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    Re: Oregon Coast

    Much of the coastline of OR is very photogenic.

    For the sort of coastal photography that interests me (see http://www.butzi.net/newgalleries/pacific/pacific.htm) I find that the coastline from...
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    Re: buddy/ignore list

    thanks. I guess it never occurred to me to look at the profile of someone I want to ignore forever...
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    buddy/ignore list

    I see there's a 'two-click' way to add someone to your buddy list - click on their name in a post, then click on 'add to buddy list'

    Ignore lists would sure be a lot more useful if there was a...
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    vitriolic abuse

    JJ wrote: Thank God it is only 'some of you'. Now why don't you look for the rest of the bad guys? They are right here in the good old USA firing up the imagination of people who would put the young...
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    Pentax Spotmeter modified vs. unmodified

    Is this modification worth a couple hundred dollars?

    See my test results at www.butzi.net/articles/zone%20VI%20worth%20it.htm

    That article presents both my conclusions and the raw data, from...
  6. Digi B&W Printing - Scan Negs or Contact Prints

    scan the negatives.
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    Important issues for WWW forums

    yeah, Judy Miller was a major gaffe. there's a difference between screwing up and fostering a culture of bad or corrupt journalism (as is done by many of america's favorite news sources).

    Jayson...
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    Criticising Famous Photographers

    If it really comes from you ... from what you see and care about most, the way you see it and care about it, it will be unique, and it will matter more to those who see it ... if they care enough to...
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    Undetected shutter failure

    All of my #0 copal shutters behave the same way - just a smidge of movement on the preview lever and the shutter fires but does not open.

    The one bright side is that most of my exposures are...
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    Fuji Quickload Neopan Acros 11

    that would depend on the holder you put the quickload into.

    For a Fuji quickload holder, the image size will be 4.72x3.73 inches.

    For a Kodak readyload holder, the image size will be 4.69x3.64...
  11. Best 8x10 Carrier Set-Up for Microtek 1800f

    for those using tape or some other adhesive to keep the film flat, how do you clean the glass of the carrier?

    windex and a lint free cloth.
  12. Best 8x10 Carrier Set-Up for Microtek 1800f

    When I scan stuff on the glass carrier, (I have a friend who has lots of Polaroid Type 55 P/N negs) I scan it emulsion up, on the glass, and hold it down/hold it in place by overlapping the edge with...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    One philosophical point that people differ on concerns the common good. I believe (but could never prove) that anything done to increase the production and consumption of the arts will make the world...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    Oh, Paul, I swear you are in humorless mood today. Twice you misunderstood me. Read: Facetious. For gosh sake, I work in a library. (Did you know that the word FacEtIOUs has all the vowels in proper...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    And while we are at it, what's with this Public Library thing?

    Well, the library is free for the taxpayers to use. This is unlike NEA funding, which collects money from every taxpayer, but only...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    If you believe that the Government is inherently inefficient

    Well, I see it like this:

    Let's consider two options for delivering money to an arts organization or artist:

    1. I write a check...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    I still don't quite understand why it is apparently such an awful thing for the rulers of the day to spend money on the arts?

    I think you're ignoring the thread, which ran roughly like this: I...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    The Medici were not 'private', really. It was all about governing, ruling influence.


    and

    Laurent de Medicis raised taxes.

    Well, Giovanni de Bicci de'Medici was the man who became the...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    When was that? Certainly not during the Renaissance, nor the period of Greece and Rome, nor earlier in the 10,000 year Ancient Egyption civilization - those periods of craftsmanship that endure for...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    One of the problems with the arts is that they're expensive. Not just the making of art, but the producing, archiving, performing, and displaying of it. This is why the enjoyment of the arts has...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    Why is that obvious?

    Well, primarily it's obvious because there was once a time where there was no funding of art with tax dollars, and (wait for it....) ART STILL GOT MADE BY ARTISTS!

    Why...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    A question that hasn't been asked is, what's the solution to the Seranno issue?

    I would have thought that was obvious. There's no particular reason the arts have to be funded by tax dollars.
    ...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    come on Paul, tell us again - what aspects of government spending and funding do you have a direct say in?

    It's not really a matter of direct say, is it?

    Note that in response to Frank's...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    It's all such petty whining, though. The total amount of money we're talking about is so laughably small.

    My observation is that in general, it's pretty easy to say it's laughably small when it's...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    I see. It's ok to take the money from the 70%. It's just not ok to let them get uppity and start having opinions about art.

    Talk about elitism.

    That's pretty much the crowning post on a...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    the conservative, capitalistic arguments would work if people seemed more willing or able make decisions based on a long view rather than short-term gain. this is what i see as fundamental to our...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    Being against clearcutting doesn't mean being against wood.

    Being against clearcutting IS being against always employing the most appropriate forest management practice.

    Because you are aware...
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    Update - microtek 1800f vs. epson 4990

    re: medium format and scanner versus an EOS-5d.

    For some years I've been toying with the idea of some medium format system, mostly after going out and working on the beach with a guy who uses a...
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    Heres a dumb question about 2 adams

    in the end result photography really never changed anything (or very little).

    Shhhh! Don't tell Lewis Hine!

    And, alas, it's too late for you to tell Eddie Adams, who had his photographs change...
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    Ever Hire a Mac Consultant?

    The real point to all this is that if you're using a PC, the volume goes to ten. If you're using a Mac, the volume goes to 11.

    And Christopher Guest is a genius. But we all knew that.
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    BTZS five sheet testing

    One thing I find interesting is that BTZS uses five sheets to produce a time/contrast curve.

    The method I settled on uses three sheets, with development times spaced widely around a 'best first...
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    Imacon Sharpening

    Kirk, that's right. For a greyscale image, or for a color image with no significant data in the A and B channels in Lab mode, there's no advantage at all.
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    Why do some photographers use sensitometry?

    Sorry Paul but I think you missed the point. Jorge has been insisting that the approach that Steve and I use was imprecise and demonstrated sloppy technique. He then presents an example of his method...
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    Why do some photographers use sensitometry?

    Simmons writes: It would make more sense to me to present this more 'scientific' approach as one way but also to allow for the possibility of a softer approach. It feels like a little too much dogma...
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    Mastery of the Medium?

    Well, that's sort of begging the question, isn't it?

    Is becoming a modern, world class runner in 2005 a matter of an understanding of nutrition, aerobic conditioning, strength training,...
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    Beseler Negaflat and Quickload Film

    What makes you think that quickload film is a different size from normal 4x5 film?

    The Fuji quickload film I've used (Neopan 100, and Acros 100, and a small amount of Astia and Provia) all seemed...
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    Moonlight film

    The date is very important for the test so there is no ability to do a film test on site before hand and there is no time to bracket exposures. You have to get it right the first time or wait a year....
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    Moonlight film

    It sounds to me like this is a problem of photographing by moonlight.

    If I recall correctly, the moon is magnitude -13 and the sun is magnitude -26, so that illumination from the moon is something...
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    Scanner test results - 9950 v. 1800

    Yes, this is from a 4x5 negative that Ed sent to me.

    I used the 4x5 negative holder.

    I will have to check tomorrow to see if I put negatives in emulsion up or down. I did some tests early on,...
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    Scanner test results - 9950 v. 1800

    Since it was my Microtek scanner, operated by me, let me just chime in with some details.

    The 1800f scan Ed posted was done with Silverfast AI 6, with no multi-sampling, resolution set to 1800...
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