Re: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Igor PDML-StR]

Ken,

Thank you for this suggestion.
I think that might be a reasonable solution for my needs.
So, basically, it is an Arca-Swiss clamp that can be bolted to
the desired Bogen/Manfrotto QR (RC5 in my case).
In you case you have an extra aluminum block, but I wonder if it can be 
avoided.


In the simplest case, that "bolting" can be done if that clamp has a 3/8" 
or 1/4" female thread in it, and, preferably, a whole for the  pin in my 
case -- to avoid any extra rotation on the said screw.


Since there are A-S clamps that mount directly onto a monopod or heads, -
they obviously do have one of such holes.
So, the question now is: Is there a hole as well, - to avoid the rotation 
of this clamp on the RC5 plate?


I am looking at the clamps, e.g. from RRS:
http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/QR-clamps
One of the "mounting styles", with the threaded center hole is what I'd 
need. I don't think there would be a hole for the pin (I don't see it 
being mentioned). So, I wonder, how is such a clamp is secured against

rotation on a threaded stud?
Any ideas/suggestions?

Just in case, to help visualizing, RC5 plate looks like this:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1072985-REG/axler_qrp_501s_501_quick_release_plate.html
http://www.bogentripodparts.com/parts/images/3433Plate.jpg


Igor



 Ken Waller Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:55:24 -0700 wrote:

Igor, I have a Kirk adaptor that mounts an Arca Swiss receiver onto a 
Bogen plate for my 'mini gear head. It's simply an aluminum 'block that 
bolts to an Arca Swiss receiver that then is clipped onto the Bogen head 
like the Bogen plate.



Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller


- Original Message - From: "Igor PDML-StR" 

Subject: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?




I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR plate 
for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp accepting Arca 
Swiss plates?


I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of beasts 
exist at all.


Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)

Igor




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Re: PESO - Lizard(s), passed on?

[Alan C]

It is surprising that lizards can survive your winter conditions at all yet
obviously some do.  Many reptiles are able to survive very cold conditions
by hibernating. Even here, where it doesn't get very cold, the lizards &
snakes tend to be quite sluggish on cooler mornings. I would say those are
in the process of emerging from hibernation. Perhaps you should have
observed them over an extended period?

Alan C

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From: Bob W-PDML

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Subject: Re: PESO - Lizard(s), passed on?

Perhaps they were pottering along in the warm sunshine but were caught out 
by a sudden cold snap and are simply frozen waiting to be warmed up again. 
That would be appropriate for Easter. Only a herpetologist or a theologian 
would know.


B


On 10 Apr 2017, at 23:01, Toralf Lund  wrote:

Hi,

There seems to have been a number of "what is this" PESOs lately, and I 
think I'll post one, too, as I came across something strange and perhaps a 
bit sad today. Here I go:


http://se.toralf.net/post/159427976638/firfisle

Not the best of pictures, but the point is to ask if anyone have an 
explanation of what I saw. Well, I think I know what this is; it's what's 
known as "firfisle" around here, i.e. a small lizard. The thing is (the 
sad part), I don't think he was sitting so still because he was pining for 
the fjords, but rather had passed on, ceased to be, expired and gone to 
meet his maker, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir 
invisible, and so on. Perhaps nothing extraordinary, either, but I 
actually saw 15-20 of these in a similar state, all on a pawed path. This 
made me wonder what was going on. I mean, perhaps these poor creatures 
just didn't make it through the winter, but I think it's a bit strange to 
find several of them "in the open" like this.


Any theories?

- Toralf



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Re: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Ken Waller]

Igor, I have a Kirk adaptor that mounts an Arca Swiss receiver onto a Bogen 
plate for my 'mini gear head. It's simply an aluminum 'block that bolts to 
an Arca Swiss receiver that then is clipped onto the Bogen head like the 
Bogen plate.


Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "Igor PDML-StR" 

Subject: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?




I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR 
plate for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp 
accepting Arca Swiss plates?


I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of 
beasts exist at all.


Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)

Igor



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Re: PESO - Lizard(s), passed on?

