alex_medeiros

<p>Ruth Bernard, Ansel Adams, Eugene Smith and Edward Weston. Especially when you get a chance to see their actual prints. </p>

<p>This appears to be simply a light box/diffuser to soften the flash. I believe he has a standard E-TTL flash in the box powered the normal way. It really helps to soften the light for this type of portrait work.</p>

<p>Hello - The f3.5-5.6 refers to the maximum or widest aperture (smaller numbers are larger apertures, larger numbers are smaller) through the range of the lens. This means the maximum aperture of f3.5 is the case at the 18mm focal length. The maximum aperture at the 135mm focal length is f5.6. In between the 18mm and 135mm focal length the maximum aperture will be between f3.5 and f5.6 and moves toward the f5.6 as you get closer to 135mm. Maximum fixed aperture lenses are typically much more expensive and much larger. For example a 70-200 f2.8 lens retains it's maximum aperture throughout the range of the lens. There is nothing wrong with your lens.<br>

I hope this helps!<br>

Alex</p>

<p>I know that they did and I subscribed for a number of years. They did this more than once. I believe it was part of a "Black and White" issue that they would often do annually. It certainly created the desire to get out there and try different emulsions, at least for me. I wish I could give you more help on what to look for. Other magazines did so as well. Photo Techniques would often run detailed reports on individual films. These were really detailed and written by expert technicians.</p>

<p>I went in early April a few years back and did not have any issues with a car. It was very cold, especially early in the morning so come prepared in terms of clothing. This is not to say that you might not have a late winter snow (good for pictures!) but I would still go with a front wheel drive car.<br>

I used my 17-40 alot and the 24-105 will help you isolate to some extent. I also enjoyed using a longer focal length to isolate some of the hoodoo's even further. This was only for a small percentage of shots. Bring a tripod obviously especially for some of the early morning and late evening shots. I really enjoyed hiking down through the park. One of my best life memories was watching the sun come up with my 10 year old daughter. Bryce is relatively compact compared to most of our national parks. If you have time include a visit to Zion which is not that far of a drive and is another amazing place. I hope you have a great trip!</p>

<p>Thank you for the suggestions - I didn't realize you could stipulate local pick-up only.</p>

<p>I have owned an Epson 3800 for about a year. I am not dissatisfied with the results from the printer but the reality is that it is probably just too much for me in terms of size and the amount of prints that I need to generate on a regular basis. This was a decent investment ($1300+). It is not criticial to get the absolute best price for it. It is a large printer and I am not sure how it will do shipping. I have no real experience selling it on an auction site and am worried about the hassle. What are the chances of selling it, shipping it and then having it returned? Any thoughts? Thank you!</p>

I think you might be surprised by how much product it really takes to fill a supply channel, especially when you are a global company. You have a choice to do a sustained roll-out to continue to meet demand or to hold back and make everyone wait to provide a massive initial shipment. There is not a whole lot to be gained for the manufacturer to wait until they build a large initial supply. The reality is that they can start generating cash flow and covering expenses with a roll-out as well as tweak initial QC with a rolling supply. If you wait for a huge supply and then have an unanticipated QC problem then you have a huge problem to resolve. So, there are lots of reasons why you want to get the supply chain rolling and then continue to ship as production and demand dictates.

This is a known problem with this lens. I had the same failure with mine a little over a year after purchasing it. It is a clutch drive failure and the repair through the Canon service center was about $100. It was repaired about five years ago and has been working fine since.

 

Best wishes.

I find my 17-40 to be pretty sharp. I am not sure I see a lot of issues with the image sizes posted. I do see softness at the corners with your models feet. However, what F-Stop are you at and also what focal length do you have the lens set at? This could be shutter speed or movement. The corners on mine are a bit soft at F4 but sharpen up pretty well at F8. I use a 5D. Are you using a camera with a full frame sensor as well? It looks like the center of the image is fairly sharp. I am guessing you were pretty close to the model so this may be a depth of field issue as well.

I purchased one of these in February and was so impressed with it that I purchased a second a month later for my office location. Excellent edge and fine detail. Excellent color accuracy with calibration displaying a full range of tones with subtle gradations.

While this is not a vote against the 70-200 I will share my experiences.

I have the 70-200 2.8IS and the 70-300IS. The 70-200 is great for sports, especially indoor sports, (basketball gymnastics etc.). The 70-300 is an excellent travel lens when you want to travel light and the longer reach gives it additional capablity. I also have the 300F4. You might be surprised at how good the 70-300 can be. Even with pixel peeping I have to look hard to see too much difference between it and the 70-200F2.8IS. Maybe I have an exceptional copy of the lens. When I travel I take the 70-300, a 17-40 and a 50F1.4 and this is a great travel set-up. While I like the 70-200F2.8 it get's tiring using it for long periods. I use a 5D and digitals ability to go up in ISO with not a lot of penalty negates some of the advantages of a faster lens. Only some though as shutter speed is shutter speed and if you need to stop action then you need a faster lens. The L lens are built more robustly but I would not let image quality deter you from the 70-300IS. Please note that this is much sharper than the old 75-300 or 100-300. Some have called it an L in disguise due to it's flourite lens. Different choices for different needs.

