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by timparkin
Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:59 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Canham 4x5, Nikkor 200M and 300M
Replies: 0
Views: 2595

Canham 4x5, Nikkor 200M and 300M

A colleague in the states is divesting his kit - he hasn't worked out prices yet but wanted to let people know that he's selling them in advance - let me know if anybody is interested and I'll pass on the details.
by timparkin
Tue May 08, 2012 12:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Digital Workflow
Topic: Firmware Update Problems on Howtek 4500
Replies: 7
Views: 11721

Re: Firmware Update Problems on Howtek 4500

Also, very disappointed to find no Help function available for the software, just a very dry PDF User's Guide :( . Quick notes for you... Aztek don't beleive in icc profiles - everyone else does and they make a huge difference. If you can afford it, buy a hutch color target (I borrowed the medium f...
by timparkin
Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:17 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.
Replies: 17
Views: 12057

Re: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.

Are you selling your grads then Tim? :wink: You could get away without them for some work but it still looks better with them :-) I use them for my colour neg work too (although substitute one stop less soft instead of hard typically Compare the images (top: without grad ND filter & bottom: with gr...
by timparkin
Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:34 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.
Replies: 17
Views: 12057

Re: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.

dave_whatever wrote:Are you selling your grads then Tim? :wink:
You could get away without them for some work but it still looks better with them :-) I use them for my colour neg work too (although substitute one stop less soft instead of hard typically
by timparkin
Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:20 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.
Replies: 17
Views: 12057

Re: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.

You'll be intrigued to know that DxO tested the dynamic range of velvia and came up with over 11 stops (using the same techniques they used to analyse there digital cameras). My own tests support this. That's astonishing, but for the average photographer what does it mean? It means that if you see ...
by timparkin
Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:52 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.
Replies: 17
Views: 12057

Re: Velvia 100F dynamic range confusion.

You'll be intrigued to know that DxO tested the dynamic range of velvia and came up with over 11 stops (using the same techniques they used to analyse there digital cameras). My own tests support this.
by timparkin
Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:32 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lenses - how to choose them?
Replies: 15
Views: 10989

Re: Lenses - how to choose them?

In terms of attaching cable releases to each lens, nice idea but I tried it and ended up with a series of broken cable releases. Good cable releases have softer metal in the threaded connection so that if overstrained, they break rather than the shutter. Cheaper cable releases may not break as easi...
by timparkin
Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:12 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lenses - how to choose them?
Replies: 15
Views: 10989

Re: Lenses - how to choose them?

Does it help? Immensely! Thanks for the advice Tim and everyone else :D Tim, I had a quick chat with Joe Cornish at last year's Discovery Day. He did say that I should go to you if I get up and running. Handily enough, there is a flight from Tours to Manchester starting on a regular basis this mont...
by timparkin
Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:37 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lenses - how to choose them?
Replies: 15
Views: 10989

Re: Lenses - how to choose them?

Ooh - I should have added that the most common lens separation is by 40% increments - a while a go I worked out what made typical 40% increment groups. However the gap between 90 and 150 in the standard ratio is quite large (nearly 70%) and hence a lot of people buy a 135/180 /240 to add to the 90mm...
by timparkin
Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:10 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lenses - how to choose them?
Replies: 15
Views: 10989

Re: Lenses - how to choose them?

OK folks, so the amount of help received in my dreaming thread was great! It now leads me onto lens choice. I'm not overly concerned as to what focal length I should go for but I am seeing things such as Copal etc that have me slightly confused. Do you have to mount each lens on a board? I was taki...
by timparkin
Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:02 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Still dreaming of 5x4
Replies: 53
Views: 31548

Re: Still dreaming of 5x4

Tim, the comment on the front base tilt seems to match up with my brief experience of using someone elses camera with base tilt. Felt like trying to learn to drive again, only in a car where the steeringwheel operates the gearstick. Am I right in thinking on the Chamonix the front rise and tilt are...
by timparkin
Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:51 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Still dreaming of 5x4
Replies: 53
Views: 31548

Re: Still dreaming of 5x4

In my experience, Shen Hao aren't particularly 'stiff' - i.e. they don't hold particularly steady when locked down. Not a problem if there is no wind, quite a problem if there is. I wouldn't buy any camera that had only base tilt on the front standard, it's almost unusable unless can apply tilt and ...
by timparkin
Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB: Nikkor 450 f/9
Replies: 8
Views: 4432

Re: WTB: Nikkor 450 f/9

OK - even though I'm still claiming for the previous one, I finally found one so thanks for the help everyone (it was a lady who was clearing all of her large format gear).
by timparkin
Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:18 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB: Nikkor 450 f/9
Replies: 8
Views: 4432

Re: WTB: Nikkor 450 f/9

I actually bought one of these from the US (Fred from the View Camera store) only for it to arrive - well when I say it arrived, the packaging did but no lens. Someone at Parcel Force opened the package and pinched the contents. I could be waiting 3 months until I get my money back (and Fred has to ...