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    Re: JPG Magazine Shuts Down

    Good read - thanks for that.
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    JPG Magazine Shuts Down

    Not sure how many here were subscribers or followed the mag, but I just got an e-mail (follows below):
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    Re: My Last Large Format Images

    I am hopeful that if I am financially successful enough, that I will be able to keep a 4x5 around in the future to do specialty types of work with, or for shots that I know that I want to print very...
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    Re: sunrise/sunset BRING IT!

    Taken this summer in Glacier National Park.

    Cracker Lake

    http://www.benchasephoto.com/storage/images-for-external/Glacier-CrackerLake2008LG.jpg

    Velvia 100, Super-Symmar HM 120
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    Re: My Last Large Format Images

    The decision was made for two primary reasons. One is workflow, the other is revenue-gathering opportunities. The $$$ and length of time I was spending from capture to finished product was not...
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    My Last Large Format Images

    Hi everyone - I've recently sold most of my 4x5 gear to move to an all-digital workflow. I will certainly miss the detail and quality of large format film, and below you will find a link to the last...
  7. Thread: Dear Adobe

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    Re: Dear Adobe

    CS3? I'm still learning CS2!
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    Re: New Portrait Thread - September 08

    http://www.benchasephoto.com/storage/images-for-external/TheCaptainLF.jpg

    The Captain
    Astia @ 100 - Converted to B/W
  9. Re: National Parks Project - Santa Monica, CA - Sept 6/Oct 25

    Awesome! I wish I could be there...
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    Re: Rocks and stones

    http://www.benchasephoto.com/storage/images-for-external/ColfaxRock1.jpg

    Well, it might make a nice desktop background :)
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    Re: anyone here into singhray filters?

    To be perfectly honest with you - I have never run into a situation where I was hurt by stacking filters. Although - I'm sure there is a limit to where bad things start to happen, but I've stacked...
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    Re: post your trees!

    http://www.benchasephoto.com/storage/images-for-external/Watchers-Version2-Horiz.jpg

    The Watchers

    FP4 @ 125 - Glacier National Park, Montana
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    http://www.benchasephoto.com/storage/images-for-external/GlacierWaterfall.jpg

    FP4 @ 125
    Glacier NP, 2007
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    Very cool effect, I like this a lot.
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    Re: anyone here into singhray filters?

    I don't use those two filters, but I have never been disappointed in their products, they are all top notch.

    I for one really would prefer never to have a color cast imparted in my shots because...
  16. Thread: Moving Water

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    Re: Moving Water

    This is excellent.
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    Re: Roads anybody

    One of my personal favorites:

    http://www.benchasephoto.com/storage/images-for-external/TheIcefieldsParkwayRoad.jpg

    Highway somewhere in the Palouse in Eastern Washington State:
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    Re: I need a spot meter, what is recommended

    Well, a very large percentage of folks use a Pentax spotmeter. I use a Sekonic L-558, which has both incident/flash and spot metering - it has always met my needs. I don't think you could go wrong...
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    Re: Arca Swiss B1 ball head stiffness

    Speaking of which...Precision is top-notch! My B1 came back and it was like I had purchased a brand-new B1.
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    Re: Myth of digital efficiency

    I look at it this way:

    Right now I'm shooting 4x5, developing, scanning, then uploading to my site.

    As much as I love working with the 4x5, I hate the workflow of having to scan all of my film....
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    Re: Surreal Interpretations

    I think this definitely gives the "surreal" affect - I like it! I wonder what one of those swirly lenses using this effect would look like....try it out!
  22. Re: "If it doesn't move, shoot it" (post yer still lifes)

    I nominate this for "Most appropriate title" of all time :) Awesome Jim.
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    Re: Ted Burford has died

    A number of people have contacted me asking if I have contact information for his family. I'm sorry but I don't. Unfortunately the feedback was left before I found out the whole story.
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    Ted Burford has died

    I just received word that Ted Burford has died unexpectedly after inquiring about why I hadn't received my E-bay purchase.

    For those of you who didn't know, he made items for large format...
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    Darkcloth for TK45s

    Hi folks, any other TK45s (Technikardan) users here using a particular brand of darkcloth?
    I sold my Blackjacket not too long ago as it didn't work well with the camera. What is everyone using...
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    Re: Which one? L-558C or L-758C

    I have the L-558, always been real happy with it.
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    Re: Favorite non-photo gear?

    Ouch - looks like you ate your ice axe. How did it taste? :)
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    Re: Linhof Technikardan v Ebony 45SU

    I've been using my Linhof TK45s now for about a year or so and while it has worked well, I recently had an opportunity to look at and try the Arca Swiss field with micrometrix, and honestly I think...
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    Re: Amtrak or Greyhound?

    A year or so my brother told me a story of how his mother thought it would be very economical for him to take a Greyhound from the Seattle area out to see her in Wyoming.

    One of the highlights...
  30. Re: 90mm lenses and their need for a center filter.

    I also have the Rodenstock Grandagon-N 90mm f/4.5 and shoot landscapes as well as interiors with both color transparency film and black and white.

    I don't have the center filter for this lens and...
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    Re: "Why photography don't get no respect"

    Wow, some of those are in a realm of creepiness that until now I was totally unfamiliar of.
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    Re: Gitzo for Backpacking Conundrum

    I picked up the XLS - I can't believe how much nicer this is going to be for backpacking than the 1410... It is so much lighter.
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    I have an 82mm Polarizer and here is what I do:

    Lens -> Step-up Ring -> Polarizer -> Lee Wide Angle Adapter -> Foundation Holder -> GND

    I had read in a few places that it is best to have the...
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    Re: LF focus at night

    Typically the green ones throw a dot that can been seen much further away.
  35. Re: LF Forum Print On Demand Book....Rebirth PDF

    coolness
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    Re: How about a new color landscape thread?

    This is just one of those situations that cannot be avoided unless you blend two exposures. That is of course, unless you have an ND filter shaped exactly like the sandstone :)
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    Re: Gitzo for Backpacking Conundrum

    Thanks guys - I'm thinking the XLS will give me the biggest bang for the buck...or should I say about 750 of them.... :(
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    Re: Summer Photo Fun---what's on your agenda?

    Busy summer for a lot of us it seems!

    Congrats Preston....

    My schedule this year:

    The Palouse region in E and SE Washington: Now and just prior to wheat harvest
    Cracker Lake area in...
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    Gitzo for Backpacking Conundrum

    So here's the deal, I've currently got a G1410 aluminum tripod that weighs 8.4 lbs and folds to about 29 inches. Max height is like 63 inches or so.

    I've always been a fan of the Gitzos, so my...
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    Re: Favorite non-photo gear?

    Arcteryx Theta rain parka in black. Doubles as a nice darkcloth in addition to being one of the best rain parkas made.
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