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Forum: Analog DarkRoom / Printing 20 Hours Ago
Replies: 14
Views: 395
Posted By sevo
There is no general relation between agitation...

There is no general relation between agitation and grain - but usually, high acutance (where the oxidation product acts as an inhibitor) and semi-physical action (where some or all silver is...
Forum: Photo Software 22 Hours Ago
Replies: 277
Views: 6,294
Posted By sevo
Adobe DNG converter can do the same, and is...

Adobe DNG converter can do the same, and is free...
Forum: 120 RF's Modern 1 Day Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 373
Posted By sevo
No - there is no variation to (modern) 645, it is...

No - there is no variation to (modern) 645, it is firmly defined to be 56×41.5mm, i.e. the 4:3 crop from 6x6, which is width limited to 56mm.

There is quite a bit of variation to 6x7 and 6x8, as...
Forum: SLRs - the unRF 2 Days Ago
Replies: 32
Views: 1,638
Posted By sevo
IIRC the one I've seen depicted was a...

IIRC the one I've seen depicted was a one-of-a-kind (perhaps experimental, perhaps customer request) Kodak DCS (the off-the-shelf versions were built around a variety of Nikons and Canons).
Forum: 120 RF's Modern 2 Days Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 373
Posted By sevo
Not at all, but neither is it supposed to. 4.5x6...

Not at all, but neither is it supposed to. 4.5x6 is a 3:4 ratio.
Forum: SLRs - the unRF 2 Days Ago
Replies: 32
Views: 1,638
Posted By sevo
The diagram looks líke a DX sensor - given the...

The diagram looks líke a DX sensor - given the experience with digital medium format, where nobody succeeded at making a digital back whose active sensor area covered the entire film window, I would...
Forum: Photo Software 3 Days Ago
Replies: 277
Views: 6,294
Posted By sevo
Fine for us (film/hobbyist/ex) photographers. But...

Fine for us (film/hobbyist/ex) photographers. But for graphic artists and the large majority of current professional photographers (where post-pro is a inevitable major part of the job) the PSD is...
Forum: Micl Photo Acc / Bags/ Meters / Tripods etc 4 Days Ago
Replies: 1
Views: 88
Posted By sevo
Be aware that this is a TV/ENG rig, Sachtler are...

Be aware that this is a TV/ENG rig, Sachtler are the Vitec brand for pro film and video tripods. You generally will not want a motion damped cine head for photo use. Oh, and nobody uses it (or would...
Forum: Roger Hicks -- Author of The Rangefinder Book 4 Days Ago
Replies: 55
Views: 1,189
Posted By sevo
On a global scale, only Victorinox/Felco have...

On a global scale, only Victorinox/Felco have similar presence. A bit more professional, at a price (but accordingly available in a variety of sizes exactly matching any hand, and in left-handed...
Forum: Film / Developing / Chemistry 4 Days Ago
Replies: 18
Views: 572
Posted By sevo
Well, you may be missing one piece of a light...

Well, you may be missing one piece of a light trap, or could have picked the wrong funnel (for a shorter tank, if you have several).

You can rule out overexposure - we'd be talking of something...
Forum: Film / Developing / Chemistry 4 Days Ago
Replies: 18
Views: 572
Posted By sevo
Ok, and DigitalICE is off? Then it is...

Ok, and DigitalICE is off? Then it is pseudo-solarization in the process - there must be light shining into your tank during the later stages of development or before the stop (or fixer, if you use...
Forum: Film / Developing / Chemistry 5 Days Ago
Replies: 18
Views: 572
Posted By sevo
No, that would be way too late - there is nothing...

No, that would be way too late - there is nothing developing at that stage, and fixing happens at many magnitudes faster pace than direct exposure to black. The recipe was to use well-used (or...
Forum: Film / Developing / Chemistry 5 Days Ago
Replies: 18
Views: 572
Posted By sevo
Have you really verified that the NEGATIVES...

Have you really verified that the NEGATIVES themselves look like that? If it is just a matter of the scans, disable DigitalICE and re-scan - using IR dust filters on black and white may cause...
Forum: Sony NEX 5 Days Ago
Replies: 33
Views: 1,184
Posted By sevo
Well, they'll have to throw in something like...

Well, they'll have to throw in something like that, if it is to sell. If it is meant to be sold - Ventizz sank large amounts of money into the struggling German solar panel industry, and such a...
Forum: Sony NEX 5 Days Ago
Replies: 33
Views: 1,184
Posted By sevo
... but not really significantly more than the...

... but not really significantly more than the after-market grip makers. Ok, the grip is molded on, but it still is a pretty secondary part of a camera, and hobbyists have already done more fancy...
Forum: Micl Photo Acc / Bags/ Meters / Tripods etc 6 Days Ago
Replies: 4
Views: 184
Posted By sevo
I have another light yellow #17 (perhaps pre-war...