I was in your shoes a month ago. I did a lot of research and ended up spending a bit more to get the dell 2408WFP. This is an excellent monitor that is a much better screen. It is not TFT or TN. I am very impressed by it' viewing angle, color consistency across the screen and sharp text. I spent well over $700 on it when it came out and I don't regret it. I was so happy with it I bought a second for my work. Best wishes

The good news is that it is on sale as we speak for $624.

Thank you very much for the feedback and advice. It is greatly appreciated!

Hello -

 

1) I purchased a mac pro and called adobe today about a cross platform upgrade

from CS2 on the PC to CS3 on the mac. The rep asked me if I was prepared to

give up my license for CS2. I said I was. However, she then told me that I

would not be able to access my files from CS3 unless I saved them in a common

format such as a JPEG. I have many files and do not want to go through them all

to convert them. This doesn't seem correct to me. Does this sound right? Do

photoshop files require a certain platform version to access them? I have never

had this issue when upgrading my PC versions.

2) Also, when I upgraded my PC versions I believe I was still able to run my

older versions. If I was going from CS2 PC to CS2 Mac it would make sense that

I would have to give up my license. But with the upgrade wouldn't the license

allow me to keep both? (This aspect is not a big deal to me other than if the

technical advice on the files are correct, this would give me the ability to

access those files). Any thoughts? Thanks for your comments!

I received mine about a week ago. So far I am very impressed with the monitor. Out of the box it is much too bright. But after calibrating the monitor is excellent. The color and brightness is uniform across the screen. Off angle viewing is excellent. Text is very sharp even down to smaller font sizes. I just ordered a second one for work.

Best wishes.

I have the 4870 and my software may be older. Mine does this if I don't select just the area around the print. It also seems to go off color if entire scan area is selected and then I hit one of the auto exposure options. I may be missing something based on what you are showing and this may not be your issue at all.

I will probably get this monitor next as well. I have been working on Gateway's 21" widescreen for a little over a year and it has been very good. I also have the eye-one calibration system and it works well. My opinion is that it's quality is great for it's price range. I don't know how it would compare against the much much more expensive Eizo. The gateways have received good reviews.

The Mac Pro can handle it just fine, but you will need to add substantially more memory or your system will slow to a crawl. As a minimum for a 2GB file you will need 4GB of memory (and maybe more) otherwise the system will work off of the scratch disk and you will be very unhappy with the performance. How often will you really be working with 2GB files?

I am giving thought to purchasing an 80 Gig (or two) portable hard drives and

taking along my card reader on a three week trip to Europe. My hope would be

to either take advantage of PC's that are set up for guests use in hotels or

find internet cafes where I could hook up the card reader and hard drive to

transfer files. Another idea would be to see if camera/processing stores

would put the images on my hard drives for a fee. While I am taking 12 Gigs

worth of flash cards, I am pretty confident I will more than fill these up as

I shoot raw with my 5D. The hard drives also would give me back-ups. I could

get a portable storage device but I have not been able to find anything that I

am really interested in other than the Epson devices which are a little pricey

and I am kind of holding out for their expected upgrade. I am also a little

concerned that most of these devices use rechargeable batteries and the

different electrical specs in different countries. The hard drives are powere

through their USB connections. I would like to avoid taking a laptop. The 80

Gig hard drives (either Western Digital or Seagate) run about $100. While I

could just purchase more flash cards this doesn't provide a back-up.

Thank you in advance for any thoughts and suggestions you may have.

There should be a menu or functions button that brings up a list of options and choices. One will be an image resolution setting. Choosing a smaller one will allow more images. There is also a list of quality choices that probably range from fine or super to low. This typically refers to how much compression is happening to the file. Most cameras display how many images are able to be taken on your current storage card. You can check this as you change settings. Best wishes -

 

Alex

I understand that no one wants to pay more but we are talking about a small amount of money here. Ilford has made a commitment to support B&W photography with quality products. They need to remain profitable to stay in business. If you shoot 60 rolls a year you are talking about another 20 bucks. This is worth getting upset about? Life is too short. Buy quality products, enjoy your hobby and have fun.

Fuji Reala is terrific in good light. If you need more speed I would recommend NPH (although I think it has a new name now). While I like UC400 I think Reala is much smoother and does a better job for people photos under good light. Pack some UC400 just in case it's overcast where it probably becomes the better choice.

I normally get 40-50 rolls per battery and this is with IS lenses. If you want to be compact take 4-5 batteries and you should be able to pick up a few along the way. Or take 4-5 and one rechargeable!

 

Best Wishes!

Scott -

 

I believe you have shared before your method/routine for preparing your files for lightjet and Frontier output. Would you mind giving a rundown on them again? I was not in a position to try this before but will be working with a digital SLR shortly. Thank you for your assistance.