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Another Kodak film discontinuation notice
A Kodak letter got scanned and passed around the Internet and it looks like another emulsion is gone -- Ektachrome 400X this time. They make some pains to explain that families of film other than 400X are not actually dead in the letter.
Better Indoor Lighting: Distilled advice
I was talking with some other photographers lately and the subject of lighting came up. The studio we were at had 6,000 watt seconds of power, including several power packs and some Alien Bees monolights. One of the other photographers asked me how I felt about the religious question of Packs vs. Monolights
Dreams
It least twice so far, I've had dreams about expired film.
Stockpile Stewardship
I talk a little about my stockpile of discontinued film.
Fall in Silicon Valley
There's a myth going around that all of California is like Los Angeles, largely because that's what people who live outside the state see from TV shows set in California. From this, one makes the logical deduction that therefore there are no seasons in the entire state of California...
Kodak IR film is gone, for real this time
Kodak announced that they are dropping EPR, EPN, and HIE in december.
Lunar Eclipse 8/28/2007
I got up in the middle of the night to take some pictures of the eclipse. Here is some video I made out of some of the digital shots I took. I also took some film pictures, but those need to be developed. first.
A little more about the nuts and bolts of changing film speeds
Why film "looks" better at different speeds, super-high-speed films, dynamic range, and other issues necessary to understand film speeds.
New Canon announcements... and new features here
Canon announces the 1Ds Mk III and the 40D... my G7 is obsolete... and I add commenting
Porta 400NC vs. 400VC
I compare Porta 400NC and Porta 400VC against each other where one shot is taken right after the previous one.
What happens when you manually change film speeds? (Part I)
One of my friends was digging her film EOS camera out of storage after shooting digital and she wanted to understand what it was doing, so she asked me what happens when you tell her camera to ignore the DX coding on the back and set things manually.
The different kinds of developer machines
There are two basic kinds of film developing machines. The "Cine" machine and the "dip and dunk" machine.
Some random Canon G7 thoughts, observations and tips
Some thoughts after using the G7 for a while
Better Indoor Lighting: Handy little bits
After Christmas, I spent a bunch of time getting used to my new setup and building a lot of little bits to get my lighting where I want it to be. I also took a step back and decided I didn't like where my whiteground photos were going at that point; I wanted to do something else...
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