I have another light yellow #17 (perhaps pre-war Agfa by the looks of it), and have sometimes come across others, by a variety of German makers - presumably that number is not Wratten, where a #17 is...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 1 Week Ago
Replies: 135
Views: 2,912
Posted By sevo
I have GIMP and Photoline - which does a better...

I have GIMP and Photoline - which does a better job on recent PSD files than GIMP, but both currently seem to be somewhere at CS2 level, so that all more modern fancy PSD properties (even adjustment...
Forum: Photo Software 1 Week Ago
Replies: 277
Views: 6,294
Posted By sevo
So how is a designer going to access the...

So how is a designer going to access the intellectual property stored on his computer if the license verification fails? Please don't rell me "store as JPEG or TIFF". All gained productivity in...
Forum: Photo Software 1 Week Ago
Replies: 277
Views: 6,294
Posted By sevo
No need to get insolent... And no, mechanical...

No need to get insolent... And no, mechanical access to a heap of bits falls rather short of access to the information within - if you use any of the new features not available in past Photoshop...
Forum: Photo Software 1 Week Ago
Replies: 277
Views: 6,294
Posted By sevo
It is nine a month the first year, twenty the...

It is nine a month the first year, twenty the second, and something yet to be determined after that... :cool:

The issue is not really the money (but of course, if Adobe decides to turn greedy, they...
Forum: Photo Software 1 Week Ago
Replies: 277
Views: 6,294
Posted By sevo
But the software that can display/convert them...

But the software that can display/convert them will shut down if it cannot access the cloud for too long or gets an expiration signal from the cloud. This may seem no big issue for old style...
Forum: Nikon Historical Society -- hosted by Bob Rotoloni 1 Week Ago
Replies: 17
Views: 314
Posted By sevo
I haven't used a F36, but all my F2/F3 age motors...

I haven't used a F36, but all my F2/F3 age motors required 12V. IIRC Quantum Turbos are 6V on their low voltage output, and 240-300V on the high, so these presumably won't do.
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 1 Week Ago
Replies: 135
Views: 2,912
Posted By sevo
Maybe in the US. But positively not in the EU -...

Maybe in the US. But positively not in the EU - here, you have transferable, non-expiring ownership rights to any piece of boxed software you bought.
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 1 Week Ago
Replies: 65
Views: 1,340
Posted By sevo
Probably not. But we'd be able to pay honest...

Probably not. But we'd be able to pay honest people the same as we pay to Amazon and other multinational online retailers (who are the heaviest sales tax evaders right now).
Forum: Leica Screw Mount / LTM Cameras 1 Week Ago
Replies: 5
Views: 386
Posted By sevo
As a matter of fact, the shutter of II/III...

As a matter of fact, the shutter of II/III generation Leicas is much closer to a mechanical egg timer than to a Rolex. So no, it is not anywhere THAT hard. But fixing egg timers is no skill you are...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 1 Week Ago
Replies: 135
Views: 2,912
Posted By sevo
Why would I care? The speed of improvement has...

Why would I care? The speed of improvement has slowed - for the past four or five versions there haven't really been any compelling new features other than the forced obsoletion of not making new ACR...
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 1 Week Ago
Replies: 142
Views: 4,147
Posted By sevo
You can't combine these numbers - yield is "good...

You can't combine these numbers - yield is "good chips per wafer", you can't have "chips per wafer" enter that equation twice. Besides, 100% yield would work either way - no flaw is no flaw, no...
Forum: Bill Pierce - Leica M photog and author 1 Week Ago
Replies: 135
Views: 2,912
Posted By sevo
Fun is, the German Telekom (near-monopolistic in...

Fun is, the German Telekom (near-monopolistic in most rural areas) has just added a new clause to their ToS, degrading the connection speed on all future "Flatrate" contracts to 384kbit/s (from...
Forum: Digital Leica M8 / M8.2 / M9 / M-E /Mono / M10 aka "M" 1 Week Ago
Replies: 28
Views: 845
Posted By sevo
It is quite impossible to have a accurate battery...

It is quite impossible to have a accurate battery gauge for lithium cells that works across all usage and age conditions. Lithium cells have no discernible discharge pattern that indicates their...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 1 Week Ago
Replies: 8
Views: 478
Posted By sevo
Well, good luck. I picked up one sea water...

Well, good luck. I picked up one sea water damaged Canon F-1 for spares, at 10€, and it was not even worth that - there was nothing in it good enough to salvage, short of a few plastic parts.
Forum: Roger Hicks -- Author of The Rangefinder Book 1 Week Ago
Replies: 55
Views: 1,189
Posted By sevo
Fixing bicycles, cars, childrens toys and...

Fixing bicycles, cars, childrens toys and cameras: Leatherman Wave

Picnic and Camping: A Picnic knife, obviously (something similar to...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 1 Week Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 352
Posted By sevo
Are these full images or cropped, and if so, from...

Are these full images or cropped, and if so, from where and how big?

