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The cable connection seems to work on one cable but not another. Hmmm...It seems to have been stripped? Anyway I'll try stuffing some aluminium foil in there to tighten it up

The shutter cable I purchased does not fit securely in my C330 and

tends to come out. Aren't these things supposed to be standard?

Solutions, please?

I just do a final wash in distilled water so as to avoid hard-water marks.

Yeah but the good thing about an inflattable mattress is that I get to use it for houseguests too. . .

I new someone who used a clear zip-lock freezer bag as an underwater housing, with surprising results...

Looking for suggestions/tips: I am planning my first studio shoot

with a model and have been looking for a cheap and lightweight

something for the model to sit and lay upon whilst posing, which is

also not bulky or heavy since I will have to carry it to the studio

and store it at home in my one-bedroom New York apartment.

 

I was considering purchasing an inflatable mattress and or an

inflatable sofa. I hear they're quite comfortable, certainly easy to

deflate, carry back home and store, and I suppose they can retain

sufficient air pressure long enough for a photoshoot?

I want to use an orange filter for landscape photography on a Super

Speed Graphic and don't have a lot of money -- any suggestions on

what product to use?

 

I have a second-hand conkin square filter (looks like 2 inches by 2

inches) which is marked A 31 -- I don't know if this is the right

filter for my desired effect (dramatic clouds) but I'll try it out --

the question is how to hold it in front of the camera -- by hand?

 

Also, I'd like to be able to use a diffusing effect filter. Any

suggestions? Can I use it on the enlarger instead of on the camera

thus having the option of printing a sharp image if I want in

addition to the diffused image?

The circumstances in which a corporation can be 'side stepped' (aka "piercing the corporate veil") are extremely limited, and mainly this happens when the people in charge of the corporation haven't done their paperwork, ie: they co-mingled corporate and personal funds, etc. However, the corporation will always provide you with more security than a simple sole proprietorship. I'd hate to sound like a worry wort, but there are Oh-so many ways to get sued that I would want as many defenses between myself and the potential plaintiff as possible. And with the LLC formation becoming so simple and inexpensive then there's no downside.

Thanks to everyone for clearing all this up for us.

"light meter should give identical readings"

 

Is this true?

SO basically, if I point the camera's lightmeter at the dog, versus the handheld incident lightmeter, I am SUPPOSED to get different readings, right? Since the two readings are significantly different, and there's only 1 right combination for exposure, then whats' the solution?

Al -- yes the dome was up and I was not blocking the light. In fact it was an overcast day, and the lightmeter reading that day had been the same all over town. This is generally the case regardless of what camera I use -- the lightmeter and the camera meter don't agree & the camera meter usually is correct one.

 

And I do believe the lightmeter is calibrated fine. The issue isn't the lightmeter quality but that the incident and reflected lights reading will be different, naturally. This would probably always be the case (unless I was standing in a 18% grey room which was uniformly lit) So my question is, how can anyoen rely on the incident lightmeter?

OK so this is a picture of my doggie. The negative came out way too

dark. I took the picture using a Super_Speed Graphic with a Calumet

C-2 back, Ilford 100.

 

I held my Sekonic lightmeter next to the dog's face and pressed the

button -- the reading said 5.6 at 1/60 seconds (or something like

that) The SLR lightmeter said something else entirely --

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OK so as a followup on my last question -- my friend who uses her SLR

as a lightmeter and it doesn't match her incident lightmeter -- so I

understand that the SLR is giving reflected light meter info whilst

the incident it proving incident (ambient) lightmeter info and the

two are of course substantially different and SHOULD BE different

(since the light reflecting from a particular scene will not be the

same as the surrounding light) -- if this is right then what's the

use of an incident lightmeter? Why should the two agree?

The following is not legal advice: The main benefit of incorporation versus sole proprietorship is that your personal assets are protected in the case of lawsuits & debts of the corporation. The LLC (limited liability corporation) is now the preferred entity for most small businesses -- but you'll have to check your state laws. Most states now permit single-member LLCs, and make it easy to form one. Others require a separate treasurer, ceo & secretary.

Thanks but the problem is that the camera lightmeter and the incident lightmeter don't agree -- at all -- and yet they're both working fine. I think she's using the camera lighmeter in spot mode, which would explain why its so far apart from the incident lightmeter

OK so I have a question from a friend, and I just can't seem to

explain the answer to her, so I thought maybe someone else here can:

 

My friend, who is now using an old TLR camera also uses her SLR as a

lightmeter. She has a hand-held ambient lightmeter, but does not use

it even though she complains about lugging around the Yashica

togther with the SLR. When I asked her why she does not use the

handheld lightmeter which is lighter and smaller than the SLR, she

says that since the handheld meter and the SLR meter never gave the

same numbers, she assumed that the handheld meter is broken or just

not useful and she doesn't want to risk over/under-exposing any

shots by relying on the handheld ambient meter.

I tried to explain to her that many top photographers have relied on

old-fashioned ambient meters and obtained great photographs.

 

Could someone explain, in lay terms, why she can just use the

handheld meter and doesn't need to have the SLR along all the time?

Yes but the stuff on the lens isn't the fungus -- its what the fungus left behind.

Anyone with ideas how/why sunlight would work as alleged?

Nope, this is fungus fer sure -- the tell-take Xmas-tree crystaline appearance is a dead giveaway. And no, putting the lens in sunlight won't clear it up.

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Theme of flowers -- that's it. My set was poorly scanned. They were

photographed in my bathroom, in front of a black vinyl shower

curtain that I got at a $1 store, and using desklamps as lighting.<div></div>

I understand that it wouldn't be worth the money to have a professional decement the lenses -- so I want to do it myself. That's why I was hoping someone could give me instructions on this. It can't be all that hard -- I have the same 5 fingers on each had as a professional does . . .