On 11/27/2014 12:28 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:38:09 -0600, Martin Eastburn
wrote:

On 11/26/2014 5:03 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:37:19 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:38:10 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 23:35:23 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:
To get the resolution of a 4x5 sheet of film...requires between 45 and
150 Megapixels. Tri-ex to Plus-X.

What for, to print posters and billboards? g

There is a lot to be said for a hanging a 18x20" print on the wall
that you are right proud off...Crystal clear with no fuzz..all the way
up to wall size. Remember some of those do it yourself "finish the
wall in your den in a Giant Sized Photo of the Mountains!!" ?

Yes, and I loved them.


I did a number of those in a 5 yr period. Got paid a hundred or so
for the ones they used. Only time I shot color in the 4x5 format.

Shades of Ansel...


Ektachrome for winter/water/sky shots. and nice warm Kodachrome for
just about everything else...big ass slides. Low grain enabled them
to blow up a 8x10 or 8x 12 foot poster you could paste to your wall in

Cool. So there is -one- niche for the larger formats.


the den. Had to be careful though...shooting a sheet of Kodachrome 25
at F32 or F64 of an fall hillside..the clouds could move and **** up
the shot. So bright sunny days and no wind were a requirement. Along
with a HEAVY tripod and some distance from heavy traffic.

Yeah, I can imagine.



NEW PROJECT:
I'm wiring in the two 3W LED backup lamps I bought which arrived
yesterday. They're drilled through the plastic portion of the center
of the dock bumper
Sucha deal! I'm getting ten more for $9.95 total if they accept my
offer. Otherwise, they sell for the rich price of $10.99, shipped.
I can use these in flashlights more easily than the MR16 format.
5500k, 3w, 12v, screw back with nut.

I'm bidding on a pair of 10w of the same style, like these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390945554415

Cool!! Have you powered them up? What is the field of view..IE..are
they spot lights or flood light patterned? Would they make good
cabin lights for sailboats?

I got them wired this morning, all soldered into the wiring harness
for the 7-pin trailer plug. They say "120 degree", but I doubt they
are that wide. I'll know how bright they are tonight when it's dark.
They appear brighter at 5' than the existing BU lights.

For the boat cabin, though, you want these $2.44 monsters. 48 SMD LED
panels. http://tinyurl.com/kqpjnun (ooh, they're lower-priced now!)

--
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force.
Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
--George Washington

I used to drive a 11x14 View Camera. The tripod was 20ft tall when
spread out ready for the camera. I used the camera without the
"Battle Field" tripod. Took some nice pictures of Dad and Mom and Dad.
Shot outdoors and in. Film was cheap enough - free. Developing was
done at MY photo lab in AFRS. Note No T in it as of yet.

Martin

Shot an 8x10 view a few times...first time I was ever able to do full
sized contact prints G

That is what I have of Mom and Dad in front of a Palm Tree - in the
South Pacific naturally - one of the costly islands to take. The old
print frame was rusty. Who would guess in a lab full of chemical tanks
open to the air... :-) So contact prints were managed.

I was an official AFRS photo-tag guy to take pictures for the Hourglass
and other need shots. Pro grade photo's were contracted out to Kentron
of Hawaii. They had a very modern photo lab of their own. They
ran 400' of Extachrome and some high speed, high density black and
white. The Exta was Mil grade as was the B/W and was secret class.
When Fuji and others brought out fancy color in high grades - Kodak had
them beat for years but could not sell it. The fine grain stuff was
used in a number of high speed cameras that were loaded before each
shot. (Missile shot) We were on the receiving end of a missile range.
I got a few rolls to re-roll into 35mm carts for my Nikons. Buy standard
Extachrome kits from the states via mail order - wait a month maybe and
start shooting. Having a film bag and rolling my own rolls of B/W and
color was cool. I could shoot several rolls an outing. Naturally, that
was over 50 years ago. Such is life. My home developed slides are
still very well. While some of the Kodachrome I shot is showing age.
One would have thought the flip on those two.

Martin