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  1. Thanks. I read that thread as well as it is one of the few one comes across. I'm starting to think that, as someone in the thread mentions, that there has been many iterations of Agfa paper using the same name. I have been doing prints on this stash over 5 years ago, but just came back from abroad and a hiatus due to not moving my darkroom with me all over Europe. I see no degradation in prints which I made soon 10 years ago. Anyway. I appreciate all the pointers and if anyone wants to add something, that too would be useful. Here are some prints I did two days ago. Subject: my wife Alison at Fotografiska museum, Stockholm, summer 2017.
  2. Thanks again. The M series Rapitone are yet again very different from the P series, since they are VC. I don't think this is the case with the P. Believe me when I say there seems to be no information by googling. Maybe someone of old has actually been using these papers?
  3. Thanks. However, Rapitone and Record-Rapid are not the same products.
  4. Hi, I have a large stash of Agfa Rapitone P series papers. I can't find any information about them on the googleweb. I mean, I know they are PE and that the first number after the P tells you if they are glossy, semi-matte or matte (1, 2 and 3) respectively and that the number after the dash is the hardness. Apart from this, nothing. I'm not even sure if they are VC or fixed contrast, or if one can play with contrast using filters. Any clues?
  5. Hi everyone. I recently decided to get some analog EOS gear just for fun. First I got a 620 in virtually unused condition for 30 euros. Then the EOS bug bit me and after reading up quite a bit, I got myself not only one but 2 EOS 3, both from Japan. The second one is absolutely mint and doesn't seem to have seen much use, but the first one is well used, even if it was described as "near mint" on ebay. I don't blame the guy and he did give me a partial refund. I just think he didn't know what he was looking at or to judge its condition. The biggest problem of the not-so-mint is that one of the shutter blades is slightly dented/bent. See picture. I have put a few rolls through it and I suspect there is a hair-thin line in some of the pictures, but I am not 100% sure. Anyway, I managed to find a complete, new, shutter unit from USA. After having called around all over Sweden, including the Canon repair centre, I have not ben able to find anyone who can replace the shutter unit, as it requires special tools, calibration in a jig and servicing software well beyond the sell-by date. Not even Canon Sweden has this kind of equipment anymore. Does anyone know where I could send the EOS 3 for shutter unit replacement? Preferably in Europe for customs simplicity, but I suppose USA is also OK if that is the only option. And yes, I just love the EOS 3 and would hate to see it become a shelf decoration. The eye control focus, plus the AI servo seems to work very well for me, in spite of what many people may tell you. Glasses or no glasses. But it takes not a small amount of calibration for all the lenses you may have, under different lighting conditions, wearing glasses if you do, or not. I would very much appreciate any pointers. Cheers, IL
  6. <p>As an IT engineer, all the above comments make me smile...meaning me and my fellow tradesmen still have our work cut out for about another 200 years or so, helping the-blind-leading-the-blind.</p> <p>Most of this thread is based on misconceptions and poor operating practices by people too lazy or ignorant to use any product properly and what it's meant for. Sorry for being harsh, but the proof is in the pudding/writing.</p> <p>Having problems with any version of Windows? Ask me anything. Including outright disinformation such as "can't make drivers work/missing hardware support" and other user operational mismanagement issues.</p> <p>Oh and BTW, Windows 10 is OK. 3 times faster than Win 7, double faster than Win 8 or 8.1, 100 times more capable than XP and 1000 times better than Vista. It is not, however, without its quirks. Privacy is a real concern, as noted, but Microsoft has issued "patches" for Win7, 8 and 8.1 this week which add the same data gathering to those versions. And there is no opt-out, as there is (for some of it) in Win 10. Microsoft is just catching up with what Google has been doing for years and Apple since the iPhone - in the dark, so to speak. And personally, I liked Win 8.1 Start screen the best. Fast, search built in (just start typing directly, no need to click on anything, search programs by date installed - all gone in Win 10), but alas, we can only move forward not back.</p> <p>XP users might as well keep driving their Chevy Corvairs as well.</p>
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