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    Re: Camera manufacturers (LIST)

    Sorry if this has been asked before or else where, but is Toyo still in business ? Their web site has been down and I know my network is not at fault.
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LfK6tlmrUE
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    Re: No Monkey Copyright says the Feds

    Why not just ask the photographer: Read the whole story about my monkey selfie
  4. Re: Measuring your shutter speed without any new equipment

    A method I've used years ago was shooting a frame from the screen of an analog Television. This method works for anything faster than 1/30th. The video is interlaced so two scans make up a complete...
  5. Could a Photographer's Ownership be Overturned ?

    This link was just posted in a discussion on another forum that I'm on and since I have prints of some of my photography for sale on Imagekind, I couldn't help but wonder if some publisher could file...
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    Re: Dallas/Ft.Worth get together.

    I had a great time, and this is well worth the 200 mile round trip drive.

    In regard to Ed Brock's Soft Taco Large Format Processing Method, I found B & H Photo carries the Paterson Multireel...
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    Re: Dallas/Ft.Worth get together.

    Sasha and I will probably skip breakfast, but should still arrive around 8:30-ish.
  8. Thread: Max Size

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    Re: Max Size

    Greg,



    I'm also a Qimage Studio Edition user and I'm curious what is your initial image size to achieve 96" prints ?
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    Re: Night Photography

    The SD14 also performs dark frame subtraction, but the Foveon noise has less to do with silicon and more to do with the mathematics of separating the spectral overlap between the layered red, green,...
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    Re: Night Photography - long...

    mikeber,

    This is an area of photography that I did years ago with film, attempted recently with my Sigma SD14 dSLR with varying success, and one of the motivations behind returning to film and...
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    Re: Auction Houses vs. Galleries

    Seems like an interesting option, but their rule "Some prior exhibition or publication experience is required" means I'm excluded.
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    Re: Dallas/Ft.Worth get together.

    Sasha and I will be there.

    Sasha will be bringing an item for show & tell
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    Re: how old are we?

    I'm 52 but knew large format was my ideal medium since high school. ( 1970's )

    I only recently realized that it's affordable
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    Re: Chemical Disposal

    Thanks for the info
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    Chemical Disposal

    Since I live on a ranch with household water coming from a well and the drains all dumping into a septic, I know I'll need to address what to do with chemicals after they become depleted.

    Source...
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    Re: exploding light bulbs

    This may only give you a feeling of security. I had a lamp go Bang and when sweeping up the glass, most were particles that would have easily gone through a 1/4" opening.
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    With the results that I had with the Hit & Miss engine photo, I went looking for displays or running antique railroad locomotives. I found one on display, not running, in a museum just an hour away...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Here we are, in the 21st century. Vehicle performance being optimized by computer control systems, design engineers pressured to extract every bit of energy from the fuel, and where does that fuel...
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    Re: 5 liter beakers

    Thanks for the tip, It's always good to know where resellers and distributors get their stock. I never said that Cole Palmer was the cheapest, but they have a good selection and knew they would have...
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    Re: 5 liter beakers

    Cole Palmer is a great source of labware. I did a quick search and they have 5l beakers:

    BEAKER W/HANDLE PP 5000ML 1/PK
  21. Re: I Wonder What Their Baggage Handling Procedures with View Cameras Is Like...

    Years ago, I took a domestic business trip and brought along borrowed computer equipment packed into a wood crate. Despite being labeled "Hand Carry Only" they tossed it on a baggage carousel. The...
  22. Re: Does the “D” in digital – Stand for Dirty?

    Joe,

    I do not believe that this is human nature, but feel it has more to do with our present culture. At one time people took pride in manufacturing a product designed to last. As technology...
  23. Re: Are Digital Prints Two Dimensional or Three?

    This thread comes close to home with me, since my dSLR, the Sigma SD14, also produces images with a 3D feel. What Sigma enthusiasts have come to call the "Sigma Look".

    The basic failing of most...
  24. Re: Does the “D” in digital – Stand for Dirty?

    The Sigma is good at what it does, but it has no provisions for shift, swing, rise, or tilt between the lens and film plane. I see SLR cameras, whether film or digital, as being a compromise - Loose...
  25. Re: Does the “D” in digital – Stand for Dirty?

    The tension is not solely between film and digital, has anyone ever witnessed the brand wars that go on within the digital world ?

    Nearly everyone seems to have a "My equipment is better", "My...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Here are a couple Infrared photos shot with my Sigma SD14:

    http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/39061/2439950200102019776S600x600Q85.jpg

    The full size image is here: SD14 IR Landscape 1

    ...
  27. Re: Do you fear theft/violence when under your darkcloth?

    It's not paranoia to plan for the best and prepare for the worst - Just ask any Boy Scout or insurance agent.

    Here in rural Texas, I do run the risk of a confrontation with feral hogs, feral dogs...
  28. Re: Do you fear theft/violence when under your darkcloth?

    It's been said many times to me "A polite society is an armed society".

    The reasons are very clear, take a look where ever self protection, i.e. owning or carrying a firearm or comparable weapon,...
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    Re: Hi from Loving Texas

    Actually, there are several reasons that I have that image as my avatar.

    First, I feel the old atmospheric atomic tests photos are pretty. They have an aesthetic quality similar to a Sunset or...
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    Re: Hi from Loving Texas

    I'm about 60 miles West of Decatur and 30 Miles from Possum Kingdom Lake.

    Just take a look at the Google Map link I posted and zoom in, you'll see my ranch.

    Regarding local mountains, they're...
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    Re: Hi from Loving Texas

    For me, darkroom work has never been a problem, it's the waste chemical disposal that's put film photography on hold. I doubt that I'd ever accumulate enough to warrant the costs.

    BTW, I'm from...
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    Re: Hi from Loving Texas

    I'm from the Loving that's South of Wichita Falls and North of Graham:

    Google Map
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    Re: Hi from Loving Texas

    I was aware of View Camera magazine and occasionally pick up an issue at a near by book store.

    Wow, I had no idea that getting into large format could be so affordable. :D

    Yes, I have been...
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    Hi from Loving Texas

    I've been interested in photography for years. I started in the 1970's with 35mm and a medium format Yashica Mat camera, doing B&W and color darkroom film processing.

    Large Format has always been...
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