Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 4th 06, 12:11 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 34
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New Hasselblad going UP in price??
Matt Clara wrote:
There's no guarantee the new gear isn't going to go belly up--my
brand new volkswagen needed a new transmission put in.
My 1958 Bug is still running strong.
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 3rd 06, 09:21 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,620
New Hasselblad going UP in price??
Pudentame wrote:
Financially I might not be out that much, but my camera budget is for
equipment that will let me take the images I want to take. If it dies,
I'm handicapped until it can be...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 3rd 06, 04:45 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 76
Views: 3,421
Is film becoming more low resolution?
RolandRB wrote:
I don't think you can get it as 120 film though maybe you will in the
future and in any case, with that sort of resolution, there are not
many MF lenses will come near to being...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 3rd 06, 04:41 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 76
Views: 3,421
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 3rd 06, 04:32 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 76
Views: 3,421
Is film becoming more low resolution?
RolandRB wrote:
I've been reading about Gigabit film and
that it is an old Agfa film with a specific developer and that some
claim to get 300 lp/mm on film.
Some claim that extraterrestials...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 3rd 06, 04:17 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,620
New Hasselblad going UP in price??
Raphael Bustin wrote:
I wasn't suggesting that used gear is junk.
Not at all. It's just that, for what I paid for it,
With Hasselblad 500c/m bodies going for $150, it's got to be worth it.
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 3rd 06, 01:51 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,837
Tripod for MF
RolandRB wrote:
Benbo Mk 1.
The Benbo came from the design of an old machine-gun mount. In the same
literature of military arms there are articles extolling the desirability of
a strong, but...
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Forum: Large Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 11:25 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,702
Looking for WW II 6-inch, f/6.3 METROGON LENS
BC wrote:
Photographing stars is probably the most demanding test of any lens.
Its no accident that the star test is one of the most sensitive
indicators of aberration in an optical system. ...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 11:18 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,497
Color vision
Neil Gould wrote:
I've done a lot of media work in the past (video, audio, film), and
now do mostly production for print, so my work with photography
outside of personal pursuits is mostly for...
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 2nd 06, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.digital,alt.photography
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Replies: 91
Views: 2,548
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 11:12 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.digital,alt.photography
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Replies: 130
Views: 4,582
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Forum: Digital Photography
December 2nd 06, 07:40 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.digital,alt.photography
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Replies: 91
Views: 2,548
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 07:40 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.digital,alt.photography
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Replies: 130
Views: 4,582
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 07:37 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 76
Views: 3,421
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 06:24 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,497
Color vision
Matt Clara wrote:
Out of curiosity, what is it you're doing in your job as
programmer/analyst that requires close attention to color accuracy?
See, the state has no way to categorize my...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 04:36 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,497
Color vision
Raphael Bustin wrote:
On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:57:11 +0200, Lassi Hippeläinen
The colours can be accurate only if you know what kind of lightning
is used when viewing the pictures. Since I...
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Forum: Large Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 09:55 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,702
Looking for WW II 6-inch, f/6.3 METROGON LENS
Richard Knoppow wrote:
Richard, don't you think the ~134mm Metrogon might not be
very good for, say, 8x10" night sky photography? It's
faster than the typical Biogon. Adequately sharp....
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Forum: Large Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 05:41 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,702
Looking for WW II 6-inch, f/6.3 METROGON LENS
BC wrote:
Wide-open star images off-axis for an f/6.3 Metrogon or Topogon
wouldn't be very good due to the enormous amount of oblique spherical
aberration.
Brian, is the spherical aberration...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 02:51 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,437
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 02:51 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,437
Mystery Photo
chasfs wrote:
There's a new page up at http://chasfs.com/fireman.py which contains a
photo that I took the other day. I've saved it with an old version of
Photoshop so it should be a bit of a...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 02:46 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,437
Mystery Photo
chasfs wrote:
There's a new page up at http://chasfs.com/fireman.py which contains a
photo that I took the other day.
What's mysterious? That it's poorly focused? Accidental composition?
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Forum: Large Format Photography Equipment
December 2nd 06, 02:44 AM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.large-format
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,702
Looking for WW II 6-inch, f/6.3 METROGON LENS
Richard Knoppow wrote:
Is this for use or as a collector's item? If for use what
sort of application?
Richard, don't you think the ~134mm Metrogon might not be very good for,
say, 8x10" night...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 1st 06, 10:33 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,496
Is It Really "Art?"
Neil Gould wrote:
The view of just the printing is rather restrictive. Many, if not most
photographic prints can be "cloned", which is why you can buy new
prints from Ansel Adams' heirs....
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 1st 06, 10:29 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,496
Is It Really "Art?"
jon fabian wrote:
[... snip good stuff ...]
The only thing I find at all deceitful, or at least pathetic, is
calling an ink-jet print a "Giclee" which always conjours up the
image of people...
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Forum: Medium Format Photography Equipment
December 1st 06, 10:22 PM Posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,496
Is It Really "Art?"
Matt Clara wrote:
It's interesting to note that some photographers attempt to foster
these conditions by having limited runs or "editions" of prints. I
tend to agree with Brooks Jensen,...
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