Recent content by Hassasin

It does make one wonder why does it matter whether aperture priority (or any auto feature) was used for any photograph. Knowing the answer does not make one a better photographer, nor does it take away anything from the photograph itself.

TO BE CLEAR on BetterScanning I referred to

BS has nothing to do with wet scanning, you must be referring to another BS product. I'm talking about the ANR rigged aluminum frame that fits the bed.

it is niche, it is a one time, it is not a money maker (I don't believe it was meant to be) and surely was made for the few who can throw money at it and keep it in a glass box.

Epson holders in V800/850 do NOT have ANR glass, it's a piece of acrylic, also known as a piece of crap. It's impossible to fathom what Epson was thinking with these holders. I bought a set from the V700 and never bothered with what V800 came with. Much better alternative is what BetterScanning...

Here is a little brochure, good enough for entry point on the Bi-System

You don't show much in photos. From the list it appears you can use it without anything additional stuff, provided lens is fine and shutter works. If you bought a 5x7 then from shown film holders they must clearly show as smaller (the 9x12) then rear standard is adn there would be an adapter...

This is NOT a go-to type as described earlier by someone else where GPS data feeds an automatic tracker (by far the easiest way to track the sky for pretty much as long as one wishes). This is sort of an equatorial mount and needs to be aligned with Polaris (in the North). Once aligned the...

Well, Hasselblad MUST be serviced regularly, very regularly, if your goal is to have it run reliably RB … not even close. Also, the two do not compare in almost any category, size, weight, handling.

The lenses differ immensely in handling not in image output, which is non existent. And the handling difference is nothing trivial, it’s like an entirely different tool. If I were to choose I’d take CFi over CF even with significant price difference.

Anyone who openly accepts Ai as an acceptable form of creating art is on the wrong side of logic, history, and legal underpinnings. Not that this makes any difference to anyone who accepts Ai generated garbage as art.

I frankly think you should get any lens and see how the camera plays in your hands. While I've been big fan of P645 (the original) the N is no longer so (and I have the NII). Still great camera, juts not for manual focusing, which on P645 is hard to believe how easy it focuses. So for N you do...

There are no rules in composition, these are for authors to make up books and profit from, or schools to make up their curriculums (without which they could not function) To put it another way - for every "rule" there are multiple examples of it broken. Rules don't help - they restrict...

Never heard of Linhof 70 being unreliable. I have 2, neither has had any problems. It surely is heavier than the press 2x3 as any 2x3 Linhof with standard bellows and front movements is. 70 also has extra weight on top with all encompassing body with rangefinder inside.

And here is page with hood/filter set. This to me is best option for Linhofs. It works really well, hood is well made as one would expect from Linhof, and changing filters is a snap.