I don't think it is camera related, unless you somehow shine into the barrel with your flash. The shape suggests that it might...
Forum: Photo Software 1 Week Ago
Replies: 52
Views: 1,442
Posted By sevo
In practice, prints are the best archival medium,...

In practice, prints are the best archival medium, as evident by the fact that over the course of the past 150 years they have accumulated to outnumber surviving negatives by magnitudes. Which is not...
Forum: Photo Software 1 Week Ago
Replies: 52
Views: 1,442
Posted By sevo
It certainly is not as future proof as ISO...

It certainly is not as future proof as ISO standards like TIFF or JPEG.

DNG is Adobe proprietary, and will presumably be dead once Adobe abandon it or evaporate - and going by the usual survival...
Forum: 120 RF's Modern 1 Week Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 373
Posted By sevo
Does the back actually contain processors or...

Does the back actually contain processors or storage that affects the ISO setting? I think it only is the display and switches. If so, you can still photograph with Fuji films, if you had set it to...
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 1 Week Ago
Replies: 33
Views: 903
Posted By sevo
To criticize them, or to express your dislike or...

To criticize them, or to express your dislike or hatred of them? There are more reasons to photograph than the urge to show that the world is a wonderful place full of loveable, respectable people...
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 142
Views: 4,147
Posted By sevo
Not due to any magic difference between film and...

Not due to any magic difference between film and sensors, nor by specification - at any rate I haven't yet run into any book or official document that defined a smaller CoC requirement for 24x36 FF...
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 142
Views: 4,147
Posted By sevo
Yes, but the inverse is not necessarily true....

Yes, but the inverse is not necessarily true. There are upper limits to an enlargement that make higher resolution source material (regardless whether bigger film/sensor sizes or finer grain/higher...
Forum: SLRs - the unRF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 27
Views: 1,199
Posted By sevo
Yep. Easy fix if you have a shutter timer/tester...

Yep. Easy fix if you have a shutter timer/tester (and a Nikon release button collar unscrewing tool). It helps to have the F service manual in addition to the F2 one, as relevant bits of the shutter...
Forum: Off Topic 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 6
Views: 134
Posted By sevo
Sure? In Germany, glasses are not covered by the...

Sure? In Germany, glasses are not covered by the health insurance (any more). Nonetheless the prices hereabouts are so high that people close to the French border go to buy there glasses there....
Forum: Fuji X-Pro1 / X-E1 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 86
Views: 2,198
Posted By sevo
But how many makers are still in the "give away...

But how many makers are still in the "give away bodies to sell more lenses" camp?
Forum: Micl Photo Acc / Bags/ Meters / Tripods etc 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 3
Views: 166
Posted By sevo
In general, only in terms of poor exposure... It...

In general, only in terms of poor exposure... It would be rather unusual for an electronic circuit to be killed by a voltage increase by 0.15V from nominal, or indeed by 1.5V at all, even more so...
Forum: Other RF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 7
Views: 731
Posted By sevo
The C35 is good enough for practical use, pretty...

The C35 is good enough for practical use, pretty average by slower/cheaper FLRF standards and about on a par with the Olympus 35RC. Which makes it much better than the XA (which might qualify for the...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 17
Views: 768
Posted By sevo
Well, there still are modular medium format...

Well, there still are modular medium format (D)SLRs.

The Hasselblad H system (Fuji GX645) still is around, with a film back on list - but we can't know whether they actually still do production runs...
Forum: CSC : Compact System Cameras - 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 26
Views: 705
Posted By sevo
I have my doubts whether these statistics have...

I have my doubts whether these statistics have any value except as a benchmark for new release promotion successes. I'd rather see a count of cameras sold at list price more than two months after...
Forum: Other RF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 25
Views: 620
Posted By sevo
Was it a real one? The only one I ever saw on...

Was it a real one? The only one I ever saw on ebay quite obviously had a CV Prominent->Contax mount adapter attached...
Forum: Making Photo Bucks $$$ 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 47
Views: 2,410
Posted By sevo
As long as a unattributed version is accessible...

As long as a unattributed version is accessible from the UK (which will be hard to disprove), UK based corporations may grab and use it free of charge.
Forum: Making Photo Bucks $$$ 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 47
Views: 2,410
Posted By sevo
Uh, that would be either-or. And in reality, it...

Uh, that would be either-or. And in reality, it is neither - at least unless you intend to accuse the US to be either fascist or communist. While deplorable, and bad enough that the UK would deserve...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 56
Views: 2,559
Posted By sevo
The merits are somewhat debatable, as a...

The merits are somewhat debatable, as a readjustment would only help if you use the 625 sized S625PX/SR09 - which also has been discontinued. All easily available (and somewhat future proof) silver...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 56
Views: 2,559
Posted By sevo
Batteries are not really an issue....

Batteries are not really an issue. Rebuilding/conversion is pointless, as the original 625 cell has a form factor that nowadays only exists as a alkaline which can't accurately drive the M5 meter,...
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