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Objectifs is selling away some of their enlargers, including a Beseler one with 4-blade easel etc. Call them and ask.

I found the sure way to get ok exposure (the normal Holga shutter is 1/100th sec) was to use in in bright light with slides/negatives, bump up the ISO to 400, or use B/W and do extensive darkroom work to salvage the negs. But bear in mind that the Holga isn't a precision thing, you'll never...

I'm a mac lover too. I use a PC in the office though - won't kill me. I use macs because: 1. Stable and intuitive OS. In my 4 years of using macs, I can count on my fingers how many times the OS has hung - and it has been stable whether it is Jaguar, Panther or Tiger. Just look at the pre-XP...

She is a skilled printer, so I am sure she does some d/b. But primarily, the effects are achieved by using lousy lenses that vignette and have inherent faults and by not coating her wet collodion plates properly.

if you want to see big scratchy pictures. look at sally mann's pictures. they are so 'imperfect' but so beautiful. http://www.houkgallery.com/mann-lastmeasure/lastmeasure.html

I use 'spot-tone' touch-up pens which are easier than using a brush. You can get them at BH Photo online. I would recommend practising first because it is not that easy to do it well.

oh no. another one who got home early from school.

Hahaha I like your post. I especially like 35mm film because the enlargements required really show the quality of the medium. For digital, I love dinky little digicams which I can place in my pocket and run! But what I use is really a function of mood and photographic intention.

No real need to get a LCA to do lomo type photography. Older cameras like oly XAs also exhibit some vignetting and are much cheaper. You'll find that the lomography website sells a lot of cameras that are not lcas or holgas.

Sorry, I have cleared my inbox. I have an enlarger (up to 6x9), timer, easel, 8x10, 12x16, 16x20 trays, filters, chemicals, the whole works actually. PM to discuss. Alan

I have a set of untrimmed Kodak gel filters ($25) and Ilford acetate below the lens filters (also $25). If anyone is interested, please PM me. Also a whole bunch of darkroom stuff up for grabs at bargain basement prices.

I like the photos of your kids - very natural! I also like the vignetting very much. Tech question: I've tested a few XAs and found very little contrast in the RF patch, such that it was pretty difficult to focus. I was wondering whether the ones I had tested were lemons. How is yours?

Rob Galbraith has some rather interesting articles this time: 1. unique applications of digital cameras to uw photography. the white balance correction was especially wow! 2. famous NG photographer David Alan Harvey talks about his unique way of getting his subjects comfortable. He has...

:) thanks!

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