Dan Fromm wrote….'His eBay listings often say terrible things about Zeiss' ability to design and make lenses. I think he's a head case, not surprisingly he disagrees.'
AHh Dan, half right as...
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Dan Fromm wrote….'His eBay listings often say terrible things about Zeiss' ability to design and make lenses. I think he's a head case, not surprisingly he disagrees.'
AHh Dan, half right as...
Perhaps 'bad bidder' etc was an unfair term of me to use, let me just say 'buyers/potential buyers on a blocked list'. The list spans over a decade and includes many many categories, not just LF...
'I think its time to put him on my list of liars.' name calling Dan? Careful, you may have that post deleted, but I doubt it. Dan, you have accused me of a number of things and most recently 'liar'....
He has kinda taken a theory that David Hockney proposed(and produced a book on) in that the lens has used in art for hundreds of years before 'photography' was finally invented. More interesting I...
'Now I should really start ignoring you,...
Not so fast Nik!
Lets look at this and see why I find it irksome, you BOUGHT a camera and now want a series of opinions on whether 'Is this a...
Your first question...'Is this a good deal? ', can't manage to do a completed search on ebay to see what a ballpark figure is? Seems simple enough to me. I crave YOUR attention Nik..please give me...
You're welcome Nik, seems that someone has to point out the obvious.
You bought a camera and now wonder if you got a deal and want confirmation whether to keep or return it from a group of strangers? Why not do the research first before bidding?
One more vote for Carol.
Or conversely.......:-)
I wonder too if there is a certain amount of 'emperor-has-no-clothes' factor going on with some artists/images. If its a Weston/Adams/Caponigro et al that we are 'supposed' to 'look' deeper at/into...
Somewhat Like Brian but in my version I say something to the effect that nothing will change and its time to go home and start folding the dark cloth...the wind usually dies down a bit then :-) I've...
miesnert ...What did you actually shoot this image at F stop-wise?
My mind must have been locked in a time warp, indeed a buyer can NEVER have a negative feedback the way the system is set up now. I often receive E mails from buyer asking me to trust them with...
'Diffraction can limit the sharpness of a good 50mm lens stopped down to f/16 on a 35mm camera. '
F16 was a bad choice on my part to use but I wanted a 'realistic' choice of aperture that can be...
'The only possible way to avoid this is to ship only after you have transferred the money out of paypal into your own account (where they can't get it).'
That won't help. If you read the many...
Vinny? a................. A what?
As EVH says, although I didn't state it I made the assumption that the shooter 'would' use the same equivalent focal length on the smaller format. Lets say he was using a 150mm lens on a 4x5, I...
I don't think you can block bidders with, say, less than ten feedbacks. Buyers with minus feedback ratings can be blocked I think though. As a 'buyer only' on ebay you'll have nothing but a perfect...
This a focusing situation where a smaller format has the advantage over LF, a 6x9CM thats stopped down would yield a sharper neg in the center.
ataim-Yes, you have the idea.
Since you only need a lens to cover 4x10 you don't always 'need' an 8x10 lens, If you mark the GG with a sharpie you can use front rise to compose the image on the top half of the GG.
ANother...
Isn't it pronounced 'Boo-sheet'? ;-)
If the old lenses were used (as intended) with glass plates on blue sensitive emulsions we may all be surprised just how good they are, maybe even better...
Expect to be robbed in CA gas stations, the price of a gallon only dropped to less than $4 a week ago.
OP-Since you have enough money to buy a second camera why not buy a beater Zone VI and actually use it and keep the pretty one in the box.
During WWII Ansco Agfa made their cameras in what they called 'piano finish' which was really really beautiful but as the war dragged on they painted the cameras as it was easier/cheaper/faster than...
From my personal experience only I say...these things always end badly and expensive. :-)
Andrew.
PS:I also have a big @ss box of flanges but I'd need the barrel to try them on....
I once came across an old flange that was pretty large and had been saw 'open' at one point, the previous owner then took a pipe clamp and soldered it onto the flange allowing it to be adjusted...
Carol at Flutot's
Always had great and reliable service from her, thats why she's so busy! :-)
Well the last Kodachrome processing place closed up shop and that was how many years after Kodak stopped making it? Kodachrome was a very tricky film to both make and develop so with a much simpler...
Sadly though there is no ''no return policy' on ebay as I have found out. If you write one single word about an item you are then(in ebay's eyes) stating its condition/appearance/whatever and a buyer...
I've read a lot of Ansel stuff, how he glossed over it in his autobiography and removed every letter from her in 'Letters' etc. I'm not aware of any other references to that incident and come to...
Weren't Fidelity's prices on 11x14 holders back in the day in the $$$ region? And they were plastic holder makers with all the tools at their disposal. Good luck on getting a call back from the...
If you want to make some 6x10 or 4x10 holders I'll give you $35 a pop, I'll take six of each. When can you be finished with that order? :-)
Alan once told me that he has to make over 100...
I shoot a lot of backlit desert/mountain scenes and a lens shade is a must have item. I like the Lindahl rig as you can use it for WA or screw in a couple of posts and add an extension for long...
You miss my point, the 'life' of Ansel Adams isn't just about F stops and light fading off the crosses etc. We know those stories backwards and in assorted versions told/retold over the years(with...
I'm not sure of your meaning...it mentions the affair in detail but nothing about the affair per se?
I heard from an informed friend that there are all sorts of letters between Ansel and...
About the only 'human' thing I can ever recall about Ansel is when he had an affair and subsequently a nervous breakdown for which he was hospitalized. Many later accounts(including his own) claimed...
Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling/and Trustees are paying themselves hefty salaries and other benefits is going on in here!...