image clarity

Michael Scarpitti

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Sep 10, 2003, 4:10:17 PM9/10/03

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Some reference works on the subject:

Image Clarity: High-Resolution Photography
by John B. Williams
Boston: Focal Press, 1990.

Edge of Darkness: The Art, Craft, and Power of the High-Definition
Monochrome Photograph
by Barry Thornton

The manual of modern photography
by Theo Kisselbach

The Leicaflex Book, and
Leica R-4 Reflex Manual

Theo Kisselbach

Alan Browne

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Sep 10, 2003, 7:41:04 PM9/10/03

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Michael Scarpitti wrote:

>
> The Leicaflex Book, and
> Leica R-4 Reflex Manual
>
> Theo Kisselbach

Does this last one give you the correct shutter lag?

Bandicoot

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Sep 10, 2003, 9:37:44 PM9/10/03

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"Michael Scarpitti" <mikesc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I've read reviews of Edge of Darkness that sound interesting, but never seen
a copy to look at. How do you find it? And how do you rate it against the
others you mention?

Thanks,

Peter

Michael Scarpitti

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Sep 11, 2003, 9:30:37 AM9/11/03

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Alan Browne <alan....@videotron.canospam> wrote in message news:<fEO7b.100565$yg2.1...@weber.videotron.net>...

Don't have a copy right now. Read it years ago. I'll check the library.

Martin Francis

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Sep 11, 2003, 3:51:51 PM9/11/03

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"Michael Scarpitti" <mikesc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Some reference works on the subject:

> The Leicaflex Book, and
> Leica R-4 Reflex Manual

The current editions carry the disclaimer "best read with rose-tinted
spectacles"

--
Martin
*insert wit here*

Michael Scarpitti

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Sep 11, 2003, 5:23:15 PM9/11/03

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"Bandicoot" <"insert_handle_here"@techemail.com> wrote in message news:<106328320...@lotis.uk.clara.net>...

> "Michael Scarpitti" <mikesc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2fd2ff8c.03091...@posting.google.com...
> > Some reference works on the subject:
> >
> > Image Clarity: High-Resolution Photography
> > by John B. Williams
> > Boston: Focal Press, 1990.
> >
> > Edge of Darkness: The Art, Craft, and Power of the High-Definition
> > Monochrome Photograph
> > by Barry Thornton
> >
> > The manual of modern photography
> > by Theo Kisselbach
> >
> > The Leicaflex Book, and
> > Leica R-4 Reflex Manual
> >
> > Theo Kisselbach
>
> I've read reviews of Edge of Darkness that sound interesting, but never seen
> a copy to look at. How do you find it?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0817438157/qid=1063315225/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-6274316-4707950

> And how do you rate it against the
> others you mention?

Image Clarity is broader, and covers lenses and Kodachrome as well as
B&W.
Each has its merits. What is your primary area of interest?

>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Peter

Bandicoot

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Sep 12, 2003, 10:57:53 AM9/12/03

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My B&W - landscapes and city scapes - have in the past tended to be taken on
fairly fast and high-ish contrast films giving a 'gritty' look that I like
for certain subjects. I'm just interested in looking at approaches to the
other end of the spectrum - the fine grained long tonal range B&W picture.
Not sure if I want to do it or not, but it is a different approach to the
one I've used in the past and I'd like to understand it better.

There are some fine grained B&W films that I like a lot in my still life
work, and I'm interested in thinking about whether I might find a good
application for them in landscape too: at the moment I don't as they simply
don't suit my approach to B&W landscapes.

Peter

Michael Scarpitti

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Sep 13, 2003, 2:18:06 PM9/13/03

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"Bandicoot" <"insert_handle_here"@techemail.com> wrote in message news:<106340933...@ersa.uk.clara.net>...

For that sort of thing I suggest Pan-F or FP4 in Acutol.