[Ken Waller]

Maybe his warranty ran out!   (;-)

-Original Message-
>From: Toralf Lund 
>Subject: PESO - Lizard(s), passed on?
>
>Hi,
>
>There seems to have been a number of "what is this" PESOs lately, and I 
>think I'll post one, too, as I came across something strange and perhaps 
>a bit sad today. Here I go:
>
>http://se.toralf.net/post/159427976638/firfisle
>
>Not the best of pictures, but the point is to ask if anyone have an 
>explanation of what I saw. Well, I think I know what this is; it's 
>what's known as "firfisle" around here, i.e. a small lizard. The thing 
>is (the sad part), I don't think he was sitting so still because he was 
>pining for the fjords, but rather had passed on, ceased to be, expired 
>and gone to meet his maker, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' 
>choir invisible, and so on. Perhaps nothing extraordinary, either, but I 
>actually saw 15-20 of these in a similar state, all on a pawed path. 
>This made me wonder what was going on. I mean, perhaps these poor 
>creatures just didn't make it through the winter, but I think it's a bit 
>strange to find several of them "in the open" like this.
>
>Any theories?
>
>- Toralf


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Re: OT - Drone Advert

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Cotty,
Very cool!
Is something like this available (yet) in the U.S.?
If not, what sort of work/expense would be needed to provide it?
My employers are always looking for a new "game" to get into.

Respectfully,
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> would like a look, I have a 1 minute advert up for live drone downlinking.
>
> The trick here is that any drone will record in 1080 HD video, and they
> will all downlink 720 video, but very few will downlink 1080HD. I've
> teamed up with a drone pilot and we now offer live aerial shots to
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> 
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> Full screen and turn the sound up!
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Re: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Larry]

There are several plates that work in both Manfrotto and Arca Swiss. I use the 
one from custom slr

On April 10, 2017 4:07:15 PM PDT, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>
>I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR
>
>plate for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp 
>accepting Arca Swiss plates?
>
>I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of 
>beasts exist at all.
>
>Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
>such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)
>
>Igor
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Re: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Igor PDML-StR]

It's this one:
http://www.bogentripodparts.com/parts/head3433-01.htm

The alternative I've been considering is to replace the top plate (part 
"B" on this page, aka R501,05), the 3rd image down, right after the QR)

with an Arca-Swiss clamp.
Note the scale: this plate is about 3.5"x3.5".

Igor


 Paul Stenquist Mon, 10 Apr 2017 18:47:21 -0700 wrote:

I'm not familiar with that head but I was able to replace a Manfroto QR 
plate on one of my ball heads. It was retained with a substantial socket 
head screw, so I merely removed the screw and installed an Arca QR plate.



Paul via phone


On Apr 10, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


Well, while I see what you mean (operator's error), - but the idea
is to minimize the inventory and the complexity.

I would like to be able to switch quickly between the tripod (for taking a 
video) and a monopod (for stills) at a kids' sport event.
I already have a sturdy (video) tripod with a nice fluid head (Manfrotto 
3433 aka 501) that accepts RC5 plates. For the monopod, I don't want to buy a 
head that would accept RC5 (even if there is one suitable for monopods, which 
I actually doubt). So, I'd like to "bring them to a common denominator", so 
to speak.


So, the easiest would be to install such an adapter in the existing tripod 
"permanently", and only remove the QR plate (or an L-bracket). Also, the 
advantage of this is that I can swap two cameras on the tripod or monopod if 
I'd need to, - without necessity to have two sets of each type of plates.


I also was considering if I could remove the clamp part on the 501 head and 
replace it with one that accepts Arca Swiss QR plates. But so far I don't see 
how that can be done (without drilling/cutting).




Igor



Paul Stenquist Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:11:54 -0700 wrote:

It's easy to swap the QR plates. I would worry about clamping one into the
other. You're doubling the chance of failure.


Paul via phone


On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:07 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:

I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR 
plate for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp accepting 
Arca Swiss plates?


I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of 
beasts exist at all.


Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)

Igor






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Re: PESO - Lizard(s), passed on?

[Igor PDML-StR]

Or, maybe it was a lizard rain...
If it can rain frogs, it could rain lizards, perhaps...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm

Igor


Bob W-PDML Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:10:51 -0700 wrote:

Perhaps they were pottering along in the warm sunshine but were caught out 
by a sudden cold snap and are simply frozen waiting to be warmed up again. 
That would be appropriate for Easter. Only a herpetologist or a theologian 
would know.



