Re: www.modernenlargerlamps.com
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Originally Posted by
denverjims
Exciting yes. iPhone to paper print. I'm sure that the results will be almost as good as with a Diana-like lens! :>)
Hey, it gets more people into buying and using silver gel papers, right?
You can also print 120 negs with it, I figure it will be a great roadie / outreach kit. Besides that, I have seen some amazing imagery from iPhones, had a very successful show of them my self that was a sidecar project a few years back.
But honestly, what ever keeps film and silver gel papers around, I am all for it.
Re: www.modernenlargerlamps.com
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Originally Posted by
Kodachrome25
I think in a basic sence he started out with a great product. But it has kind of stayed a little too basic as the loss of the model 3 and lack of integration with other enlarger models like the Beselers is kind of a bummer.
Now these folks on the other hand might be on to something, they are sending me one of their enlargers for outreach at an event that will give them a lot of good exposure:
http://fojo.me
I wish him/her well with this endeavor. But to me, it seems to have all the quality of a digital phone snap and all the convenience of wet printing.
Re: www.modernenlargerlamps.com
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Originally Posted by
HMG
I wish him/her well with this endeavor. But to me, it seems to have all the quality of a digital phone snap and all the convenience of wet printing.
As stated previously, you can also do up to 120 film in it. You can also flip the head around, hang it off a table by the baseboard upside down and print onto a larger easel....It's just a heck of a fun idea and gets at least part of the analog equation into fresh eyes and hands.
I sold about 16-9" x 9" digital prints from a show done with the iPhone 4 for pretty good coin a few years back, the prints looked fantastic....but the actual content of the photos are what sold them. I get the quality thing, but I am often left scratching my head as to why there is this constant slam on Lomo / iPhone etc when it actually looks really really good in print with some talent behind it. A good example of that kind of talent is my sister, the way she documents her children is just incredible and would make wonderful 8x8 prints so I am getting her an Enfojer.
Back on topic, I would really love to see more progression in the use of LED's in the darkroom environment but it is hard to say what the market is. Hopefully it will gain a bit more traction in the darkroom in the future, because it has gained it in spades everywhere else....
Re: www.modernenlargerlamps.com
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Kodachrome25
I sold about 16-9" x 9" digital prints from a show done with the iPhone 4 for pretty good coin a few years back, the prints looked fantastic....but the actual content of the photos are what sold them. I get the quality thing, but I am often left scratching my head as to why there is this constant slam on Lomo / iPhone etc when it actually looks really really good with some talent behind it.
It's not my intent to slam any photo with talent behind it. But I contend any phone photo could have been just as aesthetically good - and technically better - with a "proper" camera (whether digital or film). The camera phone enlarger, while clever, doesn't erase the disadvantages of a camera phone and adds complexity/difficulty. As we're getting off topic, I'll shut up and give you the last word.
Re: www.modernenlargerlamps.com
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HMG
It's not my intent to slam any photo with talent behind it. But I contend any phone photo could have been just as aesthetically good - and technically better - with a "proper" camera (whether digital or film). The camera phone enlarger, while clever, doesn't erase the disadvantages of a camera phone and adds complexity/difficulty. As we're getting off topic, I'll shut up and give you the last word.
Is a kodak box camera with one shutter speed any more of a "proper" camera than a holga, vs a digital cell phone camera with shutter and aperture control?
What's a proper camera?
Re: www.modernenlargerlamps.com
Well, my own Mom took perfectly consistent shots with a box Brownie for decades - every one of them was consistently bad!