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  1. RichardB

    Corel Aftershot 3

    I've used AfterShot Pro for some photos. I think highlight recovery is one of its strengths. It hasn't had much development in recent years but it's a decent low-cost tool.
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    Film Ilford launches it's new Website

    Thanks, Kenneth. I don't need the mobile-friendly formatting, but they've added some helpful articles to the site. It's encouraging to see Ilford still growing its film business, not constantly pruning back (cough, Fuji, cough).
  3. RichardB

    Film New to the group

    Welcome, Kenneth. You have some great-looking gear there!
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    Film What FILM (!) photography related item did you buy this week?

    Can you put 35mm film in a 126 cartridge?
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    Sony 1st post: ebay buyer wants shutter count

    I just tried uploading an RX100 image to that site, and it couldn't find the shutter count. :(
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    Film Film: B-Sides (doco about 20x24 Polaroid portrait photog Elsa Dorfman)

    I hope that will be on Netflix soon! I've heard of Elsa Dorfman because she took the cover photo for the most enjoyable computer book I ever read, Philip & Alex's Guide to Web Publishing, by Philip Greenspun. Greenspun is a good photographer himself, with many examples in his book, and he...
  7. RichardB

    Film ISO: A decent MF setup

    The Mamiya 645E is a good entry point to Mamiya's 645 system because it is less expensive than other bodies in the family. It has a metering prism that is not interchangeable, and its construction is more modern/plastic than its predecessors, but it uses the same lenses as other 645 bodies. I...
  8. RichardB

    Film Mamiya C330

    My C220 came with 80mm and 65mm lenses. They'll be enough to get me started, but I'm keeping my eye out for longer twin lenses. Your 105mm gets good results.
  9. RichardB

    Film Mamiya C330

    Great shots! They make me more excited about trying the C220 I just got. Can you tell me more about where you got the film scanned (and, I assume, processed)? I don't know what The Lab is.
  10. RichardB

    Stroll Vixen at Emory, on LX7

    Visiting Emory University in Atlanta, while my wife helped pack our daughter's winter clothes for a partial wardrobe removal, I walked our dog Vixen around campus with my new-to-me LX7. Adjustments made with DxO Optics Pro 11.
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    Film What FILM (!) photography related item did you buy this week?

    I noticed that they've received almost 10 times their original funding target! That amount of interest in film processing is very encouraging.
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    Film What FILM (!) photography related item did you buy this week?

    Thanks for the link to the Lab-Box. I hadn't heard of it, but coincidentally while I was researching for my own plunge into b&w processing, I found this article about the history of film-developing tanks, and evidently the "daylight loading" tank was on the market 80 years ago, and various...
  13. RichardB

    Software help for editing newbie!

    Start with the free RAW-editing software that your camera manufacturer provides, either on a CD that came with camera or as a download from the camera's support website. That software will let you crop images and adjust exposure and white balance, which is 80% of what I do with RAW files. After...
  14. RichardB

    HP 1 MP photo from 1998

    That's basically a nice image, well composed, and it makes a fine souvenir. I understand why people then said digital couldn't replace film, but digital was already good enough for many purposes, cheap to use, and easy to share on the Internet. I wonder whether smartphone cameras have as much...
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    Film What FILM (!) photography related item did you buy this week?

    Ooh, I'm really looking forward to seeing what this film does! 800 tungsten could be very useful!
  16. RichardB

    Film New guy from Illinois.

    Welcome, Rick. There's some great technology in that camera. I hope you can scan and post some images from it! Richard
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    Film What FILM (!) photography related item did you buy this week?

    Medium format reversal film: Three rolls of Velvia 50, five rolls of Velvia 100, and five rolls of extinct-in-the-wild Provia 400X. They are all expired but they have supposedly been kept cold. The freezer compartment of my bar fridge is now my film vault.
  18. RichardB

    Film Film Photo Challenge

    Hey, folks, @Amin Sabet has kindly created a new forum for posting and discussing images: Photo Challenges. I think we can put our threads there when we get the challenge started.
  19. RichardB

    Micro 4/3 OMD EM5 owner purchases OMD EM5 II – impressions so far

    Keep an eye out for the Sigma 30mm/2.8. Sharp and affordable.
  20. RichardB

    This is Very Cool: New Fuji GF670

    Thanks, Steve. I posted the link at foreverfilm.org.
  21. RichardB

    Film NEW Fujifilm GF670 at B&H this week

    If you want a medium-format folding camera in truly NEW condition, you can get one at B&H this week. Better hurry because it's marked as a #1 seller. Fuji GF670 new old stock cameras found in a warehouse, going on sale next week | Photo Rumors Fujifilm GF670 Rangefinder Folding Camera 16019089...
  22. RichardB

    Film Anyone ever make their own roll film paper backing?

    I'm curious, Ken, what are you trying to make? :popcorm2:
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    Film Film Photo Challenge

    I wish I still had a local minilab. It's hard to keep a pace when I have to mail film out, and there's temptation to hold rolls for a batch to save on shipping.
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    Film G'day from AUS

    Wow, a lovely collection of film gear there. Funny how so many of us gravitate to the classic mechanical cameras and fixed-lens point-and-shoots, and there's less nostalgia for the auto-focus SLRs and zoomy p&s that were the end-state of the film camera art.
  25. RichardB

    Film What FILM (!) photography related item did you buy this week?

