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    Re: Who is shooting 20x24 film nowadays?

    I'd love to try ULF - 20 x 24 in particular, maybe 12 x 20 as a second choice. but since I now drive a power wheelchair, even FF digital is physically hard to handle.

    Just realized that those of...
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    Re: Who is shooting 20x24 film nowadays?

    I guess if one wants to shoot 20 x 24 the year 2024 is the time to do it.
  3. Re: New joiner and first question about 4X5 and 6x17

    You could use a splitter and make 2 6 x 117's on a single sheet of 5 x 7.
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    Re: extra wide angle lens for 8x10

    Wollensak 159mm f 12.5

    Really nice lens, reasonable size & weight.
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    Re: Cheers from Halifax, Nova Scotia!

    Last time I was in Halifax was September of 1968 on a trip from Boston to Newfoundland. Had a brand new Porsche 911 - just the right thing for the then mostly dirt roads we found ourselves on. I...
  6. Re: Kodak 10 Inch f/6.3 Commercial Ektar - Help

    +1 for Carol but is she still doing shutters?
  7. Re: Wollensak Ex. WA 159mm f12.5 - Flange Focal distance ?

    I've got one around here somewhere. Let me rummage in the lens locker.
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    Re: DIY Center ND filter?

    Well, since we're all flying blind here, why not ink jet print a 4 x 5 mask and scrunch it into the film holder sandwiched with the film - basically contact printing the filter together with the...
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    Re: Airport Film Hand Check

    Japan was about the nicest place I ever lived. Some interesting cultural quirks that take a while to relate to, but that's true just about everywhere.
  10. Re: Replacing Fresnel and Ground Glass on a Speed

    I think the plane of focus is a function of the lens and where it is in relation to the ground side of the focusing screen, so not a big deal. What IS a VFBD (Very F--- Big Deal) is that you've...
  11. Re: Quartz Lens/UV LED's for POP Projection Printing?

    IIRC movie theatre 35mm film projectors used to use carbon arc light sources.
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    Re: Ben-Q Monitors

    I have a 31" Apple monitor on my PC - works fine. But I use the 31" NEC next to it for Photography/Graphics/Video etc. I generally set things up so images are on the NEC and menus etc on the Apple....
  13. Re: Problems with my Wista RF! Any Wista experts out there?

    I have quite a few Linhof's (no Wistas - yet) and they are extremely well made - very precise. In fact sometimes too precise and not tolerant of small problems. If Wista is anything like Linhof in...
  14. Re: Standard or extended lens board for Schneider 300tele-xenar?

    And best of luck with your treatment. Hospitals are no fun.
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    Re: 3D printed 8x10 film holder

    猿も木から落ちる -> (猿) Saru (も) mo (木) ki (から) kara (落ちる) ochiru -> Monkey also tree from fall -> Even monkeys fall from trees.
  16. Re: An actual jobo cpp2 motor replacement that exists? Check this out

    Geek? Who, me? The old guy that got started in programming in 1959? Perish the thought!!!
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    Re: Mobility with a Toyo 45G

    50 years or so ago I backpacked with a Linhof Kardan Bi 5 x 7. I had a short rail fabricated that was just long enough to hold the two standards separated just far enough to allow the camera to be...
  18. Re: An actual jobo cpp2 motor replacement that exists? Check this out

    I think you could do this with an Arduino and a simple program.
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    Re: digital files

    Hi Alan. JPEG after all is designed to look good to the human eye. It isn't designed to be edited over and over again. I always think of JPEG compression as something to do after you're finished with...
  20. Re: How much weight can the Toyo field front standards support?

    What I've done on occasion is to use what's sometimes called an "Israeli arm" - a jointed metal rod that locks when you twist a lever and can have a clamp at both ends. I clamp one to a tripod leg...
  21. Re: Selecting 4x5 camera for Long Tele application Longest bellow possible ?

    +1. Couldn't agree more.
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    Re: digital files

    I don't think many of us ever think about how thoroughly JPEG et al savage our images. First they might muck about with color spaces. then they run the DCT process on each "row" of the block. Then...
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    Re: digital files

    There's no such thing as eliminating lossy compression - once information is thrown away, it's REALLY thrown away. It's just taking the recreated (and already somewhat crappier) originally sized...
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    Re: digital files

    There is a lossless version of JPEG defined in the standard, but I don't think it's been implemented by anyone. As commonly implemented in most cases the image is divided into 8 x 8 pixel blocks but...
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    Re: digital files

    Excellent explanation of jpeg compression but it does get into the mathematical weeds a bit.

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    Elliot Erwitt 1928 - 2023

    Just saw that he passed away at 95.
  27. Re: "Man with a Camera" Starring Charles Bronson and (1960) on FreeVee is a hoot!

    And there's always Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window".
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    Re: Mixing My Own Chemistry

    Lately I use the little plastic cups they use to for your pills when you're in the hospital. Being on 19 meds and having spent 10 months in hospitals recently, I have quite a stack of them.
  29. Re: Distilled water, how many of you distill your own?

    +1 for RO.
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    Re: Magnetic Shutter

    The ones that don't "wear out" tend to be rare earth magnets, not ferrous. I worry more about the little magnetic fields that store my data.
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    Re: Magnetic Shutter

    Best estimate for modern magnets would seem to be 1% loss of magnetism per 100 years.

    https://mpimagnet.com/education-center/how-long-will-your-magnet-last
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    Re: Carbon Fiber Tripod for 8x10

    I have my 8 x 10 Linhof on a very lightweight video tripod and it's quite sturdy - I like the half-bowl leveler. I've got my M679 on a Gitzo 3 CF - it's fine - small but quite heavy camera. I think...
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    Re: Northern Lights in Alta, Norway

    Well, you could always recreate the 3 strip technicolor camera. https://www.eastman.org/technicolor/technology/three-strip-camera

    I also doubt you'd get much other than blur if you tried one hour...
  34. Re: Moving to Spain. Can I send my negatives in the container?

    Glad to hear that everything went smoothly. Moving is always stressful
  35. Re: Moving to Spain. Can I send my negatives in the container?

    When we moved back (well, back for me, to for my Japanese wife) to the US from Japan we had all of our household stuff and one of her full size grand pianos in a container. It arrived exactly on...
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    Re: Availability of 5x7 film

    Keith Canham puts together group purchases from time to time. I've gotten 5 x 7 Ektar 100 that way
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    Re: 4 x 4 back for Linhof M679

    No problem! I didn't know about the superslide designation.
  38. Re: Have you had to pay hefty customs fees when buying from Japan?

    Never had to pay anything. I prefer to buy from Japan. I lived there for six years and was really impressed with how careful people are with their equipment. No rough treatment.
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    Re: 4 x 4 back for Linhof M679

    I just want to use 4 x 5 film on the camera so I can get the largest square image it can produce and also use my Vario film holder for 6 x 9 and other sizes on roll film without needing a lot of...
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    Re: 4 x 4 back for Linhof M679

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    I sanded off the black paint on the edges of one of the spare Technika backs that I had in my parts box, including any protrusions That left nice shiny metal so when I scanned the...
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