B


On 10 Apr 2017, at 23:01, Toralf Lund  wrote:

Hi,

There seems to have been a number of "what is this" PESOs lately, and I think
I'll post one, too, as I came across something strange and perhaps a bit sad
today. Here I go:

http://se.toralf.net/post/159427976638/firfisle

Not the best of pictures, but the point is to ask if anyone have an
explanation of what I saw. Well, I think I know what this is; it's what's
known as "firfisle" around here, i.e. a small lizard. The thing is (the sad
part), I don't think he was sitting so still because he was pining for the
fjords, but rather had passed on, ceased to be, expired and gone to meet his
maker, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible, and so
on. Perhaps nothing extraordinary, either, but I actually saw 15-20 of these
in a similar state, all on a pawed path. This made me wonder what was going
on. I mean, perhaps these poor creatures just didn't make it through the
winter, but I think it's a bit strange to find several of them "in the open"
like this.

Any theories?

- Toralf


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Re: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Paul Stenquist]

I'm not familiar with that head but I was able to replace a Manfroto QR plate 
on one of my ball heads. It was retained with a substantial socket head screw, 
so I merely removed the screw and installed an Arca QR plate.

Paul via phone

> On Apr 10, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Well, while I see what you mean (operator's error), - but the idea
> is to minimize the inventory and the complexity.
> 
> I would like to be able to switch quickly between the tripod (for taking a 
> video) and a monopod (for stills) at a kids' sport event.
> I already have a sturdy (video) tripod with a nice fluid head (Manfrotto 3433 
> aka 501) that accepts RC5 plates. For the monopod, I don't want to buy a head 
> that would accept RC5 (even if there is one suitable for monopods, which I 
> actually doubt). So, I'd like to "bring them to a common denominator", so to 
> speak.
> 
> So, the easiest would be to install such an adapter in the existing tripod 
> "permanently", and only remove the QR plate (or an L-bracket). Also, the 
> advantage of this is that I can swap two cameras on the tripod or monopod if 
> I'd need to, - without necessity to have two sets of each type of plates.
> 
> I also was considering if I could remove the clamp part on the 501 head and 
> replace it with one that accepts Arca Swiss QR plates. But so far I don't see 
> how that can be done (without drilling/cutting).
> 
> 
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> 
> Paul Stenquist Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:11:54 -0700 wrote:
> 
> It's easy to swap the QR plates. I would worry about clamping one into the
> other. You're doubling the chance of failure.
> 
> 
> Paul via phone
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:07 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>> 
>> I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR 
>> plate for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp accepting 
>> Arca Swiss plates?
>> 
>> I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of beasts 
>> exist at all.
>> 
>> Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
>> such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)
>> 
>> Igor
>> 
>> 
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Re: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Igor PDML-StR]

Well, while I see what you mean (operator's error), - but the idea
is to minimize the inventory and the complexity.

I would like to be able to switch quickly between the tripod (for taking a 
video) and a monopod (for stills) at a kids' sport event.
 I already have a sturdy (video) tripod with a nice fluid head (Manfrotto 
3433 aka 501) that accepts RC5 plates. For the monopod, I don't want to 
buy a head that would accept RC5 (even if there is one suitable for 
monopods, which I actually doubt). So, I'd like to "bring them to a common 
denominator", so to speak.


So, the easiest would be to install such an adapter in the existing tripod 
"permanently", and only remove the QR plate (or an L-bracket). Also, the 
advantage of this is that I can swap two cameras on the tripod or 
monopod if I'd need to, - without necessity to have two sets of each type 
of plates.


I also was considering if I could remove the clamp part on the 501 head 
and replace it with one that accepts Arca Swiss QR plates. But so far I 
don't see how that can be done (without drilling/cutting).




Igor



 Paul Stenquist Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:11:54 -0700 wrote:

It's easy to swap the QR plates. I would worry about clamping one into the
other. You're doubling the chance of failure.


Paul via phone


On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:07 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:

I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR plate 
for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp accepting Arca 
Swiss plates?


I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of beasts 
exist at all.


Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)

Igor




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Re: Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Paul Stenquist]

It's easy to swap the QR plates. I would worry about clamping one into the 
other. You're doubling the chance of failure.

Paul via phone

> On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:07 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR plate 
> for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp accepting Arca 
> Swiss plates?
> 
> I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of beasts 
> exist at all.
> 
> Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
> such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)
> 
> Igor
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Re: PESO - Lizard(s), passed on?

