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Paul, Very nice! It brings back fond memories. What is that bridge in the backround? When I was a teenager my best friend and I used to sail from Bellport out to Shelter Island, and beyond, and we would have to make our way through the old Shinnecock Canal (without a motor) and then out to Peconic Bay. It was tricky heeling our boat over enought to get under the bridges just going with the tide. Great memories....Thanks alot!..Robbie
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Jerry, I'm sorry, it's khpny19@aol.com. If that does not work call him in New York on Monday (212-879-3263) I know he will not be answering any email until he gets back to NYC. He was here in West Palm Beach for the last two weeks and was not in touch with his computer...Robbie
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Ken Hansen is still selling in New York but no longer maintains a staff, he just sells by himself and still specializes in Leica. You can email him at khpny19 or call him at 212-879-3263.
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I have narrowed my Leica lenses to two focal lengths, 35 (3.5 summaron M) and 50 (collpsible summicron and first elmar 2.8). The 35 goes on my M2 and the 50s, depending on my mood, go on my M3. I wish that Leica made a "Bi-elmar", just 35 and 50, instead of the "Tri- elmar." It would probably be a much smaller and popular lens. It amazes me that bouncing back and forth between just the 50 and the 35 how "long" the 50 begins to feel and how "wide" the 35 feels, even after using much wider and longer lenses on other cameras..Robbie
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James, My plan was to taste the two small tanks we had mixed and by that taste the large tanks we had poured from. After tasting the first, I was not about to go any further! Which reminds me of a man for whom I once was a printer. He had been a photographer in the Royal Navy during WWII. They used to water down stop bath (acetic acid) to put on their fish and chips. He claimed it was the same as vinegar (I cannot recommend this). Since then I've used white vinegar as stop bath at it works just as well and it much cheaper. Use about three ounces to a quart. Robbie
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Once, working for a newspaper where I was formerly employed, we used to mix several developers for various applications. One day we mixed up one tub of D-76 and another of HC-110. My co-worker and I set up two small tanks to develop some film and confused which was which. I volunteered to taste one and then the other to determine which was which. I dipped a finger in one and tasted just the tiniest drop of the stuff. I really cannot recommend eating developer in any form. It was that most foul-tasting experience I have ever encountered. Words cannot express how horrendous it tasted. Wash your pot Regina, and wash it again!.. .Robbie
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Charlie, I used an older Summicron R a while back and I found it to be stunning. It was very well built, easy to handle and optically really stood apart from other reflex 50s I have used over the years. You will not be disappointed...Robbie
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If you choose to use a tent I would recommend against the Harrison tent. In addition to the added expense, after about five years the plastic lining on the inside melts to a disgusting goo. I know this from personal experience. The company, when I contacted it with the problem, recommeded that since the warranty had expired they could do nothing for me and suggested that I purchase a new one. Fat Chance! Calumet has a nice one at a very reasonable price.
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Mike, I have been using three Photogenic Powerlite 600s for seventeen years now and have been very happy with them. I have used them alot for all sorts of assignments and have found them to be very rugged, accurate and plenty powerful. One broke once in all that time and was easily repaired. I like that they are made in America...And they are built like tanks...
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Larry, I am new to SX-70. I mistakenly bought a pack of 600 and when I got home I think I discovered a good correction, although I am sure I'm not the first. I just found one of those Roscolux gel samplers that they give away. I carefully cut a circle from the double grey gel and evenly taped it to the front of the lens, so it turns with the lens when focusing. It comes to about a 2 stop ND. I filed off the plastic "nubs" on the back of the 600 film pack and "voila" it works perfectly. I know 600 is different in color than Time Zero but it works! Robbie
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Aaron, I have, for the last few years, been adding three healthy squirts of photoflo right into a gallon of Kodak Hypo Clearing agent. The photoflo makes the hypoclear work much faster and seems to prohibit fungus growth for a long time. I use it for both film and prints...Robbie
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Burak, If I seem to be rude please forgive me. There are some contibutors tonight with similar questions. You might want to email them offline for advice. Please check Richard Carter on the Large Format forum and perhaps Potassium Azide in Film and Processing. I wish I had "pristine" answers for you but I do not..
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Stuart, My first M3 had a dim viewfinder and I thought all of the glass surfaces were clean. I took a few Q Tips and some Windex and cleaned all of the glass on the camera (Not the lens!) and I was amazed at how much brighter it got. Put the Windex on the cotton and then clean to make sure it doen't leak into the camera...Robbie
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Andrew, I think Frank was on the day before yesterday asking a "Street photography camera" question as Yves Garcia from Switzerland. I can't be sure. Alot of you guys would know better than I. He seems to be very imaginative in the name department..
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Frankly speaking, I think you're asking alot..But let's be Frank, street, artistic and architecture..That's a BIG order!
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And now Jeffery, I usually never respond to politcal statements on P-net, but I fail to see where anyone in the above thread said that "it's all Bush's fault." Will you please correct me if I am wrong...Robbie Bedell... P.S. I will say this, that his day will come...
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Joshua, I have been to your gallery. I have been wondering how it has fared in all of this and I am so grateful you are OK and have that old New Orleans independence ( Robbie,Loyola '72). I pray that you and all other businesses in your city will be cleaned up an re-opend to offer the world again what no other city can do..
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Olivier, I have been thinking about you and the other New Orleans P-net correspondants. To see such a great city in such a condition is a horrendous experience even from a distance. To experience it firsthand, well, I can only imagine. It will always be the city of my college days, a city which taught me so much about the richness of life. I will always remember it that way. Thankfully you are safe and dry....Robbie
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Sorry, Make that "Really knew Karsh." He once , after photographing the Pope (and processing the film back in Canada), chartered a 707 jet, flew it to Rome, and rolled out a red carpet to deliver the prints to the Pope. If am wrong in this, please let me know.
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Paul, I worked as a printer (in Florida) for a man who was a printer for Karsh (in Ottawa). He revealed to me two of K's "secrets." He used a standard gray army blanket for a backround, and he rubbed Vasoline on the highlights of his subjects faces. Oh, and one more. He taught workshops and when setting up and taking photos with students on 4x5 cameras he never put film in the cameras. This is all heresay to me from a man who I believe really Knew...robbie
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And please, no perversion is intended!!!
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Jonathan, Sorry to hear about the damage. I now use a word for it which I learned from a wise friend when my black M2 fell on the surface of a parking lot, causing a painfull ding on the other side, near the counter. It's called a "kiss." As long as the camera still works, think of it as that...It works...Robbie
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There is a brass spacer ring that fits into the condenser assembly to compensate for the addition of the anti-newton glass accessory. They are very hard to find. I have one that I do not need. Please e-mail me off-line if you have any interest...Robbie.
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If I may add one thought. Always have a spare spool in your possession. If you lose the only one you have, you are out of luck. A couple of years ago I was photographing a school commencement and while reloading I dropped the spool on the stage and watched in horror as it rolled away from me beneath the long dresses of the female graduates. With frantic sign language I pointed to the runaway spool and one of the girls got up, gown, flowers and all, and retreived it for me. We live and learn!..
Finally my new Leica M3.... My first Leica Ever!
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