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From: rab@sprite.berkeley.edu (Robert A. Bruce)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Kodak RFS 2035 Film Scanner - Is it good?  Is $7194 a good price?
Date: 5 Jan 1993 19:55:34 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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I need to buy a 35mm film scanner for digitizing slides and negatives.
The Kodak RFS 2035 looks like a pretty good deal, but I was wondering
if anyone has used it and can tell me what is good or bad about it.

The list price is $7995, but I have found it for $7194.  Does anyone
know of a lower price?  I prefer a source outside California, so I won't
have to pay sales tax.

	-bob
From: ileana@hardy.u.washington.edu (Ileana Blade)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: problem with Olympus-PC shutter
Date: 6 Jan 93 01:19:51 GMT
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Organization: University of Washington
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Hi. I wonder if anybody has any suggestion for my problem.

I bought an Olympus-PC camera in 1986, but have hardly ever
used it. I may have taken 10-12 rolls of pictures at the most. 
Recently I bought a flash thinking I would start taking pictures
at parties, and discovered the shutter was broken. What happens
is that the little screw inside the shutter that holds the 
shutter down (pardon my totally unprofessional language) does
not stay in place and "jumps", even after being screwed back.
It stays on for one picture but then jumps back again, which means
that the screw shaft is broken. This is obviously a fabrication
default since as I said I haven't used this camera very much at all.
The person at the shop where i bought the flash said the whole shutter
needs replacement and will cost at least $75.00. Needless to say
I am furious. The guarantee has long expired and since I bought
the camera in Long Island and live in Seattle I can't take it 
back to the store.
I have tried using one of those release devices (the ones with
the little pump that are screwed on the shutter) but they are
not deep enough to hold the screw down in place. Also since the
shape of the shutter is conical, I can't put a new screw to hold
the other one in place. 
I have thought of calling Olympus and ask them to replace it for
free but am not very optimistic. Anybody has any suggestion as
to what I could do?

Thanks very much.

Ileana
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: jww@anchor.eng.hou.compaq.com (Jeff Wolford)
Subject: Re: Advice sought on 35mm slide projectors
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:09:51 GMT

Re: slide projectors

Couple things:

A) I would/do stay with a Kodak Carasole (sp ?) compatible slide projector.

	1) It is nice to just take a Kodak slide tray somewhere and put
		it on a projector and not have to reload the slides

	2) I know several people who have a hard time finding slide
		trays for thier projectors (Lieca included)

	3) Kodak Slide trays are a LOT cheaper... I get mine for $5-$7 each

	4) Make sure the trays can take the wider mounts (glass
		or plastic full frame)... its amazing the number of
		slides I remount in full-frame plastic mounts
		and they don't fit in a 140 slide tray, only the 80's

B) Don't get autofocus, get one that has remote focus and remote advance.

C) If you can afford it, get a good zoom projector lens... 
	I don't know how many places I have setup my projector at and
	each time the place where I can put my projector does not get
	the desired image size.


> -- Milan Richter, Seattle

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"The views expressed here are my own, and not those of my employer."
From: sparks@col.hp.com (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: VIEW CAMARA
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:55:58 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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In article <kelvin.726811150@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu> kelvin@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Kelvin Don Nilsen) writes:
>no single camera is going to best serve the needs of every particular
>situation.  i still hope to some day master large-format photography.
>but i think my own needs would best be served by a light-weight but
>sturdy system designed for 120 film.  The Arca-Swiss appears to be
>one such camera (camera alone sells for $3000!).  I'm not aware of 
>alternative systems, but i'm sure there are some.  does anyone else have
>suggestions?  or opinions regarding the Arca-Swiss camera?

There are about a half dozen medium format view cameras similar to the
Arca-Swiss.  Unfortunatly all of them are more expensive than the similar
4x5 cameras made by the same companies.  There just isn't enough volume.
I have been really interested in getting something like this, but the costs
are way out of line.  The best solution is probably to get a smallish 4x5
with a graphlock back and use it with roll film holders.  Not quite as small
and light a package as a true medium format view camera, but much less
expensive.

