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There always is so much wailing and gnashing of teeth about this.

I've owned a 1Ds2, a Phase One PowerPhase FX, many 4x5's, and currently shoot with a 6x12 fotoman and a Hassy H3D-39.

I also...

Thanks for the thoughts. This is what I am moving away from though. Currently use a zoerk shift adapter with a pentax 645 macro lens. I have a lot of experience doing this kind of stitching and...

Peter, not sure why you are playing fact police, but you are incorrect yourself. The "e" model uses the older ccd. The 6000-HS uses the newer ccd.

-Nick

Patterson as well, the 2 120 roll tank. Develop acros in rodinal 1:100 semi-stand. Use inversion. No problems at all, even the plastic reels are simple to load as long as they are dry.

While I would like to think I could, I don't know if it really matters. The company that Doug refers to is actually a much smarter business model. Get an office, train 4 entry level employees, buy...

Ben and Henry, thank you very much for your input.

Ben, your insight especially is useful, and helps me view this from a better business perspective. The scanner of course can be resold for a...

For those that have been in the trenches...

I have a deadbeat client that is going out of business. At this point he is offering me an imacon 949 to fulfill his debt/obligation to me. While it...

Thanks Kirk, too cynical for my own good I guess! :)

Fantastic information, thank you very much.

I plan on it, but getting input from actual users is far more interesting and useful to me than talking to marketing drones.

Researching betterlight backs for primarily art repro (with personal landscape work a distant second, don't know if I can handle the hardware in the field), I am trying to understand what one gains...

Hello,

I have a need to duplicate quite a few pieces of flat artwork. Primarily paintings, acrylic, mixed media, oil, etc. Originals vary in size considerably, but I'd like to be able to shoot...

I have thought very carefully about a 90mm, as I own a grandagon 90/6.8. What is driving me to sell it and purchase one of these slightly longer lenses is the massive weight difference. All the...

Scott,

Shoot wide open. :)

Why would you want this on the film? It seems as if it is an effect you could accomplish easily in both traditional and digital post-processing.

Gee, thanks Dan, now I'll go cry in the corner. :)

I'll be tripod mounted most the time, and realize I am pushing up against the limit. I may end up going back to 4x5, but after putting in a...

Thanks Scott, you're probably right that I am too concerned over it. Regarding the old lenses though, no, I've been pretty far down that road in the past and am not looking to re-tread it. I like...

Hello all,

I am looking for a standard lens to complement my 58mm on my fotoman 612. While I hate to be the "what's the sharpest" guy when looking for a lens, a very high quality lens is...

It's interesting the vitriol that stitching brings up. Not quite sure why that is.

I've done a significant amount of stitching on my 5d. All rear-standard shifts with a zoerk and pentax 645...

Not at all trying to get in a pissing match, but wanted to point out with the Pentax 35mm lens I can get a similar coverage as a 17mm in 35mm terms. A massive difference from 30mm.

As I said...

Another choice similar to Gregs "poor man's" solution is a zoerk adaptor with a 5d and pentax 645 glass. I do art repro with this and the pentax 120 macro. It's not quite as flexible as I can't do...

Hello all,

First, apologies this is not directly a LF question. I do shoot 4x5, but this isn't exactly related to that. If this in inappropriate, please let me know. I just figure there's a...