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Perhaps they were pottering along in the warm sunshine but were caught out by a 
sudden cold snap and are simply frozen waiting to be warmed up again. That 
would be appropriate for Easter. Only a herpetologist or a theologian would 
know.

B

> On 10 Apr 2017, at 23:01, Toralf Lund  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There seems to have been a number of "what is this" PESOs lately, and I think 
> I'll post one, too, as I came across something strange and perhaps a bit sad 
> today. Here I go:
> 
> http://se.toralf.net/post/159427976638/firfisle
> 
> Not the best of pictures, but the point is to ask if anyone have an 
> explanation of what I saw. Well, I think I know what this is; it's what's 
> known as "firfisle" around here, i.e. a small lizard. The thing is (the sad 
> part), I don't think he was sitting so still because he was pining for the 
> fjords, but rather had passed on, ceased to be, expired and gone to meet his 
> maker, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible, and so 
> on. Perhaps nothing extraordinary, either, but I actually saw 15-20 of these 
> in a similar state, all on a pawed path. This made me wonder what was going 
> on. I mean, perhaps these poor creatures just didn't make it through the 
> winter, but I think it's a bit strange to find several of them "in the open" 
> like this.
> 
> Any theories?
> 
> - Toralf
> 
> 
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Adapters from other QR's to Arca Swiss?

[Igor PDML-StR]

I wonder if there are any "adapters" that would have the bottom as a QR 
plate for one of the Manfrotto heads, and on top would be a clamp 
accepting Arca Swiss plates?


I am particularly interested in RC5 but I am curious if these type of 
beasts exist at all.


Note, I am not looking for  "dual" plates. (I believe I've seen
such for RC2 + Arca Swiss...)

Igor


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PESO - Lizard(s), passed on?

[Toralf Lund]

Hi,

There seems to have been a number of "what is this" PESOs lately, and I 
think I'll post one, too, as I came across something strange and perhaps 
a bit sad today. Here I go:


http://se.toralf.net/post/159427976638/firfisle

Not the best of pictures, but the point is to ask if anyone have an 
explanation of what I saw. Well, I think I know what this is; it's 
what's known as "firfisle" around here, i.e. a small lizard. The thing 
is (the sad part), I don't think he was sitting so still because he was 
pining for the fjords, but rather had passed on, ceased to be, expired 
and gone to meet his maker, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' 
choir invisible, and so on. Perhaps nothing extraordinary, either, but I 
actually saw 15-20 of these in a similar state, all on a pawed path. 
This made me wonder what was going on. I mean, perhaps these poor 
creatures just didn't make it through the winter, but I think it's a bit 
strange to find several of them "in the open" like this.


Any theories?

- Toralf



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Re: PESO: Tilbake på taket 2

[Toralf Lund]

On 10/04/17 21:30, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 10/4/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:


They should leave it to picture editors, who are recruited from people
who didn't make the grade as piano tuners.

I like you're thinking man!!

We should try to get some to join the list :-)






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Re: PESO: Tilbake på taket 2

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On 10/4/17, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed:

>They should leave it to picture editors, who are recruited from people
>who didn't make the grade as piano tuners.

I like you're thinking man!!

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Re: OT - Drone Advert

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On 10/4/17, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Hey that's great, Cotty!  Good luck with the enterprise!  Like the video
>very much!  Direct, to the point, clear!  Cheers, Christine

Thanks Trouble xxx

And thanks to all who looked and/or commented.

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Digital Slide Scanners

[Bipin Gupta]

While working in the Middle East, circa 2007, we had an HP Scanner
that took slides or 35 mm negative roll film (6) #s at a time.

It had an ingenious double lid with the top one for film and the
bottom lid for the normal document or photo scan.

It had (2) separate scanning lights one inside the top lid and the
other one built into the scanner body.

The moment it finished a scan it would throw out (6) separate pictures
- a +ve picture from the 35 mm negative roll film.
Of course the picture from the slide film would be a perfect
representation of the slide.

You could do basic correction & enhancements before or after a scan.
What was surprising was the automatic cleaning up effect of dusty,
speckled & color damages of the slide or negative on the finished
output - like magic.

I am sorry I do not remember the model #, as we lost it along with all
our possessions including our brand new Subaru Legacy in a flash
flood. The villa was submerged with 7 feet of water measured from our
drive way. It was a national disaster. We just saved our lives.