John Sparks
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow)
Subject: Re: f length equivalent to human eye???
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:45:32 GMT


Regarding the focal length of the human eye, I remember reading in
several different photo mags in the past that the focal length of
the adult human eye is approximately 65mm. If you set your zoom
to approximately this length you'll see that the viewfinder image
is approximately the same as the naked eye image.
-- 
Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712
919 286 0411 Ext 6933               mvolo@uncecs.edu
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: timk@tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Tim Kuehn)
Subject: Electronic Images -> Slides or Negatives: How?
Organization: TDK Consulting Services
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:22:55 GMT

I have a client who's into photography and is wondering how one 
would go about taking an image (GIF, or from a photo-CD) and 
transfer it to a slide or a negative. 

Is there anyone out there who has done this? If so, what is
required to do this conversion? 

Thanks!

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Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: kschwarz@netcom.com (Kenneth L. Schwarz)
Subject: Re: Mini tripods info wanted (please)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:44:42 GMT

I use an inexpensive (<$30) Poloroid tripod which should do the
trick.  It's light, folds flat and slips into a vinyl pouch.  The
ball head is strong enough for an SLR plus a fast 135mm or moderate
zoom lens.  I bought mine at B&H Photo in NYC, and I doubt anywhere
else is cheaper.

- Ken Schwarz
kschwarz@netcom.com
From: russell@Apple.COM (Russell Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Mac, of course (Was Re: IBM vs. Mac for stock business)
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:30:16 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA

In article <1993Jan08.181221.191081@zeus.calpoly.edu> glporter@zeus.calpoly.edu (Glen Porter) writes:
>The Mac needs a huge
>amount of storage just to run, then add the amound of data space needed for
>pictures, and you are looking at an Optical disk, or a gigabyte hard drive

This is misleading at best. The Mac and Windows machines need comparable
amounts of RAM to do comparable tasks. Windows 3 takes somewhat more disk
space than the Mac system software, but these numbers are irrelevant because 
the minimum memory needed to run either system is a small fraction of the RAM
and disk space that has been suggested for image manipulation. The
reason for the large amounts of RAM and disk suggested for image manipulation
is the size of image data, and image data is the same size on both
platforms. 

>The dominance of MAC computers in Image manipulation, is strictly business
>related, not capability related.

The dominance of Macs in image manipulation began because the Mac
was the first reasonably inexpensive platform on which powerful, usable 
image manipulation programs were available and useful -- i.e. capable
of manipulating high-resolution color images in reasonable amounts of
time.  These new programs (e.g. Photoshop) were written
before there was even a usable graphics environment on the PC; they
were a continuation of the Mac's dominance of almost all things
graphical. 
-- 
Russell Williams
Not speaking for Apple Computer
From: lud@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: HELP:   WHERE CAN I MAKE A PUZZLE OUT OF A PHOTOGRAPH
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:28:08 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park



I need to know of places where I get a puzzle makde out of a photograph. Also, 
any help on type of film I should use would be helpful...Thank you very much

Lud@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: Fabrice Jaubert <fjaubert@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: USM vs. regular lens
Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:59:09 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

I'm thinking of buying a 75-300 zoom for my EOS. I can get the regular
(Micro-Motor?) version, or the USM version for $50 to $60 more.

Other than the focusing motor, are these lens different? Does the USM come
with better optics? Otherwise, I think I'd rather save $60 and live with a
noisier motor - or am I missing something?

Does anybody have any experience with either of these lens? How do they
perform in general?

Thanks for any tips and info...

	...Fabrice

-- 

Fabrice Jaubert                                        Computer Graphics Lab
fjaubert@watcgl.waterloo.edu                        U. of  Waterloo, Ontario
From: jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Nikon F3 quirk?
Date: 6 Jan 93 05:49:04 GMT
Organization: Metran Technology, Tampa, Florida

poole@bnr.ca (Thomas Poole) writes:
: Just after loading a new roll of film the shutter
: speed will be set to 1/80 until the frame counter
: reaches 1. Don't ask me why.

