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From: robert@sys.sweden.dg.com (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Ektachrome & Fujichrome
Date: 1 Sep 92 10:40:30 GMT
Organization: Data General AB, Akalla, Sweden

In article <1992Aug31.230916.7133@pony.Ingres.COM>, bbarton@Ingres.COM (Brian Barton) writes:

<Useful information on the pushability of some slide films deleted.>

> BTW, can someone tell me what the best asa to shoot Velvia at would be?
> 
> I shot a bunch of Velvia at 50asa and I ruined it 'cause it was under-
> exposed.  Is 32 the nominal asa?

50 *is* the nominal ISO speed of Fujichrome Velvia, but many prefer
to lighten it up a bit by using it at EI 40 or EI 32 instead.

The reason why Velvia looks darker than other slide films is because
it has a much higher Dmax that other slide films. Since the ISO
rating is relative to the Dmax of the film (or so I've been told),
Velvia looks darker even though it is correctly exposed.

I think that a recent experience of mine confirms this. A was given
a roll of Turachrome 100. That film had a quite low Dmax, giving the
shadows a detailless, murky look without true blackness. Overall,
the film looked overexposed.

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From: ben_wen@athena.mit.edu (Benson Wen)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Lead-acid 2CR5 adapter for Canon? (was: Canon EOS Rebel at high altitude and Cold - Problems ??)
Date: 26 Aug 92 02:54:22 GMT
	<86881@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Aug24.193753.2812@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
	<1992Aug25.162156.12266@hemlock.cray.com>
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

In article <1992Aug25.162156.12266@hemlock.cray.com> rdj@fir18.cray.com (Ralph Jenson) writes:

   Well here in Minnesota we DO know how cold -35C is. I also have used my
   Canon10s and Rebel in the cold winters (less than -30C) quite well. BUT
   DON'T expect the lithium batteries to last very long. I used a battery
   pack and adapter from a place called JVB designs. This battery was initially
   designed to be used by photohounds to power there flashes. (Quantum equivillent)
   John (The J of JVB) built an adapter that replaces the lithium battery and
   connects to the external lead acid battery pack. (If you put the lead acid 
   pack in a internal jacket pocket it stays warm and you can shoot for hours)

Heyyyyyy! a lead acid battery adapter for a 2CR5 battery?  Cool.  Tell
us more!  Where is this JVB? 

-Ben
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From: dlim@BBN.COM (Denny Lim)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Wanted: Minolta X700 Body for friend
Date: 31 Aug 92 18:56:06 GMT
Reply-To: dlim@BBN.COM (Denny Lim)
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From: konkkola@jyu.fi (Markku Konkkola)
Subject: Re: Use Velvia at 32 or 40? (Was: Re: Fuji
Reply-To: konkkola@jyu.fi
Organization: University of Jyvskyl, Finland
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 06:32:24 GMT

In article 253@metran.UUCP, jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts) writes:
> konkkola@jyu.fi (Markku Konkkola) writes:
> : If you process Fuji Velvia according to Fuji standards then you should
> : expose it as 50 ISO-film. But if you process it according to Kodak 
> : standards (as we usually do) you should expose it as 40
> : 
> : E6-process standards are different: Fuji makes more shakes.
> 
> Can you please elaborate on that?  Do you mean that Fuji specifies greater
> agitation?  If so, that would explain a lot...
> 
> Jay Ts

I took only some rolls at 50 and I was very disappointed. 
Then I start to use 40 and notice that it's almost correct
(sometimes 32 may be better).

After a couple of months a read from some swedish fotomagazine 
about that difference and I believe it.

Make

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From: jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni)
Subject: Re: Skydiving Olympus (was: Canon EOS Rebel at high altitude and Cold - Problems ??)
Organization: The Department of Redundancy Department
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 20:49:15 GMT

In article <27745@sophia.inria.fr> luong@sophia.inria.fr writes:

>Now my choice for high altitude is the Minox, or if I take an SLR, a
>mechanical camera (Nikon FM2). French famous mountain climber Pierre Beghin
>uses Olympus OM4 and Leica M6 at 8000m.

Last night I saw a TV show on group skydiving competitions where
several skydivers jump together and group into several formations
before opening their chutes and landing.

The competition is judged, in part, by telephoto video on the ground, 
video from the air and, perhaps, still from the air.  The air shots
are taken by another jumper who has 3 cameras bolted onto his helmet,
a video, a movie camera (?) and a 35 mm still.  The 35 mm was an
Olympus with an attached motordrive.  Ruggedness and light weight
probably had a lot to do with this choice, as well as availability of
a full set of system accessories.  Interesting.