    You'll have quite a kit when you get that body! :2thumbs:
  26. RichardB

    Scenic Fall colors

    Autumn roses in Baltimore County, Maryland. Shot with Olympus XZ-1, lightly processed with DxO Optics Pro 10.
  27. RichardB

    cheapo impulse buy suggestions (all about Buffs)

    I just ordered these color-changing silica gel packets to put in ziplock bags with lenses and other gear that I want to stay dry. I like these because they'll change color to let me know when they're saturated and need to be replaced.
  28. RichardB

    I know it's crazy, but I've changed us back to SC

    I always liked the specific product niche suggested by the SeriousCompacts name. The distinct brand identity helps to draw a loyal audience, and I think it also helps to set the tone that the PhotographersLounge name reflected. There are websites, some run by Amin, for various proprietary...
  29. RichardB

    Sigma Sigma DP Series Image Thread

    A recent shot with the original DP1: Vixen chillin'
  30. RichardB

    Film A moral question ...

    See "Finding Vivian Maier" (it's on Netflix) for a story about the value of developing someone else's exposed film.
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    Film A moral question ...

    I have thrown away exposed film that came in a camera because it wasn't worth the bother to develop. However, when I got a digital camera with an SD card, I couldn't resist the impulse to peek at the images before I reformatted the card. The images weren't very interesting; I'm glad I didn't...
  32. RichardB

    Film Showcase Harman Direct Positive

    The paper's red-insensitivity makes portraits distinctively gritty. It looks like you're using window light. How long are the exposures?
  33. RichardB

    Film Imperial Russia in color photos (without color film)

    Hi, Ken. I edited my post to clarify that the original exposures were made on glass plates (rather than flexible film). I'd be interested to see what kind of images you've been able to reproduce from the separations. It seems kind of magical to me that 3 b&w images can be combined to recreate a...
  34. RichardB

    Film Imperial Russia in color photos (without color film)

    More than 100 years ago, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii took color photos of tsarist Russia without color film. In fact, he did not use film at all, so this post may be off-topic at ForeverFilm.org, but his analog process was interesting. Prokudin-Gorskii made 3 black-and-white images of...
  35. RichardB

    Film Showcase Harman Direct Positive

    So I guess the direct positive is reversed left-to-right?
  36. RichardB

    Film Scanning Prints vs Negatives

    When I get back to scanning color negatives, I'm going to try Color Perfect software. I use Vuescan to drive my film scanner and Color Perfect seems like it can help with the conversion.
  37. RichardB

    Film Scanning Prints vs Negatives

    I don't have experience scanning b&w, but I've tried scanning color prints and negatives. I was happier with the scans from prints because they had more contrast and the colors looked more vivid. Scanning color negatives required a lot of tweaking to look right, but I'm sure I could get better...
  38. RichardB

    Film Nikon vs Nikkormat ?

    According to mir.com.my, the Nikkormat line was aimed at the same pro-am segment of the market that the FM and FE would later be aimed at. If you like the FM and FE, you'll probably like the Nikkormats.
  39. RichardB

    Film Kodak Ektar 100 prices

    I've only seen Kodak market Ektar as a professional film in the past couple years, and I was unaware of the product before then. I don't know about pricing but there's an interesting site that tracks Amazon prices, and you can click here for Ektar. Amazon's oldest price was its lowest, which...
  40. RichardB

    Film New Enlarger

    Congratulations! Now you just have to keep the dryer lint off your negatives.
  41. RichardB

    Film Using a Mirrorless + Macro lens to scan negatives

    That's impressively sharp, Victor! I noticed in the shot with clouds in your original post that some highlights seem to be clipped in the scan. There is detail in the upper-left corner of the negative that is missing in the processed scan. I wonder if you could capture more highlight detail if...
  42. RichardB

    Film Cross Country Travel

    Nice shots, Mike. I'm looking forward to seeing what your Speedgraphic can do. I see some streaks across the first couple skies. Did the minilab scratch your film? I hate when they do that! If it was processed by a mail order lab, please let us know which one so we can avoid it. Richard
  43. RichardB

    Film Just a sheep...

    Is that paint on his wool, or did a wolf bite him?
  44. RichardB

    Film Article: BILL YATES: SWEETHEART ROLLER SKATING RINK 1972-1973

    So much of that vintage look is from the flash. I always tried to use existing light, but you can't argue with the sharpness of the subjects in those photos, if you're willing to give up the background.
  45. RichardB

    Film Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII

    Yes, a classic, and the high point of the Hi-Matic line. You have a beauty there.
  46. RichardB

    Film SOLD: Svema Foto 130 film

    Price drop to $6.50 including Paypal and US shipping.
  47. RichardB

    Film Suggestions on B&W Film to Purchase

    If you'll have the film developed by a lab, it will be easier to develop it locally if you use either color print film or the kind of black and white film (Ilford XP2 or Kodak BW400CN if you can find it) that is developed like color print film, with the C-41 process. Regular black and white...
  48. RichardB

    Film Hacked Instax

    I wish the article had sample photos. I have doubts about whether a better lens can make much difference on Instax Mini film. Also, why waste a 4" x 5" lens to expose a 46mm x 62mm image? A medium format lens would be a closer fit, but I guess a hacker uses the parts that he has lying around.
  49. RichardB

    Film Can anyone recommend a scanner?

    Doesn't your scanner have a Bayer filter?
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