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q.g._de_bakker

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  1. Unless you want to show that the D850 has many more pixels, and resolves more detail, the best way to check which one is better suited for portraits is to use both Df and D850 the way you would when taking portraits. Do not do anything special, geared towards a comparison. Use the lens you would on either camera as if that was the only camera you could use. From the distance you would with that lens. Process the output the way you would anyway. And view the results the way you always do. If you cannot see a significant difference, the D850 would be 'overkill'. If you do see a significant difference, it is easy to decide which one you like best. And you already noticed a difference, the results from the Df being more pleasing to your eye ("nice and smooth"). So the test is done, the results are in: you like the Df better for portraits.
  2. "Introduction to Historical Lexicographic Media with no Relevance to Modern Reading Practices." You can "flick pages back-and-forth to [etc.]" in PDF and other format ebooks.
  3. So the question really should be: do people tend to shoot (far) too much as soon as doing so becomes easier? The answer, obviously, is 'Yes. They most certainly do.' And that then gets turned around, formulated as 'Wasn't the old way too restrictive?' A sign of what? That it used to be hard to do what you needed to? Or that it still needs to sink in that not everything makes sense just because it has become possible?
  4. Burst rate/photography is mentioned often in this discussion. And yes, if you want to, or need to, take 100s of images in a few minutes (seconds), digital is more convenient and cheaper than film. Is that the full scope of the question? Is not being able to, or afford to, shoot that many frames in such a short time the definition of getting in the way? Film and digital are different in many ways. Digital sensors differ from each other in almost as many ways as brands and types of film did/do. There is much to choose between, and from that variety of options some will suit what you want better than other options. But when does an option "get in the way"?
  5. There really is not much to say. Not by NASA, nor Hasselblad, nor anybody else. This is what a strong light in the field of view does. It's flare. There is no more to it.
  6. The FE version sells for about € 1600. The CF for € 750 to € 1400.
  7. That is because Hasselblad at one time presented a clock mounted in a camera shell. As a Photokina boutique item. So not that far fetched to think about putting a clock inside a camera shell. https://cameratique.com/hasselblad-1984-photokina-500-cm-clock-limited-edition-promotion-advertisment Many people ran with the idea and made their own versions. Now if someone figured out how to make a bald hazelnut or hazel tree...
  8. The obvious, and quite simple answer is that this is caused by internal reflections. And that there is no more, no mystery to it. Yes, reflections are the result of light following some quite intricate paths, especially when curved surfaces are involved. And the internal surfaces of lens housing, camera and magazine. And yes, reflections are more obvious when light is of high intensity (such as direct sunlight, with no attenuating atmosphere). And there is that light piping in both reseau plate and film too, to make things even worse. Would they not have rectified the problem, you ask. No. Other than perhaps asking astronauts not to shoot directly into the sun. What would you suggest they would do?
  9. The sensor is covered with glass that is as delicate as the glass of a front or rear lens. There's no need to worry too much about cleaning it. Though you must make sure that you indeed take dust off, and not just smear it, and the cleaning fluid, around.
  10. It's possible to fake anything. Even Nikon D800E cameras, remember? But it takes effort. And knowing why you would want to do that, and what to fake, and how. So yes, it - the box - provides a level of security.
  11. Another Pradovit P150. Projecting slides isn't done as much as it used to be, and projectors can be found for not much money.
  12. Indeed. Seeing that Nikon USA itself puts, or has Nikon, the manufacturer, put the "US" designation on the box, alongside the serial number(s), i would not put too much confidence in claims that even Nikon USA would not know. They do.
  13. Of course. And you, or any other person wondering whether a Nikon item is gray market or not?
  14. The box holds more information about the camera and whether it passed through the 'official' channels than the camera. So yes: really. A camera's serial number tells you no more than what its number is. Unless you have access to resources that links the number to other info. One such resource is, uhm..., the box it came in. So yes: really. Above the GTIN barcode, it will say "US" if the item in the box is an official U.S. of A. import. And indeed: do make sure, though, that a box is the box belonging to the camera, with the camera's serial number on it.
  15. Or get an enlarger, and take the projector head off.
  16. You are correct in what it is and what it is for. It is more rare in the market than the CF version, but there will also be fewer people looking for one. So i'd say it is worth more, but it may take longer to sell.
  17. So let's cut this short and decide here and now it's all evidence that it all was a hoax played on all of us... If you cannot understand how reflections work, how can you point out anomalies that require our special attention? Is this part of the PNet redesign? Becoming a platform for nonsense, just like facebook, instagram, twitter and what have you?
  18. I routinely put 2 120 rolls on one reel. Never a problem. My luck, i guess. I also use the mod45 insert. Great invention.
  19. And to make things much easier, many say that water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. 🙂
  20. Fixer dissolves the silvercompound that was not exposed from the film. Would you not remove that, it would take on colour when exposed to light, obscuring the developed image.
  21. Gray market =/= used. New equipment not imported through the 'official' channel. So you can buy a new, gray market camera.
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