Recent content by Rattrap

Interesting question. I think when you are doing anything you have to aspire to doing it better or differently, there has to be an aim, so no I don't think it's wrong to think in such a way. Personally, having been doing this for nearly 30 years I think I know where my level is which is...

Steve, that is very interesting, very interesting. Every time I've looked a t B&W printing from digital I've been put off by the faff and results but that could be the answer. Now to Ebay for a 2nd hand Mamiya :D

I'd like a medium format film camera loaded with HP5 or FP4 but I'm afraid I wouldn't go back to the darkroom with it, I'd scan it................................Mind you, the new house has a big attic....................................hmmmm.

:) OK, I'll change it to, I enjoy it far more than sitting in a darkroom, how's that? It's a funny thing though. All the stuff that used to take ages in a darkroom, bas-relief, solarisation is now a bit of a cliche as it's so easy to do in PS. Still has it's place mind, with the right subject...

Sorry, I misread an earlier post to read that a plugin was available for 6, I now realize it isn't. There are 3rd party converters such as Silkypix and Capture 1 but of course they cost. If that's not possible, continue converting to Tiff, it's really fine as a workflow.

This is no longer cheap with the $ exchange rate but I would highly recommend it for understanding all things digital: www.123di.com

Off site I use these chaps www.mozy.com 26Gb and counting. On site stuff just gets copied between computers.

Folder by year does sound a better idea than my method which is basically an incremental number within the the subdivision of camera taken with i.e. Canon-01, Pentax-01, Scans etc.. I rely on the AcdSee database to tell me when I've taken them.

*ist D owner here. Only had it 4 years, we hardly know each other. Long time ago I was an Olympus owner but the last one got stolen and was replaced by an MZ10 with two kit lenses. When everything started going digital I waited for *ist D a) to arrive and b) to come down to my £500 jump in...

Personally I save my Raw to a Tiff open in PS and save as a psd. When finished I keep the layered psd and make a flattened Tiff as well. If you can get the Canon plugin for PS then let PS open the raw and work with that. I changed my workflow slightly recently from doing the above to letting...

Just joined up. Been browsing around and like the forum, so thought I'd join in as part of the effort to use my camera more. Been using an SLR for a long time. Started with a Zenith and now have a Pentax *ist D and a Minolta scanner for my old film and trannies. Though I know Photoshop...