Recent content by marcmarc

Not to switch gears here too much but reading through these comments made me think of Lee Friedlander and the glass plate negatives of prostitutes in New Orleans taken by E.J. Bellocq he purchased and later printed for a book devoted to them. I could be wrong, but I do seem to recall seeing some...

The issue I have with the whole Vivian Maier story is how Maloof rushed her work into the marketplace to sell. He knew nothing about photography, he was actually looking for vintage pictures of Chicago when he discovered Maier's work which had gone to auction after her storage lockers were...

Well, for me and probably many others it's the fact that the cost of film and paper rises more than our incomes do and that's why we complain. Furthermore, for most of us I imagine photography is a hobby so it's funded by disposable income. However, thanks to recent jumps in inflation everything...

Good point. I've never used Foma in 135 that I can recall, only in 120 and a local friend of mine has had defective sheet film under the Arista.Edu (Freestyle) label. I'm pretty stocked up for 135 now but perhaps I'll give a few rolls of the Foma a try. As far as I know the same machine does the...

For those of you have never had QC issues with Foma great. How lucky for you. However, for me and all the others I've read about of the years who have had faulty rolls I guess it just sucks to be us. Look, maybe Foma is happy to replace defective rolls. The last time I tried to give their 100...

Makes sense, thanks.

I've been more or less following this story since it broke. It appears DAH had two problems. One was his pictures of underage prostitutes and the other his behavior and conduct towards young women taking his workshops. For now I want to see what peoples opinions are on where the line should be...

Well, for me personally I don't dwell on such thoughts because ultimately how our work is received is out of our hands and therefore should be out of our head too. Some people will like our work and may even want to purchase some of it. Other people may not want our work if we paid them to take...

Foma is crap film. I hate to be so blunt about it but I've had intermittent problems with their films over the years and if you search through the archives on any number of photography sites you'll see that their films have had QC issues for years and years. One would think by now they would...

I seem to be the only one who had a bad experience sending my F2 to Sover Wong for service. This was many years ago, maybe 10 or so ago. Long story short after sending him my first F2 body for a CLA it ended up with only two shutter speeds that worked. The rest of the speeds didn't fire the...

Thanks for the replies folks. I suppose all things being equal it looks like the one big difference and advantage is that the "Super" is going to be a newer lens which in the used realm is worth considering. By the way, regarding the black vs chrome lenses I've read that some people find the...

Hi Everyone, So how is the 180mm "Super" for the Mamiya TLR's? I've heard they are a improved version of earlier models but how so? Different coatings? Different shutter mechanics? Sharper optics? Some of the ones I've seen available for sale online had dented filter rings which is odd. I've...

I think this is a reference to how her work as a nanny has been described. By all accounts she would drop off the kids at the bus stop in the morning and then she would have the day off until it came time to meet the kids at the bus stop after school let out to bring them home. So each day after...

I view Maier the same way I view any other photographer - I like some of her pictures and some I don't. 'Nuff said. The thing that irks me about the whole Maier story and the discovery of her work is how it was handled by Maloof and the others who own her negatives. I distinctly remember going...

Hi everyone, I use distilled water for my film processing. I buy the plastic gallon jugs in the super market often 15-20 bottles at a time. Occasionally however, some of these bottles get small tears or rips in them and they leak as they sit outside in my covered car port in the parking garage...