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    Re: Keeping gear from getting stolen...

    Install one of these on your car - alternatively, install it on your 8x10.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc
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    Re: Howtek D4000 vertical streaks

    I had some issues with my 4500 a while ago and cured the problems by removing all the boards and using Deoxit D5 on all connections. I also placed the machine on a "cleaner" power supply (by running...
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    Re: Why is Jobo equipment so expensive?

    If you think Jobo gear is dear, don't develop a Leica habit...
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    Re: Epson 3800 Inks

    atlex.com and Amazon are usual suspects...
  5. Thread: f64

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    Re: f64

    Fine - use a film profile and no sharpening - call it whatever you like - and you'll have a better result for a given optical resolution IF you have the aperture set appropriately AND your scanner is...
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    by Don Hutton
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    Re: f64

    By RAW, I simply meant unsharpened, unmanipulated scan (make the scan with a film profile - and no sharpening).
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    Re: f64

    If that's the case, it's due to the Howtek operator setting the aperture inappropriately for the film which is resulting in extensive grain aliasing coupled with the fact that the Epson's lack of...
  8. Thread: 8x10 lens

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    Re: 8x10 lens

    The Schneider 110XL covers at f27... You get a tiny bit of wiggle room if you stop down more. The Nikkor 120SW also covers with a little more coverage.
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    Re: Optimal Scanning Resolution

    Microcontrast of a drum scan will reveal all the nuances contained in the original - a consumer flatbed will lose some... It's not all just about resolution.
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    Re: Observations on scanning software

    Unless you want to spend a bunch of time learning about sharpening, I'd recommend scanning everything with sharpening turned off and use a utility like NIK sharpener, which has nice starting points...
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    Re: New Moderator - Ken Lee

    I can't say that any better so +1...
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    Re: Jack Dykinga: another one bites the d

    Kirk

    I believe it's a great lens; and the reason I qualified the my generalisation with "most"...
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    Re: Jack Dykinga: another one bites the d

    Brian

    It's not really that much of an issue:

    1. you're typically dealing with lenses of much shorter focal lengh where the apparent depth of field is greater.
    2. Almost all newer DSLR bodies...
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    Re: Velvia 50 5x7 possibility

    I'd be in for 5 - perhaps 10 boxes - cutting down 8x10 is very do-able but not exactly a fun way to spend time...
  15. Re: Is a Super Symmar 110 XL worth twice as much as a Grandagon-N 115?

    At f26, the 110XL covers perfectly at infinity - if it doesn't, you're not zeroed somewhere...
  16. Re: Flextight X5 with Fuji Velvia - Color Profiles?

    FWIW, I'd suggest getting a matching target (same film) if you primarily shoot one particular film. I have an Astia and a Velvia profile created from the correct respective targets and they give...
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    Re: Howtek 4500 calibration issue

    The lamps actually get dimmer over the life - pop in a new lamp (or switch the lamps - it's likely that the reflective lamp has almost no use on it)... If that doesn't work, lamp alignment is the...
  18. Re: Flextight X5 with Fuji Velvia - Color Profiles?

    Buy an IT 8.7 target and create a custom profile for your scanner - it's really very simple and will streamline your workflow. I use some I bought from Wolf Faust a while ago - there may be a lot of...
  19. Thread: Help

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    Re: Help

    That's great advice Lenny.

    For two years, I lugged a Deardorff 8x10 around with meter, a Nikkor 450 M and 3 old holders (which I still own) - sometimes I even remembered a cable release. I made...
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    Re: Michael A. Smith/Paula Chamlee Workshops

    Have to agree! Not often the LF brethren bring humour to the party (unless pyro/drum/flatbeds/Steve whatsit count), but when they do....
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    Re: BTZS Question

    I would guess that your data should give very good results with a hand rolled drum (of course, use fresh Xtol because you just never know when that stuff has decided to quit...).
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    Re: Tri-X or T-Max.

    What is the "tonal range" you're referring to here? Are you talking about the straight line part of the film curve in a particular developer?
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    Re: Scanning DPI

    Print them Ken - and have a careful look at tonal gradations - the stepping effects which cause posterisation are very difficult to discern on a screen, but are usually very clear on prints...
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    Re: Scanning DPI

    You've done prints? Because I have and I can tell straight up, that there are all sorts of issues which I cannot discern on my very nice and accurately calibrated monitors which do reveal themselves...
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    Re: Scanning DPI

    Here's a tip (and you may find it crucial to your testing) - make the prints... then compare.

    Clearly Bob has done it, I know I have, and I'll bet Sandy has. Why go to all this trouble is you're...
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    Re: Devere 5108 shipping

    It will fit into a Suburban easily - I moved mine in a GMC Jimmy a couple of years ago - didn't have to even break the column into two halves to do it.... The base is surprizingly compact on these...
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    Re: Best flashlight?

    The 6-D cell is even better. In Detroit, they still them a "Malice Green", not a maglite...
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    Re: Best flashlight?

    fantastic flashlight - usually cheapest at Botach - http://www.botachtactical.com/stscfl.html You can usually pick up the CR123s for about $1 each.
  29. Re: can a digital negative replace an enlarger for alt process?

    Absolute yes - see what the best alt process printers are doing and take a look at their results....
  30. Re: 4x5 scans.. drum or virtual drum for 40"x50" print

    Yes - if you intend manipulating anything before you print it, 16 bits will help a great deal in avoiding all sorts of problems. Muck around gently with an 8bit greyscale file and you will see the...
  31. Re: To All 5x7 Photographers: 5x7 Portra 160 NC: Official Notice of Purchase

    Do let us all know when you actually win that fabulous gift card If you're that marketing fixated that a gift card lottery decides your spend, do what you wish. Personally, I find it refreshing to to...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Fantastic!
  33. Re: To All 5x7 Photographers: 5x7 Portra 160 NC: Official Notice of Purchase

    Larry

    Is Portra NC the only option? I'd really like to get hold of 160VC in 5x7 and currently cut it from 8x10. Anyone else here have some thoughts on VC as opposed to NC?
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    Re: Bosscrean Ground Glass looks fogged ???

    You can't get condensation in between the elements of a Boss screen - they have a sheet of wax between two sheets of glass - there' no "space" in between the elements of the screen - if the screen is...
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    Re: Color photography with black and white film

    Have a look around for Sinar filters - they used to make a 25, 58 and 47 in 100mm square resin filters which conveniently fit Lee holders. I bought a set on Ebay a while back which were unused.
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    Re: Color photography with black and white film

    Check this guy's tricolor work out... http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
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    Re: Portrait Film Recommendation Please

    TMY is very fast which is a great help when shooting LF portraiture. It's also very fine grained... I shoot 35mm portraiture with it all the time.
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    Re: Current ink Baryta paper favorites?

    Tyler

    I'm not "angry"! My opinion was just a visual assessment which was so dramatically different to yours, I added it... I haven't waved a measuring tool near it; my observations were simply...
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    Re: Current ink Baryta paper favorites?

    My impression is that the Harman Gloss FB Al is still slightly warm tone and in no way "cool" or "blue"... A while back, I did a set of wet prints on Ilford fiber MG glossy (little selenium toning to...
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    Re: 4x5 film dryers?

    I use a Jobo Mistral dryer with the sheet film cabinet - dead easy. I used to use a coat hanger with a bunch of plastic clothes pegs - run the shower hot for a minute or two - cleans the air and...
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