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  1. Re: How to fine tune my procedure correcting color negatives.

    https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1849862
  2. Re: Is it Possible To Print a Color Transparency on Pictorico Film?

    It is possible to print.
    "How it is going to look printed?" is another question
    If you have a color profile for your printer and that medium - give it a try.
    If you don't - how would you create a...
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    Re: Heidelberg drum scanner aperture control

    With NewColor the default aperture is a function of Scale (resolution) and nothing else.
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    Re: Heidelberg drum scanner aperture control

    Feel free to experiment because only you can tell what looks optimal \ best to you in a particular scan.
    I would keep it (the aperture slider in NewColor) as-is at its default middle point.
    At the...
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    Re: Traveling to Iceland, torn on 4x5 vs MF 6x6

    As much as I enjoy taking pictures with LF cameras and appreciate what the format offers, for a trip like that (assuming that I was seriously interested in bringing back at least some decent...
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    Re: 16 bits Worth It? & Mounting Station Options

    Internal electronics of DTS Screen 1030AI support 10-bit per channel processing. Compression to 8-bit per channel is done in the Computer(MAC or PC) Scanners software and only when the scanned and...
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    Re: MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

    Speaking of pro-mist filters there are 2 flavors from Tiffen: Pro-mist , Black Pro-mist and also each may be combined with a Warming coating.
    Black Pro-mist is intended to preserve the darkness of...
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    Re: Jobo 2509N reel problem

    I had the same or very similar issue when developing film in the 2509N with or without the "paddles".
    Usage of an Expert Drum solves all the issues and makes the outcome as perfect as it gets each...
  9. Re: Bulk Order Opportunity: KODAK AEROCOLOR IV Negative Film 2460

    For those who are intrigued by this film qualities and properties : https://reflxlab.com/products/reflx-lab-pro-100-4x5-8x10-color-negative-sheet-film
    Maybe it is worth ordering a 135 or 120 roll to...
  10. Re: BW Film Developers for Jobo & Film Scanning Workflow

    My experience is very similar to Alan9940's
    I develop all my B&W (regardless of emulsion) in HC-110 for 10-12 mins at 68F, constant rotation in a JOBO tank. 1:100 and having at least 1 ml of...
  11. Thread: digital files

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    Re: digital files

    Worth keeping in mind that the space on a hard drive or a flash drive is allocated in units (blocks) of a certain size ( 1K, 4K, etc). It means that even for a file size of 1 byte there will be...
  12. Thread: digital files

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    Re: digital files

    JPEG might be an ok format for storing or transferring of a final version of the image. Not so much for editing as each time a change to the pixels is made and saved the content gets re-compressed...
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    Re: Heidelberg Tango upgrade seeking advise

    It depends what you are looking for
    If to spend more money - sure :)
    If to improve certain qualities in scanned images - then it depends, and only you will be able to answer the question. Send your...
  14. Thread: The AI thread

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    Re: What's going to become of photography?

    The discussion in this thread almost convinced me to try a word\sentence generator (would you call it an AI ?) to write poetry. I have no ability or talent otherwise...
    Will anyone be interested in...
  15. Re: Bulk Order Opportunity: KODAK AEROCOLOR IV Negative Film 2460

    4x5

    Portra 160 (20 sheets): $59 X 2 = $118 (free shipping)
    Mysterious film offered here (20 sheets) $80 x 1 = $80 + shipping

    With development at a pro lab (at $4 per sheet)

    ($59 + $40) X...
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    Re: MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

    With a flatbed for optimal results one has to always mask the scanned frame around the edges.
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    Re: Post your churches

    He is already running out of coverage ( movements). Moving the camera position forward would make the distortion even more pronounced. To preserve the correct perspective the camera would need to be...
  18. Re: Challenges with Highlights in Scanning Process?

    What others said : scan the film as you see it - in positive mode and do the conversions by yourself in PS or other editors.
  19. Thread: The AI thread

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    Re: What's going to become of photography?

    How do you go about different individuals or groups perceiving\interpreting the same information in different manners(based on their education , background, beliefs, IQ , etc) ? Aren't each of us...
  20. Thread: The AI thread

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    Re: What's going to become of photography?