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From: pulli@seismo.CSS.GOV (Jay Pulli)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Nikon N8008s deafults, user screwups
Date: 31 Aug 92 11:43:19 GMT

I recently purchased a Nikon N8008s for use with fast moving
subjects.  It's my first dip into the automated/programmed
SLR pool.  I usually use a Leica with a hand-held Gossen.
During my first shooting expedition, I screwed up.

Yesterday I shot the renactment of the Manassas battle.  I
arrived just as the action was starting, and quickly put
my non AF 105/2.5/AIS on the camera (don't have a tele AF
yet).  Anyway, in my haste, I set the camera to S (shutter)
priority rather than A (aperture) priority, and left hte
camera on matrix metering.  The N8008s will not work in
either of these modes, according to the manual.  I didn't
discover my screwup until about 15 shots into the roll,
perhaps because I was seeing the shutter speed change
in the viewfinder.

When I got home, I looked in the manual to see if there
were default settings that the camera assumed when non
AF lenses were used.  No info.

Tomorrow I'll find out what happened when I get the slides
back.  But can anyone tell me what the camera actually
does when such screw ups are made?
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Flash recommendations wanted
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:15:37 GMT
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway

In article <1992Sep1.174618.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au (Paul Repacholi) writes:
>In article <1992Aug31.141327.29929@alf.uib.no>, edmtl@fiol.uib.no (Thor-Lee Legvold) writes:
>...
>> I won't be buying the SCA adapter at once, I want to try a bit without 
>> it first and see how things go 'the old fashioned way' (i.e. calculating
>> it by hand and measuring the light ;-), so I'm not sure if I should
>> go with Metz or not.  It's nice to be able to upgrade later.  I 
>> was thinking that the 45 is too strong, but it can be used at 1/2 and
>> 1/4 strength, and the 32 with stave is almost the same price (here anyway)
>> Maybe I should buy one mail order from the US???
>> 
>
>Well I was about to recomend the CT-60, or a 202 or 404... You can always shoot
>the 202 on 1/2 power, but its hard to set '2x' power if you need it...
>The price should be right on an old 202, and it has a *LIGHT* head. If it has
>had a lot of use, you may need to spring for a new tube.
>
>~Paul
>

202 / 404 - never heard of.  Isn't in the catalogue I have either.
Could you tell me more???

P.S. The TMAX pressed to ASA 800 didn't fare too well....  :-(

Regards,
Thor
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: spa@fct.unl.pt (Salvador Pinto Abreu)
Subject: Re: Recommend slide labelling program?
Organization: Universidade Nova de Lisboa -- Lisbon, Portugal
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:24:08 GMT

In article <Btz0oK.4IC@oceania.com> steve@oceania.com (Steve Dakin) writes:

> There was about a dozen others that ran only on the PC.  I ommitted
> them since the original poster was asking specifically about Mac
> software.

That would be an interesting bit of information (the other PC
labelling programs), would you care to post it?

Thanks,
./salvador
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From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au (Paul Repacholi)
Subject: Re: Proper lubricants for fixing a camera and other hints.
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:07:00 GMT

In article <25921@dog.ee.lbl.gov>, bercov@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov (John Bercovitz) writes:
> In article <1992Sep1.183700.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au 
> (Paul Repacholi) writes:
> 
>>A 6B lead pencil :-) Or hunt arround your auto shops for a plastic bottle of
>>powdered graphite. Used for locks, and putting into tires to reduce RFI. A 6B
>>pencil is MUCH less mess, and easier to control where it goes.
> 
> Fascinating post but you're kidding on this suggestion for using a 6B pencil,
> right?  Pencil "lead" is made of graphite, clay, and binders, the clay being 
> quite abrasive.  The clay is in there to help abrade the graphite and lay it 
> on the paper.  Maybe it's a fine enough abrasive that it doesn't matter?
> 

Thats why I said *6* B. The clay/binder content is near zero, and most of it
will be removed when you blow or brush off the excess 'dust'. If you can get
a stick of pure soft graphite, go for it.

