Recent content by Darkblue

Does anyone have any up to date recommendations for a new Manfrotto head? I have my current 3 way for years and its slipping quite a lot now.

Thats an interesting point, and for me it it begs the question of how you apply a border. Do most people add a border that covers a part of the image, or resize the canvas? I resized the canvas for the picture posted above.

I think it depends on the image, although I think black and white photographs are more suited to a digital frame, a simple black or white border 250 pixels wide. Back in the darkroom days you would often want to print with a border, if for no other reason than for keeping your paper flat during...

Have you considered 6x6 format? There's a steady 'flow' of Mamiya C330's coming onto Ebay. Also the manual Bronica SQ B tends to be quite a good price too. Have a look at these C330 group shots on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/groups/78605199@N00/

Those look really nice Stevo - it's a shame about the scratching. Did that happen while you were developing?

Here's another recent scan using the V700. I am really happy with the Epson, scans are so sharp.

Thanks for the comments guys. It's true it is a little dark - I may try lighten it and see how it turns out and will re-post it if I like the result.

This is a recently scanned negative although the picture itself was taken sometime in the mid to late 90's. It's a picture of my dad before his health failed. Mamiya RB, 180mm lens on Ilford FP4 Plus. Have to admit, I am well impressed by the scan quality (Epson V700) I will...

I second what medwaygreen says - thats the kind of image I would loved to have taken.

Thank you for all the replies. Lots of stuff here for me to look through and think about. This is a question I have been wanting the answer to since buying a digital camera. I must go back and read Barry's last book - Elements of Transition. It's in this book that he described the technique...

A few years back when I was shooting film, I became a big fan of Barry Thornton's books - Edge of Darkness opened my eyes to the possibilities of black & white film. If I remember correctly, in his last book, he was talking about conventional capture, scanning and processing the negs, then...

...and thought it was about time I did an intro post. I'm new to digital picture taking and that's why I'm here really. I am also newly registered but I've been lurking for a while looking for pointer on PP. Current kit is a D5000 with it's kit lens and an 85mm 1.8 from back in the day. I...