[Leftist Rhetoric]

May 17, 2009 at 11:25 pm

Thanks George, I will give him a shout and tell him of my predicament.

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January 10, 2008 at 6:18 pm

Yeh I’m a landscape photographer alright, the manual sounds interesting, how much were you looking for it? I have seen a used 500c/m body for 400 dollars which seems like a good price and come from a reputable dealer. I may go for that and then it’s a case of getting good quality accessories, I take it most accessories ie. film backs, lenses, lens shades, filter systems are universal for the 500 series?

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January 9, 2008 at 12:47 am

I’m still learning alot about them actually and didn’t realise the 503cw was the newest incarnation. I only do film work so it may not be the wisest choice, I imagine anything in the 500 range would be suitable. If I could get a decent body I would pay top dollar for a good lens, I’ve been eyeing up a 40mm f4, which kinda gets me excited.

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January 6, 2008 at 9:41 pm

Cheers man, appreciate that.

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July 11, 2007 at 11:54 pm

Cheers for the advice, great shots too, :D

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June 20, 2007 at 11:04 am

One thing I forgot to say, I mostly always use a polariser with Superia 100 and the results have been fantastic so far.

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June 19, 2007 at 11:57 am

I would definitely say Fuji Superia 100, I have a couple of pics on my myspace page taken with Superia, http://www.myspace.com/leftistrhetoric they are both beside each other one of a boat and one of stones leadin into lough neagh, hope this helps.

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June 13, 2007 at 6:38 pm

I am considering some Large Format work, but I can’t really justify it right now, think I have to improve my skills and this Hasselblad kit might help me achieve that??? As another post pointed out if I was going to delve into Large Format straight away I’d have to shell out for another enlarger… Imagine the kit you could buy if you were filthy rich… I think I might just buy every classic film camera and enlarger…lol. I have to get this Hasselblad.

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June 10, 2007 at 11:08 pm

Great stuff… looking forward to seeing your Mamiya 645 stuff… I use one too.

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June 4, 2007 at 2:47 pm

Jeez, it’s the portydown mafia!!!

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June 4, 2007 at 1:09 pm

Hey Ryan I’m in Portadown too, I do alot of medium format in my darkroom. Maybe we can share tips, god knows I need them…lol. Welcome along.

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June 2, 2007 at 2:00 pm

Yeh it’s quite an unforgiving enlarger for scratches and dust but if you get it right, the contrast and clarity is worth it. I use a Rodenstock 50m f2.8 lens for 35mm and a Rodenstock 80mm f4 for my medium format work. I’ll have to go out and buy some proper paper washers if I’m going to use fibre based sheets but you have me all excited at the prosepct.

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June 2, 2007 at 10:03 am

I think I’ll put in the extra effort with fibre based papers when I’m more confident, it takes me long enough at the moment to get a good print on RC. You all seem to think the difference in quality is worth it so I’ll check it out. I’m using a Durst enlarger with condenser head. It’s really good for the stuff I want to do.

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June 1, 2007 at 8:47 pm

Eddie wrote:

My preference at the moment is Ilford warmtone fibre based paper developed in Agfa WA warmtone. I generally tone everything. A light sepia or selenium. Have recently purchased gold toner and hope to do some selenium and gold combinations. Also going to do some lith printing. Just need to push myself a bit to get into the darkroom.

Yeh I’m pretty new to the darkroom so I haven’t worked with toners and the like but I’m sure I will in due course. I do have to push myself to get into the dark room, perhaps because I know that once I’m in I’m there for a very long time. Aren’t fibre based papers notoriously difficult to work with? From my research it seems like a bit of a nightmare.

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May 30, 2007 at 4:32 pm

All valid points, I havent got photoshop on my new comp yet, but I will before I post anymore and can resize them. I prefer photographing at angles, don’t know why, maybe it’s just my thing.

btw, the photo was taken in Mexico, a place on the West coast called Mazatlan.