It's ironic to bring up Eero Saarinen in the context of this posting. In his day, his work occupied a cultural role not unlike that of Frank Gehry in its polarization of public taste. Much of his...
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It's ironic to bring up Eero Saarinen in the context of this posting. In his day, his work occupied a cultural role not unlike that of Frank Gehry in its polarization of public taste. Much of his...
Wow, great post!
Ok, up front let me say that I'm an architect and architectural educator and a sometime scholar.
A long time ago I was a student under Peter Eisenmann who has been both reviled...
Brian,
I've tried several methods and devices. Far and away the Versalab Parallel laser is the fastest and most accurate. If you find yourself needing to align your enlarger perodically this is...
Here is a comprehensive review of the camera.
www.largeformatphotography.info/phillips.html
The one thing that stands out to me is that the seller has no feedback. If I were going to purchase...
Here is the link. Scroll down til you hit it.
www.thalmann.com/largeformat/future.htm
Morgan,
Are you referring to the later version with T coating. I don't think you could compare that lens to a xenotar. Kerry Thallman makes mention of this lens on his future classics review.
...
Hi Frank,
Color me green with envy. As a student and later as a professor I spent a little time visiting the hill towns. Like someone pointed out in an earlier post you will be travelling during...
I just want to say to Mr Luddite "You Rock!" I've built a couple five dollar wonders but nothing that nice.
Hope you don't mind if I steal your plans.
To Everyone in this forum who has shown generosity and the timely holiday spirit I say Thanks and God Bless.
Rest assured my personal plight is not that dire. Some time ago my wife had an illness...
Pinhole is always good. 8x10 might be a stretch but if you're a careful shopper it might work.
Okay, this IS a troll but, its a Saturday morning sittin' on the porch kind of question. Lets say life has dealt you a setback and you no longer had those fabulous XL lenses and all the geared...
Okay Bill,
This is my last pass at this. I ran the lens to film distances for your focal and subject lengths and like you found that the lens moves in fractions of a millimeter as your subject...
Wow Bill,
This thread has been all over the place. I reread through the threads above and then took some time to do a little research and want to throw one last set of thoughts out for you. ...
Bill,
As one of those invention dudes out there, I've been giving some more thought to your project and would like to offer the following.
1) The double helical focusing for a stereo camera has...
Bill,
Having designed and kitbashed a few cameras of dubious success you might want to consider having SK Grimes make a custom focus mount for you. If you root around on their website you will...
Paul,
See if you can find a book by Stanley Paher "Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps". If you can only find the two volume set you will need both volumes. Given where you are starting, I would...
Dan,
I have not been to Joshua Tree but I go out to Death Valley about every third week to visit a client. While the spring flowers this year are truly a once in a lifetime event I would not...
Hi James,
I apologize if the post implied that color was inferior to black and white. Its just that the publication is printed black and white.
Thank you for your interest.
Sincerely,
...
Hmmmmm.
Given Paul and R's comments I will try to better describe what it is I am trying to do with this solicitation.
First, some background about myself. I was born and raised in the upper...
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your question. The Institute for Small Town Studies is committed to the idea that the small town is a preferrable way of life and is established to provide scholarship and...
Greetings Everyone,
This posting is on behalf of the Institute for Small Town Studies (ISTS) and the organization's quarterly publication "Fishwrap". I am working on a future article for the...
Jason,
I have THE solution. You just gotta be open minded. The answer is the venerable Calumet C1 or C2. The black or green beasties are are surprisingly capable with movements that come close...
Jason,
You leave it kind of open as to what your expectations are for your purchase. Are you looking for the ability to do architectural work? Landscape or nature? Portaiture? I think...
Well, I'm late to this party but, MPEX is an exceptional retailer. I have purchased from them over the internet and in person at the store and would say that there a very few camera stores of...
Andre,
I don't know if you're searching for an architect or maybe buildings to photograph but, here's my list. For living architects first would be Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, next Renzo Piano,...
Dude! Did anyone notice the f stop? 0.75!!! Eat my dust Leica Noctilux!!! No more two hour exposures at f128! Ok, maybe thats over the top, I wonder what the coverage is? It would be kind of...
Hi Everyone,
I was hoping someone could help me find the ANSI standards for Graflok backs in both 6x9 and 4x5 formats. I'm still bitten by the build your own bug and with access to CnC milling...
Ok,
My math was wrong. The lowest known oral lethal dose is 2.8 grams for a 200 pound individual. For reference when mixing stock solution A when mixing Pyro you use 50 grams.
Its still a...
I think all of the above comments about reasonable precautions when using toxic chemicals are right on. I used Pyro as my LF developer for some time, until I got married and had kids running around....
I apologize but I forgot to add this one.
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/photo2.html
For further info you all may want to review this website.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/rtecs/ux2ab980.html
Hi Jim,
While I don't now, I owned a very late version of the lens and it was indeed mounted in a rapax shutter. FWIW the lens was a real surprise. I bought it for almost nothing and ended up...
Well, I'll give this one a go too. What I've read of AA lends me to think he would embrace the digital workflow and in trying to think how it would affect his work would offer the following:
1)...
Sandy,
My thought is that your best solution would be to find the best DSLR that meets your needs and then correct the perspective in photoshop. In our office we use a Canon D60 with a Tokina...
Hi Don,
a Proscan at Imagers cost $15 (including cd) and comes with 5 scans, 3 tifs and 2 jpegs. The scans range in size from 60 megs +/- down to I think 10 megs. The density range of the...
Hi Don,
My recommendation would be to use Imagers out of Atlanta. Their Pro Scan pack is an incredible value and gives you a density range that is hard to match in more affordable scanners. ...
I've used quite a bit of Forte 200 and would like to add a couple things. The film works very well in masking developers like PMK but can be pretty grainy otherwise. The film is prone to...
You my try Steven Shuart. He has a web site and seems to specialize in older parts. I've bought a few things from him.
I'm fiddling with things all the time. I've built several parts for my 8x10 but the real challenge is a 16x20 my friend and I are building this year. We started that project when someone gave him...
Okay, duh. After rereading your post, Fremont Street is excellent, and then Caliente/Pioche. Boulder City is pretty sanitized (even the empty buildings look good) Chloride is cool but kind of...