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    Fun with the Fuji X ___!

    Re: Fun with the Fuji X-E1 Monterey Bay, California
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    Fun with the Fuji X ___!

    Re: Fun with the Fuji X-E1 The 55-200mm is very sharp! The following was taken at 200mm, maximum aperture and minimum focusing distance. This one taken through the foliage:
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    EOS M

    I got it from Costco 3 weeks ago for $Can 400, which included the speedlite 90X, the 18-55mm and a 16 GB card. Costco will accept returns within 3 months of purchase... I used it in conjunction with a Fuji X-E1 on a recent trip to California. I really like the touchscreen interface; much faster...
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    Fun with the Fuji X ___!

    Re: Fun with the Fuji X-E1 New to the X-E1, which I purchased a month ago for travel. Here are some taken with the 18-55mm zoom.
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    More Fun with Large Format Film Images!

    Beautiful image Justin! Love the composition, the rich tones and amazing details.
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    Is it worth shooting in B+W?

    Scanning an enlargement (or a contact print) made in the traditional darkroom is far less demanding from the scanner than scanning the negative. Even a cheap scanner would do the job. I have made 8x10 prints on an Epson 3800 from scanning 8x10 enlargements made from 4x5 neg; they are almost...
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    More and more film fun with something other than a Leica M

    Hi Cindy, Just like you, I also have the 65mm, and decided to get the 43mm, since I thought the 50mm is just too close in focal length to the 65mm. They are almost as close as a 35mm would be to a 28mm in the 35mm format. Just my 2 cents! Francois
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    Leaf Aptus II-5 Image's

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    More and more film fun with something other than a Leica M

    Beautiful image Jeremy! There is something magical about those 8x10 images that set them apart from other formats, and this is quite obvious even on the web. A contact print must be quite something to see! How do you process and scan your negatives?
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    Betterlight vs Canon 5D, an informal comparison

    Yes Rob, please post your experiments; I am sure others would be interested too. For the time being, I will stick to LF neg (color and B&W) when things are not suitable for the scanning back. After all, if I carry the LF camera with lenses, the Betterlight and the laptop, I may as well add a...
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    Betterlight vs Canon 5D, an informal comparison

    I focus on the ground glass with a loupe, and fine tune it using "live" focus mode from the software. The nice thing is that a bar graph and numerical value shows how accurate the focus is. One can also switch the sound on, which increases in pitch as the focus improves. Note that the scanning...
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    Betterlight vs Canon 5D, an informal comparison

    Rob, I would be interested in seeing your comparison. Initially, I got the scanning back because it could be used on the view camera using my current LF lenses; I wasn't expecting such a quantum leap in resolution and dynamic range. Have you compared MFDB with your scanning back?
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    Betterlight vs Canon 5D, an informal comparison

    Hi Kevin, I've agonized a long time before purchasing the scanning back (in LN condition on eBay at half-price). I wish I had access to some comparisons with the 5D then; I would have made the purchase much earlier! The cost of camera in large format is very reasonable (I used an $800 Chamonix)...
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    Betterlight vs Canon 5D, an informal comparison

    Ben, there is a world of difference imo in terms of dynamic range, tonality and resolution! I love my 5D nonetheless :) Maybe the differences are more obvious if I put both crops side by side on the same image, (please click once on the thumbnail, and then click on the resulting image to view...
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