Hi, Joel, glad we could get you back up and running in the forum. Looking forward to seeing your work!
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Hi, Joel, glad we could get you back up and running in the forum. Looking forward to seeing your work!
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Many setups use a plastic fresnel sandwiched with ground glass. What you describe sounds like there is no fresnel, or the fresnel is not suited to this telephoto-design lens.
A tilting loupe will...
The software (which may be in a camera) used to rotate the image sometimes just marks the rotation in the meta data rather than actually remapping the pixels. Other display software (such as in a...
Okay, guys, play nice…
Rick “back to actual content, please” Denney
I’ve used Blurb for a number of photo books, going back over a dozen years. No fading or yellowing so far. I used their ICC profile and their software, and if I put some effort into targeting for...
I dunno if it’s just vBulletin—I also get it on a couple of xenForo forums I read from time to time.
Rick “just clicks continue” Denney
An even older photo, now 20 years old. I think this one was on a Canon 10D with a Sigma 12-24 at 24 that I seem to recall having bought on that trip, visiting the store where I bought most of my LF...
An oldie from me, very low res image I put online 15 years ago.
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Canon 5D, Tamron SP-90 Macro, 1/4000 at f/2.5.
Rick “continuing the...
Well, we didn’t do anything on our side of the screen because we can’t think of anything to do. There is no setting to bypass the nag from our side, and that is confirmed with recent posts I could...
Not here, either in Tapatalk or Safari.
Rick “on the iphone” Denney
I do not believe it is “this site’s software bug.” I get the nag from time to time in all the forums in which I participate that have a Tapatalk interface. But I have never gotten it every time. I...
No brand loyalty for me. But later generations do outperform earlier generations, at least for brands like Schneider who have been around forever.
Lenses turned a corner with multicoating, but my...
I has to do with your browser, I’m sure. On Safari (iPhone) I see it no more often than every few days. Make sure the “keep me logged in” button is checked and that you are allowing cookies from this...
Yup, Sinar really is the way to go. If cost-constrained, look for a Sinar F2, which will come with a 12” rail standard. Extensions come in 6”, 12”, and 18” lengths, and screw together end to end as...
Thanks for the info about Christopher. I’ve missed him and his work here.
I have a 3-series Gitzo with an Arca ball head that I use for medium format and smaller—mostly Pentax 645Z and 67. It’s...
Last I checked, there is no U.S. duty on photography equipment from Japan. I’ve bought a ton of it. I can’t explain why Eric had to pay a duty, unless it was not described in a way that looked like...
One thing just came to kind…
If I leave the forum as an open tab in Safari (or whatever browser), I get the nag less often. I do a couple of forums that use Xenforo, which I don’t really like but...
I think I still have a roll of that 70’s portrait-background blue, strapped to the ceiling of my attic because I can’t bear to throw it away.
It didn’t occur to me to mount it and use it as a...
To check myself, I just spent the last half hour looking through the forum using Safari on my iPhone. I saw the Tapatalk nag precisely once.
But I also got a headache reading that tiny text, or...
Please, no formats smaller that 4x5 unless the OP is more interested in the topic than the format, in which case I’ll move the thread.
Rick “‘image sharing (LF)’” Denney
You shouldn’t get it on every post. Are you logged in with the “keep me logged in” box checked? I’m able to use the browser skin for quite some time between nags. But if you click links from...
I was once putting together an announcement flyer for an orchestra concert, and it needed a (cliche) image of a conductor's baton laying on a score. I was in an emergency-level hurry for reasons I...
This one had a 1-second shutter speed at f/45. The water is moving, but still looks more wet than silk to me.
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Bridal...
Because LFPF supports Tapatalk, one of the standard aspects of that support is the nag when you view the forum using a browser on a devise that Tapatalk supports. I use Tapatalk a lot and I get the...
The point of image sharing is so that people can see what other people are up to and also because expression is the point of photography.
The point of discussion is to ask questions and get...
A 6” caliper and a set of thread gauges is really handy. Both can be had for maybe $25.
Rick “necessary tooling for those who play with lots of old lenses” Denney
Lawyers aren’t witnesses to facts. Defense lawyers try to allow some facts to get into evidence, and they try to hide or challenge others. But if they are a witness to facts, the only person they can...
All: nobody likes having what’s important to them defined away. Let’s keep it respectful: about the topic and not the person.
Rick “thank you” Denney
Derivative works can add coyrightable elements, but can’t take ownership of the original. Thus, public-domain urtext orchestral scores can’t be copyrighted, but an editor can add a range of...
The reason seems simple. A copyright isn’t attached to the work. It is what attaches the work to the holder of the “right”—the creator of the expression. Without a creator, who holds the right?
...
I went from a CC-401 to a Cambo SC. Big improvement. Then I switched to a Sinar F. Big improvement again. Then I added a Sinar P—and that was in the category of adding rather than replacing.
The...
Moly grease is black and will stain. Be aware. Molybdenum Disulfide is a superb anti-wear additive for situations of high pressure and temperature, but honestly it seems overkill for a view camera....
I thought Houston Camera Exchange was on Richmond Avenue, not Westheimer. It’s a shadow of its former self, but so is the market for used stuff. I grew up around the corner from it and still stop in...
Drew, Riley’s at least makes the claim. I think I would take a shutter I don’t really need to them and see how they do. $100 for a CLA is a good price if they do a decent job. Leaf shutters are like...
As most know, I've used an Epson 3800 for many years now. Well, the valve that switches between the two blacks shot craps last week and started spraying black ink all over the inside the printer...
Maybe we should ask ChatGPT to define art.
For me, art is any expression intended as such, and accepted by somebody—anybody—as such.
I suspect most in art schools are there because that’s...
And it’s not particularly useful for those of us who lack binocular vision when using such devices.
Rick “sticking with his best Spot V for as long as it works” Denney
I’ve used the Pentax Spotmeter V, of which I have several, but they have mechanical indicators that have needed service at this distance of time. These read in EV and are probably the easiest to use...
By the way, the pie shape is the envelope, not the subject. But you knew that.
Be careful about joining a forum and a week later instructing its long-standing residents that only you know things....
Alan, if one needs to tilt the back of a camera with no rear movements, one simply aims the camera to put the film plane where it is needed and then shifts and tilts the front lens as necessary. All...