rick_v

ah, I think I found the answer:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00DcmG

 

Now I just have to find some allen keys ...

Chuck, how did you remove that decal? I think I have the same problem. The "decal" part is loose, and can cause the horizontal to shift about 5 degrees to either side. I'm looking at a metal Bogen logo with the degrees marked from -30 to 90, and it seems cemented down to a black plastic disc under that. No idea how to remove it, but it seems like that's where I'd find an allen head bolt to tighten.

whoops. OK, I got DNG converter to work. I had gotten 2.4 because it was bundled with CR2.4, as CR3.4 is unusable with CS.

 

I still have no idea why PS CS opened my NEF files. It did, though. For months. So I never had to try any other options, and I'm only reading all these posts about difficulties now. As well as downloading Nikon View and Lightroom.

bah. I just ran into this problem, with a D200 and Photoshop CS running on Mac 10.3.9 that also has Picture Project loaded. The difference in my situation is that Photoshop had no problems loading NEF images for the past few months, until this morning. I can't think of anything different I've done to my comp, except that I recently ran an Onyx maintenane, but I've done that before.

 

And I also just tried the DNG converter, and it didn't work. And removing the Nikon plugin, and getting the latest camera raw plugin which I probably had but just in case ...

 

I'm just gonna do this in Picture Project now. But I hope an answer pops up, especially seeing how this setup can indeed work, but for some reason has quit.

 

Rick.

Sorry to only have stumbled on this thread now. I hope your trip went well, Michael.

 

Just to add to the discussion in general, Photo Bug is definitely the go-to lab in Chiang Mai. However, they no longer process bw or E6. In fact, you can't get bw supplies in Chiang Mai. The best shop for that is Shine Photo in Bangkok's Chinatown. If you search PNet for those terms, Eddie Gunks gives spot-on directions to that shop.

 

On that trip to BKK, I had intended to get prices on a Nikon D200 myself. AV Camera (Silom line, Sala Daeng stop?) and Sunny Camera in MBK were supposed to be the best bets, but neither had them. This was late February. All the quotes I got were 77,000-80,000 baht. Then I came home to Chiang Mai, and it turned out that Photo Bug actually had one in-store. It cost 81,000 baht with an extra battery and 1GB Sandisk Extreme card. Silly, considering the D200 is made in Thailand, but the price seems par for the course with everywhere else in the world. (The camera is exported to Malaysia and re-imported, hence the "normal" price.) But, if you are traveling through, you can also get a 7% return on your VAT. To get it you must request the forms at time of purchase, and bring the forms and equipment with you when you fly out of the airport (AFAIK, only CNX and BKK).

 

Hope this helps someone else in the future.

 

Cheers,

Rick

Raid: That exercise with the sacrifice roll was really helpful to me in discerning which back

were good whenever, and the one i should *not* load when I'm in a clutch. But looking

back on my post, I don't know if I made it clear in explaining how to do it; as you get to

each new frame, take your marker and trace the edges of the rectangular back opening

onto the film. Then when you unload it you can see the spacing, and when you reload it,

you can sorta see your markings to gauge how off it might get.

I'm still a bit wary about yanking hard -- I've heard that that was a major reason why most

KO/RO backs are in wretched shape these days. On my three backs I find that when I pull

and push steadily, and not too fast or slow, there's a mild click sound when it's all the way

out and all the way in. Of course, I'm not always mindful of this sound when I'm shooting,

and I've gotten the overlaps too. Just gotta remember. I think that they may be more

common in the first few shots, too, as the frames are spaced a little farther apart as the

roll goes on.

 

One other thing you can do to make sure about your frames is to load a sacrifice roll and

cycle through it while marking each frame through the rectangular opening with a marker.

Do it once, with the full push/pull and mark 'em up, then do it again and watch the roll go

to see if differences in how you move the plunger affect the spacing.

Is there a BKK distributor for LPL enlargers? I'll be moving from the US to Chiang Mai in the near future, and I'll most likely need to get my own darkroom going up there.

 

(For that matter, is it correct that for b&w products/processing in Chiang Mai, I'll need to do it myself or get it in Bangkok?)

Just got my issue in the mail yesterday, and it looks sick. Boogie has a Belgrade article, and Ari Marcopolous has an article of 1983 street shots in NYC. Keith Sirchio has a bunch of photos from the filming o Rza's Z-Chronicles kung-fu movie, with some great captures of people working on the set to pull a guy through the air, cables showing, or one with a guy midair about to attack dudes on the set who look like they're taking a break.

 

Quality printing, great selection and layout. There's some reprints, but I don't own those books anyway.

Although I wish I had photos of South Street in the '90s, after having worked there (at

Zipperhead, no less) and living in nearby Queen Village, I couldn't fathom shooting there,

esp. not now. Alhtough, I will say, if you do go, the craziest it gets is for Fourth of July,

Mardi Gras and the Greek Picnic.

 

For ritzy, Rittenhouse is the swankiest it will get, or Broad Street at a Kimmel Center

opening, and maybe farther north at those restaurants. Philadelphia Weekly has had a

long-running concert series every Wednesday of the summer in Rittenhouse, which is a

great day to drink wine in the park and not get busted. That'll make for nice pics.

 

Personal faves would be Love Park/City Hall, Chinatown, the Italian Market, and the El.