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system: You are Russ Mcmillen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Photography message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "RE: Photosniper".

They wrote:
>
>
> -> > -> RM> You should see the incredible camera I found at an antique
> -> store > -> this RM> afternoon.
> -> >
> -> >    Yesterday  I pickup up  another  Minox binocular clamp, a late >
> -> version at  a small antique booth for only  $25, a great bargain; as
> -> > new ones are still selling at  US$229 !  This guy had  a mint
> -> condition > Minox LX, he was asking  $600,  that was no bargain.
> ->
> -> Deals like that make life exciting don't it?
> ->
> -> Do you go to the PHSC auction?
>
>      Not yet.
>      Sounds like a good place to pick up looots of bargain !

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assistant: From: Russ McMillen <russm@idirect.com>
Subject: RE: Photosniper
On Thursday, April 30, 1998 7:43 AM, Martin Tai
[SMTP:Martin.Tai@f710.n250.z1.wnybbs.net] wrote:
It is, although I don't see a lot of Minox stuff (or maybe I do and don't
recognize it).  It's Sunday May 3 (Yes, this weekend) at the Queensway
Lions Centre (1 Queensway Lions Court) in Mississauga, The Queensway and
Kipling.  If you go, look for a dashing blonde man in a black trenchcoat
drooling over the motion picture cameras, it's sure to be me.
Russ M.
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They wrote:
>
>
> Hi Russ
>
>  RM> Just remember, you're only 29 for the rest of your life <G>.
>
>  Nothing doing.  Can't get my discounts like that!!!  After all those
>  years of waiting for them too......Hey wait.... my husband turns
>  50 this year.  He can get the discounts.  You're right.....I'm 29 :)

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assistant: From: Russ McMillen <russm@idirect.com>
Subject: RE: Photosniper
On Thursday, April 30, 1998 1:49 PM, Karen Wattie
[SMTP:Karen.Wattie@f344.n163.z1.wnybbs.net] wrote:
In a couple of weeks It'll be time for me to stop the clock too.  The
consolation is I know I'll never be as old as my wife : )
Russ  M.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: B&W Art Copies (Kare".

They wrote:
>On Thursday, April 30, 1998 7:35 PM, Stu Rothman
>[SMTP:alaskanlens@juno.com] wrote:
>> Hi:
>>  If you'd want to look at mine, a fairly typical photog's page, (I
>> think), take a peek.
>>
>> 	http://members.tripod.com/~StuRothman
>>
>> Spaces, slashes and upper and lower case is important.
>I've been there, didn't you see me?  I looked right at your
>picture<G>.>Russ M.

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assistant: From: alaskanlens@juno.com (Stu Rothman)
Subject: Re: B&W Art Copies (Kare
On Fri, 1 May 1998 20:39:36 -0400 Russ McMillen <russm@idirect.com>
writes:
Gosh Russ, I musta been lookin the other way............
                                  ;-}
                                           Stu
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system: You are Edward Sukach, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Photography message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: photography/ Howie".

They wrote:
>is anyone here interested in the who/what/where/why/ and how of
>photographing children and/or nude,s and/or nude children,? and please
>me any socially and politically constipated and atiquated crap about how
>anybody who phtograph,s nude children is obviously a pedophile, ill
>anything but that,

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assistant: From: edsukach@juno.com (Edward Sukach)
Subject: Re: photography/ Howie
do nopt send
listen to
Out of curiosity, I am "interested" in nudes - strongly, "Adult" nudes,
but the attitudes of our society towards nudity in art is "of interest".
I'm not sure what you are asking here... can you be more specific?
Ed, H.B.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: Lenses, etc. / Bob Hayes".

They wrote:
>> In designing a lens, the "normal" focal length is very nearly ideal
>> for "simplifying" things.... Aberrations, coma, resolution, speed,
>> mechanicals... all are easiest to deal with at that focal length.
>
>Until now I always thought a "normal" lens was a lens that "saw" the
>same thing you're eyes do...same magnification or perspective.