~Paul

Newsgroups: rec.photo,alt.cd-rom,gnu.misc.discuss,misc.int-property
From: jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (John P. Gloria)
Subject: Re: Time to boycott Photo CD
Organization: Pacific * Bell
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:32:30 GMT

In article <17mgosINNm2j@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>In article <1992Aug27.191008.8372@kodak.kodak.com> axman@acadia.Kodak.COM (Mike Axman) writes:
>>There are many reasons for this, including the need to maintain some kind of 
>>control over the image quality issues.  If "joe blow" decides to hack together 
>>a Photo CD transfer service, and he's doesn't do the compression correctly, 
>>or decides not to write the hi-res data (it's much faster), his cost savings
>>will ultimately hurt Kodak.  Licensing is one way to keep tabs on quality.
>
>How does licensing guarantee that the licensee is competent?  Lots of
>high-quality software is written on tiny budgets, and lots of crap is
>written by $billion companies.  Once someone pays their license fee you
>don't have any control over the quality of the resulting product, do you?
>
>In fact, what if the licensee takes the funds for purchasing the license
>from his QA budget? :-(
>-- 
>Barry Margolin
>System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
>
Why don't we address issues that are more in alignment with rec.photo or else
carry your dialogue on licensing, patents, rights and whatever other issues offline.
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Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: yen@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Tony Yen)
Subject: Aspherical Lenses
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 18:48:35 GMT

I would like to know what lenses out there that have aspherical elements
in them. In particular, I'd like to find out the performancs of the Canon
FD 50mm 1.2 L. Does it take sharper pictures compared to, Say, FD 50mm 1.4?
If it does, at what apertures do you start to notice the difference?

Thanks in advance.

Tony
From: sanjiv@cse.unl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Expansion cards for Minolta 7xi camera
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:44:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: unlinfo.1992Aug25.164408.4634
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

I have recently bought a Minolta Maxxum 7xi camera and have been thinking of
buying some expansion cards.  In particular, I have been looking at the cards
for travel, portrait, and fantasy effects.  Could some knowledgeable readers
provide me with pros and cons for these cards?  I have taken a few portraits
using the 80-200 mm zoom and in aperture priority mode with 5.6 aperture.
These have come out excellent and that makes me wonder if the portrait card is
going to give me something extra.

I am totally at a loss about how the fantasy effect is produced without the
card.

Thanks for your help.

Sanjiv
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From: hamm@weejordy.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject: Freelance rates
Organization: Ocean Sciences Centre
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 19:48:15 GMT


	What I say to a 'client' is basically this:

	If you are satisfied with my product, you can pay me $x.
	If you are not satisfied with the 'contract' (nothing written)
	than I lose, and you can get somebody else to do it for you.

	i.e. Like I said, one-shot deals like weddings etc, I avoid
	like the plague.  Other things are done very casually.  Most
	of the feelance stuff I do is from word of mouth.  Most people
	like my work.  (Though, I still have piles of lousy shots!). 

	Noe, I DO agree that if I sell bad work, it IS demeaning to the
	profession.  But, I don't do that.  If I wasn't satisfied with
	a certain project, I wouldn't release it.  It would make me look
	even worse, to more people than just the client (using term very
	loosely here).  

	I don't usually get 2 cents until they see a contact sheet, or
	a handfull of proofs.  At most, I'll ask for film cost up front,
	but even this is rare.  
	
	Cheers,
	
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From: cheneval@lamisun6.epfl.ch (Yves Cheneval)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Dealers for Minolta 9xi
Date: 28 Aug 92 09:40:12 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Hi folks!!

I'm going to Montreal, Quebec, San Francisco and LA areas, and I'm interested
in purchasing a Minolta 9xi. My question is:
1) How much does it cost in Canada or USA???
2) What stores are good in the above areas (Service, etc...) ?

Please hurry because I'm leaving very very soon..... Thanks a lot...

Yves Cheneval (cheneval@lamisun.epfl.ch)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
Subject: Sto-Fen Omni Bounce?
Summary: Comments of any kind welcome!
Keywords: Sto-Fen Omni Bounce Flash Diffuser
Date: 30 Aug 92 04:32:29 GMT

I'm interested in getting a flash diffuser for my 430EZ.  I'm curious
about the Sto-Fen.  I'd like to know if it can be used effectively without
having the flash in the bounce position.  I'd also like to know if it is
useful in situations where there are no surfaces to bounce from.

The reason I'm intersted in a flash diffuser that doesn't require setting
"bounce" mode is that the 430EZ shows the recommended flash-to-subject
distance on its LCD display when the flash is set to manual mode.  However,
this display is only active when the flash head is in the direct-flash
position.

Any other comments about diffusers and flash photography welcome!

Thanks.

ACS
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Newsgroups: rec.photo
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:38:05 -0400 
From: "Glen M. Devries" <gd1a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Sigma 70-210 f2.8 apo? Good or bad?

