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That happens with wide-angle lenses. Of course, if you use digital after scanning, you can correct for lens distortion afterward.

I agree that my eye is more accurate for leveling than a...

Thanks. Yeah, the woman was really upset I was on their property. She sent her husband after me. He was laid back when I explained I didn't see any signs that it was private. Apparently, it's...

I use one of these with my 4x5. Seems accurate enough. I don't use it as shown but lay it flat on the standard on any edge that shows the best bubble....

I don't hike, and my back's giving out at 75. I often shoot nearby my car, using my 300mm with my 4x5. It saves packing the gear and tracking across a tick-infested field to get closer. Like you...

I use a 3-way pan-tilt head. Unless the tripod is exactly leveled, I have to readjust anyway once I pan. I can never get the tripod exactly level. Those bulls-eye levels are never exact and it's...

Me too. On both scores. But it was worth it. Here's the shot. (taken with MF)

https://live.staticflickr.com/7296/11854936794_809e2372fc_b.jpg
Snowset by Alan Klein, on Flickr

I see you have plenty of ammunition. :)

I bet you're sorry you asked. We sound like a bunch of digital pixel peepers :)

When I started 4x5 photography for the first time early last year, I bought in quick succession a 150, then a 75,...

Nice shot Jerry, colors, tilts. Good scanning and processing. I guess colour perfect helps get them right.

Obviously, the different formats make comparison difficult. How do you compare 4x5 large format to 3:2 full-frame 35mm or 6x7 or 6x6 on 120 film? Here a chart that gives angles of view...

At 75, I started 4x5 LF this year and my back is giving out. My heavy medium format kit isn't helping the situation either.

Is it true with old LF lenses (Nikkor, Rodenstock, Fuji, and Schneider) that the sharper more expensive ones are better wide open? But once you start to stop down, they're all about the same?

Some pictures are nicer than others. The Clearing Storm, even if there are more copies of them, that went for over $600K, is a lot nicer than many of the more mundane pictures that went for $20K.

Here's a handy calculator to figure out the various angles of views for different lenses on different formats.
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In the US, even if you take possession, you don't pay sales tax if the product is resold.
The distributor just furnishes a "resale certificate" so the sales tax is waived. So for example, if a New...

I'm curious. I've bought Josef Seibel (German) slippers and other shoes through a store in London shipped here to America. I believe the cost was just an additional $15 to cover the shipping over...

My wife I vacationed in the Caribbean Islands. We had the store where we bought something ship it back to our home in NYC because it was too large to carry with us on the plane. I thought nothing...

That's true. If a state has a sales tax on a particular good, they must charge that whether the goods are manufactured within that state or imported from another state or foreign country. That's to...

Curious. Why is there a VAT add on with a private item when importing into the EU now when there wasn't for private items before. Doesn't VAT have to do with original sales and manufacturing?

Isn't that the same as if you bought a used camera privately from me in the US? After all, the UK is like the US or any other non-European country now. They're not in the EU.

Ron, what difference would that make? Weren't the VAT taxes included when they were a member? Aren't the final prices now the same?

1) Why don't 35mm lenses have that falloff? Why are their designs different?
2) If it's a simple formula, why do different people say the falloff varies? There seem to be arguments on this point. ...

Couldn't someone actually measure this by shooting at a white wall? Then measuring the intensity of the scan by sampling different areas of the image to see the falloff in stops?

So what your suggesting is that I use reverse vignetting in Lightroom to lighten the darker edges caused by falloff? Are there any downsides in processing this way? Is there a way to determine an...

Thanks for the advice; pretty much what I'm doing. Waiting.

Yes, I noticed that. But I usually don't vignette my shots deliberately. But since it was there anyway, I decided to use the effect. But you're right. That's why I haven't bought a CF for the...

My wife's idea of a camper is a king-size bed at a Marriot.

Here's what that first one looked like scanned before editing.

Disregard the first Velvia with all the blue skies. I added vignetting when I editted.

Here are three Velvia 50 chromes with the 75mm. There was a little cropping from the sides. What do you think of the vignetting? It should be less with the 90mm....

What's that?

Oops. I should have read the rest of the posts before responding. It looks like I stepped into a hornet's nest. I don't want to take sides because I don't know enough about this stuff. But let me...

Someone was saying it should be after the CF. I forget the reason. Possible vignetting? Changing the coverage of the CF?

In any case, I still would need larger filters. With my other lenses,...

Drew, My Chamonix has a modified bag bellows. The 90mm is a tight fit inside especially when I close up the bellows. . I haven't shot enough to know if there are vignetting problems. The problem I...

Of course, I have your Nikor 90mm which is a beast.

A Chamonix in 4x5 is $1300 or so, much less than other new cameras.

The MicroOrbix sounds like asymmetrical tilting which I have on the rear standard of my Chamonix 45H-1. Unfortunately, there are no gears. So the tilt adjustment is a little rougher.

Probably his ex-wife.

I just bought a 10x30 binoculars. Not received yet. Could I use it for moon shots? Best way?

Reminds me of those old moon photos from the 1930's.