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assistant: From: edsukach@juno.com (Edward Sukach)
Subject: Re: Lenses, etc. / Bob Hayes
Here there is a path leading directly to the sciences dealing with human
perception - Gestalt Psychology (?) in particular.
Optically, it is difficult to establish the focal length / "frame" ratio
of the human eye, what with visual sensors gradually dissipating and
changing from rods to cones in the retina, the curved "film plane" and
the "filling" of space with the aqueous and vitreous humor... and
probably a couple of dozen other factors.
Even if "numbers" could be established, there is a very effective "data
processing system" in the perceptual process... although the eye may well
record a face close up as having a significant "balloon" distortion (try
a close up portrait with a extreme wide angle lens, and you'll see what I
mean), our perception will "tell" us that this is the same face that we
see from twenty feet away, and that there is *no* distortion.
Fascinating subject in itself.
Maybe we can draw a parallel... we can apply the same tools and
principles to determine a "normal" lens as we use to determine "normal"
human behavior... and, probably, with the same "goodness" of result.
Ed, H.B.
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user: You are replying to All about "Film?".

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assistant: Greetings Humans. About twenty five years ago I did weddings for a period of
about three years before I went almost stark raving mad. I not only got out
of the wedding photography business, I left the photography business and
went elsewhere . Where I had a little better chance of retaining what little
amount of sanity I had left. But back then , in the Jurassic period, I used
a 2 1/4 Mamiya with a color print film that was called Vericolor. It was
good stuff way back then.
    My question to all is this. Is Vericolor still available? And should I
use it at all? A friend and his girlfriend are getting married one week from
today and they are being married at Scarbourogh Faire (don't know if I
spelled that right) but it is a medieval faire. They are wearing period
clothing and it should be a royal hoot. I want to take some shots with my
Canon Autofocus ( my eyes are not as good as they once were for fine
focusing.)I will not be the primary photographer, just a come along.
But I don't know what film would be best for something like an
outdoor wedding and still used in a 35mm . It should be quite colorful and a
delight to shoot. But surely somebody has come up with a better film than
Vericolor in the last 25 years. Opinions , please. Thanks to all.
BOB GLOVER
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user: You are replying to Janis Foley about "Re: Well that didn't work".

They wrote:
JF> Looks like my major question message came through looking all crazy...
JF> Let's try that again...  I really need your input on which job to choose
JF> - since I don't think it will be good to try and juggle both... any two
JF> cents will be greatly appreciated... I know - I know... this is supposed
JF> to be MY decision... but I'm so torn here!!!  PLEASE HELP!!!

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assistant: In the epistle "Well that didn't work..." scribed 05-06-98 12:08,
Janis Foley did thus proclaim to All:
Janis
There was a disruption to the Fido feed for a couple of days,
so this may have been discussed into the ground. I will make
a couple of comments - of course. ;-}
On working at a shooting gallery -
Yes, you are photographing people, but you may be well learning
techniques and habits that will be very difficult to shake next
job. I worked for a rather oppressive newspaper for a couple of
years. They had a stock way of shooting just about every type
of picture - totally contrary to my instincts - but to remain
employed, I had to conform. The following job was at one of the
most enlightened and challenging papers. I found that after two
years of conditioning, it was difficult to turn on my eyes again.
Seriously.
On working at a lab -
Consider it schooling with pay. Photographers have a very dependent
relationship with labs - whether they do their own processing or
farm it out. If one does not have lab skills, one is at the mercy
of the lab. Even if as a photographer, one never gets closer to
acetic acid than a Kosher dill with a pastrami sandwich, having
been there gives you an understanding of what can be done and how.
Thus you are able to communicate with those who can make you look
great or destroy you.
Even when one mostly uses a commercial lab, there will be times
when a client is desperate to meet an absurd deadline, and a night
in your own lab will save his hide. Great service tends to promote
client/photographer bonding which is very good for business.
As part of an ongoing learning process, doing your own lab work
when you are testing or experimenting will give you the best
possible information. Try something radical and send it through
a commercial processor and you will never know if the results
were mostly yours or theirs.
larry!
... We had a quicksand box in the back yard...
    I was an only child - eventually.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: Karen".

They wrote:
> SR> They retail for 35 cents, 3 for $1.00, but if you'd like a
> SR>couple, just send me a couple of stamps and I'll send you a
> SR> couple with my  compliments.
>
>If you send my your mailing address by e-mail, I'll be able to do that
>:)  >Karen

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assistant: From: alaskanlens@juno.com (Stu Rothman)
Subject: Re: Karen
on 11 May 98 01:15:42 GMT Karen.Wattie@f344.n163.z1.wnybbs.net (Karen
Wattie) writes:
Stewart N. (Stu) Rothman
921 Woodway,  Fairbanks, AK 99709
Compuserve  76576,2576
Ph: (907) 474-0685   Fax: (907) 474-0090
E-Mail:  alaskanlens@juno.com
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: Job/ Janis Foley".

