Recent content by Edgy01

If you discover one of your social cameras is in need of repair, go to these guys! The upside is they believe in saving the most obscure film cameras; the downside is they are in Finland! dan

You are dead wrong. Those little Coolpix cameras do a significant job. He didn’t say that he needed a system capable of creating large files. The photography world is obsessed with large file sizes. It’s unnecessary. Have you never scanned a transparency with such an arrangement? Well I...

We always have golden California poppies and blue lupine near Figueroa Mountain in Santa Barbara County. End of March. Reliable.

The solution to your problems is very simple. Don’t get too exotic, because you don’t have to. With limited space, here is the solution. Back when I bought my first digital camera I bought a Nikon Coolscan 950. Simple, yet effective to the point of being able to enlarge to 11 by 14 prints...

As my friend Spock would say, that is illogical. Eyes wide open.

I was simply suggesting it in the event he wasn’t familiar with his destinations. Sometimes that route is helpful. I believe we may all be a bit too paranoid about our gear. In most cases we won’t be the biggest target on the street.

SA is very important. Don’t think you can be oblivious to what is going on around you . Having traveled the world extensively in a wide variety of places, you need to avoid looking like a Japanese tourist, if you get my drift. (And yes, I have lived in Japan for several years). When I used...

I simply have no need for such quantities, although camera wise I could do it—500EL/M and a 70mm back. My biggest issue is I am unable to develop such a long roll. I maintain a wet darkroom but that is still outside my range of capabilities! Dan

My MF stuff is now just Hasselblad. I have the entire trio—500 EL/M, 503CW, and 903SWC. Lenses are the 40 CFE-IF and 40 CF, 100 CF and 250 CF Superachromat. Am down to just 2-3 120 backs, and a 70mm one. Waiting to get a digital back as big as I can afford! In the meantime I shoot...

It’s incredible how quickly that stuff gets bought up. And I only bought a single 5-pack of 120 stuff.

When I use Aerospace 303 on the internal non-reflective surfaces of my Hasselblad cameras all I am doing is trying to slow down the degradation of the palpas surfaces. I take everything off that is removable, like lenses, focusing screens, etc., and then do it with the mirror locked up, and...

Unfortunately, the mechanism that handles the synching up of a Zeiss lens and a Hassy body is not without an occasional issue. Sometimes a particular lens is problematic. I have several bodies so I can troubleshoot to see if it one particular body that is the problem. Ultimately, you will...

I recall going to the Hollywood Bowl one evening for a concert and was concerned about their statement “no cameras with interchangeable lenses…”. I wound up taking my 903SWC. They hardly noticed it. I think I could have slipped my Leica SL2 in With a couple of lenses!

Do the LA shop. Many outside populated areas just Lack the talent today. My guy outside Santa Barbara is getting old and takes 2-4 times for him to get adjustments right. DAN

I’m more of guy who would rather save up and go with the best so of course have the CF SA 250. I believe there is a difference as you get into the longer focal lengths. Resolution of focus onto a precise point is best with the superachromatic lenses, particularly with minimal DOF. Part of the...