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    Using B&W film as eclipse filter

    I agree! Get a proper eclipse glasses from a verified source. Your eyes are worth it. One usually only gets one set of eyes, so properly protect them.
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    Why did Hasselblad move away from Carl Zeiss?

    The two Hasselblad repair people at Samy's Camera on Fairfax in Los Angeles.
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    Question regarding Nikkor 50 to 300mm f4.5 (non ai & ai) model

    While many years ago, such an assumption could be valid, the modern long focal length lenses are no long made with such compromises now that computer aided designs have become less fought with the compromised of the past. Additionally LightRoom, PhotoShop and other modern software packages can...
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    Samy Kamienowicz

    I talked to him a few times over the years. A humble, very polite man who is already missed. When his cousin's store Bel Air Camera closed years ago, he found jobs in his store for all that he could. Years later when his Culver City store lost its lease, he moved all those employees to his...
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    Why did Hasselblad move away from Carl Zeiss?

    I have owned Hasselblads since 2007 and the longer the company has been away from the Hasselblad family, the more lost it appears to be getting. I have been told that the company has taken to withholding 200 series and 2000 series parts for sales or repairs and making V Series repairs harder to...
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    Yet another post on storing negatives

    I have used binders and boxes for storage. While binders keep them in order, I found that boxes were easier to move the PrintFile sheets around to use and use in the darkroom.
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    Snowy conditions

    I used the palm of my hand to get the exposure better in snow and that worked well, but in the end, I found that using an incident meter got the exposure the best for white snow.
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    Cloudy Day Recommendations

    For an overcast day, I use a yellow or an orange filter. One should note that if the day is overcast, no filter will "cure" a truly dull sky. One must muster their compositional skills to cure that.
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    Hasselblad 501c issue

    Until I learned how to get it to lock into place, it took me several tries. Now I know how much force to use and to repeat when necessary. Once one has learned, it does not often become a problem again, however one should check it every time one one looks at it.
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    How do YOU "Expose for the Shadows" (without a spot meter)

    No, two feet have always been sufficient for me. What about you?
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    Pros and Cons of Optical vs Digital Printing

    The Hollywood section of Los Angeles still have a number of high quality professional labs about. When I need a large print, I will often go to one of those custom labs to get the print made. It is import to keep those places working.
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    How many exposures to get the shot?

    Welcome to Photrio! While I still shoot more film than digital, I still shot one shot per photograph in either medium, unless I know that I did not get the first one correctly. And that is still quiet rare that I shoot more than on, but it will happen when someone walks into the frame or sum...
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    How do YOU "Expose for the Shadows" (without a spot meter)

    I use the metric system for most things these days.
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    How do YOU "Expose for the Shadows" (without a spot meter)

    Welcome to Photrio! I use a spot meter to meter the shadows when I want more shadow details.
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    Hasselblad 501c issue

    One has to slowly turn in until it clicks into place. Sometimes it does not lock in and has to but continued to be turned until it solidly clicks.
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    Repairs: You always have the choice

    Seems like a lot of people have a Saab story.
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    What was your last digital photography related purchase?

    I have not problem moving it for operational efficiency. I have two more photographs will slightly better images, but the quandary is the same.
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    What was your last digital photography related purchase?

    Taking out the distortion and normalizing the image would, I my opinion eliminate the tension from the restricted environment the image existed in. I am strongly tempted to leave it as it is.
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    What was your last digital photography related purchase?

    I purchased, for the first time LightRoom and PhotoShop with a monthly rental. I have gotten comfortable with LightRoom, but barely scratched the surface of it. I am starting to venture in PhotoShop. Should I leave this 24mm photograph of the Lafayette Cemetery #1 as is or use PhotoShop? I...
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    Naming your images on the gallery

    Some choose to name photographs. I do not often, but have. I do not have a strong feeling or need to. If some choose to do that, they are welcome to the task, I just have more compelling things going on in my life. Pax and enjoy live your way.
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    How's this for a brilliant photograph

    Children playing can make great photographs.
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    Using Super Chromega & power supply with US plugs in UK & what timer to use?

    That is probably designed for 60 Hertz and it is running on 59 Hertz. Get an inexpensive solid state time.
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    PET or glass bottles to store chemicals

    I switched from glass to StopLossBagsTM and I have had not problems with oxidation of developers or other chemicals. www.stoplossbags.com. Also I not longer worry about broken glass.
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    Running out of Kodak's High Speed Infrared.... which film do I go to now?

    I have been happy with Rollie 400 IR film developed in XTOL: stock, 1:1 or replenished. I use Red23, Red25, Red29 and 720 [aka 72] for various strength of the Wood effect. That is the closest I have come to HIE in a product since I ran out of it.
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    Hasselblad 501c issue

    That is a common mistake when one turns cocks the lens by hand. Very frustrating.
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    What was your first slr?

    Minolta SR7, then a Minolta SRT101, SRT202, SRT301, X700 and finally Minolta X700 before I whiched Nikon AF srl with a N75 and F100.
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    Camera thefts couriers GERMANY!!!!

    FedEX now has taken to leaving packages at the front door on the street rather than getting a signature for my KEH packages. The last I had delivered to a FedEx store. I complained and they told me to report the shipping number to FedEx corporate customer service. For now I am not buying at KEH.
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    Hasselblad 501c issue

    Just do not go off half cocked, as that will get one in trouble with a Hasselblad.
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    Hasselblad 501c issue

    I am happy to see your great success.
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