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Clive, Eddie, brilliant!

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Regards,

Henrik

Let's see if this one disappears as well.<br>

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- henrik

Ok, Jeff must have used inches, although 24x30 and 10x15 are very common metric dimensions for prints. Sorry.

- henrik

That doesn't sound right. Quoting Thom Hogan's review:

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I should probably repeat something I've been saying (and writing) for quite some time now: if you can't get good quality images at the maximum size of a desktop inkjet printer (that would be 13x19") with the current crop of 6mp and 10mp cameras, it's not the camera that's the problem. That applies here. I have no problems getting very nice prints at 13x19" with my S5 Pro.

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No, I don't have personal experience with S5, but I just happened to be doing some background checking on it. Somehow the dynamic range sounds so attractive.

- henrik

GX100 does indeed remember most settings after power off - power on cycle. This includes focus mode (snap, infinity, manual, auto...), EV compensation, mode (B&W), ISO setting etc. No need to use user setting (MY1, MY2) for this. Zoom setting is reset to 24mm equivalent, but that can be overridden using user settings (just save e.g. 50mm as default value for MY1). Very convenient, in my opinion.

- henrik

What you shoot is important, not where you do it. I don't think anyone can tell you what you should bring with you. It all depends on you subject matter and how much you equipment you want to carry with you.

But if you still want my opinion, I live in Europe and usually I'm happy with fast 35 or 50mm lenses and Tri-X 400. YMMV.

The MB-D200 battery grip allows use of AA batteries.

- henrik

I'm using Scan Dual III for B&W on an G4 iBook with Vuescan. Works fine except occasional (rare) USB hangs and the quality is quite good. I have no experience with Scan Dual IV, so I cannot compare them.

Regards,

Henrik

Hi,

I've been looking for a A3 printer for primarily B&W printing (with

some colour printing as well). Although Epson dominates the market and

internet forums, the R2400 is too expensive for me and R1800 seems to

be optimised for colour printing. HP 8750 seems like a perfect tool

with 3 black inks and a decent price. However, I've read comments that

it is (more or less) limited to HP papers only. I wonder why? Is it

just a lack of paper profiles or is there something special about HP

inks? Other views (cost of use, print permanence, other printer

alternatives etc) are also welcome. Or would R1800 do the job as well?

Regards,

Henrik

I had a similar problem with my F100 and SB-28. The fault was in the camera body,

hotshoe was slightly loose and touching the flash sometimes caused it to fire.

Regards,

Henrik

Thank's for your responses.

I am aware of the old rule-of-thumb about the reciprocal of focal length. In my

experience, rangefinders & 35mm lenses (only focal length I have expreience with) seem

to defy that rule but probably that's just the missing mirror slap. I have usually been

satisfied with exposures at 1/15 and sometimes even with 1/8 (better than no picture at

all) so I guess I'm not that obsessed with absolute sharpness. Subject movement is

obviously a separate matter.

Regards,

Henrik

Perhaps I should have mentioned that it's LTM/M that I'm talking about. With an SLR I

prefer 1/90 with a 85mm lens.

Regards,

Henrik

Hi,

I'm considering purchasing a short tele, i.e. 90mm most likely (75 'cron and 'lux are just

too expensive for me). One important application would be available light (=window lit)

portraits, where I often seem to end up with exposures around 1/30@f/2.8. I'm wondering

whether to go for a Summicron or Tele-Elmarit (again, 'lux is too expensive). Price is

obviously one issue, but I'm also unsure whether it is possible to get sharp enough

pictures with a short tele at such shutter speeds. Any comments/recommendations?

Regards,

Henrik

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Vienna 2004. Sorry, no Leica.

- henrik

Hi,

I wonder if the diaphragm of AF-D 85/1.8 lens should work in the

following way. When the lens is mounted on camera, the diaphragm is

fully open only when aperture ring is set to f/1.8. When it is closed,

the diaphragm stays at about f/2 position. If not, this obviously

results in exposure error.

Regards,

Henrik

I'm wondering about the brand new Nikon Coolpix 5400 that I just

received. The LCD monitor has quite a few (closer to ten) dead/hot

pixels. I know they don't affect the resulting picture quality, but

they're annoying enough as such. Does anyone have any idea/experience

what the quality control of Nikon thinks about them? Is this normal

for the monitor?

Regards,

Henrik