kbg32
neo-romanticist
I wish I could attend the beauty contest!
Thinking of a drum scanner?? I see large format in your future Cal. More specifically a Linhof Master tech with that wonderful grip............😀
Accually in the big big picture is likely an Ebony 4x5. I saw two at B&H last night. Also Adorama has an Ebony that is made of Honduran Mahogany that has simplified, meaning less, movements.
I can see that Cristian was right in his assumption that my new Epson 3880 17 inch wide printer is too small for me, and I can see eventually getting a Epson 7900 floor standing printer for big printing.
The bottleneck with a Linhof would be getting enough Graphmatic holders to do a day of shooting. I figure at this point I should keep blasting away with medium format and go for the tripod camera.
Anyways, still all a daydream because I have a boring day job. Anyways this silver mining stock I pretty bought recently made a move over 50%. Perhaps my dreams may become true.
Cal
I wish I could attend the beauty contest!
Grafamatics won't be a problem. There are a lot of those floating around. As long as the septums aren't bent and they are light tight your golden.
Keith,
It was great to get to know you better at the last Meet-Up. Over the years at gallery shows when you have exhibited just wasn't the same.
I wish you could make the February/Beauty Contest/Swap-Meet/Gearfest because it generally is way over the top as far a laughs and is the big-big event of the year. If you can only make the time to be at one NYC Meet-Up a year this is the one to go to. It only happens once a year and each year it seems to get bigger and crazier.
Cal
F 4x5"...go 8x10"
I'm gonna try Cal! I had a great time at the January meetup.
John,
That thought has passed my mind, especially since I do only B&W.
Making good negatives and contact printing is awesome.
Again Ebony and a tripod. Your point is well taken: if you are going to carry a tripod, why not make the jump to 8x10, but a new Imacron can only scan a 4x5 unless its the older 686 that can scan 5x7.
At this point it seems everything depends if I can game some money out of the market again, and at best I can be a lucky fool maybe twice. If I can ever buy a loft, I'm definitely getting an 8x10; if I have to live like now without a real darkroom and only digital printing is only viable then 4x5 will have to do. Meanwhile I'm still a dreamer, and I still have to be somewhat realistic, but then again I have crazy plans...
Cal
Keith,
I expect that we will likely have other meet-ups at Harlem Public again to make it easy for you and Andre.
Cal
Again Ebony and a tripod. Your point is well taken: if you are going to carry a tripod, why not make the jump to 8x10, but a new Imacron can only scan a 4x5 unless its the older 686 that can scan 5x7.
Cal
My opinion of the imacons is that they are great for medium format, but don't make as much sense for 35mm or 4x5. For 35mm loading the holders is much more cumbersome than my Nikon (no batch scanning), and they even crop more of the frame. Any resolution increase is only marginal, perhaps unless you have some really spectacular neg. For 4x5 the maximum resolution is lower and equivalent to my Epson. I also found with the b+w 4x5's I scanned with it that the tonality was very harsh, harsher than I normally get on the Epson. It may have been those negs, but I am planning to rescan them all. If you are looking for a scanner for your current library, I would seriously consider a Nikon 9000, as they handle b+w better than other Nikons. They scan 120 at a higher resolution than the imacon.
For 4x5 an Epson v700 is perfect, unless you need to print larger than 60" or so, in which case you can just take the neg to be drum scanned. If you are getting into 8x10, you need to print awfully large before the epson isn't good enough.
I disagree on the imacon vs epson debate for 4x5 christian. Heres a link from edgar praus over in Rochester who made me a believer
http://www.4photolab.com/Pages/compare01.html
All of you film guys need to get together and make a community darkroom. This scanning crap seems to just get in the way... 😉
My opinion of the imacons is that they are great for medium format, but don't make as much sense for 35mm or 4x5. For 35mm loading the holders is much more cumbersome than my Nikon (no batch scanning), and they even crop more of the frame. Any resolution increase is only marginal, perhaps unless you have some really spectacular neg. For 4x5 the maximum resolution is lower and equivalent to my Epson. I also found with the b+w 4x5's I scanned with it that the tonality was very harsh, harsher than I normally get on the Epson. It may have been those negs, but I am planning to rescan them all. If you are looking for a scanner for your current library, I would seriously consider a Nikon 9000, as they handle b+w better than other Nikons. They scan 120 at a higher resolution than the imacon.
For 4x5 an Epson v700 is perfect, unless you need to print larger than 60" or so, in which case you can just take the neg to be drum scanned. If you are getting into 8x10, you need to print awfully large before the epson isn't good enough.
I think if your going 8x10 then either contact print and do alt process or scan using any flatbed scanner. I really doubt if you need a drum scanner for that size film unless your planning on duing murals. Even my humble epson would be enough for the largish prints you have in mind cal. Plus why are you hooked on Ebony's? Ever seen a 8x10 deardoff?? That's a thing of beauty. Plus you could always borrow my docter optic germinar if you want a superwide for 8x10!!
Cal, at the rate you are going the photo in your avatar will no longer be a joke. 🙂