Sandeha Lynch

One interesting example (with prices) might be <a href=http://www.garyauerbach.com/main.html>Gary Auerbach</a> who includes his own hardship as well as his tools, materials, and time in his promo blurb. It would also appear that his off-the-shelf print prices reflects the public profile of the subject.

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I'd suggest that the blurb is not there to support the price structure, but merely to nudge the buyer into feeling secure about the investment. The bottom line is that a print (like anything else) is only worth what a buyer will pay.

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He makes damn good prints, IMO. I don't know if he makes a profit, though I guess he does very well most of the time.

You did well!

I use a bit of everything, but one thing I don't need at the moment is a DSLR. One day I may do, but in the meantime a digi p&S is adequate for that side of things ...

 

This is largely because I am interested in film and enjoy the workflow, the specialist varieties of film, processing control, etc, etc. Having said that, I had an MZ-S for a couple of years and thought it was a GREAT camera. Loved the ergonomics, used all my old lenses, etc, etc. However, I sold it just as it went off the market and am quite happy that I did. I already had (and have kept) an MZ-5 which does all of the electricky stuff well enough and I went and bought an old MX from eBay and got it professionally serviced.

 

Same lenses again, of course. If you want to get another Pentax (to supplement your DSLR) then I think you should look through the whole range before you decide. If you need autofocus then even the MZ-5n is cheap enough now and a service will guarantee its use for some years. If you don't need AF, then half a dozen manual camera bodies would come to the same price as an MZ-S, with equal reliability and possibly greater appreciation over the coming years.

 

Though once again, the MZ-S is NICE.

Another vote for "Interslice".

OK, nothing serious then.

For your interest:

 

<a href="http://www.xnet2.com/neslon/programs/decide.cgi?

http://www.photo.net:80/community/forums">hijacked site</a>

How many stops difference between a reflected and an incident light reading? IOW, probably worth testing different cups, though only if you know the rating to look for. Any precise idea?

Ha - Colin pointed me out, did he? Well, he knows a thing or two about LF.

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This link might help Tim if you download each of the images. They were the best shots I could find as models for my work. I had to give up on Ebony's double function knobs, but in the end it works anyway: <a href="http://www.largeformatphotography.info/cameras/ebony/ebony-sv45u-II.html"><b>Ebony SV45U Review</b></a>

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Here are some more recent shots of mine ...

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<img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/link/closed.jpg">

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<img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/link/open.jpg">

What others see in your work won't match your vision - other people always make up their own minds about what you are and what your production means to them. Sometimes your vision and theirs will coincide? Is that what you're looking for? If so, why?

 

You wrote, "i can capture it with my camera" ... if so, then your only issue is your relationship with the public - not a photographic issue at all.

 

Make a portfolio.

A Nikon might work out cheaper and be easier to find than a decent LX. Otherwise, why not just buy an old banger ME Super and hack the top off.

MX ... no batteries.

 

LX ... with waist level finder (an Asahiflex would be OK, but I'd be snookered on lenses).

 

24mm ... wouldn't say no to a 20mm, but a 24mm would do.

 

77mm Limited ... simply the best.

 

200mm ... I kinda miss my old one.

 

Pod, lens hoods, yellow and orange filters, and lotsa bw film, whatever's going.

- OOF - very nice.

 

(See what happens when the girl gets a decent camera in her hands. :-)

Well, that's what it says on the box. I bought an M42-PK adapter

branded CoYo, Japan, to use some screwmount lenses on an MX. Ever

try that? Sure. Only this one was badly machined on both the screw

and the bayonet. Net result, darn thing stuck on both.

 

Maybe I got a bad sample, and clearly I should have stopped at the

first sign of trouble, but anyways damage done. Just something you

might want to avoid. By contrast the FotoDiox adapter I picked up

slips on like a dream.

Asim may be right. One alternative is that the mirror return motor is dying. When I had to get mine replaced (MZ-5) the mirror was creaking up and down, so different symptoms, but it maybe the same fault.

Ouch !! Thanks for pointing that out.

Three weeks ago I was taking part in an online training forum and was asked to contribute to an ice-breaker exercise ... "If someone gave you a free airticket, where would you go, and why?"

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I live in the UK and I've already travelled a bit, so my answer was bound to be a bit lengthy:

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<i>"It's a tough question, but I'll try to eliminate a few of the options from the various plans I have.

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No beaches. I've had enough of sand, and it's bad for both the lenses and mechanics of any cameras I'd take along. Ditto for sea water.

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The West of Ireland. It's somewhere I'm planning to go, but it'll be by ferry and car, rather than by air. Ditto for Italy.

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North Eastern China. There are some things I want to do there and people I want to see, but this is supposed to be a holiday. That cuts out South Africa as well.

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Which leaves ... New Orleans. I could spend a happy month trawling the music bars and restaurants."</i>

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What could be sadder than to lose that city ... I am truly shocked for the people there.

Take a look at http://www.colab.com

 

Years ago they did very clean work for me and their website looks up to scratch.

Well, well, well done!

I meant to add, great shot of the characters at the cafe.

 

I've used Rodinal quite often with TMX and TMY, though for preference I'd use Ilford DDX.

I really like the Bessa, great shape and simplicity itself. Framing is a little tricky with a lens hood on and I've usually ended up with a bit of dead space somewhere. At 6x9, it's expensive to run a roll of colour through it, though very worthwhile. I keep dithering whether to use the 6x4.5 mask or not ... bigger, no cheaper, no bigger.

A moving emptiness. The forest seems a suitable covering.

You done well, Graham. Just wondering if that cottage terrace might have been almshouses? They remind me of others I've seen in the past.

Both very nice shots.

I had a dent on the filter ring of fairly decent Pentax 50mm: large jeweller's screwdriver and a light hammer to push the ring out again, and then a thread cleaner or a drill tap (with the bottom end cut off) to re-groove the thread in that area.

Switch media and try the same question with a violin ... you'll hardly need ask ;-)