It is to take care of owners who use autoexposure mode.  If you are loading
film and have the lens cap on, and are in auto mode, the camera will choose
a shutter speed of many seconds (or is it minutes?).  This makes it rather
time-consuming to advance to frame 1.
-- 
Jay Ts
uucp mail: uunet!myrddin!tscs!metran!jay
phone: (813) 979-9169
From: ciscis@masg6.epfl.ch (Logiciel CIS)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Blad vs Mamiya (Lenses, Weight, Other)
Date: 6 Jan 93 10:10:29 GMT
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Hello !

I don't want to compare Blad vs Mamiya (I couldn't). It's a
matter of religion. I bought a Blad 500 C/M about two years ago
(now I could sell with a benefit :-), but I won't) and here is
what I can say about it:

Zeiss lens are VERY good, but if you want a correct enlargement,
you MUST first use a tripod (even in outdoor photography, but it
does not really matter), second you MUST use very good films (I
use T-Max 100 or Tech Pan for B/W, Fuji Reala for color), and
last but not least, you should enlarge your negatives by yourself,
or try to find a very good commercial laboratory.

As a conclusion, one would say that the quality of your final
print is the given by the lowest quality of everything involved
in the proces...

One more thing: if  you choose the Blad, I suggest that you take
the Accute-Matte viewfinder; and don't forget the spotmeter...

Welcome in the Hasselblad family ???

Olivier
From: mac@mercury.Harris-ATD.com (Mike McDonald)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: light/photography conditions in Florida
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:52:10 GMT
Organization: Advanced Technology Dept, Harris Corp, Melbourne, FL

In article <1irj36INNc50@iraul1.ira.uka.de>, uli@i13d5.ira.uka.de (Uli Bodenhausen) writes:
|> 
|> Hi,
|> I'm visiting Florida (Miami, Key West, Everglades) in
|> a couple of days. I'm still undecided what equipment/film
|> I should take with me for this trip. 

  A canoe would be useful! :-) Seriously, lots of Florida is accessible via water
only.

|> If there are many tourists there I would prefer candid pictures 
|> of people with 35mm equipment.
|> 
|> If there are few tourists I will take landscapes with medium format.
|> In this case, what kind of (or how much) light can I expect? Can I use
|> Agfa 25 without a tripod? If not (= overcast conditions), I'd probably
|> bring TMax 100 with me.
|> 
|> Any comments? 
|> 
|> 	Uli
|> 

  This time of year there are literally gazillions of tourists in Florida, not to
mention all of the snowbirds. It would be a good time for people photography. As
for the weather, normally, winter is Florida's dry period. NORMALLY, that's is.
It's rained almost every day since Christmas. (&^%*#%$ grass needs mowed again!)
When it's not raining, the skies are clear and bright. Slow film would work fine.
Bring some faster stuff too, in case it rains while you're here.

  Mike McDonald				Advanced Technology Dept.	
					Harris Corp.
  Email: mac@trantor.harris-atd.com	M.S. 16-1912
  Voice: (407) 727-5060			P.O. Box 37
  Fax:   (407) 729-3363			Melbourne, Florida 32902
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: dtj@caffeine.cray.com (Dean Johnson)
Subject: Re: Photographing people; need permission?
Originator: dtj@caffeine
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:42:29 CST


In article <1i78u0INNa08@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bu890@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brian Segal) writes:
> 
> Andrew has it right..in fact there are some things that are strictly
> illegal to copy like currency and stamps - photographing them is a
> criminal ofense!

How do stamp collector catalogs get away with it? Do they ALL have express
written permission from the federal government. My guess (and I mean guess) is
that there is probably something about "intent to defraud" involved. Considering
that they are commercial outfits, none of the education uses and other things
like that apply. Just a guess...

