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    Review: Leica M6 TTL or Voigtlander Bessa R4M?

    the m6ttl has rewind crank, your copy has the knob.
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    The cost factor is in my opinion is quite subjective. on the one hand, film has been really cheap adjusted for inflation, compared to the seventies and eighties. on the other hand, processing fees + film costs can't technically compare against "Free" when using the digital. but if...
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    Stop over in Singapore, in desperate need of Leica help!

    try camera hospital or p&g andrew. google and ask them ahead to expect a rush job.
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #10 It isn't easy to shoot film but it is straight forward (Last of the series). It isn't easy to shoot with film cameras, many are manual focus, some lack a light meter, some don't even need a battery to operate at all. Compared to the camera in your handphone, a...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #9 I love Prints from the Darkroom. Darkroom prints, also known as Silver Gelatin Print, is getting pretty rare, as there exists only a handful of darkrooms left here in Singapore. What we film photographers do now is to scan the negatives into digital format, but...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #8 because I love Medium Format. There is something quite magical about a Rolleiflex Twin Lens Reflex camera. The output from this old 1960's camera is approximately 6cm x 6cm negative, about 3-4 times that of a 35mm neg. The tonality of a large negative is richer...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #7 because the process of taking a picture drives the enjoyment of photography. Despite the "limitations" of not having a preview screen, I really enjoy the act of taking a photo with a film camera. The manual focus, the 36-frame per roll, the film advance lever, the...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #6 I love Mechanical Cameras! A fine mechanical camera is like a manual watch. A thing to behold and a thing to enjoy. I love my mechanical cameras, some of them with an optional battery for metering. And they store value pretty well too, witness the recent prices of...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #5 I don't worry too much about blown highlights. Everything being equal film likes overexposure more than under exposure. How much ? Well films like Tri-x typically have a film latitude of about 7 stops, 2 Under and 5 Over. In Digital, this is the reverse, it handles...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #4 I love Grains. In digital, Grains is noise and noise is a bad thing. In Film, Grains adds texture to an image. Picture: Merchant at a Grains store (no pun intended). Kabul, Afghanistan 2011. Tmax 400 developed in Tmax Developer, Olympus 35SP Rangefinder
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I Love Film Because #3 I love Black and White. Shooting B&W is a different experience, it is about textures, light and shadows, it is about composition, it is about contrasts. When I shoot B&W, the quality of light excites me. Picture: Women buying inner-garments. Bazaar in Tehran, Iran...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    I love Film because #2 I love Contact Sheets A contact sheet is a photographer's work in progress. It captures how a photographer shoots and how he approaches the subject. It also captures all the mistakes and images that didn't quite make the cut, it also helps him choose the frame that...
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    Ten Reasons Why I Love Film.

    (Was approached by Catus Jack to post here) I love Film because: #1 I love Negatives Holding a piece of Negative is like holding a Vinyl record. It is tangible, and yet prone to scratches if not handled properly. A negative is proof you were there and you shot the picture. A...
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    Need HELP with Kodak Pakon F-135 Plus

    pls go to FB and join the pakon page.
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    A short post on Pakon F-135 Plus scanner

    this scanner scans whole uncut rolls in 4mins. the ppi is only 2000, so a 36x24mm negative frame is only 6mp. the plustek can scan much higher resolution. google is your best friend.
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    Suspicious goods

    i know that brand new leica from USA, Europe or Dubai are around 9.5k for brand new MM. While in SG, they bloody markup to 11.5k All warranties are cross-border, so I have no qualms about buying from someone who bought overseas, of course i will check for original receipt, condition...
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    Giveaways: I have a Tamron Adaptall-2 24-48 f/3.5 SP Lens to give away.

    Giveaways: I have a Tamron Adaptall-2 24-48 f/3.5 SP Lens to give away. I hate this lens, dunno how to use zoom, dunno how to use SLR, and don't understand why don't have auto-diaphram, and don't know how to focus. I have this in Pentax KM Mount. Take it off my Hands! DO NOT PM ME...
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    A short post on Pakon F-135 Plus scanner

    hi, i shot the images with the leica minilux, so i presume it would be at f11 or f16. they are unprocessed and out of the scanner, i am incuding 2 formats, TIF and JPG. thanks http://retro4.ms11.net/roll-b-hawkeye-minilux-AA004.jpg http://retro4.ms11.net/roll-b-hawkeye-minilux-AA004.tif raytoei
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    A short post on Pakon F-135 Plus scanner

    Just a quick post, did 3 rolls today, Uncut and it scanned all 36 frames in 4 mins With about an additional minute to save the images For each roll.
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    A short post on Pakon F-135 Plus scanner

    ocean priest, dunno leh, haven't tested a uncut roll, but my tri-x (which curls) seem to scan okay. i don't think it supports other formats (eg. half or xpan type) vittra: version 2.4 of the psi sw works only with dx coding. i download the 3.0 version and it supports all types of negatives.