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<p>Yes you can but it depends on how much you want to learn and how much money you want to lose with your mistakes (film, handling and processing), but it's a longer, harder road to learn the basics of light, exposure, film and then the camera at the same time where a 35 mm manual film camera would go farther on learning the basics with less expense. Once doing that then it's the matter of learning the LF camera and taking the shot (the always how do you get to Carnige Hall).</p>

<p>I would disagree about starting with the negative and wet process printing since it's more money and time spent on something you won't use much if you scan the film. I would still shot negative but focus on transparencies to see the immediate results. I would also recommend to bring a small digital camera with the same approximate focal length to take shots to have compare later and help see the exposure in the field.</p>

<p>If you do get into it, personally I would recommend a basic field (flat bed) camera with good front movement controls and 2-3 lenses. Don't overwhelm yourself with too much camera which is bulky and takes longer to set up and use. You likely won't need or use back movements for most of your work, and field cameras are simple and easy to use and carry (fold into the size of a lunch box). My entire 4x5 and 3 lenses with 6 film holder, minus tripod, fits into a medium Lowe <a href="http://www.wsrphoto.com/lfblog11.html">camera bag</a>.</p>

<p>There are several good books to start, Simmons - "Using the View Camera", Stone - "The User's Guide to the View Camera", and Stroebel - "View Camera Technique" among others. It's also the old adage about doing your homework on cameras, lenses, equipment, etc. And you get to learn the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle">Scheimpflug principle</a>. Lucky you. Good luck</p>

<p>I have a V750 without any problems scanning full screen size of any media. The issues may be a number of things, the version of SF, file size, settings, PC/Mac, etc., and I've had also had no problems with SF tech support in English. Using the Epson software tells me you're not using the latest OS-X on a Mac. After that more information is needed.</p>

<p>I updated to Mavericks shortly after the introduction, and while it is better, it's also worse, so it's a trade-off with one notable exception, many third party apps have issues or problems with Mavericks because of the changes, especially apps which run on the menu bar (some broke or don't work). While PS 6/CC works along with other Adobe CS/CC apps, they generate endless console log messages from the changes, creating issue looking for messages from other apps.</p>

<p>The biggest difference is how Mavericks handles caches and cpu memory, especially booting and running, where Mavericks uses 1+ GB more to boot and keeps it. It also tends to use more cpu memory when operating easily 1-2 GB more than previous OS-X, and you can't really recover it after the purge command (now password protected) since it restores it. You easily need 2-4 GB more cpu memory just for working.</p>

<p>Otherwise, I would wait for one or two updates to resolves bugs and give time for the third party companies to update their apps, which surprises me since they've had the developer versions for months now.</p>

<p>Kent has a good point, develop the same habit of setting up and using the camera to the last click of the shutter, it's the old adage about getting to Carnegie Hall. If you've shot with manual focus film cameras then the exposure, settings, etc. are the same and you only need to learn the LF camera. And something that photographers argue whether to do it or not are two things, bracket shots and/or if you like the first, take the second as a backup. Film and processing isn't cheap but it's cheaper than getting bad results. It's easy when you're standing there to just flip the film holder over, insert and take a second shot.</p>

<p>I shoot 35mm digital and film and added 4x5 a few years ago. I shoot the equivalent 35mm shot as the 4x5 but I don't hike with the 4x5 system. I have a <a href="http://www.wsrphoto.com/lfbloglist.html">blog</a> on the early years about gettting started and working in 4x5, and one of the most recent entries puts it simply, don't do it unless you have money you don't plan to get back and don't mind paying for film and processing, especially mistakes with handling or exposing the film. You must love it and plan to work at it for a long time, otherwise, it's money you won't get back. But then seeing the film results is worth the work if you love it.</p>

<p>Since the applications are indepedent applications, designated by CS6 and CC, you can run both on the same computer. You don't need to remove the CS6 version. The only application not separately designated is Acrobat Pro XI which is both the CS and CC versions. The only thing I've found is that Adobe hasn't updated the CS6 applications and some CC applications for OS-X Mavericks. They still work but some has issues with it.</p>

<p>If you decide to upgrade to Mavericks and use Epson's scan application for your Epson scanner(s), please be aware, it won't run under OS-X 10.9 until Epson updates it. I use Silverfast so it's not an issue for me, but after upgrading last night there is a big NO icon over the Epson Scan app, meaning it doesn't run or work.</p>

<p>And don't get me started on the rest of Mavericks. I'm not a happy camper this morning. I wanted it for some fixes and they broke or changed some good ones I like.</p>

