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Hmmm...a used drum scanner, now that's something I didn't think of before. There's no way that I can afford an Imacon, so I've always put that out of my mind.

Other than the Screen Vinny...

Is upgrading an Epson 3200 scanner (mine's about 4 years old now) worthwhile? I use mine for scanning 4x5 Tmax and Trix so I don't need any increase in Dmax. I usually don't print anything larger...

Curtis,

ooohh, ghost town sounds like fun...

thanks for the tip.

I'm skiing at Snowbird/Salt Lake City next week and I'm looking for a day photo trip for non-ski days. I searched the archives and Heber City was suggested. I'm looking for desert/rocks that will...

I bought a good and relatively cheap densitometer (X-rite) for $250 and I consider it a good tool. I spent about a week testing and adjusted my film and development protocols accordingly. Nothing...

I just won an AS Discovery from that auction place and I am wondering whether I should get a WA bellows to go with it. The widest lens that I use with movements is a 90/6.8 Caltar II. I have a 65/8...

Like Richard, I like this lens. It's pretty sharp and is very lightweight. You won't have any movements, but I like the light falloff into the corners. I like how it "highlights" the centre of the...

If you want to do mail order, I second the TreckHall suggestion. They have good prices and good inventory. If you want to deal face to face, i recommend Eight Elm Photo in Toronto. His prices are...

Does anyone know if AS is planing to make the Discovery format frames 140mm as well? I asked at badger but their Discoveries are still 171mm.

Jonathan,

The quality is awesome for 4x5 and 5x7 sheet film! I use Pyrocat as a developer and I like to include a fair amount of sky in my photos. In ~200 negs in Pyrocat, I have never seen any...

I have an Epson 2200 and have used the old and current Piezo inks on an Epson 1160. I love Piezo but there are the recurring and constafrustrating nt problems of nozzle clogging. Recently Epson has...

I'm a Photoshop 7.0 owner and I'm considering moving up to CS, primarily for its 16-bit support. In PS 7.0, perspective correction can only be done in 8-bit mode. Is perspective correction supported...

I have used the newer BTZS hood for about a year now. It crunches up pretty nicely and I haven't noticed any of the silver plasticty outer surface flake off. The elastic camera fitting and the...

Find a paddling/kayak/rafting outfitter and they will have lots of floating water/shock/airline handling proof cases. In Canada, a great retail and mail order supplier is the Mountain Equipment...

Jorge,

The cheap, if $1500 can ever be considered cheap, 4x5 Ebony (RW45) does fold up. The only movements missing are back and front shift. I'm not a big movement guy, I mainly use front...

I have a CPA-2 and having the "set and forget" type of temperature regulation on a CPP2 would be very helpful, especially if you used multiple processes with different temp requirements. The set...

I use the CPA-2 and Expert drums. I have also used the spiral Jobo reels, which would be the ones you would use for sheet film in a CPE-2. The best thing about Expert drums is how fast they load. ...

I don't understand the rationale for including film edges in submitted images. We could debate the aesthetics, but like Mark (above), my Epson 3200 doesn't allow me to include the film edge all the...

Gone! It's on its way to Utah.

Jonathan

Everyone,

I have abandoned my quest to get TMAX100 to work for me. It's sharp and pretty grainless, but I just can't get its tonal scale to match my seeing. I have 2 and a half boxes of TMAX100...

Thanks for the input. I tried SuperCal and it seems to work pretty well. At $19, its pretty cheap and it seems to work pretty well with a combination of Wheeler profiles and my Epson 2200. if i...

I just got some Velvia so I could play with colour, so I'm trying to calibrate my Apple HD display in OS 10.2 (Power Mac G4). The problem is that when I run the calibrate utility in system...

I'm in Ottawa and I use 4x5 and am just about to start using a 5x7 for contact printing. I second Rory's opinion about getting Tim to share some Yellowknife LF stories. For me -15C is about my...

Well said Tim. Azo is an example of a great irony in the Canadian LF scene. As my new box attests, it is a Canadian product. Without Treck-Hall, I would have probably bought it from...

Yup, dem prices be as Canadian as a Noctilux. Frankly, I was surprised at how reasonable the prices were. I am SO tired of getting robbed by exhorbitant shipping/handling prices from US suppliers...

Roger,

I ended up spending just a little over $500 on one order. While this was a lot of cash for me, it isn't wholesale size. They certainly didn't complain about breaking up boxes. According...

I would like to share some very pleasant experiences I had in obtaining LF supplies by Canadian mail-order. I used Treck-Hall (www.treckhall.com) to get 5x7 FP4+, HP5+, 4x5 Velvia, and Azo paper. ...

Thanks Tim. I was indeed her.

Sometime, a long time ago, I think I read a VC article about a photographer who used lenses with smashed, cracked, or missing elements. I think it was a woman. Her photos had a dreamy but edgy...

If you live in Ottawa, "Mags and Fags" on Elgin carries both VC and CA and all the other good photo mags. Process Photo on Bank has cuurent issues and back issues into 2002.

Ron,

Be careful of that Leica, it may empty your wallet! I use LF and 35mm mainly and have a Leica M6 and M7. The real glory of Leica glass is found in the modern, very expensive lenses (ASPH...

On a whim, I became a 5x7 owner (Ansco) two days ago. I generally use 4x5 TMAX 100/D76 or Tri-X/Rodinal processed in Expert drums on a CPA2 and have densitometrically calibrated these film/developer...

I went through the whole list of Pictorico dealers on their website and not one of them stocked it. I guess I'll have to deal with Pictorico. I only like to deal mailorder when I have to. I like...

Anybody know of a Canadian store that stocks Pcitorico OHP (for digital inkjet internegatives)? My local store (Ginn in Ottawa) has given me a 6-8 week delivery time becasue it is a special order...

In all seriousness, Eric is right, even if Mac-heads like Eric and me do go overboard every now and then.

Mac G5, OSX is the way to go. I can unsharp mask a 300Mb PS file, be printing out another...

Another thing you can try is to go to your local hardware store and buy one of those rubber things that are designed to fit over chair lags so they don't scratch wooden floors. Find a size large...

I am searching for a monorail to complement my Ebony RW45. The thing I like about both the Horseman LE and the AS F-metric is the geared movements. As far as I can tell from the spec sheets, the...

The numbers must be small. I live in Ottawa, a Canadian city of ~700,00 people. There is not a single camera dealer in this city that stocks a new 4x5 camera. A few used ones for sale but no new...

One of the nice things under my Christmas tree this year was "Industrial Facades" by the Bernd and Hilla Becher. It's a beautiful book! I'm guessing that the images were made from at least a 4x5. ...

Ben,

Like a few of the posters, I believe that an eMac is an absolute bargain as an imaging work station. Whether you buy a Mac or a PC, you are far better off spending your money on RAM (get at...