Re: They're back

2020-05-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I remember my days working with an old Speed Graphic. It was interesting and challenging, but not something I care to repeat in the age of digital. Dan Matyola On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 3:42 AM Alan C wrote: > That really puts it into perspective! Mamiya used to make digital backs > for their

Re: They're back

2020-05-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Interesting. I have a Duaflex. Maybe I’ll have a go at this. Paul > On May 21, 2020, at 7:17 AM, Alan C wrote: > > They are all really the same thing. The first one is what I had in mind. > > Alan C > >> On 21-May-20 11:14 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> On May 21, 2020, at 12:41 AM, Alan C

Re: They're back

2020-05-21 Thread Alan C
They are all really the same thing. The first one is what I had in mind. Alan C On 21-May-20 11:14 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On May 21, 2020, at 12:41 AM, Alan C wrote: That really puts it into perspective! Mamiya used to make digital backs for their 67 film bodies - Pentax never did. Now if

Re: They're back

2020-05-21 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 21, 2020, at 12:41 AM, Alan C wrote: > > That really puts it into perspective! Mamiya used to make digital backs for > their 67 film bodies - Pentax never did. Now if someone could produce > something similar for old SLR's as PJ suggests, it may yet be a proposition. > Actually, I r

Re: They're back

2020-05-21 Thread Alan C
That really puts it into perspective! Mamiya used to make digital backs for their 67 film bodies - Pentax never did. Now if someone could produce something similar for old SLR's as PJ suggests, it may yet be a proposition. Actually, I remember seeing a video of a Heath Robinson device like that

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2020-05-20 Thread Larry Colen
> On May 20, 2020, at 9:27 PM, John wrote: > > So, how many have you signed up for? Oddly, I’m not willing to spend that much money to reduce both usability and image quality when I could run a couple rolls of expired film through those cameras for a lot less money and bother. -- Larry Col

Re: They're back

2020-05-20 Thread John
So, how many have you signed up for? On 5/17/2020 23:29:39, Larry Colen wrote: The cool idea that just won’t die And, they even make it on topic with this spotty: https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/028/731/584/6d3b8d27fb9dfdb2fe8ac4d84f660fc1_original.gif?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=15869113

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2020-05-19 Thread P. J. Alling
Based on the big lump that will be on the back just under the viewfinder, it looks like it will be extraordinary difficult to focus.   When somebody makes a sensor that I can slip into the film gate and close the original back and keep the original ergonomics, I'll pass. On 5/17/2020 11:29 PM,

Re: They're back

2020-05-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 18 May 2020 at 04:29 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > The cool idea that just won’t die > > And, they even make it on topic with this spotty: > > https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/028/731/584/6d3b8d27fb9dfdb2fe8ac4d84f660fc1_original.gif?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1586911320&auto=format&gi

Re: They're back

2020-05-18 Thread Pat Temmerman
And then they will go away again. And then come back again. I was a regular Photokina visitor/customer/exhibitor from around 1978 to around 2010. There was a period of maybe 6 years that someone was showing this type of product - just showing and looking for investment. Seems that is was the sa

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2020-05-17 Thread Alan C
Larry, you know, that is really the same principle as scanning or photographing a slide/negative. Alan C On 18-May-20 05:29 AM, Larry Colen wrote: The cool idea that just won’t die And, they even make it on topic with this spotty: https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/028/731/584/6d3b8d27fb9dfdb2

They're back

2020-05-17 Thread Larry Colen
The cool idea that just won’t die And, they even make it on topic with this spotty: https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/028/731/584/6d3b8d27fb9dfdb2fe8ac4d84f660fc1_original.gif?ixlib=rb-2.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1586911320&auto=format&gif-q=50&q=92&s=ac59ac9840cb207f50ac2686aa38fb03 About $360 with