I am interested in purchasing a fast 70-210 zoom lens for my Nikon 6006.
At about $550, the Sigma 70-210 f2.8 apo lens seems to be the good deal.
Unfortunately I have not found the lens in any store and feel rather
uncomfortable buying something I have never seen (except in Sigma ads)
through mail order. 

Does any one own one of these lenses? Has anyone heard anything positive
or negative?

Thanks, 
Glen
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Rechargable type of lithium batteries?
From: Spartacus at Cuny <M05BC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Sunday, 30 Aug 1992 21:36:09 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

In article <1992Aug28.071044.20090@jyu.fi>, konkkola@jyu.fi (Markku Konkkola)
says:
>In article 23989@leland.Stanford.EDU, babyduck@leland.Stanford.EDU (Tim Chen)
>writes:
>> Does anyone know of a rechargable replacement for the lithium batter for such
>> cameras as the Canon EOS or the Nikon 6006?  I'm not too keen on buying tons
>> of lithium batteries even though they last a long time, I'm more interested
>
>About 6 rolls in my EOS 10 with EF 2.8/300 - is it a long time??
>
>
>Make

     It might help to remove the batteries from you're camera
when you aren't using it.  Some cameras continue to use battery
power even if the camera is turned off.  I know this for a
fact on Minolta Maxxum bodies.  I would average 3-4 rolls
per battery on my Maxxum 8000i.  Until I removed the
battery during long periods of non-use.  I now average
25-27 rolls of 36exp.  I've also noticed part of the LCD display
is active even with the power is off.  When I remove the battery
the entire display goes blank.  Maybe EOS camera are similar

I hope this helps.

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From: leung@easi.enet.dec.com (SIU-WANG LEUNG)
Subject: FOR SALE: Minolta lens and accessories
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:29:14 GMT


I have the following items for sale.

- Minolta MD 28mm f2.8, mint, with box and manual, $80

- Minolta MD 135mm f3.5, mint, with box and manual, $35

- Minolta MD 200mm f4.0, mint, with box and manual, $55

- Autowinder for Minolta XG or X series camera, mint, $25

All of the above are less than 2 year old, they are bought for my photography
class.  Since I switch to Nikon, I want to reduce my photo stuff.  I hardly
use the lenses since my Minolta XG-2 had light leak problem.


Siu-Wang Leung
From: sm@cel.co.uk (salim mehta)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Bogus Olympus Add
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:17:50 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics Ltd.
In-reply-to: clcp16@ccsun.strath.ac.uk's message of 28 Aug 92 13:32:02 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.133202.20444@ccsun.strath.ac.uk> clcp16@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("S.C.Russell") wrote:
 
> Nice as the mju-1's lens may be (The Infinity Stylus is called mju
> here, which caused a bit of friction) I don't think it could have
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sorry, I don't understand this! The Olympus mju-1 (or u-1 or micro-1) is so
called because of its size. The Greek letter "u" (=mju) is used in the SI
system to denote 10^-6 and is usually read as  "micro", as in um = micrometre
and uP = microProcessor. The camera *is* small, hence the moniker.

Only in the USA is it called the Infinity Stylus, this achieves the aim of
differentiating it from non-USA stock.

So why the friction?


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From: coyote@sti.com (Ron Lussier)
Subject: Looking for a greeting-card printer
Keywords: Christmas cards printing
Organization: National Man-Smurf Love Association
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:28:10 GMT

Howdy,

With the holidays around the corner, I've begun thinking of printing my own
holiday cards.  Once I do the hard part (create the image), are there any
companies that will print my transparancy onto a normal-style folding card?  (I
loathe those post-cards that labs print.)

As a backup, are there any companies which manufacture cards made to have
photos fit into them (i.e., nice cards with cut corners to slip a photo into)?
I could always do my own 4x5 contact prints, and then slip them into a holder.

Thanks in advance for any information!

Peace,
Ron
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From: robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Help - need cheap big slide sorter
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:24:50 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

What kind of slide sorter can I buy/build for sorting my 500 vacation slides?  
Anyone ever made a light box from translucent plastic and a florescent light  
fixture? Other recommendations? Selling yours?

I'd really appreciate your suggestions.

Rob

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From: ghica@fig.citib.com (Renato [Titanium Cranium] Ghica)
Subject: binocs and camera lenses
Originator: ghica@duck
Organization: Citibank IBISM
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:40:13 GMT



what is the correlation between specs for binoculars
and specs for SLR lenses? Is there any?

For example a 7 X 35 pair of binocs would give magnification
and agle of viewing the same as a XXXmm lense, fYYY ?

Does anyone know?
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