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Well I much prefer Le Pain Quotidien, but Starbucks is more ubiquitous. Actually, LPQ does not have very good interior decor and the walls would be perfect for nice big prints.... Yessss! Exactly!!! So let us please not apply numbers for an effed up, conglomerated, steaming pile of sh*t to...

Yes, Rudeofus, I am assuming cine sales will go to heck, that is a given. In that case, then the most profitable sector... good old individually packaged film... may be able to emerge in a much leaner and meaner spinoff. I am reminded of 3M's strategy, make it by the mile, sell it by the inch...

Get in line, I suspect that Ron Mowrey is already holding vigil outside the gate.

Caffeine and art sales go well together. I am thinking that Starbucks should be targeted by APUG.

Why? There are plenty of apo process lenses out there. They work perfectly well, with ~no focus correction required. I have done UV photography using those and a 403 filter. ~~~ The main issue here is going to be how much enlargement factor you need. If you need to enlarge 35mm to...

Ah, always there to provide the negativity :whistling:

The 120 AMED is very nice but sometimes it's hard to bring light in with such a short focal length. That said, sometimes I even use the 120 with a diopter.

Exactly right, and I tried to make that point in this thread or another about a week ago. But, you know, some people believe that pasting in the same partial info over and over is somehow contributing to the thread. If I were Perez, I'd seek ways to bundle losses into the sector that I am...

hehe yeah, which is why I listed the full range of focal lengths in my possession ;)

Not true. At all. You seem to be assuming that net growth is essential and that the mini-Kodak emerging from chp. 11 will operate in the same way they do now. Of course they will not! It is extremely unlikely that the same facilities will be used to make the same products at the same...

I look forward to seeing you proven wrong, Aristophanes! Nobody is saying the "new" Kodak will look anything like the old, or even that these products will still be made by Kodak. Absent those two assumptions, which you continue to make over and and over ....ad nauseum as if nobody's heard...

Just saw this, it's so wonderful. Well done!

I definitely agree that Kodak could manufacture film for a profit for a kibg tune. They'd have to figure out how to shed their various other liabilities though. That's what chapter 11 is for.

Depends on the desired field of view and magnification... anything from 90 to 360.

ooh.

Great idea. And I'd be happy to host someone or a group of someones in my (temporarily) ridiculously nice accommodations in lovely Charlottesville VA. I also have a very nice and remote cabin in Kentucky that's a great place to get away, far away from it all.

They have everything. I mean it, lapis lazuli in whale snot is probably there... if you don't see it call and they will help you.

Yeah, I wasn't talking about film cameras either!

Well, I don't think it's a dead end at all. Many of us who happily use RFs don't think it's a dead end at all. Yes, mirrorless cameras have a long way to go, and there will be many incremental advances before it's fully mature, but... that's exactly what you want when creating a new market...

Not surprising at all! And bear in mind the bigger picture which is that more and more people want to share their shots rather than print them with any seriousness. Like I've been saying for some time, digicam makers are going to get their clocks cleaned by even cheaper smartphone cameras...

For wides I would usually favor an RF. 35mm though, that's only kinda / sorta wide. Very little difference probably. Not a large difference.

First and foremost, don't force it! Some people say you should try to shoot through it, if you get "shooter's block." I think that can be very counterproductive, if it amounts to forcing yourself to do something that you aren't really enjoying at this moment. Imagine telling a writer with...

With the disclaimer that I haven't done carbon myself yet, let me offer a little free advert for a company that I adore: Kremer Pigments. They seem to have every conceivable pigment, including some rare 'historical' ones, and they also make very handy sample books. I have quite a lot of stuff...

They were making digicams? I wasn't aware... ;)

For me it is different. The VFs of the RFs I use (Mamiya 6 and bessa T) are extremely bright and.... unlensed, of course. So in low light they're as good as looking directly at the scene. The RF focusing is a cinch- certainly easier than SLR focusing in the same conditions. And I have an...

I like the color, it looks... institutional.

Oh I just thought of something else: the Air and Space Museum out at Udvar-Hazy near Dulles is a really cool place if you like aeronautica. I could probably go nuts in there with a camera if there weren't too many people around.

If you suddenly get the urge to get the hell out of DC, let me suggest visiting the Torpedo Factory in Old Town, Alexandria. There is sometimes some good if not somewhat amateur work there. There is also a very nice little commercial gallery, Principle Gallery, nearby. The share of space...

There was recently a very nice display of albumen prints at the nat gallery on the mall. Not sure whether it's still up... http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2010/preraphaelite/slideshow/index.shtm Also the Library of Congress may have something going. They have an amazing collection that...

Steve's point is spot on. Last time I made a pinhole, I used very thin copper sheet, in which you can make very nice pinholes and should be able to go very wide. I don't recall the thickness of copper I used, but it was like a foil... which is of course a bit flimsy, so I just cut a hole out...