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The RB lenses are super for portraiture, the transitions are typically very smooth. The newest KL lenses have, in my opinion, better colour neutrality. I suspect that it's more than coatings that distinguish the KLs- I think they are better colour corrected. And note that if you shoot...

Yep you probably don't need adjustment with that lens and these films are only sensitive to 850nm or so... so unless you use a really deep filter, you're probably fine.

I am not familiar with the 092, I have been using a #87 so bear that in mind as you read this. If you use an apo lens (e.g. an apo process lens) you won't need any focus adjustment at all. With other lenses, it varies, but what I do when in doubt is focus ~10% or so closer than my subject...

Check out Minor White's version too... http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4261879

It might simply be an issue of practice, but if you can find an experienced RF shooter nearby, that'd give you some confidence. It'd also help to try with another 7/7ii body and see if something is really amiss with yours. A couple of tips... (1) it's very important to be looking...

Definitely not a dumb question. The reasons are likely technical (as already mentioned). In the design phase, who knows, they may have aimed for 100 and found 160 was doable with new materials, or they may have been aiming for 200 but couldn't quite get it. I suppose that an important...

I agree with Per (surprise, surprise), and there are many phases in the art of making a photograph. I consider seeing (=visualization) and previsualization to be quite independent of gear. Offhand I think there are typically five or six steps in my own path, like this...

I'd say true... seeing is independent of format and medium. But photography is not equal to seeing.

This is APUG, who gives a f@*k about the array or the 1s and 0s. People, shut up and get yourself a new thread! Sheeze! Page after page of drivel irrelevant to analogue photography.

Sounds like Per Volquartz's Instruments of Death series: Dead Link Removed

B&W photography was done long before anyone understood the latent image. The entire method grew out of someone throwing away chemicals and noticing that the sun turned their colour. And there were years, decades... actually more than a century of attempts to stabilize images and make the...

It'd be a shame if this digressed into arguments about what art is and what true artists do. It's more respectful for people simply to say their piece and not feel obligated to redress others' thoughts.

Same here, I also don't have much use for mine except for high ISO color, 800 and up. For that it is a true weapon. Lovin' my 35mm film cameras though, especially for astia 100f and b&w in general.

Smart.

I make photographs simply to express my appreciation for what I see and experience. Sometimes somebody wants a print for free, sometimes to buy, but mostly I do it for my own enjoyment. No expectation of revenue or recognition, though I do show stuff in various places to provide a sort of...

Yes! This is the stuff!

I have done a fair amount of thinking about the difference between "found" and "constructed" photography for some time, as this was a big issue with group f/64. I simply wanted to understand their influence on me. My verdict is that AA was actually much more of a "found" photographer and did...

Bruce makes many excellent points regarding format and grain and resolution. Personally, I shoot 35 mm for reasons totally separate from many of the original questions in this thread. Resolution etc. is the absolute last thing I think about when using 35 mm. Instead, I am concentrated on...

P.S. I found the links: (there was a url link here which no longer exists), and (there was a url link here which no longer exists). I was testing for focus shift using an apo lens, the IR film and deep fileter, hence the swing and shallow DOF.

Although IR films appear to clear haze, best results will be on days when there isn't so much and when the sunlight is direct on the subject. So you need to look out for high clouds, which do scatter IR and reduce the amount of IR light reaching the leaves. We have to remember that the light...

IR shot to film and IR digital are quite different. The sensitivity ranges are very different, and that gives quite different effects. I much prefer the look of IR film. For one thing, film retains the highlight tonality so you don't wind up with completely whited out leaves on trees. And...

Just about the only 35mm films that I drum are velvia 100, astia 100F and provia 400x. In my opinion, nothing less than a professional drum scan will suffice with these films, particularly for 35mm frames. They are just too dense for flatbeds and you get a lot of unnecessary noise even if you...

Indeed: ...and underpracticed!

Lowrider, I recommend Rollei Superpan, rated at 200, with a 72 or an 87 filter. The 72 filter will need 6-8 stops of compensation, the 87 will need much more, typically 10-12, but it's well worth it, in my opinion. You can also use a deep red filter with this film and compensate 2-3 stops or...

It's not my taste but.. congratulations to anyone who can elevate a few images above the din of modern photography. As for the description, that kind of hyperbole is all too common now. Since they seem unwilling to hold any praise in reserve, one wonders what they'd say if they saw something...

Why don't you "print" your neg to ortho film, do whatever you need and make another negative from that. The process of working with an interpositive and then a new neg will give you two unique chances to take care of whatever offends you. You could also have an LVT made. Anyway, yes, you can...

Wendell Berry is a wonderful man; I am extremely fortunate to have met him a few times. He is very wise. And because of his interest in the culture of place and its new relevance to the (new) local foods movement, his work is finally enjoying the prominence it deserves. Thanks for posting the...

Bottom line, there are many ways to take what detail is in your neg and print it well, even if the neg is very contrasty or not contrasty at all. But you do of course first ned the detail in your neg... and for that b&w film truly excels.

I learn something new every day! Ziatype is self masking? Do you have any examples with it? I have been considering trying it and the masking property hadn't occurred to me.

Two cans and a string? ~ I just wonder if I can affix bellows to my blackberry and do tilts and shifts...