They wrote:
>Thanks Mark!  I'll be going to Job #2 tomorrow... it'll only be my
>second day there... hope it's a little better than the first day...
>first day I got a TON of information - got a brain cramp...
>...  and mainly spotted pictures for most of my first day... (sigh)
> I can't wait until I know what I'm doing there...

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assistant: From: edsukach@juno.com (Edward Sukach)
Subject: Re: Job/ Janis Foley
I can appreciate that.
Yerghh!  Probably my least favorite thing to do of all time.  I"ve made
*many* additional prints from re-cleaned negatives (and transparencies),
just to avoid spotting.
Spotting and "retouching" are *very* valuable (and hard-to-find)
skills... and from the sounds of it, you must have real talent in that
area.
If the outfit you are working for actually values the quality of their
work enough to actually "spot" prints, there is most likely a great deal
to be learned there.
Hmm... Interesting concept.  I've been wondering if I'll get to that
point, too....  :^{))))
Ed, H.B.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: PHOTOGRAPHY/Howie Coombe".

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assistant: From: edsukach@juno.com (Edward Sukach)
Subject: Re: PHOTOGRAPHY/Howie Coombe
Hei, Howie,
Just remembered the old story about a rather "repressed" caller who
reported an incident to the local police.  Telephone conversation:
  Woman's Voice on the Telephone:  Officer!  Officer... you've got to do
something about my   neighbors... they're running around in their back
yard NAKED!!  Both of them, a man and his wife!!   ... and they don't
have any clothes on!!!
  Police Officer:  Well, Ma'am, ... are they in view of the public?
  WVOP:  No, their yard is fenced in... but they don't have any clothes
on!!!
  PO:  Well, if they're not in view of the public, there isn't much we
can do.
  WVOP:  But I can SEE them through my window!!!
  PO:  Uh... I don't know... can you try pulling your window shade down?
  WVOP:  (After some discussion) Well, all right, ... I'll try it.
Fifteen minutes later:
  WVOP:  Officer!!  They're still running around NAKED!!!
  PO:  Uh,  did you try to block the view with your window shade?
  WVOP:  Yes!  .... But, if I stand on top of my bureau, I can see over
the top of it...!!!!
Ed, H.B.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: PHOTOGRAPHY/Howie Coombe".

They wrote:
>   WVOP:  Yes!  .... But, if I stand on top of my bureau, I can see over
> the top of it...!!!!

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assistant: From: "Bob Hayes" <drbob@ns2.mounet.com>
Subject: Re: PHOTOGRAPHY/Howie Coombe
Howllll!  THAT was worth logging on for!
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: Mosquitos".

They wrote:
>  SR> I photographed the old man holding the rifle and the piece of giant
>  SR> then I tied a thread to a dead mosquito with two pair of tweezers.
>  SR> photographed the mosquito in the studio with a 4 x 5 Linhof and Triple
>  SR> Extension bellows. The 4 x 5 transparency then showed a mosquito the
>  SR> of a chicken,
> I never realize you had to go though such a production to photograph the
> mosquito though.

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assistant: From: Russ McMillen <russm@idirect.com>
Subject: RE: Mosquitos
On Sunday, May 10, 1998 9:16 PM, Karen Wattie
[SMTP:Karen.Wattie@f344.n163.z1.wnybbs.net] wrote:
rope,
Then I
size
Or you could just photograph a canadian mosquito life-size <G>.
Russ M.
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: Graphlex back / Russ - Hap".

They wrote:
>
>
> Re: sheet film adapter for Kokak 3A
>
> RM> Well the ground glass measures close to that.  I just realized the
> RM> ground  glass and film holders are there but not the back itself.
> RM> Oh well, a peice  of ground glass will come in handy sometime.
>
>    Um, isn't the 3A the one that the entire back looks something like a
> oversize film magazine?  I don't know old cameras but if its the one I
> is I don't see how the sheet film adapter would go on the "back" (I sort
> remember that it loads from the inside.) Are you sure that you don't take
> roll film back off the 3A and then put the front directly onto the sheet
> holder?

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assistant: From: Russ McMillen <russm@idirect.com>
Subject: RE: Graphlex back / Russ - Hap
On Saturday, May 09, 1998 8:20 AM, Stu Turk
[SMTP:Stu.Turk@p2.f26.n129.z1.wnybbs.net] wrote:
think it
of
the
film
Something like that.  The 3A was a folding camera and you seperated the
front and back halves of the camera to load the spools.  The adaptor is
(supposed to be) a new back with a cut out to hold the ground glass and
sheet film.  I got everything except the back.  Of course the point is moot
since I don't have a 3A camera either (the only reason I bought it was
because there was a Mansfield splicer in the box : )
Russ M.
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: E-mail addresses".