<p>Take a look at the specs for the new Mac Pro, it's without external HD's and only 80 GB of internal storage (SSD). It has all the ports for more externals, but that's extra to the buyer, so don't forget the cost of Thunderbolt HD's and other peripherals you don't already have or have to upgrade for the new connections.</p>

<p>Except the reviewer didn't say where the person who gave him PSE 11 got the application, and likely not from Adobe. Some more explanation is helpful before any accusations are made about it having embedded spyware. As for Adobe's application manager, it's been known for a long time without problems or issues by users, it's not new or news, in part because many applications do this, check for authentication and updates.</p>

<p>The format size on the home page distorts some of the images and probably need to be reformatted or resized into the right size. Otherwise, cool stuff and thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>Interesting if you only need PS and LR, but Adobe's sell is the whole suite of applications in the Creative Cloud, and it may be that's their plan, for photographers who may want to upgrade or expand into other applications. I'm currently on a $20/month subscription for the CC (one year discount for previous subscribers to other applications), and I've found they upgraded CS6 applications into CC applications. I'm using 3 CC applications and not PS or LR5 because I like the CS5-6 versions of PS, besides if you bought LR5 and install the CC version, it overwrites your paid version.</p>

<p>What rain? We had one of the driest July on record and had rain yesterday for the first time in about two months. There's lots of good suggestions here, Mt. Baker, the North Cascades Highway (maybe a loop drive to Wenatchee and back over through Leavenworth), Whidbey Island, Mt. Rainier NP, which is good for whevever you want to go, just expects lots of people to come early for parking (no shuttle this year and they monitor illegal parking). The wildflowers are in the last week or so in the upper elevations. Good luck.</p>

<p>A GoPro camera can be a selfie toy but not always. I have one mounted in the lower center of the windshield of my van to document road trips and an occasional bad drivers. I've set it up near bird nests to document a pair of Barn Swallows and other uses, but never at or on myself. The latest generation of the camera is better, but earlier ones don't match even good still camera in many light conditions, specifically changing or low light conditions.</p>

<p>Tumblr is now owned by Yahoo, so can expect changes with their TOS for images, and Tumblr is notorious for reblogging images losing the original post and owner (it varys with the blog style). I only post images I don't mind being reblogged or even taken.</p>

<p>If you have the time or resources, your own Website gives you the flexibility with your images, and it's your terms and not some Website host and/or owner. You can better control the presentation. I also like blogs to add to photographs, but with these and Website, remember to keep the load times reasonable for visitors.</p>

<p>Way cool. I have had or still have all but 11, 12 and 13, flash bulbs instead of flash cubes, a Minolta 1600mm f8 lens instead of that lens and a Minolta XK and X-700's with MD-1's instead of the Nikon. I still have some Ektachrome-X in a film loader long expired (rolled and developed color film in the 1970's). I even have a Doppel kabel ausloser for my bellows.</p>

<p>Lots of good and interesting comments. Consider Adobe really isn't concerned about longtime photographers, like many on Photo.net, who haven't upgraded their hardware and won't necessarily upgrade their software because the older versions still work.</p>

<p>Adobe has been gracious to make CS applications forward compatible (you can still run CS3 and CS4 on the latest Intel Mac's with OS-X 10.8.x), but their target customers are recent and new photographers who don't have the $100's for PS or $1,000's for CS suites, but can afford the monthly lease and like the option for all the applications.</p>

<p>The guy who did the math didn't consider just one application for older current photographers but the whole suite of applications which are available at any time with upgrades and updates. That's the bargin. Trying buying that and keeping it current. That's what Adobe is betting on.</p>

<p>I also disagree with your instructor for personal photos/images, that's the individual's choice, in part because I produce photo cards and prints and share galleries on an iPad. For on-line galleries I use Photo.net as the primary source and my Website as secondary for specific galleries, but then I'm not a fulltime working professional who needs the exposure for customers.</p>

<p>Personally I would only buy CS6 now if you don't plan to upgrade to their Creative Cloud. While Adobe will keep CS6 updated for a short while, their goal is to move everyone to CC and will drop CS6 support. As for LR 5, you can still buy it but updates will soon be only for LR5 CC.</p>

<p>As for renting any CC app, read the fine print, it's a year minimum before you can cancel, and since they control the app, I doubt you can still use it if you don't (auto)pay. As for the argument of buying versus renting, as some have suggested, do the math, renting is cheaper over the long run and you get access to the full suite if you rent it than just one app. Granted you're hooked but then you were buying it, so it only changes how you pay for it.</p>

