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NPR (National Public Radio in U.S.) also had a nice segment

on him <a href="http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3816733">here</a>

www.schneideroptics.com has depth-of-field tables which you may find

useful. (Go there and click on 'info', you'll see depth-of-field tables

as one of the menu choices.)

(Note: I tried to make a link, but failed.)

Thanks to Bruce Barlow who originally pointed me to these tables....

To confirm Steven's response: in my case I never saw the "bulls-eye"

rash they tell you about, just a red circular area that spread and

faded.

And thanks to Kent for the correction (these ticks

are apparently not just in the Northeast) and the additional information.

-Bill

To answer Gloria's questions:

The disease is caused by a deer tick found primarily in the Northeast,

which is why I categorized this post under 'location'.

I'm not sure exactly when I was bit, but I suspect the knee pains started within a week of the bite. As the followups indicate, reactions to the disease can vary widely....I'm quite fortunate (so far). Friends theorize that I'm so miserable all the time that the

effects of the disease are lost in the noise.... :-)

(I hope this is in the right forum with the correct category.)

A short cautionary tale about photographing in the woods in the

Northeast United States.

I frequently spend the weekends photographing in rural Massachusetts -

large and medium format as well as 35mm. (Two weekends ago I spent

several happy hours photographing frogs at a small pond.) Am

approaching my mid-fiftie's, and pains in my joints (knees, elbows)

are not unusual, particularly after hauling the 4x5 up and down

the hills and dales.

Recently I had knee pains slightly worse than usual, but wrote it up

to aging and the weekend exercise. I was wrong this time. Pain in

the joints, particularly the knees, is a symptom of Lyme Tick disease.

While I thought I was taking reasonable precautions, clearly they were

inadequate this time and a tick nailed me on the inner side of my

upper arm.

So, if you're photographing in the Northeast, and suddenly experience

pain in knees/joints, inspect yourself for tick bites/rashes, and if

you have any, SEE A DOCTOR PRONTO. I don't want anyone else to get

this disease - it means more doxycyclene for me!

Thanks for your attention. (Googling for Lyme Tick disease will get

you a wealth of information - or go to WebMD and look there.)

-Bill

The copyright message at the bottom of forums/postings only

goes to 2003.

I'd like to second Ellis' recommendation of "Why People Photograph"

by Robert Adams. This book led me to investigate the various books

done by Paul Strand, especially his "Time In New England" (with text

selected by Nancy Newhall), which is now my favorite photo book....

There is E. P. Levine's in Boston:

<a href="http://www.cameras.com">link to online store</a>

I sent a check in January and complained in March, and

after reading this posting I checked and found that I was

now a subscriber.....so a belated thank you to the

overworked staff...

There is a "Great Photography Locations" forum on

www.usefilm.com.

My subscription check from January also hasn't been cashed; I raised

the issue on this forum on March 5. Still no resolution....

Do a google search for "Captain Spaulding" + schnorer

to see how the word was used in a Marx Brothers movie.

The music for the song "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" was

the theme music for Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life"

program.

Oy, I'm old :-(

North Central Massachusetts, USA.

Read every derogatory post about the 75mm Summilux and

bought one anyway, and love it.

A general answer to "I want to buy X book":

Go to www.abebooks.com, and enter the author and title into

the search. I did this for this particular book, and found

a used copy for sale at a used bookstore in London. (Unfortunately

this was the only hit.)

Go to www.amazon.com, and search for the book. They frequently

display a button for 'used'. (I didn't do this for this particular

book - maybe you'll get lucky.)

No doubt there are other similar sites other people can recommend....

Hope this helps,

When I go to the community/forums page, which lists the forums,

there appear to be two links to the photography books forum.

With my browser (Mozilla), there is a link for this forum

near the bottom of both the first and second columns of links.

This is a minor issue, and I swear I won't get upset if it

isn't addressed immediately :-)

I was the original poster. There was no question, simply

a reference to an article about a person of interest to

some people on photo.net. (In fact, years ago on photo.net

there was a quote from Mr. Hockney on the home page.)

My supplying the reference merely indicates that I thought it

was of interest. (FYI = For your interest) It doesn't imply

that I agree with/disagree with/even understand the article.

And sometimes such a posting pays off, like with the kind

words of John Falkenstine....

Cheers, Bill H.

My records show that I sent a check to photo.net

for $68 for a 3yr subscription on January 2, 2004.

...I'm still not recognized as a subscriber.

I realize that checks are not the payments of choice

at photo.net, but, please, can anyone tell me the fate

of this check, and the ETA of my subscription privileges?

Thank you.

William Hahn

See:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1161737,00.html

at bottom of article is link to interview with Hockney.

You may want to contact the Western Massachusetts Large Format

Photographers - email address wemalf@yahoo.com.

They meet about six times a year, lectures, workshops and other

events. You can find references to the group in View Camera

Magazine and online at www.largeformatphotography.info.

Hope this helps.

Bromwell Marketing in Pittsburgh sells ground glass for

view cameras. Go to www.bromwellmarketing.com and go

immediately to 'price lists'.

Hope this helps,

Another data point:

My M6TTL with serial# 27236xx (I'll omit the last two digits)

DOES lock.

In one of the chapters in the two DVD set "The Adventure of

Photography", you can see Bill Brandt being interviewed holding

the camera in question. He turns it around to indicate the film

size and says it was used in police work.

What they said.

And don't feel bad. When I got my first 4x5, I tried

to put my 6x9 roll film adaptor under the ground glass

and promptly scratched it (the ground glass). At the

other end of the beginner error spectrum, there is removing

the ground glass to put the film holder on, not realizing

that the holder can be slid under the ground glass. This

technique made me the "king of light leaks".

As the great chess player Savielly Tartakower once said about

the initial position in chess, "The blunders are all there, waiting

to be made." LF Photography can be like that....

Cheers, Bill Hahn

I recently found a copy of "Steichen At War" in a used

book store. There is one picture of a road sign (taken

in 1944-45) with the following graffiti:

Golden Gate in '48

Bread Line by '49

Made me think of my late father, who fought in the Pacific

in New Guinea and the Phillippines. He wasn't an optimist

either....