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    Re: Your 10 Most Influential Photographers

    Don't forget the late, great, and banned Frank Petronio... an icon of the 21st Century.
  2. Re: Newbie Question - 150 Apo-Sironar-S on 4x5 cameras with Digital Backs

    The sensor isn't much larger than a 24x36mm full-frame or 35mm camera so figure on your 35mm focal lengths plus maybe a 1/3 more, just to ballpark.

    The problem with using a lens intended for 4x5...
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    Re: August 2013 Portraits

    The border was distracting, something MicMojo would do....
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    Re: Best B&W film for Chiaroscuro

    It's all in the lighting and film development ~ of the current choices left.

    If you're scanning and working digitally then you wouldn't even want to develop your film too harshly, you'd still err...
  5. Re: Which tripod head for large format photography

    Ansel was kind of promiscuous with his gear ;-p I have seen photos of him from the 70s using a Husky QuickSet and an early 4x5 Arca-Swiss (the kind with the plastic parts). That was nice enough gear...
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    Re: Plugged head on an Epson R3000

    Hmm my previous HPs and Canons never won any loyalty from me... I think they all are built cheaply and are designed to waste expensive ink.

    All is well now... sort of, kind of like how you feel...
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    Re: Plugged head on an Epson R3000

    I see some references to techniques where you either remove and soak the heads or inject them with cleaners. Anyone have any experience with this?

    How about finding service? I live in Upstate NY.
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    Re: Film Choices for Backpacking

    You could always hire Drew to carry a small RV up to your campsite.

    As for the Grafmatics, I was a big fan until I had two well-maintained ones come apart on me on same shooting session. Sometimes...
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    Re: Newbie needing advice on LF camera

    opps yeah sorry

    Those little wide angle cameras with the fixed back and no rear swings/tilts had me thinking in that frame of mind.
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    Plugged head on an Epson R3000

    Haven't used my R3000 for a month but install a new PK (pro black) cart right before we left town in July... now the PK head is blocked up and 5x nozzle cleanings haven't budged it.

    Is it better...
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    Re: Newbie needing advice on LF camera

    Brian, you should know by now that tilts and swings have nothing to do with keeping your subjects looking parallel in your photos unless you are using indirect movements to achieve greater rise/fall...
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    Re: August 2013 Portraits

    Like
  13. Re: Dates of Cosmetic Changes to Rodenstock, Schneider, Copal, and Compur?

    bump
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    Re: August 2013 Portraits

    If it was Bill Clinton it would work (referencing the Platon Esquire cover).
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    Re: Graflex super D Lenses

    This could soak you for a few pennies:

    http://marktucker.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/homemade/
  16. Dates of Cosmetic Changes to Rodenstock, Schneider, Copal, and Compur?

    Just for easier, casual date reference, when did:

    Rodenstock begin adding colored rings to the front barrels of their modern large format lenses?

    Schneider go from APO-Symmars to...
  17. Thread: Nude

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    Re: Nude

    This is the first really successful one and the best photo in recent memory on this thread. Most of the nudes have been slavish copies of classics but this one is yours, you own it and it works.
    ...
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    Re: Which switch for strobes....

    I wonder if he ever shot yet?
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    Ripping the top off a Crown Graphic

    I've stripped the side-mounted Kalhart rangefinder off old Crown Graphics - no big deal - but how should I attack a top rangefinder model? What's underneath that brittle old plastic?
  20. Re: Help! I'm teetering and afraid of what might happen...

    Phil, just to circle back, you know my work already. What I do is eliminate all the clutter, I sell anything I don't use because it bugs me to know that I left such-and-such at home or I'm too lazy...
  21. Re: What 5 or 6 programs can you not live with out on your iMac or PC?

    fortube.com
    teenexplorers.com
    facefulls.com
    deviantterror.com
    wifemonsters.com
  22. Re: Anyone with Experience with Mamiya Leaf Credo Backs?

    Jeezum that's not dynamic range, that's candy-a$$ faux Velvetta post-processing.... You can do that with film too, just smoke some crack before you sit down to Photoshop.
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    Re: Is this fair game?

    Photoshop would be an even better solution.
  24. Re: Aaaaagghhh - Jet-lag + stupidity = film checked through...

    At least it sounds like it was all unexposed, that's the bright side. And you learned your lesson!
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    Re: Show off your camera!

    A lens would be helpful, for tabletop at least ;-p
  26. Re: Help! I'm teetering and afraid of what might happen...

    Get rid of all the excess baggage you can to be unencumbered and guilt free. Almost any photo gear can be purchased used should you decide you want it for a real purpose. Do the same with other...
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    Re: Which switch for strobes....

    ~X~
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    Re: August 2013 Portraits

    You have to get a lot closer before bellows factor would be a factor...

    I like it, the "mis-exposure" gives it a raw, war footage feeling.
  29. Thread: Nude

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    Re: Nude

    Which works better? Calling your female subjects, "Honey" or, "Babe"?

    I'm sympathetic to your plight but one advantage of shooting large format with a boner is that you always have a convenient...
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    Re: Drum or flat scan?

    Trust in Lenny.

    Some of the old drums that used to be quite expensive, like the Hieldeberg Tango, were designed to do more quantity than quality...
  31. Re: What New Product would You Buy , . . .That is NOT made Yet?

    That could be handheld, compact, inexpensive, and use a wide range of auto- focus lenses....
  32. Thread: Nude

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    Re: Nude

    Rendering the blubber and imperfections with too much precision and detail, thus destroying the romantic fantasy of most male "art" photographers.
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    Re: August 2013 Portraits

    Ditto, great job with her
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    Re: Lab recommendations for film processing

    If you can wait a day or two for Priority Mail: http://4photolab.com is Edgar Praus's lab in Rochester and he is excellent.
  35. Re: Portra 160 4x5 just doubled in price on Amazon

    Amazon had silly high prices on some films last year too, some sort of glitch because everyplace else was consistently priced.
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    Re: Show Me Your Night Shots!

    Like Todd Hido but much better!
  37. Re: What New Product would You Buy , . . .That is NOT made Yet?

    An iPhone app that controlled the iPhone camera so it behaved exactly like your film stock, giving you a preview and histogram, along with predictive filter effects, flash metering, and simulated...
  38. Re: Which tripod head for large format photography

    Most of the tripods mentioned here are overkill for a light 4x5 - most people end up getting a dedicated tripod for 8x10 and a lighter version for 4x5.

    I use a RRS ball head and legs for 4x5. It...
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    Re: Bing.com Home Page Image

    http://petapixel.com/2013/08/06/500px-now-powers-bings-daily-featured-homepage-picture/#more-119787

    Lucky you got in while they still paid. With their 500px deal, the lucky photographer gets paid...
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    Re: August 2013 Portraits

    This illustrates "in trouble" very well.
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