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This is a great scanner. Assuming of course it is in good working condition and doesn't require service, which would be extremely difficult to arrange for a Screen scanner. The more popular Howtek...

I've heard that the aspens near Centennial have good color right now. There are a few nice aspen groves in the first few miles out of Centennial heading toward the Snowies but once you head past Sand...

I have the DAYI back and use it for 6x17 shots. It has been perfectly reliable for me. Focus is dead-on and film flatness is excellent. 4000dpi drum scans with 6x17 images on 120 film are slightly...

The family farm in central Illinois...

I'm not sure what a Gaoersi 6x17 camera costs, but for $600 you can buy a new Shen Hao 6x17 roll film back which can be attached to a 4x5 camera. For another $600 or so (less if used) you can buy a...

Hi Joe. Thanks for sharing these wonderful images. I absolutely love your photographs for this project! This would make a great book. You would also clean up on the art fair circuit in the Midwest...

Hi Jansen. Great project and images! Although it's tempting to go to the Tetons and shoot away at the classic vistas, there is subtle beauty to be found in much of this state. Your images definitely...

I love the convenience of Quickloads and haven't noticed any film flatness/erratic focus issues in my drum scans. I did however render a Quickload holder useless when I accidentally inserted the film...

Nearly every scene looks spectacular on the groundglass. Only a few look equally spectacular on film.

This is Sadie, my 4-year-old golden retriever and dear friend, stiking a "serious" pose. She is an amazing trail finder and has saved me from being lost on numerous occasions. Her only (minor) flaw...

Last summer, my 4x5 camera took a nose dive on a mountainside in 50+ mph winds and my 110 XL cushioned the fall against a large rock. After the heart attack dissipated and my savings account flashed...

From a Cone rep at last year's View Camera conference in Rockford I learned that Epson's ABW mode only prints at 720ppi. This may provide some justification for using the standard driver and a custom...

I print all my images on Silver Rag using Qimage. This program simplifies the printer settings compared to Photoshop and has several other nice features. I use Crane's ICC profile and get tremendous...

Over Labor Day weekend I went to Sprague Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park to photograph the sunrise. After walking a short way up the lakeside trail a bull elk spotted me and quickly walked...

No sweat Oren. I'm up for having a heated agreement anytime.

OK, apparently my comments were controversial, so allow me to explain. It seems reasonable to me that someone would read Reichman's article and infer that using a wider aperture in the service of...

Oren, you missed my point. I'm not arguing that we should all be shooting at f5.6. What is true for Reichman’s tested lens is not true for every lens. However, in general, landscape shooters like me...

It is hard to argue with the fact that diffraction does reduce sharpness at smaller apertures. Based on the Luminous Landscape article, we should all be shooting at wider apertures. In the real...

Let's not forget that despite their astronomical price tag as new units drum scanners can be purchased on the used market for a few thousand dollars in most cases. I picked up a perfectly functioning...

There is much less variation in the performance of different drum scanners than with other types of scanners. In the collaborative scanner comparison the ICG certainly does look sharp, but it does...

Hi John. I operate an Optronics ColorGetter Eagle scanner that is quite similar to yours in most respects. These scanners produce fantastic results but as Bruce mentioned there are a lot of parts...

Hi Stephen. The great thing about Wyoming is that it is full of very scenic areas that are off the beaten path and largely unknown to most out-of-state photographers. I live in Laramie and have easy...

I almost forgot - your best bet is to post your request to this list if you haven't already:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScanHi-End/

I have a working controller unit for an Optronics ColorGetter Falcon that I am not using. However, I'm not sure that it would work with an Eagle, and I'm also not sure whether any Optronics scanner...

I have the same DAYI back as Steve and I couldn't have described it better myself. For me, the ability to shoot in the 6x17 format was well worth the $600. As you mentioned Robert, the weight and...

I use Kami fluid for wet mounting and it does evaporate very quickly. However, despite claims to the contrary, it does leave a slightly visible residue on my 4x5 transparencies. I use Kami film...

I recently visited two photography galleries and in the process have begun to question how best to display one's prints. In John Fielder's beautiful gallery in Denver, most framed prints were...