Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
02-07-2024, 03:43 PM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
12-16-2023, 06:20 AM
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What a great set of photographs! Really difficult to choose just one. Congrats to all the photographers for some great shots and unique perspectives!
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Forum: General Photography
11-01-2023, 01:42 PM
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Fantastic images. Thanks for posting!
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
09-07-2023, 09:39 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
09-07-2023, 09:39 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
09-07-2023, 09:39 AM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-07-2023, 07:20 PM
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Very nice review. Thank you for all the work and great information!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
12-27-2022, 05:43 PM
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I agree with tuco -- the late edition of the 55mm is wonderful. The late 45mm is really good also, at least on film. Unfortunately my version has fogged over the years so I cannot test it out properly on current cameras. I also like the 100mm macro. Virtually all of the late 67 lenses are excellent for infrared with virtually no hotspot if you ever choose to go down the infrared path.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-04-2022, 06:48 PM
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Setting sun highlights maple in fall color along Jordan Pond.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-04-2022, 06:41 PM
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Fog adds atmosphere on an exceptionally still spring morning.
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Forum: General Talk
08-30-2022, 08:10 AM
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oh my gosh, just saw this now. So very sad to hear this. Don't know what to say ...
Condolences and prayers for Steve, his family and friends .... RIP
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
08-22-2022, 04:52 PM
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Thanks for the heads up. I have my LR6 on its original disc. How does one just get the upgrade file to put on a disc or usb?
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
08-09-2022, 08:58 AM
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Printed extensively with Cibachrome right up until the early 2000s and as large as 16x20. Prints were beautiful for slides with low contrast. Higher contrast subjects were extremely difficult to print well. I had used some of Bob Pace's (I think that was his name) chemistry which helped reduce contrast somewhat which made moderately contrast slides a little easier to print. Still have all my old darkroom gear in the basement gathering dust and nasty missus comments -- "I'll get rid of X when you get rid of all your photo stuff in the basement ...." ---------- Post added 08-09-22 at 09:01 AM ---------- If anyone enjoys seeing what incredible prints are possible using Cibachrome checkout Christopher Burkett's website at https://www.christopherburkett.com/ -- he is still printing Cibachromes. Caught one of his gallery shows many, many years ago and his prints were absolutely exquisite. Also a very nice man ...
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Forum: General Talk
06-26-2022, 05:55 PM
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So very sorry to hear this Steve. It's hard to know what to say -- I wish you peace and happiness in the days to come. I've greatly appreciated your generosity of spirit and knowledge and like all here will greatly miss hearing from you in the years to come. Keeping you and your family in thoughts and prayers.
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Forum: General Talk
05-05-2022, 06:19 PM
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Great link -- you can see the exhibition they have going of Shaunessy there on the website. Wonderful shots! Made me pull out and revisit the David Plowden train book I have ...
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
05-05-2022, 06:07 PM
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Nice shot northcoastgreg!
I only have the k 28 f3.5 so cant offer any comparisons but can add that if you are interested in infrared or might be in the future the k 28/3.5 is an excellent choice with very little hotspotting.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-18-2022, 05:53 PM
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
04-13-2022, 08:09 PM
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A software plug-in for Photoshop for B&W I always found interesting but have not tried is: BWVision Artisan Pro at BW Artisan Pro Panel - BWVISION - Art and Craftsmanship in B&W photography
If your looking to try something new maybe it would interest you. Someday I'll upgrade my Photoshop CS6 -- the world sure seems to have flown by now & there are a lot of programs that don't work with it. Anyway if you do try it I'd be interested in your thoughts on it ...
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Forum: General Talk
04-13-2022, 07:52 PM
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Just saw your thread Steve and although I don't know you other than from enjoying and learning from your posts I wish you all the very best. My wife and I will add you to our prayers and keep you in our thoughts. All the best wishes ...
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
10-24-2021, 02:07 PM
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I didn't get much time to further explore the focus problem but I have a feeling LesDMess might be right that I need a better loupe to really judge the original slides sharpness. Didn't know they made loupes that powerful.
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
10-20-2021, 06:28 PM
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Thanks all for the responses. I'm not really sure I'm seeing the grain -- I should have some time again this weekend to play around and will definitely look for this. Most of the slides were Kodachrome 25 and 64 and Fuji 50 and Velvia 50 so I'm not sure how easy it will be to see the grain.
I was assessing sharpness with a 4x loupe on a light box. I'll try to post some results this weekend.
On a positive note even though I thought the dust removal tool doesnt work on the Kodachromes Silverfast isrd option has done a really good job removing dust and fungus from the old family slides -- although I have had to crank it pretty high. The SRDx option hasnt been as helpful.
I'll try to post some samples this weekend.
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
10-19-2021, 08:04 PM
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Just took the plunge on the Pacific Image Primefilm Xas to digitize old family slides and lots of my 35mm slides and have played with this for a few days. Am using silverfast se 9 plus but for the most part other than the two dust removal systems I am not using any of the other features of the software as I figure on getting a flat scan and edit in LR/PS. For family stuff that is simply to preserve memories the scans seem ok -- their soft but so are the originals from the 60s and 70s. However when scanninng at 300 ppi and 5000 dpi for personal work on sharp images I'd like to print large I just dont seem able to get really sharp scans. They look ok until you go to 1:1 and then look incredibly soft. Trying the manual focus or picking a focus point also doesnt improve the image. Importing to Lightroom and sharpening there doesnt help -- in fact I can't really sharpen at all in Lightroom -- by the time it looks sharper the image is an oversharpened mess.
If anyone out there uses this machine and has any experience with it I'd like to hear what you've found -- wondering whether my unit might be defective or if there are any tips or tricks to get better scans with this unit.
Thanks ....
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
10-16-2021, 07:49 PM
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Wow, I picked no. 1, but all are really impressive -- an amazing group of photos. Great shots everyone!
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Forum: Photo Critique
10-13-2021, 08:54 PM
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Great shots -- so is that one tree or three that grew together? 3500 years old, pretty amazing! I like both shots but I'd go with the second one as my favorite.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-13-2021, 06:54 PM
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