Digital BW, The Print

I have a Coolscan V that I like (more or less, potentially less hotsky for
B&W work, but reasonable price/performance for 135 - whatever).

The cost of a MF capable Coolscan or Minolta was holding me back
from my MF ambitions. So lately, "screw it" I say to myself. A less
expensive Epson 4990 (refurbed if available) should do yeoman's
service for a 4x5 neg and a credible - if not optimal - job on a 6x6
or 6x7 negative with a good holder. And I'd always have the negs
as scanner funds make themselves available in the future.

So now a brave new world of MF and LF options open themselves up
to me. I've been window shopping RZ67 for a year or more, but lately
think a Minolta Autocord TLR might be better. In 4x5, a buddy of mine
has some fancy monorail setup and then a field camera that he doesn't use,
so he might be willing to setup me up cheaply. He's already offered me
his nice darkroom gear for cheap or free.

In either case, I guess I'm shaping up to be a people/street photog, and
I'm targeting MF and LF at the people part of the equation. Park some
folks in front of a larger neg with a lens in between and some studio
strobes and fire away.

Scott

Mark Rabiner wrote:

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> > In any case, one of these days I'm going to snag a 6x6 TLR, or a 6x7 or
> > a 4x5 and really blow their minds :-)
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> > Scott
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> Seems to me you could grab shots on 4x5 sheetfilm with a SPEED GRAPHIC or
> such and scan them on a 99 dollar flatbed and out do any other 40,000 
> dollar
> roll film sized or bigger digital capture option!
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> Might even outdo a 4000 dpi table top scan from 35mm film.
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> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
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