpics/washington_glyph2.jpg
In a pinch, the 750 can be pushed surprisingly far. I recently had to use it to prepare files for 8x10' (that's feet) prints. A writeup of the experience with sample crops is here:...
Thanks, Wayne. Nothing special about the pinholes: they were shot with optimum-size holes on 120 and 4x5" film, quite generously exposed to account for the steep light falloff towards the corners,...
If you feel the urge to make 8x10' prints on the cheap, you may want to take a look here: http://www.doeringphoto.com/projects/powerplant/info.html.
Andrew, I think 300mm was my longest lens at the time. I was just beginning to play with 8x10.
Tintype Bob, I am afraid the ice storm shots don't qualify because they were shot with a DSLR.
TMY 8x10", 300mm Nikkor, TMax RS. Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.
http://www.doeringphoto.com/kentucky/images/brethrenbath1.jpg
Kirk, you are right, I didn't set up a test. The point of posting the images was to inject some visual evidence into a thread discussing the resolution limits of LF film as against various digital...
rvhalejr, maybe I wasn't clear: the differences are obvious: the 4x5" negative smokes the DSLR at the 24x30" print size. I didn't try to approximate, I just needed a color image for a small repro...
I have had the head strike problem with the 4000 and PhotoRag 308; it's varied from paper box to paper box, worse recently. I've resorted to reverse-curling the first 3 or so inches of the paper.
I love crunching numbers. But for real world comparisons, there is occasionally a point to pixel-peeping. Here is a real life comparison from two architectural shoots, 4x5" film and Nikon D3, both...
4x5", Delta 100, D-76. Berlin 2003. The wild apartment block straddles a WWII bunker.
If the dark stripe is about 1/8 to 1/4" wide, exactly parallel to the film edge, and does not extend into the non-exposed film edge, it may be caused by light bouncing off the shiny inside edge of...
Highbridge, Kentucky. 58mm lens on 8x10" film.
http://doeringphoto.com/kentucky/images/highbridge.jpg
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Blumine,
I bought the DLC to complement my F-line Arca Swiss. I take the DLC whenever I need to walk any distance. It's much lighter and smaller, and you can shoot much longer lenses without extra...
An extreme example to illustrate the spectral sensitivity point. Suppose you shoot b&w film through a filter that passes only a very narrow bandwidth. Your picture will be mostly dark, except for the...
1. Sharpness in scanning.
Many affordable scanners don't put the three channels into exact register, and often one channel is sharper/less noisy than the others. This opens the possibility of...
Shameless self-promotion: For those of you who have time to spare, there is an exhibition about the rapidly vanishing landscape of the Bluegrass at the KY Derby Museum featuring, among other things,...
Impact Photo in Lexington: 859.259.1013 (Dan Silvestri)
Addendum: maybe your browser tries to open the files instead of downloading them. On Safari, I have to hold down the option key when I click the URL.
Ed, here are two files to illustrate the point that using a density dependent mask on a curve adjustment layer comes to the same as using a somewhat wiggly curve and no mask:
...
1. You can create these kinds of masks more straightforwardly. Load your RGB or gray channel as a selection (command-click on a Mac), then save this selection as a new channel. Now use the curves...
Notice also that the toner parts get exhausted at different rates, causing a color drift. You can correct this by adding bits of hydroxide as you go along or by using small quantities of the mixed...
The orbix doesn't snap into the detents. If you find the Arca swing indents problematic, you haven't wrestled with a Technikardan.
The joints on the arca are all quite compact. As a result, any...
#2 for legibility; the first one is too hard to see.
Robert, I had the same problem with the same outfit. It's worse with smoother emulsions (e.g. TMX), and terrible when you use sandwiches (e.g. unsharp masks) because of increased pressure. I had a...
Murray,
Tetenal make "Anti Newton Spray" (poor Isaac bearing the brunt for the rings). It adds the microscopic bumps to a normal piece of glass that destroy the even interference patterns of...
If you want to align a view camera, it's easy and much less expensive to do it yourself. Buy two first surface mirrors (e.g. from Edmund Scientifics), glue one into a spare film holder. Have a small...
You may want to have a look here:
http://doeringphoto.com/venice/venice.html
I have an F-line and use the standard bellows with a 58mm xl (on technika board with arca adaptor--the adaptor is recessed I believe as much as the arca lens boards). Hardly any movement, but the...
I occasionally shoot this lens with the new (slim) line of B+W 67mm filters (whenever you first try a filter on this lens, put a very small piece of lens tissue on top of the front element and watch...
Thanks very much for the pointers. Mike: RRS is mostly great, with the exception of the Technikardan plate whose size and weight does bring school memories of plate tectonics back. Frank
Canham DLC users: Can anyone tell me which quick release plate to use to mate a Canham DLC to an Arca-Swiss ballhead? (From pictures of the DLC, it looks as if one needed a short, flat plate with two...
Had the same problem with same equipment. I finally had Focal Point put Anti-Newton glass in the BOTTOM of the carrier as well. Does the trick; no sharpness reduction (I did side-by-side comparison)...
Thanks for your suggestions. (Note: my Newton rings came from between the glass and the film, not from between film and paper.) I'll try one of the older frame designs.
I am having problems with 8x10 contact prints. Because of Newton rings, I replaced the glass on a Paterson contact printer with ANR glass. This is slighly thicker than the original glass and thus...