drew bedo

<p>I haven't read all pf this thread, but my suggestion would be: <br> Invert the center post of the tripod to re-reverse the inverted image. <br> A secondary benefit would be the pendulum effect on stabilization of the assembled components of the various image-capture sub-systems.</p>

<p>I bring all my shutter work to Mike Hakime at "Professional Camera Repair" in Houston. http://professionalcamerarepair.com/ <br> Another , and perhaps better known, shop would be S.K. Grimes. http://www.skgrimes.com/</p>

<p>Last year I licensed an image to an author for a book cover. We talked it over and settled on a price that is within the upper end of th range given by the price calculator. Our agreement is that the image may be used to brand this novel for the cover, and for promotional or advertising use. The novel, "Outing The Mermaid" by Ann Medlock, is now available on Amazon.</p> <p>The author and I groped towards a mutually agreeable figure together. It seems that the calculator linked in the previous post would have worked well enough for my case.</p>

<p>A few months ago I posted a thread about licensing an image for a book cover. The response here was pretty good. Based in part on some of the advice here, the author and I made a deal. The book has now been published.</p> <p>The novel, "Outing The Mermaid" by Ann Medlaoc, is available on Amazon as a Kindel format e-book and as a paperback.</p> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Outing-Mermaid-Novel-Love-Misogyny-ebook/dp/B00UMJBILO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427810172&sr=8-1&keywords=Outing+the+Mermaid</p> <p>Again, my thanks for everyone's input.</p>

<p>Try a search on the" large format photography DOT info" forums for threads on using X-Ray films.</p>

<p>Thanks Charles,</p> <p>I was not necessarily looking to sell items myself,; well, maybe a few sets of note cards once in a while. <br> Does Zazzle do any marketing/selling themselves. Can I license an image for posters note-cards or or paper plates (whatever) and let them sell it for a royalty?</p> <p>I have a vision problem and its difficult to follow and explore the pages on their website.</p>

<p>Anyone have experience with Zazzel for marketing? </p>

<p>In the good old days (pre-2003) I used to get ultra-sound film, a few sheets at a time, from a medical clinic where I worked as a technician. I would shoot a few on the weekend and run them through the automatic roller transport processor in the X-Ray darkroom. The negs came out dry in 90 seconds.</p> <p>I had access to film in larger sizes used for CAT scanning and later MRI, but ULF wasn't "The Thing" that it is today and so this resource was never explored.</p> <p>Oh yes</p>

<p>Its down again today</p>

<p>Whats going on with the LFP.info forums? I have tried to go to that site several times in the past few days and it isn't available.</p> <p>Anyone know?</p>

<p>Large Format photography simply isn't for everyone.</p>

<p><strong>Cigar boxes</strong> for lenses mounted to boards. They are <$5 or sometimes they just give them away. I oad the interior with squares cut from a closed-ccut from an Army-surplus sleeping pad.</p>

<p>OOPS. . .That should read, "$0.50 to $1.00 each"!</p>

<p>I use the velvet Crown Royal bags to stor and organize things. They can be found on e-bay for 0.50 to 41.00 each, as singles and in larger lots.<br> My 8x10 holders ride in a zippered cooler bag from Goodwill.</p>

<p>The ground glass is truth. Setup and focus. If you need to change view point or make an adjustment do that and look again. If the perspective is not to your liking, mount a different lens.</p>

<p>I have a 210/5.6 Caltar-II (Rodenstock) that I use. As the OP observed, it is what I have. This lens is on a TYoyo/Wista style small board and is primarily used on my little Wista-made Zone-VI 4x5 camera , along with a 90/8 Nikkor and a 150/5.6 Fujinon.</p> <p>My 8x10 Kodak 2D has an adapter board that lets me mount any of my lenses. The 210 works best, but the 150 can be pressed into service if no movements are used, . . .and the 2D only has rise/fall out front so that is not really an issue. </p> <p>I do have a 380/5.6 Wollensak telephoto on a Toyo/Wista board. The telephoto design allows it to work with the 12' max extension of the Zone-VI and will it cover the 8x10, but ut is really too massive for the little camera and vignettes some if any rise is used on the 2D.</p>

<p>Another approach would be to screw a ball head to a piece of plywood ~12"x12". this DIY piece would get you right down on the ground. If you already have the ball head , this whole thing could cost <$10.</p>

<p>Steve-Bob: Right . . .I do not mean to be caviler about this. I get from Adam that this project is important and significant to him. He is considering a major commitment ,in both time and money, to a process (Large Format film) which I find creatively satisfying, but can be cumbersome to manage, has a slow turn-around and is expensive on a per image basis. From this I assume that he has commitment to the project and has the resources to bring it forward. I mention that model Nikon because I have a passing knowledge of it from a friend who makes his living in commercial photography. Other DSLR models may also do the job for Adam. I am suggesting that some form of digital solution may better serve the purpose.<br> <br> Others here have suggested that the medium or method of image capture is less important than the image itself: That the body of work is the goal not the process. If that concept is considered valid by the OP, than considerations of cost and overall flexibility of the process may rule his decision.</p>

<p>Bill: Can you give us an update on this?</p> <p> </p>

<p>While I am a LF film devotee myself, I am asking why LF film is the best choice for this project. A Nikon D810 or equivalent DSLR will give you huge files with 35 Mega Pixels at 300 dpi resolution. Processing is not an issue nor is film cost. I am paying over $3.00 USD per sheet here (Houston Texas) and about that much again per sheet for processing. Turn-around for negatives only (no prints) is about two weeks. With a DSLR the feed-back is instant and prints may be made more quickly.<br> If this is more than a personal art project, that is, something done commercially that you get paid for, I would go high-end digital.</p>

<p>I have been getting Velvia 100 (in 4x6) at around $75 for 20 sheets. The 8x10 film is now well above my pay-grade.</p> <p>Oh for the "good-ole days" when slightly out-of-date film could be found at the Houston Camera show! </p>

<p>Iused to gwr Ultra-sound film in 8x10 froma clinic called "Ektascan". After a few tests, I rated it at ISO 200 and processed it in the clinic's automatic roller transport processor; the sheets came out dry in 90 seconds!. The chemistry was compatible with Tri-X. It was fine grained and moderately fast with a nice tonal range, I liked I then . . .and miss it now.</p>

<p>X-Ray film? <br> After Camera, Lens and film holders, film and its processing is the recurring cost.</p> <p>In the late 1990s, I used to get 8x10 Ultra Sound and Nuclear-Medicine film from a clinic and process it in their darkroom processor. The chemistry was compatable with Tri-X as well.</p> <p>In Houston, the only lab left that will process large format sheet film is Aker (formally A-Z).</p>

<p>I am a little confused: Are we talking about "instant" film or regular sheet film? somehow I am not following the discussion.</p>

<p>In the early 2Ks, View Camera magazine published an article by Richard Ritter on the production of the various Zone VI models. An issue or two later there came a rebuttal article by Ron Wisner. did anyone keep these back-issues?</p>