They wrote:
>
>
> Hi there!   This may be off topic but I have a question...  Does anyone
> know if there is a way to send someone your e-mail "address book"
> without having to type in every single name and address?  Just like
> forwarding your address book to someone?  Just curious!
>

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assistant: From: Russ McMillen <russm@idirect.com>
Subject: RE: E-mail addresses
On Sunday, May 10, 1998 5:50 PM, Janis Foley
[SMTP:jfoley@cx30186-a.dt1.sdca.home.com] wrote:
Your address book should be a file and you can attach files easily.  The
name will depend on what email system you're using.  If it's Outlook or (I
think) Exchange or Inbox it will be called "mailbox.pab".
Russ M.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: E-mail addresses".

They wrote:
> > Hi there!   This may be off topic but I have a question...  Does
> anyone
> > know if there is a way to send someone your e-mail "address book"
> > without having to type in every single name and address?  Just like
> > forwarding your address book to someone?  Just curious!
>
> What is the address book in?  what program?  Is it a Win 95 file?

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assistant: From: jfoley@cx30186-a.dt1.sdca.home.com (Janis Foley)
Subject: Re: E-mail addresses
Organization: @Home Network
Bob Hayes wrote:
No... just my e-mail address book!  I have Netscape... if that means
anything...
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: photography/Janis".

They wrote:
> > photographed in Europe where indignation over nudity is much less
> than
> > it is here...In fact there are spots over there (and here too <G>)
> where
> > whole "colonies" of people gather without clothing.
>
> And they're a real mind trip, but I'd recommend them to anyone.
> Wonderful experience.

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assistant: From: jfoley@cx30186-a.dt1.sdca.home.com (Janis Foley)
Subject: Re: photography/Janis
Organization: @Home Network
Bob Hayes wrote:
Ohhh... I couldn't do that...
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: Job/ ED".

They wrote:
> >Thanks Mark!  I'll be going to Job #2 tomorrow... it'll only be my
> >second day there... hope it's a little better than the first day...
> >first day I got a TON of information - got a brain cramp...
>
> I can appreciate that.
> >...  and mainly spotted pictures for most of my first day... (sigh)
>
> Yerghh!  Probably my least favorite thing to do of all time.  I"ve
> made
> *many* additional prints from re-cleaned negatives (and
> transparencies),
> just to avoid spotting.
> Spotting and "retouching" are *very* valuable (and hard-to-find)
> skills... and from the sounds of it, you must have real talent in that
> area.
> If the outfit you are working for actually values the quality of their
>
> work enough to actually "spot" prints, there is most likely a great
> deal
> to be learned there.
> > I can't wait until I know what I'm doing there...
>
> Hmm... Interesting concept.  I've been wondering if I'll get to that
> point, too....  :^{))))
>
> Ed, H.B.

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assistant: From: jfoley@cx30186-a.dt1.sdca.home.com (Janis Foley)
Subject: Re: Job/ ED
Organization: @Home Network
Edward Sukach wrote:
My brain cramp?
Ha ha ha... I saw my boss do that... he called it "owners privilege"...
yeah... rub it in!
Well thank you!  I think knowledge of painting and colors help... hand
tinting might have helped too... And you're right... it was okay at
first... but after so many prints - UGH!  YUCKO!!!
Oh yes!  They take good care of their customers... They have a rule -
forgot what Rick called it... but basically little things like when
people bring in a neg to be re-printed without a neg bag - we'll return
it to the customer WITH a new neg bag... I like that!
Ha ha!  I'm getting there!
;-)
Janis
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user: You are replying to All about "Thanks!".

They wrote:
> >
> > Hi there!   This may be off topic but I have a question...  Does
> anyone
> > know if there is a way to send someone your e-mail "address book"
> > without having to type in every single name and address?  Just like
> > forwarding your address book to someone?  Just curious!
> >
> Your address book should be a file and you can attach files easily.
> The
> name will depend on what email system you're using.  If it's Outlook
> or (I
> think) Exchange or Inbox it will be called "mailbox.pab".
>
> Russ M.

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assistant: From: jfoley@cx30186-a.dt1.sdca.home.com (Janis Foley)
Subject: Thanks!
Organization: @Home Network
Russ McMillen wrote:
Thanks Russ!  I figured - there's got to be a way to do this...  I'll
check into it...
chat with ya later!
Janis
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