	-Dean
From: robin@matilda.uk.sun.com (Robin Haskell-Thomas - Sun EHQ - IR)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Which Pentax MF bodies have TTL flash metering?
Date: 12 Jan 1993 15:28:10 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: robin@matilda.uk.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: matilda.uk.sun.com

In article 1@cc.helsinki.fi, mlindholm@cc.helsinki.fi () writes:
>My wife owns a Pentax ME super a few lenses
>and a Metz 32CT7 flash.  She likes them very much, 
>but the camera does not have TTL flash metering.  
>Could you tell me which Pentax manual focus bodies 
>have this feature and what are they like otherwise?
>

These two do:
	Super A (called Super Program in US I think)
	LX
	
I have owned a Super A for 8 years (had an ME Super previously)
and have been very pleased with it. It is quite similar to ME Super but has
more features:
It has Program, Aperture priority, Shutter Priority and Manual Modes,
depth of field preview, exposure compensation, shutter speeds 1/2000 to
15 seconds, lcd display of shutter speed on the top plate, lcd display of
shutter speed & aperture (in prog & shutter pri modes) in the view finder.
You need to use the KA type lenses to get program & shutter priority, but ordinary
k type lenses work fine in aperture pri & manual (I use aperture priority 
most of the time anyway). The mode selector dial is a bit fiddly to use -
much like the one on the ME Super and it's a shame it doesn't have exposure 
memory lock but on the whole it's a very good & camera well made (of metal).

Th LX is aimed at the professional and has manual & aperture priority modes
with all the trimmings - depth of field preview, exposure memory...
It is still made but is quite expensive - about 600 pounds sterling i think.

I cannot remeber if the P50 has ttl flash metering.

Robin.
From: taipan@motoman.pnl.gov (Mr. KL Harrison)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Comments on Pentax 645
Keywords: Pentax 645
Date: 6 Jan 93 20:56:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: oracle.1993Jan6.205654.4890
Reply-To: taipan@motoman.pnl.gov
Organization: Boeing Computer Services Richland


I would like to solicit comments on the Pentax 645 Multimode medium
format camera.  Likes, dislikes, performance issues appreciated.

thanks,
--klh
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: tonyb@juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Tony Berke )
Subject: Re: Shoulder mounts for bird photography (long)
Organization: M.I.T. Lincoln Lab - Group 43
	<1993Jan7.092244@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
	<1993Jan7.104602.26491@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: 7 Jan 93 11:48:45

In article <1993Jan7.104602.26491@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:

   In <1993Jan7.092244@ultb.isc.rit.edu> ecldco@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.C. Loyd) writes:

   >Since I'm not about to reproduce the article here,
   >acs@genie.csri.toronto.edu wrote that when using a
   >tripod, when the bird moves to the right, you have to pan
   >to the left, making the use of a tripod anti-intuitive.

   I think he means that if you have a tripod with the "panning" head
   (with the lever and handle), when the bird moves right, you push the
   lever to the left.

   There is a new kind of tripod head with a ring-shaped handle that is
   supposed to be positioned on the other side of the camera to make
   panning less confusing.  (I think it might have even won some kind
   of award!  So there! :-)


Maybe I'm dislexic or something, but I've never had the least bit of
trouble figuring out which way to point a camera when a subject starts
moving in an SLR's finder.  On the other hand, I *do* have a bit of
trouble tracking when using a waist-level finder on a medium-format
camera.


Tony
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: steveh@pilot.dmg.ml.com (Steve Hannoford)
Subject: Re:  F3 quirk
Organization: Merrill Lynch Debt Markets Group
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:53:30 GMT

Doesn't the F3 have a way to release the shutter mechanically?
I think it does, and the shutter fires at 1/80.  For use when
batteries die or it is too cold for them to work.  This 
would/might explain why the shutter is set to 1/80 when empty
and when counter < 1 - Nikon sets the camera to mechanical
mode unless there is film in the camera and the batteries
are not dead????


-- 

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| Steveh Hannaford        |  nothing to do with anything I say.  |
From: dbailey@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (David R. Bailey)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: More on Lithium
Date: 6 Jan 1993 08:37:15 GMT
Organization: International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
NNTP-Posting-Host: icsib40.icsi.berkeley.edu

In article <PD.92Dec30211506@horus.sics.se> pd@sics.se (Per Danielsson) writes:
>Yes, I have used my EOS 100 until its battery dropped dead. At the end
>the LCD display would come up correctly when I turned the main dial
>from L to P (or anything else), but everything went blank when I
>pressed the shutter release button halfways to activate the meter.
>My guess is that the LCD doesn't draw much of a current from the
>battery, probably significantly less than the meter.
>(And the camera refused to do anything if I pressed the button
>further).

