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- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
Oooh, please do!than there's a serious risk of an alternative board being launched.
We will, of course, most likely ignore it but don't let that stop you...
- 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...
- 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....
No cause for concern. Well, no new cause for concern....
- 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...
- 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
There seems to be some in Germany, though:
http://www.phototec.de/FUJI-Velvia-50-4 ... :3094.html
- 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...
- 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!!! 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???
How did we ever get onto the subject of food???
- 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 ...
- 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...