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by joolsb
Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:58 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Feedback
Topic: The way this Board is run
Replies: 114
Views: 98436

Re: The way this Board is run

As one who has never had a passport or felt the need to own one I really can't see the need of forum members to continually brag about their ability to rush off to France at the drop of a hat. I'm headed there at the weekend, as it happens. I'd invite you to join me but as you don't have a passport...
by joolsb
Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:34 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colour Negatives vs Colour slides
Replies: 16
Views: 9802

Re: Colour Negatives vs Colour slides

A hundred stops of dynamic range is great but I'm not convinced any neg film can touch the look of transparency for general landscape/outdoor photography. That, as they say here, is a 'Geschmacksache' - a matter of taste. The punchy 'Velvia look' for landscape photography has become so ingrained th...
by joolsb
Wed Oct 26, 2011 9:47 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Feedback
Topic: The way this Board is run
Replies: 114
Views: 98436

Re: The way this Board is run

I hope I've made my position clear. My vote is for the status quo if anyone is in any doubt.
by joolsb
Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:35 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Feedback
Topic: The way this Board is run
Replies: 114
Views: 98436

Re: The way this Board is run

There's a need for change Is there? Shall we put this to a popular vote? Very small changes would have huge benefits So what are the changes and what are the benefits? Convince us (or at least try ...) Simple actions are needed, free up some bandwith show non clique members images appoint new moder...
by joolsb
Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:34 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colour Negatives vs Colour slides
Replies: 16
Views: 9802

Re: Colour Negatives vs Colour slides

What Dave says is essentially correct. There has been a bit of a reawakening of interest in colour neg of late - especially Kodak emulsions - and the main driver as I see it is the death of Quickload. Now that new film is only available in cut-sheet, the convenience of sticking with QL (and hence Fu...
by joolsb
Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:55 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: New Members
Topic: Hello from Bristol.
Replies: 12
Views: 14565

Re: Hello from Bristol.

The camera is an Ebony 45SU, I know, but I just couldn't resist it when I saw a used one up for sale A wise choice. The asymmetric tilt makes focussing a breeze! Lenses are a Schneider APO-Symmar 210mm 5.6 and a Nikkor SW 90mm 4.5, I'm thinking of getting something wider soon but haven't decided ho...
by joolsb
Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:50 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Feedback
Topic: The way this Board is run
Replies: 114
Views: 98436

Re: The way this Board is run

than there's a serious risk of an alternative board being launched.
Oooh, please do!

We will, of course, most likely ignore it but don't let that stop you...

:mrgreen:
by joolsb
Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:23 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Scanner Question
Replies: 5
Views: 4151

Re: Scanner Question

Some people swear by the BetterScanning holder for the Epson. I got one and ended up swearing at it. Yes, it does hold the film a lot flatter than the Epson holder but this comes at the cost of a fiddly and tedious set-up procedure and an equally fiddly mounting routine. And after all that I noticed...
by joolsb
Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:17 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Velvia Source
Replies: 16
Views: 10000

Re: Velvia Source

The films mentioned have all been discontinued for a while now. Looks like somebody has come across an old announcement and thinks it's new.

No cause for concern. Well, no new cause for concern....
by joolsb
Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:51 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century(?)
Replies: 53
Views: 26815

Re: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century

"Right, apprentice, use some blue paint and give it some sky. A mountain over there, perhaps, and a tree? Yes, and a girl in a boat - use left-right strokes for that bit, and up-down strokes over there, and perhaps some stippling...' But isn't that how the Old Masters mostly worked? The apprentices...
by joolsb
Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Velvia Source
Replies: 16
Views: 10000

Re: Velvia Source

Badger doesn't have any, neither does B&H. Strange, that...

There seems to be some in Germany, though:

http://www.phototec.de/FUJI-Velvia-50-4 ... :3094.html
by joolsb
Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:26 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century(?)
Replies: 53
Views: 26815

Re: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century

That fellow doesn't even operate the camera himself, anymore. Is he a photographer? An artist? A charlatan? Crewdson's latest project is a bit more 'back to basics'. He may even have operated his own camera... :wink: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gregory+crewdson+sanctuary&hl=en&safe=off&biw=129...
by joolsb
Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:45 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century(?)
Replies: 53
Views: 26815

Re: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century

Enough already!!! :crazy: :D Talk about an object lesson in how to stress-test an analogy beyond breaking-point and then stress-test the little pieces of that analogy once they've been glued back together again!!

How did we ever get onto the subject of food???
by joolsb
Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:27 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century(?)
Replies: 53
Views: 26815

Re: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century

p.s. I'll repeat the comment I made earlier: most 'art' appreciation has nothing to do with the image and everything to do with the artist. Big-money collectors are collecting rarity, not art. Neither content nor context matters, just the fact that it's the only one. You seem to be wandering a tad ...
by joolsb
Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:36 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century(?)
Replies: 53
Views: 26815

Re: The Most Important Photographer of the Late 20th Century

But it's not just the lack-lustre colours that irk. It's also the composition. I get the feeling - sadly, I don't have enough experience to amount to knowledge - that the fine artists are laid back. They capture the whole scene and let the viewer find the narrative. Which is then open to misinterpr...