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    Gary R. Smith reacted to Pete Askew's post in the thread Which bed scale?? (question for large-format film shooters) with Hugo High Five Hugo High Five.
    The scales simply show the distance between the front of the lens board and the film plane. The white scale is the normal one and the...
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    Gary R. Smith replied to the thread Finally!.
    Just clicked BUY IT NOW for one of those. Should be easier than using the little B+L 4x. Thanks Paul! ...and the money keeps draining...
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    Gary R. Smith replied to the thread Finally!.
    Thanks Pete! Boy that's a monster. I'm hoping that sorting the gg and the bed scale will be enough to allow me to focus with my little...
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    Gary R. Smith reacted to Pete Askew's post in the thread Finally! with Hugo High Five Hugo High Five.
    Something like this...
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    Gary R. Smith replied to the thread Finally!.
    Yes, it's a Bausch+Lomb loupe that I had from my watch repair days. Not sure where I'd find something else. I do suspect that the fact...
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    Gary R. Smith replied to the thread Finally!.
    Ordered the 6th edition. Should be here in about a week. I believe that my gg was flipped. It is now positioned so that the ground side...
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    Gary R. Smith posted the thread Which bed scale?? (question for large-format film shooters) in Equipment & Media.
    My Toyo has a 150mm Nikkor lens. I haven't been happy with the focus on any of my shots to date. I'm not sure which scale I should use...
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    Gary R. Smith reacted to Shaun Haselden's post in the thread Miles and miles of concrete... with Like Like.
    It is these footpaths that can be traced on old OS maps to give access for photography but I must just mention the land owner of what...
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    Gary R. Smith reacted to Shaun Haselden's post in the thread Miles and miles of concrete... with Like Like.
    I'm not entirely sure Gary but I do know that in most cases the land was returned to the original owner. In a lot of cases it also has...
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    Gary R. Smith reacted to Tony Warren's post in the thread Finally! with Like Like.
    Glad that helped Gary. Stroebel's View Camera Technique goes into detail and suggests some focus problems occur if the Fresnel ridges...
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    Gary R. Smith reacted to Tony Warren's post in the thread Finally! with Like Like.
    You aren't comparing like for like Gary. DoF with the digital is considerable greater than the 5x4 at the same aperture. The maths are...
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    Gary R. Smith replied to the thread Finally!.
    I sharpened the film shot and I'm not certain if I have the Sony setup to sharpen the sooc jpg, so I didn't do anything to it. Am I...
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    Gary R. Smith reacted to Gary Ayala's post in the thread Finally! with Like Like.
    It must be getting frustrating. What did you focus on? Maybe it is time to check out the lens.
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    Gary R. Smith replied to the thread Finally!.
    It's probably my eyes. Even using a 4x loupe and moving focus back and forth then splitting the difference, I'm not getting it. I'm...
  • Gary R. Smith
    Gary R. Smith replied to the thread Finally!.
    Still not thrilled. Toyo on the left f/32 @ 1/25th v. Sony on the right at f/22 @ 1/50th.
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