paul a. roid

<img src="http://www.markushartel.com/blog/june05/img022.jpg" border="2"/><br>

self made 4x5 Pinhole Polaroid aka Pinroid, 3000 ISO

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height="473" border="2"/><p><img src="http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3342870-

md.jpg" border="2"<p>M6 TTL, 35mm 'cron, Tri-X @1600 in Diafine

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hahaha - gotta love my new Spidey spy camera :))<p>

<img src="http://www.markushartel.com/pnet/spidey.jpg" border="2"/>

<p>interesting Article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/technology/

circuits/08schiesel.html?

ex=1275883200&en=c2c5650d56297840&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"

target="#">David Burnett</a> in the NYT</p>

"what the hell do I need to do to get some attention"<p>

<img src="http://www.markushartel.com/pnet/bunny_pancake.jpg"/>

I'm on a Mac and the latest version of Safari (2.0) doesn't<br>

seem to work with photo.net, while Firefox works.<p>

check your web browser... Also I had trouble with some Flash<br>

gallery software that doesn't recognize 'optimized for web'<br>

jpg's from Photoshop CS2... which version of PS are you using?

the newer PS versions have a shadow/highlight filter<br>

which is great for this kind of stuff. I can fix it for you.<br>

send me an email with a high-res file.

it might be your browser - Safari 2.0 doesn't work for me. <br>

The older version works, so does Firefox.

Mark,<br>

I do not wear glasses - nonetheless the Rolleiflex with the original <br>

screen was always a reason *not* to take the camera with me.<p>

The Beattie screen with the split image makes it pretty easy to<br>

focus accurately without the magnifier from waistlevel...<p>

I know, it's kind of a splurge - but WELL worth it!

I was never satisfied with the viewfinder of my Rolleiflex 3.5E<br>

and have been reading about Beattie screens and others every<br>

once in a while.<p>

Since I like the Rolleiflex a lot and another system is out of the <br>

question, I decided to give the Beattie screen a shot. I bought <br>

one with a grid and a horizontal split screen today at B&H and <br>

installed it right away... All I can say that this screen is AMAZING!<p>

The viewfinder in dim light is almost as bright as the environment <br>

and the split screen makes it super easy to focus.<p>

I'm in love with my Rolleiflex again...<p>

moderators - since this post is not a question, feel free to remove it...

first I thought this post was a joke - then I <a href="http://www.atscope.com.au/

astrophoto.html" target="#">googled this</a> <br>

(all the way at the bottom, just before the pic)<br>

doesn't sound like it's easily done at home...<p>

kool stuff tho since I'm having a hard time with long<br>

time pinhole exposures - gotta google some more ;)

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that's a damn fine camera. I almost bought it from Al<br>

a couple of months back... I'm sure you'll have lotsa fun with it

<i>Marcus, I'm looking for a solution too, but Grain Surgery's $199 price is a factor. Are

there other options?</i><p>

sure, scan some evenly exposed film and do a layer sandwich in Photoshop

<a href="http://www.theimagingfactory.com/" target="#">imagingfactory's</a> "Convert

To b/w Pro" offers contrast filters,<br>

color conversion settings, different film curves etc. - it's a very good tool...<p>

<a href="http://www.imagineersystems.com/products/grain_surgery/" target="#">Grain

Surgery</a> is great to add and remove grain - <br>

it even allows to sample real grain from a scan and apply it to an image

oh, one more thing - if you hold down the option key<br>

while moving the level sliders, photoshop will show you<br>

where the histogram starts to loose shadow or highlight<br>

detail in a posterized image - neat.

I never liked the tonality of the original Minolta software for b/w<br>

and have tried Silverfast which I knew from my prepress days<br>

the results were better, but not great...<p>

finally I tried Vuescan and ever since I'm hooked - great tonality, contrast<br>

and sharpness right off the bat (after playing with the settings - there are a <br>

whole lot of 'em).<br>

The scans still need some work for the final look, but it's well worth it.

<img src="http://www.markushartel.com/pnet/matt-a.jpg" border="2"/><p>

I copied the flat scan, adjusted the levels, added some contrast...<p>

for the sharpening I use a duplicate layer with a high pass filter (1px)<br>

in this lo-res case - change the layer blending mode to soft or hard <br>

light with an opacity to your liking (hard light, 35% in this case)<p>

finally I converted the image to RGB, changed the curves for the tone<br>

added a slight vignette and did a final very slight unsharp mask.<p>

actually I'm using a Dual IV too - VueScan gives excellent results

take a look at MovableType or Wordpress -<br>

they both run a database in the backend<br>

and can be designed with CSS and proprietary <br>

tags... both are very flexible and functionality can be <br>

added with plug-ins

I have been using the same bottle (1 quart) of Diafine for 8 months now<br>

-at least 50 rolls- it still works like on day one -- the only reason I need to <br>

get a new batch is that solution A is running low...

does anyone use the Zeiss 35mm f2 Biogon on an M camera?<br>

if so - how does it perform compared to the 35mm Summicron (ASPH)?<br>

do you have pictures to show?<p>thx, Mark