<p>The issue of expanding to full screens means sizing the images to the maximum size you expect for full screen and then resizing them down to fit smaller screens with coding. You don't scale up if you want to keep the quality. That said, it means downloading some large files, many people may not like if they're not using full screen.</p>

<p>Personally I would design for a size you want and keep it, and then leave the browser size to the user. I agree with Gary as I have a large display but keep my browser page size for working space around it, and I lock my Web pages to that size no matter what the user does. It allows me the control of the image size and keep the download reasonable.</p>

<p>Personally I wouldn't code your e-mail address into a Web page or Website in any format because too many people scrape all sorts of stuff from Web pages and especially e-mail addresses. I would recommend using a script (PHP is common) to generate the e-mail through a form on contact Web page to a single purpose e-mail address for this Web page. Thes scripts vary from the simple to the more complex with all sorts of checks and available on-line for free or a small fee.</p>

<p>I forgot comment on the original question of photo credit. Tumblr allows blog designers to establish their own visible features and tools, and some include the "source" blog entry and some don't where you have to search the rebloggers or check the first entry in "notes" (not easy with a lot of reblogs or likes), but nowhere is the actual photographer mentioned except through the original blog. The only standard Tumblr has is every blog as an archive where you just add "/archive" after the blog name to get the history of entries. It's sometimes easier than scanning through the blog.</p>

<p>We've also kinda' wandered off topic with the subject here but to Michael, you're right Yahoo will try to convert a younger generation's blog Website to a family oriented one which doesn't fit the original concept and design and the current mode of Tumblr. While there are some rules regarding pornography on Tumblr, they're to say the least, far less than Yahoo's standards. My view is simple, you can skip the entries or the blog altogether. You don't need someone else telling you what's decent or not, but sadly that will be a thing of the past as Tumblr complies with Yahoo's policies.</p>

<p>I'm not sure Tumblr is entirely to blame for any copyright infringement because there's two parts to the problem.</p>

<p>First, the most common feature with Tumblr is reblogging which doesn't link to the original image but copies it to the reblogger's post/blog. This allows images belonging to members who removed their images or left Tumblr altogether to stay effectively forever. They also allow people to blog/reblog images from Flickr overriding Flickr's image protection features.</p>

<p>Members can also set their blog to reblog posts and images of other members easily which you see this when you log in and scan the posts and images of those you follow and reblog is just a click by the user either immediately or into a queue (maximum number per hour/day). A lot of blogs are almost entirely comprised of reblogs.</p>

<p>The second is people post high resolution images to Tumblr and not just Web quality images. This is especially true of the photographers with Tumblr accounts using it to advertise their work or business. And if the images are good, that leads to reblogging. And downloading any image on Tumblr is just a right click action.</p>

<p>As for Yahoo buying Tumblr, they promise not to change anything but immediately both CEO's announced adding a feature to control "adult content" which means they have to program it and decide if this is by post, blog, reblog or user. A lot of members reblog a mix of images and leave it to the viewer to just skip anything they don't like.</p>

<p>I think everyone expects change with Tumblr and expects it will lose its edge and interest for young people who are the mainstay of Tumblr by adding requirements for Yahoo membership with more information and having more oversight, more censorship, etc., but especially the designs. Tumblr has a huge array of designs for users from indepedent developers. I don't see Yahoo allowing that without more rules stifling creativity and inclusion of ads.</p>

<p>Well, it redefines things, "I can't define transformative art but I know it when I see it." I'd hate to see where future court ruling venture to define the line between clear copyright infrinement and artistic free and fair use. Good luck there.<br>

I think the dissenting judge set the motion for appealing the Appeals Court ruling when the judges ruled on an interpretative measure of what is art than the technical issue of copyright infringement. I hope the photographer appeals the ruling to the Supreme Court.</p>

<p>I agree with Jeff about Adobe seeing a less than expected response for the Creative Cloud, mostly because of their price structure for CS packages and applications, but I suspect you will see more rent-only applicatioins from them in the future, remember Adobe Muse is rent-only. I got the impression Adobe may be trying to convince an older generation where the younger generations don't mind renting applications if it's across platforms anywhere they are.</p>

<p>I processed E-3 film for a few years, even have half a kit left (6 rolls) somewhere in a box (all the chemicals are/were powder you mixed with water). It took an hour start to finish with the two chemicals very temperature critical (68 degrees), and then cutting and mounting the slides. I switched to the labs after a few mistakes (which turned out pink). Nice memories and only nice as memories.</p>