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<p>A 90 day turnaround is fairly quick, so it is no surprise to me that it was not met. Ask again. Tell the person you did not receive them. Blame the mail and ask that they be sent with tracking so both you and the vendor can be assured that they were delivered. Hiring a family friend is often a complicating factor... and appears to be just that in your situation. Good luck.</p>

<p>Great points, Marc. And a really nice portrait... your client had good idea and you have a good eye!</p>

<p>Film holders are generic. You probably will not find new holders or see them in your local camera store. But have you looked on ebay? They are not as common as 4x5 holders but certainly available. I just checked... plenty. Just bring lot$ of $$ to the party!</p>

It's not a difficult question but you set the question up with absolutes - unreasonable polar opposite options. The answer is in the middle. The client is your customer; you are a vendor, not an artist. The secret is to limit unreasonable requests. Doing portraits of all out-of-town family members as part of a wedding package, for example, might be unreasonable and would set the vendor up for disappointing the client.

In a decade of wedding shooting this is your first tough customer? You've been extremely lucky! I hope your contract or advertising materials don't say "satisfaction guaranteed "

Hoya or B(plus sign)W

Just don't make the mistake of expecting filter coating to be a substitute for another essential item: a lens shade.

<p>I've found the quality to be fine. It is a fiddly system to use with the accessory lenses so choose subject wisely; it is a lot less frustrating to shoot still life than action subjects!</p> <p>If the body/shutter is fully functioning then I'd go for it at that price. Retina IIIc is a dream to shoot with. And as you say... it is the less common Rodenstock version. My understanding is that both versions are virtually identical in terms of performance but Heligon is less common so it has that "rarity/scarcity" factor going for it. But, of course, it all depends on what your other options are.</p> <p>My only gripe is what Robin Smith mentions. That camera is really hard on spectacles. I'm planning on trying to add an o-ring (or the like) to the eyepiece.</p>

<p>If your interest is zone system then a spot meter would be very useful. The Sekonics you mentioned are all good. I won't bother with the 778 since the big diff between that and the 558 is support to digital. At this point in time I would think that you can find good price on a 558. It does almost everything anyone could imagine needing to do with a light meter.</p> <p>I don't use the spot meter too often but have no regrets buying one.</p> <p>For low-level metering (if whatever you choose to do doesn't work well in that application) get an old Gossen LunaPro. Tehre is no better meter for low light conditions. Even the older LunaPros when used with a battery adapter are very useful.</p>

<p>Very nice work! Thanks for sharing!</p>

<p>I LOVE BRITISH HUMOUR!</p>

<p>Chris Sherlock: http://retinarescue.com/</p>

<p>You don't need a lawyer. You probably won't get sued. You are dealing with a loud-mouthed bully who may be that way because of raging hormones, but may be that way because that is her personality. No lawyer would take such a case... there's nothing in it for the lawyer to make money from: no significant damages and she won't pay his hourly rate. At best this is a small claims case and she probably is too cheap to pay the filing fee.</p> <p>What you need is peer counseling</p> <p>First, calm down (as best you can).<br /> Second, prepare your regular USB with the 30 best shots. Select a few additional decent images but hold them aside.</p> <p>Prepare a receipt that documents what you promised and what you normally deliver. Annotate that additional images were promised IF the client provides their own USB. Have three places for the client to sign: acknowledgment of the agreement; acknowledgment of receipt of your USB; acknowledgment of receipt of additional images on their USB.</p> <p>Deliver your regular product and get them to sign the receipt. Give them a copy and you retain the original. If they balk at signing receipt of your product(s) then don't deliver until they do. If they will sign for receipt, then give them their goods after they sign. If they balk at signing the agreement, then suggest that they take it to court to resolve whatever else she thinks she is owed.</p> <p>When you call to schedule delivery, apologize for any misunderstanding her that you know how special this time is and that you really want her to have special images that show her at her best. Sound sincere and confident. Tell her what you are providing in terms of images. Reiterate that your USB with the best images, and her USB with some more fulfills the agreement. Don't address her threats. Just keep repeating what you are delivering for the money she paid. Keep telling her that you know how special this time is and that you really want her to have special images that show her at her best.</p> <p>If she asks for a full refund tell her that she can have it ONLY if she forfeits the images. DO NOT repay for the USB she bought unless she is giving it to you. If she gets out of control, tell her that any demands for services, product, plus a refund of is unjust and her request is extortion... a real crime. DON'T BE BULLIED INTO WORKING FOR FREE.</p>

Before you get too focussed on that aspect of the camera I would urge you to try just the ground glass and a loupe. It works just fine. I've never found fresnel to be of much value unless trying to GG focus without a dark cloth... And I've never found that to work well either.

I enjoyed making Polaroid transfer also. I think those days are long gone and never to return.

<p>Have you checked with Paramount about having one made for you. I believe they offer 3 different Metz ends... one of which is likely what you need.</p> <p>http://www.paramountcords.com/product-category/sync-cords/standard-sync/</p> <p>http://www.paramountcords.com/product/custom-cord/</p>

<p>Thryristor controlled flashes like Vivitar 283/285 works well for me.</p> <p>Some MF film cameras have TTL capability: Hasselblad 503 for instance.</p>

<p>I only really hate drones when they fly in the flight/landing path of other aircraft. But I also hate lasers since they can be pointed at pilots. What I really hate are bananas - they are a vile tasting fruit with a very nauseating texture.</p>

<p>Are you talking about drones with cameras, or drones with Amazon packages, or drones with bombs?</p>

<p>What's the project? For whom is the project being done? What country? What do you need? What's in it for us?</p> <p>Maybe not saying anything to address those questions is why response has been so poor.</p>

<p>I've read on the internet about people getting the older foot from Hasseblad at little cost (or free) and replacing the 501/503 foot. Not too sure what the real story is on that but apparently the screw pattern is identical so it is an easy remove-and-replace job. Then the camera should be compatible with the older handle.</p>

<p>This is one of the few situations where there is not interoperability within the Hasselblad system components.</p> <p>The camera foot is different between the 500C/M (and earlier) and the 501/503 in terms of the screw hole location</p> <p>The grip you (and I) have is for the 500 series foot. For 501/503 there is the "snap lock" handle but that is a lot more expensive.</p> <p>My cheap solution was to use a quicklock mount between the old handle and my 501. That does not allow the trigger to work, however. My plan is to craft an extension of the mechanism to accommodate the gap created by the quick release. Conceptually it is simple but I haven't had the time yet.</p>

The Luna pro does both reflective and incident metering.

The LunaPro works in both reflected ( point at scene) or incident (point at camera) modes.

On a f-100 you'd be using TTLmode. For the Graphic manual mode would work, but so should A mode. Guide number arithmetic only needed for manual. The display will tell all for both TtL or A