Regards.
Bipin.

Landscape photography is an expression of joy and God’s bounty.

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Re: OT - Drone Advert

[Christine Aguila]

Hey that’s great, Cotty!  Good luck with the enterprise!  Like the video very 
much!  Direct, to the point, clear!  Cheers, Christine


> On Apr 8, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> Some of you on FaceBook might have seen this, but in case anyone else
> would like a look, I have a 1 minute advert up for live drone downlinking.
> 
> The trick here is that any drone will record in 1080 HD video, and they
> will all downlink 720 video, but very few will downlink 1080HD. I've
> teamed up with a drone pilot and we now offer live aerial shots to
> broadcasters (who are quite fussy about their flavours of HD!) and others...
> 
> 
> 
> Full screen and turn the sound up!
> 
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> Cheers,
>  Cotty
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Re: PESO: Tilbake på taket 2

[Bob W-PDML]

> On 10 Apr 2017, at 17:17, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> On 10/4/17, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> Always hard to decide which one to submit...
> 
> Photographers should never edit their own selections ;-)

They should leave it to picture editors, who are recruited from people who 
didn't make the grade as piano tuners.



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Re: PESO: Tilbake på taket 2

[Steve Cottrell]

On 10/4/17, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Always hard to decide which one to submit...

Photographers should never edit their own selections ;-)

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Re: Digital Slide scanners

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

The way I scan medium format now uses the Leica BEOON copy device. It is 
essentially a dedicated kit of extension tubes and a stand to take a Leica M 
body and lens, with masks and settings for 1:1, 1:1.5, 1:2, and 1:3 
reproduction ratio framings. With adapters, I fit my Leica SL body and 
Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.5 and use 1:3 for medium format film. I use a piece of 
thick glass mounted on a pair of wooden blocks to hold it over my flat panel 
light box, and made a negative guide/positioning jig for the stand by cutting 
and gluing together a few pieces of thick card stock. The 
negatives/transparencies lay absolutely flat, emulsion side down, on the glass; 
a 6x6 negative becomes a 16 Mpixel frame with the SL. 

The same thing could be done with a table top copy stand, a light box, and a 
mask to hold the negatives. The BEOON is simply a dedicated, compact table top 
copy stand. It cost me $250, an order of magnitude less than the Nikon Super 
Coolscan 9000 ED!

G

> On Apr 9, 2017, at 9:24 PM, Zos Xavius  wrote:
> 
> It would be nice to come up with something for medium format that
> doesn't cost a terrible amount of money. Right now I'm thinking that a
> light table and a slab of anti-newtonian glass would be best.


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Re: PESO: Tilbake på taket 2

[Toralf Lund]

On 09/04/17 23:11, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 9/4/17, Toralf Lund, discombobulated, unleashed:


Just because I'm bored, and find that I use that "microblog" site of
mine far to little, here's one of the pictures I didn't post for the
last PUG:

http://se.toralf.net/post/159385142213/taket2

I like that a lot better!

Thanks.

Always hard to decide which one to submit...

- T





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Re: Epson P600?

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

The only paper feed issue that I've heard complaints about is the fact that the 
manual feed on the P600 requires extra steps for each piece of paper loaded 
("open the guide, insert the paper, press the load button, close the guide" 
compared to "insert the paper through the guide and feed it in until the switch 
starts the load process"). 

The only paper I've had minor difficulty loading is Hahnemühle Bamboo in the 
8.5x11 size, because it's quite heavyweight and has a tendency to curl (a 
little anti-curl massaging on the corner of the printer solves it every time). 

Otherwise, this printer has operated with no problems at all. 

G


> On Apr 9, 2017, at 4:07 PM, Stanley Halpin  
> wrote:
> 
> Note that there is a Rebate ($150) and a trade-up discount ($50) in effect 
> 1-30 April 2017…
> 
> E.g., see, 
> http://atlex.itsuppliesinc.netdna-cdn.com/media/pdf/rebate/TradeUpP400,600,800April2017MIR.pdf
> 
> I recently uncovered and started up my 2880 after a very long period of 
> inactivity. Had the expected multiple passes to clean the heads, 3-4 inks 
> needed replacing. But what bugs me is that the paper feed is working very 
> sporadically. A true pain. Based on this thread, I did a quick google on 
> P600, found one review that was very positive except for paper feed problems 
> ( with certain papers). Makes me wonder though if I shouldn’t just struggle 
> through rather than upgrading. But Godfrey’s note is encouraging... I will be 
> interested to hear your experience.
> 
> stan


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Re: Epson P600?

