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What's the recital lighting like? Is it flat? If it's flat then a chromogenic film is not your best option and you'd probably get more pleasing results with trix x, hp5+, etc. If it has directional stage lighting then this film might work well for you. Just bear in mind that there are...

Yes, if they look light (or what we normally call "thin") then you likely underexposed. It's a bit harder to judge a masked chromogenic film though, it won't appear as thick as a normal b&w neg no matter what you do. If you rate this film at 400 and meter normally (i.e. average meter) then...

How did you rate it? If you rate it at 400 then you will have a fairly flat result with poor shadow detail and when you try to adjust for that in the print or scan, you'll see lots of grain. It's really not a 400 speed film in my opinion... rate it at 200-320. If you want to test it, just...

You've gotten good suggestions already, to these I would add preflashing, that might be worth a try. For scenes with a lot of range, for which I want accurate colours, I use fuji pro h. I've never been disappointed by the level of detail across the range, just with normal rating and processing...

Awesome Auzanne!

I didn't say that philosophy isn't practical. As I read it, the quote is about "language problems" i.e. semantics and hairsplitting over what broad terms (like "art") really mean. We need to remember that photographers craft real, material objects that people view.... not just mere words and...

:rolleyes: Well, here is a link to it... they came down pretty harshly on Mr. Lascelles, and for good reason: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/your-shot/manipulation Now, this was a very poor attempt at a composite, there are signs of low-quality manipulation everywhere... even if the...

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I think you should get an official quote from Mamiya and then at least you'll have something to compare to. My guess is that it'll be a couple hundred bucks for a CLA. Offhand I don't know who does CLAs on them but if you don't hear some names here, you could try over at rangefinderforum.com...

It's a beauty! I agree with mono's comment though, I would also take a bit off the bottom to give the tree and sky a bit more prominence.

Well if the viewfinder screen is polarizing, and the light from the monitor is polarized, then you will see some non-neutral colour. But you shouldn't see that when viewing subjects in non-polarized light... take the viewfinder outdoors, everything looks normal, right?

As I wrote above, "fine" art as I know it is fundamentally a communicative/linguistic act. But this does not mean that the art will communicate to anyone, nor that any specific viewer is intended, nor that there even needs to be an observer at all. Art can be fulfilling in an introspective...

(1) No, the view through the viewfinder should not be blue or purple, it should be clear. Were you wearing polarizing glasses? (2) To check the RF calibration, you first need a lens. With that mounted, you can open the back, put a piece of ground glass (or vellum) where the film plane would...

I too agree with this point of view. I think art is a new language that we feel compelled to invent because we're hardwired to communicate. And sometimes the conventional language just doesn't suffice! I think this point of view accounts very well for the relationship between art and social...

Okay. Just so we're clear, this is quite similar to how c41 works as well, so you could as easily deem colour or chromogenic negs as dye reproductions. (N.b. you can actually use lightjet/ra4 paper to shoot in-camera negs) If the fact that the image is reproduced to dye is offensive, well then...

The lightjet process using light to expose RA4 paper, there is no dye. (unless you mean the sensitizers in the paper) People typically use a digital file to send the exposure instructions to the lasers that do the exposure, and that's where it becomes non-analogue. But a lightjet print is...

The artists need it the most, that is clear. What prices are doing these days... well, I think it's a good idea to prepare for when people eventually do want to spend again. Absolutely! And not to keep eating ;)

Can't you just make one? I have made all manner of ghetto adapters by glueing a body cap to a rear lens cap, and drilling a hole thru ;) Apart from that, I've seen all manner of odd adapters for sale on ebay; I wound up buying a 645 to 35mm adapter for $20 or so and I bet they'd make whatever...

I like it. It is also a very good all 'round performer at small apertures, i.e. beyond the apertures for which the discs have effect.

I wrote an APUG blog on this some time ago; here's the link, should it interest you.... (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

The 100% / both eyes open business is only part of the consideration. It is unfortunate that these are the main issues that are discussed when someone considers an RF; most of us who shoot RFs routinely do so for entirely different reasons. For one thing, the whole 3D way that you compose with...

I was bothered for many years by the constant upgrading inherent to digital photography, at least in its early days. Then there was the leica "modul r" that seemed a perfect solution: you'd just detach the digital part and swap it out for the next best one, a few years later. Or shoot film...

Hmm that one gives me an idea immediately. I am thinking: groom standing behind the bench; bride seated. Fairly wide lens, lowish perspective (eye level to the bride). Narrow depth of field. If there are other people in there, then a choice relative of the bride beside her on the bench...

5" roll film does exist, you can still buy it from Kodak. I have some (aerial panatomic x). It was used primarily in aerial cameras. You can still buy wider rolls too. Check HAS Images in Dayton, Ohio.

I had a vision the other day. The vision was of a modified bulk film loader, equipped with a blade. So you just crank the film past the blade.

Options are good to have.

Whoa I poked into the APUG gallery page and there were no fewer than eight Moxoms, arranged like some sort of Warhol typography. Well done Thomas!

Sorry to read this, Domenico. Please don't be discouraged, the market comes and the market goes. I suppose there will eventually be a recovery of the market for art, but... yep, these are tough times. What about teaching for a while? Best wishes for the future.

Not all, unfortunately. Sometimes somebody (ahem) repeatedly quotes a person on your list and you are confronted with a reminder of how life used to be...

Frankly I suspect that it was not scanned as well as it might have been. Anyway, we should probably never fight this battle of trying to convince someone what is a good photograph. If you like it then hang it on your wall! With relatives and friends, I just shuffle through some prints and...