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I would agree with all the above:

where does it fit in your workflow:
-wherever you use a paintbrush tool (great for applying or masking areas from the effects of all the PS filters)
-wherever...

David, like adam, and many others, i strugle with the transition from screen to print. Reading your post it dawned on me that i could actually stand right back with the image set at actual pixels,...

Thankyou, thankyou and thankyou.

I have just applied the change and LOVE not having to read all that off topic political [so I don't get thrown out of this forum I will substitute with the word...

Thanks for the reply and summary ed: i'll get round to reading that stuff one day, but I was told years ago to try and master colour or b/w but not both, and I went the way of the heathens (well for...

Thanks for all the replies.

I was shooting provia 100f



Unfortunately dishonesty has been a part of photography for 100 years! some great shots capturing incredible moments actually involved...

costs a whole beer here!! But I can EASILY live with that! (and plan to take your advice).

just wondering what peoples systems are when they have a miscalculated shot, knowing that whatever you do...

Thanks for all the posts so far.



This had crossed my mind and I have jotted down the readings i remember. Perhaps I should give this a go.

However the range of the scene was really too...

Does anyone know how many shades of grey the eye can differentiate between in a b/w print under standard illumination? This would seem to make a big difference to what capabilities b/w...

I had a situation today with fading light and arrived 10 minutes too late ... Should have just gone for the easiest failproof technique - spot metered the sky and given 1.5 more stops, but I had a...

I Just thought this point should be cleared up.

I believe there is an important difference between film flatness and parallel standards. Everyone likes film flatness whether standards are aligned...

I also highly recommend the west cost of the south island, as well as the Fjordland region (which includes Milford sound) and Abel tasman (North West of south island). You will find some pro photo...

Thanks for your replies.

I have used Badger before, and also not had any problems with camera gear. I'll give Jeff a go with film.

I have always tried to support he local camera stores, wherever I have lived, and currently there is a lovely older couple that run a local store (I live in Australia).

However, recently, they...

Frank Petronio

had a great chuckle at this parting bit of advice. I hadn't thought of this before but definately the single most important beginner advice I have ever read!

Ken obviously you...

Sorry - I was assuming above that you understood how focal lengths compare between formats, and also the relation between aperture and shutter speed.

if you shoot at f22 on the digital your image...

Although a newbie to LF, I have been using a d200 as a light meter, and as you say, this can also whip off a few keepers, particularly if there is wildlife in the vicinity (with af and 600mm lens -...

Thankyou very much for all the replies.

I'll be sure to double check the standard positions even when firmly in the detents, although I cannot feel any play.

I have read Leonard Evens artical...

thanks for the info.

overall this is a great site and great forum. This gripe is minor in the scheme of the positive things this sight has going for it.

New threads and posts seem to be placed in time order, according...

just an update - I found I could find the neutral detents for swing by applying gentle pressure to the right as I moved the standards - the detent then becomes very positive and clear.

are you even allowed to make jokes like that on this forum????;)

hello all - this is my first post on this forum, although I have read posts for quite a while before making the leap into LF. Thanks in advance for any help.

I have a toho FC 45 that I have been...