RE: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
> The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with > modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the >

Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
o set up correctly >> that I won't have to move anything... just feed the slides in and out. >> The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with >> modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. >> >> Those of you that have been down this road, any

Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
e. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the > scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me > to feed the scanner instead of this setup? > --

Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the > scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me > to feed

Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-10 Thread Darren Addy
K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might convince me to feed the scanner instead of

Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-10 Thread Mark C
but I've seen people using them with modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to using the scanner (like automatic dust removal, maybe?) that might c

RE: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-10 Thread John Coyle
as well! HTH John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Friday, 11 September 2015 08:25 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment? W

Re: Any words of wisdom for slides to DSLR with bellows + slide attachment?

2015-09-10 Thread Rick Womer
d out. > The old Bellows II is an m42 but I've seen people using them with > modern K-mount DSLRs, so I'm assuming it is possible. > > Those of you that have been down this road, any words of wisdom or > "gotchas" to look out for? Or are there other advantages to usi

Re: Words of Wisdom

2009-03-05 Thread Scott Loveless
On 3/4/09, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: Every medium suffers from its own particular handicap. Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before

Words of Wisdom

2009-03-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
My aunt is married to the son of Will Connell, a well known photographer of many, many years ago. Will Jr. and I talk a lot about the Old Man, mostly because I'm a photographer, too, but also since I've been the middleman for auctioning off some of the Old Man's gear (that which isn't a part

Re: Words of Wisdom

2009-03-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:03:05PM -0800, Brendan MacRae wrote: Connell wrote a few books. One called About Photography was published in 1949. I was given a copy by Will Jr. and I enjoyed it thoroughly. A number of aphorisms stand out. Here's a good one: Every medium suffers from its own

Re: Words of Wisdom

2009-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:03:05PM -0800, Brendan MacRae wrote: Connell wrote a few books. One called About Photography was published in 1949. I was given a copy by Will Jr. and I enjoyed it thoroughly. A number of aphorisms stand out. Here's a good one: Every medium suffers from its own

Re: Words of Wisdom

2009-03-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:41:15PM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 02:03:05PM -0800, Brendan MacRae wrote: Connell wrote a few books. One called About Photography was published in 1949. I was given a copy by Will Jr. and I enjoyed it thoroughly. A number of

Re: Words of Wisdom

2009-03-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Goes to my special PDML Save treasure folder. Brendan MacRae wrote: My aunt is married to the son of Will Connell, a well known photographer of many, many years ago. Will Jr. and I talk a lot about the Old Man, mostly because I'm a photographer, too, but also since I've been the middleman