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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:11 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:11 pm
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submitted by puplet: Human Rangefinder Card Generator
http://www.tomchuk.com/rf_hfd/index.php


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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:22 am
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:22 am
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Submitted by Himself: Interesting site for CS2 and CS3 users.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=331372
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401088&sliceId=2


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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:24 am
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:24 am
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submitted by Farside: Free calibration print
http://www.photobox.co.uk/help.html

Put 'calibration' into the query box and the answer will come up. If you register with photobox (costs nothing) and request a calibration print they will send one out. It will be useful for anyone who's not sure of their monitor settings.

Check the bottom of the main page for photobox in your country - makes more sense to deal with them locally.


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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:38 pm
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:38 pm
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Nice photography basics lessons:
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/classroom.php
http://asp.photo.free.fr/Composition/photoProgramCompMainClass.shtml


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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:23 am
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:23 am
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submitted by hacksawbob :
A collection of Photoshop tutorials
http://www.myjanee.com/tutorials.htm


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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:41 pm
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:41 pm
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submitted by Kamerer : very old photo samples (russian language)
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Memorial/PG/colorpg_1.html#10161v.jpg


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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:34 pm
Post subject: Excellent links!!!
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:34 pm
Post subject: Excellent links!!!
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http://www.gnyman.com/Personal/Optical%20Glass.htm

http://www.gnyman.com/Personal/Optic2.htm

http://www.gnyman.com/Personal/OPTICS%203.htm


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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:05 pm
Post subject: DIFFRACTION & PHOTOGRAPHY
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:05 pm
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submitted by trifox : DIFFRACTION & PHOTOGRAPHY

Very interesting!!!! How many sensors can achieve the proper pics quality in subsequence of the manual lens? Smile

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/diffraction-photography.htm

looking at the table:

VISUAL EXAMPLE: APERTURE VS. PIXEL SIZE; try this how it works!!! its amazing!

it compares different sensor sizes...
it sometimes can be frustrating what the advantage of the full (or bigger) frame sensor can be and smaller sensors can not... Smile

It seems that manual lenses start working better on the bigger sensor sizes -
they can achieve better DOF resuklts because of the using f/11 or higher ... and reduce diffraction at minimum..

if anyone has had an experience, let me know, please, thanks...Smile


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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:12 pm
Post subject: Russian Empire, color foto
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:12 pm
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subbmited by Kamerer : Russian Empire, color foto
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/Memorial/PG/colorpg_1.html#10161v.jpg


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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:25 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:25 pm
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Equivalence - between different systems and formats - seems very interesting
http://www.josephjamesphotography.com/equivalence/#advantages


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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:06 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:06 pm
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submitted by Laurence : Here's a link to some results that are happening with new films and emulsions as well as new chemicals!
http://www.imx.nl/photo/Film/Film/page7.html

submitted by Attila : Beautiful lanscapes
http://www.pbase.com/raymarlow

submitted by bob955i : Gossen meter manuals
Current models as of the date of this post: http://www.gossen-photo.de/english/foto_service.html?foto_service_anleitungen.html,picts/navi_foto_service_sub_01_anleitungen.gif

Older models - click the 'Operating manuals to download' link: http://www.gossen-photo.de/english/foto_sammler.html

Even more in the German section:
http://www.gossen-photo.de/deutsch/foto_sammler.html?foto_sammler_anleitungen.html,picts/navi_foto_sammler_sub_01_anleitungen.gif


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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:47 pm
Post subject: About films
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:47 pm
Post subject: About films
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83 colour films compared
http://www.popphoto.com/assets/download/7222003125937.pdf
and other resources regarding colour (negative&slides) and B&W films .
http://www.jafaphotography.com/filmtest.htm#Print%20Films
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/jrp_faq/jrp_faq_what_film/faq_bw_film_preferences.html
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/jrp_faq/jrp_faq_what_film/faq_color_negative_film_preferences.html
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/jrp_faq/jrp_faq_what_film/faq_color_slide_film_preferences.html


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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:52 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:52 pm
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Great find! Many thanks!


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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:14 am
Post subject: Delovelopers and films
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:14 am
Post subject: Delovelopers and films
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Delovelopers and films : Film Developing charts
http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/techtips_filmdev.php?p=2


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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:06 pm
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:06 pm
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submitted by Attila: Excellent light meter collection
http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/index.html

A Beginner’s Guide to Developing Film
http://www.jollinger.com/photo/dev-film.htm

submitted by hacksawbob : MTF test charts and how to interpret
http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B8B6F/EmbedTitelIntern/CLN_30_MTF_en/$File/CLN_MTF_Kurven_EN.pdf


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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:55 pm
Post subject: Ilford history
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:55 pm
Post subject: Ilford history
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Ilford history http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Chronology.html and a exposure guide http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Chronology/Exposure_Guide_1963.pdf


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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:21 pm
Post subject: Films
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:21 pm
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Black&white films
http://www.popphoto.com/assets/download/5212003132741.pdf
Colour films
http://www.popphoto.com/cameraaccessories/377/88-color-films-compared.html
http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=679


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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:39 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:39 pm
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Some documents and articles regarding film photography and not only
http://creativeimagemaker.co.uk/course/view.php?id=2


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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:09 am
Post subject: Zone system in digital analysis
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:09 am
Post subject: Zone system in digital analysis
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http://super.nova.org/DPR/ZoneSystem/DigitalZoneSystem.pdf


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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:16 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:16 pm
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submitted by Spotmatic Photos from 1961
"Maybe some of you know this link already, but I found them interesting enough to mention here. The photos were made in and around 1961, with an Exakta, on Ektachrome 160. The lenses used are the Enna Ennalyt 85/1.5, Meyer Primotar 180/3.5 and Meyer Primagon 35mm/4.5. Not all photos are super sharp but it's really nice to see original photos with those lenses. "
http://www.dslrexchange.com/photopostdslrx/showgallery.php?cat=570&ppuser=526 (don't forget to view page 2 too).

submitted by cledry photography magazine downloads
http://jpgmag.com/downloads/
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"Jpg magazine started on Flickr. Here was a recent post from the editor about the comeback..." submitted by Screamin Scott
http://www.flickr.com/groups/jpgmag/discuss/72157612441242001/


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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:15 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:15 pm
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Some nice on-line "books", esp. for beginners:

Sensors, Pixels and Image Sizes
http://www.shortcourses.com/sensors/

Using Your Digital Camera - A Guide To Great Photographs
http://www.shortcourses.com/use/

Curtin's Guide to Digital Cameras - And Other Photographic Equipment
http://www.shortcourses.com/guide/


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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:36 am
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:36 am
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I'm somewhat surprised this resource hasn't been mentioned.
While concentrating primarily on Canon digital cameras, there has been recent mention of expanding the forums to include other makes of cameras.
The primary purpose of the forum is for digital photography.
There is a wealth of information to be found, and there has even been recent interest in MF lenses and their use on digital camera bodies.

There are thousands of active members, from all over the world.
The forum is an English-language site, and is called Photography On The Net(POTN).

See it here:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/


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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 10:31 am
Post subject: Camera manuals (user & servce )
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 10:31 am
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http://home19.inet.tele.dk/ne/manualer.htm Cool


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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:12 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:12 am
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submitted by LucisPictor: Nice blog - many topics covered...
http://decisivemomentum.blogspot.com/

submitted by Attila: choose film Smile
http://choose-film.com/?page_id=4


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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:53 pm
Post subject: Images of older gear
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:53 pm
Post subject: Images of older gear
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This site has a bunch of images of older gear.

http://www.camera-archive.com/
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