Judging just by naked eye, no need for scientific tests, my Pentax 645D + Pentax 120 f4 macro lens scanning rig beats any flatbed I 've used. And it is much faster to use to. I can scan a full roll...
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Judging just by naked eye, no need for scientific tests, my Pentax 645D + Pentax 120 f4 macro lens scanning rig beats any flatbed I 've used. And it is much faster to use to. I can scan a full roll...
Another important issue I would like to know is for how long can the printer be unused with the piezography inks loaded?
Is there any other visible difference apart from black and gray neutrality? I find Imageprint to be very good at that, but I have never compared it next to a piezography print.
Hi everybody,
I have a hassle-free, low use Epson 7600 UC Epson inks paired with ImagePrint 6.5. I mostly print B&W these days and was wondering if switching to Piezography is really going to make a...
I have the Gossen pictured and it is a beauty. VERY precise meter and high quality.
I arrived pretty late to the scene and would love to have one, if not two. Are going to take preorders? Or when do you think I can buy one? This is just the thing we all need. To have a project that...
You are addressing a lot of issues here. The magenta cast in some negatives comes off very easily provided you wash well your negatives. If your negs are pink after washing I would make sure I am...
Drying film in a bathroom filled with steam reduced my dust problem to almost 0, when I used to developed my film in one. Now I hang to dry in a closed space.
Collodion is very demanding from a technical point of view. It can sometimes, for no apparent reason at all, start behaving in very unexpected manners. The same batch, the same developer, the same...
1 sec for Fomapan 100 should bring reciprocity failure into the equation, if my memory is correct. From the examples you posted I think you inverted the order in relation to development times. Looks...
Clear glass facing the scanning lens with film emulsion right behind has no practical visible image degradation as long as it is good clean piece of glass. For the base side of film use ANR glass.
Once wet freshly processed film that attracts dust and dries, it will have the dust specks forever. They get stuck into the soft emulsion. Get a corner of you darkroom and make 2 walls of clear...
At f11, which is very good with this lens and has a little more DoF, at 1/2 - 1/8. It works beautifully. It really goes way into TX grain. The results are way better than what I get with and Epson...
I learned my lesson,too. High altitude means small cameras. You'll get back with way more pictures and probably better ones. If I decided to shoot film on high altitude again, I would probably get a...
89983899848998589986 Here are some images of the setup. For some reason they upload rotated, but I hope you'll get the idea. The led strips are very convenient and very easy to solder. They come as...
Yes, I read all the threads, but it is way too complicated for me to do in a high tech fashion. I lack the time, the skills, the tools and the energy for such involved projects. If I am able to...
I took the enlarger head of my Leitz valoy enlarger, adapted an L bracket made from stainless steel that I can fix to the screws that supported the head on the pistol grip and mount my Pentax 645D...
Buy a fan shaped nylon brush in an art store. Trim it if necessary. Clean it to surgical standards. Then blow air thru the bristles with energy and they will become electrostatically charged. Brush...
I decided to go the macro lens route since I anyway need a short tele. I bought a 120 f4 macro lens. The lens, (still in the mail), should do 1:1 mag. If I shoot a 35mm neg at 1:1 I would be wasting...
If I use the 120 macro lens, that should give optimum image quality, instead of using a non-macro lens, right? If I need more a higher magnification than 1x, then extension tubes should do the trick....
I havenīt seen one for pentax 645. If I can find a 645 lens mount I could figure it out how to put the 645 on my view camera. Then I could use enlarging lenses I guess because they are flat fields....
I want to buy an extension tube for my Pentax 645D that will allow me to fill the sensor as best as possible with a 35mm negative. I have 2 lenses I could use, the 75 2,8 or the 55 2,8.
I donīt...
I don't understand this type of attitude when referring to someone else's work. Why does it bother you? You can look the other way and pretend it doesn't exist. The world is large enough to do that....
I havenīt been able to carry my Toyo 810M with only one lens, since 2 wonīt fit, in a LowePro Phototrekker, plus a side bag full of filmholders and an Induro tripod appropiate for the task with a...
I see better (thru my hands) with my eyes closed in total darkness. I guess that shutting ones eyes activates more the other senses.
If they can be as competitive in price as they are in smaller formats, I'm in for all my LF film. I don't understand why it is way cheaper in 120 size than the rest of brands and in 4x5 and up it is...
What is a fair price for a working and well worked Beseler 45M with the condenser head? Thanks.
I read somewhere you need 10ml for one 8x10 sheet.
Please let us know when you have amidol available. Thanks. Sergio.
Very nice blacks for a matte paper.
Thanks a lot. Of the options Logan sells which could be a good one? I'll probably be mostly cutting windows for 8x10 contact prints. Do I need a hot press ($$$) for dry mounting or can it be done...
I want to start cutting my own matts, with nice beveled and precise cuts. What do I need to do this? Thanks.
Hi, can anybody recommend production services in Vegas for an upcoming fashion photoshoot? Thanx, Sergio.
I was metering a still life with a gray card to test some film. It was lit with flash and a big white umbrella. The reading on the card was f11 on some and f16 on others. It goes down to Z3 at best,...
Is there a meter tha can read into deep shadows. The incident meter still leaves me with unknown unmetered areas.
Maybe R.Lambrecht might chime in on this one. In their book, WBM 2nd ed., they state paper does suffer from speed loss over a period of minutes! I wonder, if this is so, why can film keep a latent...
I'll try fresh batteries. I find this to be very annoying since I have to guess deep shadow values.
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I have a Sekonic L508 spot meter. It is pretty good as long as there is enough light. I am having trouble with shadows because it doesn't read them, and only gives an error. Is this normal?:(
Check the yahoo groups on the printer. Lots of info there.