[Christine Aguila]

Ordered the p600.  Should be here on Wednesday.  Got the rebate form 
downloaded.  I should be able to report out a few days after arrival.  I’ll 
have to do a quick test before I send in my rebate to make sure the printer is 
in working order on delivery.  Chris Mitchell and I believe Steve Harvey gave 
the p600 excellent reviews as well.

On the R2880, I did use the alcohol and q-tip method to clean paper grabbers 
that I could reach.  That helped a little bit—for a bit—but still had a few 
retries to get the paper to pass through with the manual feed.  Sheet feeder is 
fine.  No problems there.  I’ll keep the R2880 around for some craft project 
work until it dies, and use the p600 as a dedicated photo printer.

Cheers, Christine




> On Apr 9, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Stanley Halpin  
> wrote:
> 
> Note that there is a Rebate ($150) and a trade-up discount ($50) in effect 
> 1-30 April 2017…
> 
> E.g., see, 
> http://atlex.itsuppliesinc.netdna-cdn.com/media/pdf/rebate/TradeUpP400,600,800April2017MIR.pdf
> 
> I recently uncovered and started up my 2880 after a very long period of 
> inactivity. Had the expected multiple passes to clean the heads, 3-4 inks 
> needed replacing. But what bugs me is that the paper feed is working very 
> sporadically. A true pain. Based on this thread, I did a quick google on 
> P600, found one review that was very positive except for paper feed problems 
> ( with certain papers). Makes me wonder though if I shouldn’t just struggle 
> through rather than upgrading. But Godfrey’s note is encouraging... I will be 
> interested to hear your experience.
> 
> stan
> 
> 
>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 7:30 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
>> 
>> I think I’m going to order the p600 in the next few days.  My R2880 is 
>> running really wonky.  Cheers, Christine
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 6:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Christine, 
>>> 
>>> I've been using the P600 for a year and a half. Highly recommended. The 
>>> improved paper feed system over the R2400/R2880 is one of the truly great 
>>> things about it. Compared to the R2400/R2880, it's got better blacks, 
>>> better brilliance, and just does a better job. 
>>> 
>>> I don't recommend trying to refill the ink tanks. You can't get the Epson 
>>> inks for refilling of the same formulation. I've found this printer to be 
>>> pretty economical on ink anyway ... the big tanks help, and I think the 
>>> heads have greater precision in laying it down. 
>>> 
>>> I use Velvet Fine Art and Hot Press Natural papers the most, but swap to 
>>> Photo Black ink for Exhibition Fiber. It does an excellent job with all 
>>> three. Also with Hahnemühle Bamboo and other fine art papers  I haven't 
>>> found any papers that don't work well with it. 
>>> 
>>> You can't go wrong with the P600 unless you need the larger paper size of 
>>> the P800 ... :-)
>>> 
>>> G
>>> 
>>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Christine Aguila  wrote:
>>> 
>> On 3/19/2017 4:21 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>> Hi All:
>> 
>> Is anyone using the Epson P600?
>> 
>> Care to share your thoughts on print quality and user workflows
>> and/or issues?
>> 
>> My Epson R2880 is still working, and I have been printing lately,
>> just now in fact, but the rollers aren’t always grabbing on the first
>> try of a print.  I often have to try a few times before the rollers
>> agree to grab the paper and run the print.  I’m a big Velvet Fine Art
>> user.  Love that stuff, but I have to use the back feed, and it’s
>> been fussy lately.
>> 
>> I’m definitely considering P600 so that I don’t have to change-out
>> the photo and matte blacks.  I see the ink cartridges are much bigger
>> and $32 a pop (listed on the Epson website).  Any thoughts about
>> ink?
>> 
>> If you have the P600, have you tried it on metallic paper or any
>> other specialty papers?  Thoughts?  Quality?  I have some metallic
>> paper I want to try on the R2880, and may soon, but I’m still
>> interested how it works on the P600.
>> 
>> Interested in any and all information you have to share!
>> 
>> Cheers, Christine
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