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<p>Superb work, Rick. Absolutely stunning. Shows what a thoughtful approach can do. Everything from exposure, film development, scanning to creating the web JPEG.<br>

This is when the manufacturers were over-complicating the features to come up with something new. My latest Ricoh is the wonderful 500G with the trigger wind and sharp, clear RF.</p>

<p>Great stuff, as always. Thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>This gentleman makes quite good pinholes.<br>

http://www.withoutlenses.com/articles/interview/pinhole-is-pinhole</p>

<p>Thanks, Rick. Great work with the square composition. What a privilege to read your contributions to this forum.</p>

<p>You are a brilliant and much-valued contributor. Best of everything. This forum is one of the jewels of the Internet.</p>

<p>Thanks for posting. A wonderful camera and value. Sorry I didn't retain mine. One of the distinguishers in TLRs is the internal baffling system. The Ricoh Diacord is excellent. Comes closest to Rollei in my experience. But Yashica, Minolta, Ricoh all made fine TLRs.<br>

I still tip my hat to Mr. Mamiya for creating the Mamiya TLR—and Mamiya RB—and Mamiya Press-true innovation. The Mamiya Press lenses are superb.</p>

<p>Outstanding black and white work. Your understanding of exposure, development, tonality are all spot on. What film did you use?</p>

<p>Exquisite work. Thanks for sharing. That pencil image is superb. The simple done well.</p>

<p>Also, consider scanning and saving to raw file format with Vuescan. You can "rescan" later as the program or skills improve,</p>

<p>Research the web a bit, including DPReview. Apparently, the R2000 machine is retrofitted for printing with special inks on garments, leaving these sets for resale at these excellent prices. Might explain why R2000 is still available new from Epson.<br>

All mileage may vary. I've used 8-year-old Epson carts on my Stylus 2200 and they work just fine.</p>

<p>"Wonderful report!</p>

 

 

<p>Thanks. This is the sort of thing that makes me proud to be here at Photo.net."<br>

I echo those sentiments. And how wonderful 2-1/4 square composition can be. Thanks.</p>

 

 

 

 

 

<p>For those reviewing this older post, the following will solve all issues and restore full features with Epson printers on Snow Leopard, including providing the Epson Printer Utility 4:<br>

http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1398</p>

<p>All good answers. If 9x12 film size, Freestyle has some Foma 100 which would be great. I used to cut down 4x5 sheet film WITH CARE. One of the most versatile cameras going and with some rise-fall, works great for landscapes. Every type of adapter was once made: single glass plate holder; later with film sheath for sheet film; roll film holders; double sheet film holder backs-3-1/2 x 4-1/2 for 9x12 cameras; and film pack backs. The Kodak Made in Germany (Nagel) model was called Recomar.</p>

<p>Thanks for the post. Excellent as always. I've had great fortune with a Kiev 2 and Kiev 4-maybe best value for dollar in all of vintage 35mm. The Aires RF (like the IIIL) also bears a strong resemblance to the Nikons posted.<br>

<br /> That Ricoh 500 is an excellent camera. Not everyone feasting on the niche Ricoh digitals knows about the Ricoh 500 or Ricoh Diacord G, one of a few TLRs with as good a baffling system as the Rolleiflex.<br>

<br /> My favorite user-collectibles are the post-war, Japanese fixed-lens, pre-exposure meter 35mm RFs. The Japanese measurably improved on the viewfinder/RF patch/in some cases parallax and also there is variety in 35mm RF compared to SLRs or TLRs: Ricoh, Konica I, Konica II, Petri, Ricoh, Aires, etc.</p>

<p>Interesting. Dilution developer certainly tames contrasty situations. I used to develop Plus-X in D-76 1:2 regularly as a precaution against blocking highlights and as the film to me was inherently contrasty.</p>

<p>Aside from 35mm, for the other formats, I still believe the best quality/price ratio is using the earlier generation of professional flatbed scanners with excellent optics. Most were SCSI, but in the latter days, Firewire models came out. Examples include UMax Powerlook, Linocolor Saphir (UMax), Microtek and Agfa (believe those where Microtek). I keep an old SCSI computer on hand for scanning. I simply believe these are better scanners than the newer Epson ones, albeit good values.</p>

<p>"Your pics and story are delightful, again reminding us, it's not the camera that matters, it's the photographer." Amen. Thanks for sharing. Definitely more fun per photo when you make a thoughtful focus, exposure, composition; process the film and so on.</p>

<p>US. Have a Ricoh Diacord that could service of the film advance and focus check. Thanks.</p>

<p>Rick, wonderful still life photography.</p>

<p>Any recommendations. Thanks.</p>

<p>Don't see any rebates.</p>

<p>Thanks for sharing such outstanding work.</p>

<p>Looking at the 2 fine Lustrum darkroom books, you can learn how hard some very fine photographers worked at the technical issues of their time; same with W Eugene Smith. This is what makes photography fun, but the whole point of technique is to control it so well that it disguises itself. No different in painting or sculpture.<br>

To the original issue, I have always felt that there is a big difference between RF and SLR photography, especially in 35mm-RF embraces the world, let's it flow to the camera; SLR literally targets it.</p>

<p>I have the HP Photosmart 7960 and the quality is amazing. Find one on eBay for $50 and less. Look at MIS Associates for advice. Some of the Epson 8x11 printers do fine. C or RX series. Epson refurbs are a good choice often.</p>

<p>Look to 5x7. Film, holders, processing a lot less expensive and there are even old 5x7 cased cameras that are workable. Will make a nice contact print or can be scanned. I have used a Seneca 5x7 camera with a wonderful Gundlach lens. You will have rise and fall, which is enough to get started in landscape, even portrait work.</p>