Normally, I use the battery until I start getting a flashing "BC"
right after tripping the shutter [on a 650], or refusal to trip the
shutter [on a 10s] -- or something close to that behavior anyway.  But
two weeks ago something interesting happened.  I knew my 10s battery
was weak, but figured it would handle another roll.  But one week and
one plane trip later (carry-on, not cold check-in), the camera was
absolutely dead, no LCD or anything -- as if there were no battery.
Upon insertion of new battery all was fine, frame number retained
properly.

In accord with a recent post about "what is dead", the battery 
measured about 5 volts under no load...

Dave Bailey
dbailey@icsi.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Re: USM vs. regular lens
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:50:43 GMT

In article <C0D76q.6v2@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca>, Fabrice Jaubert <fjaubert@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
> I'm thinking of buying a 75-300 zoom for my EOS. I can get the regular
> (Micro-Motor?) version, or the USM version for $50 to $60 more.
> 
> Other than the focusing motor, are these lens different? Does the USM come
> with better optics? Otherwise, I think I'd rather save $60 and live with a
> noisier motor - or am I missing something?
> 

No. The /usm is also faster.

> Does anybody have any experience with either of these lens? How do they
> perform in general?
> 

About how you would expect a cheep x4 zoom to perform. There are a lot better
lenses around than this one.

~Paul
From: shomer@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Polaroid Camera for Test Exposures?
Keywords: polaroid 35mm
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 15:10:56 PST
Reply-To: shomer@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Distribution: usa


I shoot portraits in my studio with a 35mm camera and 400ASA film, 
using incandescent floodlights. Is there a (preferably inexpensive)
Polaroid camera I can use to make test exposures for judging 
composition, shadows, etc?  I need a camera that does not insist on 
firing its flash, and that accepts 400ASA film. I'd appreciate 
suggestions of camera models I should look for, either current models
or older models I'm likely to be able to find used. 

-- 
_________________________________
Steve Homer  shomer@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
From: bu890@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Brian Segal)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: graphic arts film help
Date: 6 Jan 1993 09:31:47 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Kodak makes Kodalith Super RT developer which is especially formulated
for its orthographic litho films and which will deliver high
contrast and resolution for reproduction of line originals.

brian
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
Subject: Re: Autofocus Accuracy
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:37:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.154320.10243@spider.co.uk>, mikec@spider.co.uk (Mike Coren) writes:
> OK, Netters, here's another one for you:
> 
> Will a fast lens on an AF camera produce a sharper image than a slower lens?
> For example, compare a 70-210 f/4-5.6 versus a 70-210 f/2.8 (constant).
> Suppose I want to take a picture at the 210mm end at f/8.  Assuming both
> lenses are optically perfect and equal in every other way, would the f/2.8
> lens produce a sharper image?

Yes. If they ARE perfect, the f5 will give ~300lpmm and the 2.8 ~500lpmm.

In the real world however...  The order will probably be unchanged. Why? Because
if they have gone to the pain of constant aperture, they will be less inclined
to cut corners on a lens that will cost a bucket more anyway. note that the
resolution of either will be way short of theretical!!

~Paul

Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)
Subject: Re: Which lenses report focusing distance electronically?
Organization: AI Programs, University of Georgia, Athens
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:23:06 GMT

In article <1992Dec28.205950.16887@walter.bellcore.com> jchen@bellcore.com (Jason Chen) writes:
>In article <TJWU.92Dec28153541@carbonara.mit.edu> tjwu@athena.mit.edu (Thomas J Wu) writes:
>>Are Nikon's D-series lenses the only AF lenses that report focus distance
>>to the camera body?  Do any Canon, Minolta, or third-party lenses do this?
>
>Huh? If not how does TTL flash work?

By measuring the amount of light coming in from the flash as the flash
fires.  Automatic flashes do not measure distance.  They measure reflected
light.



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