    Try to honestly answer to yourself why you take\make pictures (the true purpose and objective)
    And then why you should care about what others are doing in image making areas (AI, digital and such)
  21. Re: Wind movement in scenes especially with large format photography

    In my experience of making color photographs by exposing 3 frames of B&W film on a scene - that is mostly true. "Mostly" because it is hard at times to get each of the 3 in a complete stillness (in...
  22. Re: Wind movement in scenes especially with large format photography

    Once I took a couple of photos of ocean cliffs and many-many seagulls taking off and landing onto those cliffs in a close proximity to my camera during dawn. Shutter speed measured in many seconds....
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    Re: Low cost new desktop

    Were these really necessary? Do they work faster ?
    $150 Keyboard & Mouse LOGI
    $20 Speakers
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    Re: MF (6x4.5,6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

    Get a roll of Rollei IR 400 in 120 and try it in either of your MF cameras. You will need a Hoya R72 filter on your lens for the IR effect (~5 stops filter factor). Start with ISO 6 and bracket +\- 2...
  25. Thread: Americana

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    Re: Americana

    I like the image , Ben. By looking at the image and before reading through the story I could not help but wonder "how lucky you were to capture the old truck by the diner".
    If the diner is no longer...
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    Re: 1930 Chevrolet Coach

    The sky reflection on either of the fenders could have become an image on its own
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    Re: Flowers Anyone?

    Hello Will,

    The updated version looks like a different image where the eye stays on the main subject and tends to explore its perceived qualities by slowly moving back and forth for many times!...
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    Re: Flowers Anyone?

    To me it is neither death nor birth but rather an awkward pose, that nevertheless makes an interesting image.
    There is also an awkward transition from light to dark and vice versa around the edges...
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    Re: How to meter this scenery

    The major disappointment may come not from an incorrect metering (I would not worry about that at all if I used Portra or Ektar), but from the use of polarizer and relatively long exposure times....
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    Re: Center Filter Needed for 90mm on 4x5?

    Drew,

    I shot a lot of images with a Chamonix. That thing does not allow much of movements with a 90mm lens. I have yet to see my imagens failing due to excessive light falloff with that lens...
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    Re: Center Filter Needed for 90mm on 4x5?

    The 90mm F4.5 SW covers 5x7.
    On 4x5 the light fall off at any practical for landscape aperture is almost undetectable.
    I have never used a CF with it and never will even if someone gives it away...
  32. Re: What Dilution HC-110 Do You Recommend for 4x5 HP5 Portraits? What's The Capacity?

    A syringe solves that problem .
  33. Thread: The AI thread

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    Re: What's going to become of photography?

    AI generated images, paintings, drawings , prints of all kinds and photographs, either printed or displayed by other means, are all images of something but each produced using a specific method. In...
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    Re: where do you buy IQ Smart 3?

    I would go for an Eversmart instead of an IQSmart. Any Eversmart from ProII and higher. Eversmarts have been designed and built by Scitex and have a superior optical system (lens in particular).
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    Re: Eversmart vs drum scanners & Aztek plateau

    Speed of image acquisition should not be viewed as a notable advantage of one method over another. Especially in archival applications.
    It is assumed that in order to acquire an image the source...
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    Re: On-line group critique thread ideas?

    Not using a proper light meter is a mistake(error), based on opinions of many
    Not applying the rules of the Zone System is a mistake(error), based on opinions of many
    Not using a developer X with...
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    Re: On-line group critique thread ideas?

    Some people never invite any of those into their studios
    Try to honestly answer to yourself why you do what you do and everything else will fall into places. Almost all of the information is readily...
  38. Re: Thinking of getting a 4x5 enlarger - thoughts vs scanning

    It is implied that there a space for the Darkroom available.
    It is also implied that none of the digital equipment is already acquired.

    The reality for many could be quite the opposite.
    Try to...
  39. Re: Thinking of getting a 4x5 enlarger - thoughts vs scanning

    If one likes the look of SG prints over inkjet, cyanotypes, gum ,etc and wants their prints to look like SG print then the only way to achieve that is to make SG prints.
    Likewise, if one likes the...
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    Re: Hung Up On “Default” Apertures?

    I think that they should be relative to a particular format and not absolute...
    And also relative to the subject (portrait , landscape, etc)
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