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Have you pulled the dark slide and turned the crank to wind the body?

T-52 was the most spectacular of all B&W Polaroid films!

If you don't already understand then you have no need to know. :)

... unless your flash is metering TTL.

With B&W the filter factors become an exposure issue that needs to be addressed.

I find the Portra to be a bit cold with strobe so use a skylight or 812 warming filter. A hood/shade helps mitigate the concern of reflections. The filter factor is small enough to not affect exposure.

The markings on the ground glass do not appear on the film or affect how the image appears on the film. They simply provide framing context. How could they interrupt the ability to frame images? I might be missing your point, though.

http://www.skgrimes.com/products/new-copal- shutters/pressshutters Description of normal operation. Addresses the aperture operation. Hope this helps.

Get a new meter.

My first suggestion is to stop, get out of the car, enjoy the view and shoot a picture by which you can remember that enjoyable view. But sometimes that can't be done for one reason or another. So.... Fast shutter speed is beneficial and not shooting through the auto glass is too. But it is ironic that you use "auto" mode when shooting from an automobile. Ha ha.

<p>"12 helpful hints for trouble-free film loading."</p> <p>Now I learn that I've been doing it incorrectly for 40 years! I had #3 happen to me once so I never again did #1.</p> <p>Great stuff, BTW... I love these threads. Thanks and keep it coming!</p>

Easiest way to get closest to "perfect exposure" in normal light with a normal scene: use an incident light meter.

Yes, of course. Good addition of detail!

... And if not, make a mask or mark the GG as Jochen suggests. I've marked GG using pencil on the ground side of the glass.

If you are using the Optical viewfinder there are slip-in framing masks for a wide variety of roll film formats and lens focal lengths.

How about a completely dark room? Perhaps an interior bathroom with the door closed, at night, and all adjacent room light quenched.

<p>Understood, Wolf. I respect both your thought process and willingness to seek outside advise. I know how valuable other opinions can be; it has saved me from making a fool of myself many times!</p> <p>So let me give you my opinion clearly: you seem to have good cause to be really annoyed with your client but you may be over-reacting. Pulling out of a contract is a significant move that should be reserved for circumstances of client failure to perform or fraud. You don't appear to have either at this point. But you should let the client know that their behavior is problematic and you'll work with them as much as possible, but they need to do their part earnestly.</p>

<p>BTW, I'm not a lawyer either, but I work with contracts all day long (non-photographic). That escape clause may look good but I'd be reluctant to exercise it unless the situation was really, really egregious. It isn't very definitively stated and appears to be "anything I don't like can be used by me to back out" language. The non-payment aspect is quite clear, but the change of location, etc probably won't hold water unless there is no way the new date/location can be serviced. To include inconvenience or client selfishness/annoyance to the list of conditions would probably get laughed right out of court.</p>

<p>Rhetorical, perhaps... more to suggest that Wolf do some soul searching on why the question is difficult to answer... or why the answer isn't apparent. You are most correct, WW... business isn't cut-and-dried. And getting some advise/confirmation from others is always a good idea too.</p> <p>We've all had difficult clients (and bosses) but we have to figure out what is in our best interest. If this is mostly a situation where the client's indecision is annoying, then one option is to work with it as best possible and get the job done (eventually). As WW says... it's just a diary/calendar entry. If it is simply too much inconvenience to bear, then there is always the option of simply not being available for whatever date they next select. If the changes are insincere or malicious then "firing" the client may be the better option. But that should be the last resort.</p>

Well, then... What's your reluctance?

Also, if they never showed up for the engagement shoot what work have you performed thus far?

What clause in your contract has the customer violated. I don't believe being indecisive and annoying will be sufficient for you to break the contract unless there is a specific clause to which they have not performed.

My understanding is that there are three reasons: a conservative approach to conservation (better safe than sorry) with regard to art works; a desire to make the gallery experience enjoyable to all; and a need to sell postcards and books because the profit helps them survive.

<p>With the amount of product that is bought by phone, mail or internet you'd think they'd have good packing down to a science. I've seen the "throw it in a box and throw plenty of stuffing on top" too many times. Amazon does it all the time. Fortunately I've seen nothing broken, but the possibility is there. Sorry you had the misfortune of broken merchandise.</p>

<p>956 was a great year! Many of those pics look like my mother!!</p> <p>But what ever happened to that Mimarex Temptube????</p>