I've been mulling about putting more comments in here as I saw a classic misunderstanding then decided that I'm not interested in what is wrong, but would rather rejoice in what is good about this place. The #1 good thing here is the people. Like any tribe there are disagreements but actually this is the best audio related site on the internet and long may it remain that way.
Be warned I will come back and be positive again if you don't behave 😛
Be warned I will come back and be positive again if you don't behave 😛
I find, when in one of those types of arguments, to point out that it's generally minutia that is being vehemently argued rather than large effects. Or when it's a design decision in an ambiguous space. (Colloquially, an educated but ultimately wild ***ed guess. 😀) So what seems like a knock-down, drag out argument is about the last decimal place in a measurement or calculation.
In spaces where not everyone has the background, then the arguments show a rift in understanding of the problem, rather than necessarily that we've hit the end of our understanding.
It's always important to keep magnitude of effect in mind.
I used to scan slides and large format transparencies for a living. It can be a tedious, time consuming job.
Good software and an infrared channel for dust removal will make your life a whole lot easier. Good luck!
Good software and an infrared channel for dust removal will make your life a whole lot easier. Good luck!
Oh my goodness, so I'm not alone in the Universe! 
Well, I scanned all my 5x4" and 6x17cm transparencies... But the scale of the job for the 35mm and 645 is ... daunting. So - bring on the thread!!
This subject has been interesting and somewhat entertaining, but I'll be returning to work at the university tomorrow. Almost 530 replies and one unsubscribe for me, I will say that for ME, a couple of important issues have been discussed.
1. This forum needs more of the young and inexperienced in order to continue to exist. We need more DIY'ers, just like we need more people working and paying taxes to support my retirement. Don't scare these inexperienced and/or young people away from the DIY world.
2. Pano posted an excellent answer showing what postings received the most views.
3. One common thing with these DIY type postings is when you do a search and read countless pages to never get an answer because the posting just fades away or the answer is given via PM. I ain't gonna sue someone because I got shocked while doing something I saw online here. That's 180 degrees opposite of what DIY is all about. I assume all liability for my own actions. If you start a thread, please finish it. Someone else might benefit from it and it doesn't waste electrons.
4. Just like the teachers, professors I've learned from, I've learned a lot from the big time contributors on here. Thank you. I hope none of you don't get discouraged and leave the forum.
5. I'm old school because I'm old. Sometimes I get grouchy and irritable, but I'll still help you out if I can.
Back to work tomorrow. This thread was a good end to what was a tough year for me. Thank you!
1. This forum needs more of the young and inexperienced in order to continue to exist. We need more DIY'ers, just like we need more people working and paying taxes to support my retirement. Don't scare these inexperienced and/or young people away from the DIY world.
2. Pano posted an excellent answer showing what postings received the most views.
3. One common thing with these DIY type postings is when you do a search and read countless pages to never get an answer because the posting just fades away or the answer is given via PM. I ain't gonna sue someone because I got shocked while doing something I saw online here. That's 180 degrees opposite of what DIY is all about. I assume all liability for my own actions. If you start a thread, please finish it. Someone else might benefit from it and it doesn't waste electrons.
4. Just like the teachers, professors I've learned from, I've learned a lot from the big time contributors on here. Thank you. I hope none of you don't get discouraged and leave the forum.
5. I'm old school because I'm old. Sometimes I get grouchy and irritable, but I'll still help you out if I can.
Back to work tomorrow. This thread was a good end to what was a tough year for me. Thank you!
I knew Elsa back in the day, she was part of a group of photographers that I hung around with (my prof friend was a student of Minor White). We had a life size Polaroid (don't think that camera exists anymore) of Alan Ginsberg in "full monty" hanging in the hallway.
Elsa's 20x24 FAQ
mods are chosen on the basis of presence and commitment, being a mod does not confer to us an "all knowing" attribute....after all we are people too albeit with a stick to carry...
mods without the
in his posts are regular members, yes, when not moderating....it is never really up to us that a thread gets closed, up to you and the way you post....we merely enforce rules...
and so the board name....
it is sad that instead of learning about ohm's laws and thermodynamics laws, the young ones are quick to imbibe snake oils...
instead of learning how a tube works, they are more interested in which brand of tubes sounds better, mullard or philips....
Yes, been there, done that. Sometimes we all do stupid things. Life is about learning not to repeat them for ever. Some people never get that.
I worked in a facility that employed over 5,000 technical people. At its peak over 1,000 of them were engineers. It's too easy to believe that that's a "normal cross section of society." It is NOT!
When you are in a room full of engineers drying to design a cell phone by committee, that doesn't work. Several times I had to suggest a field trip to the local shopping mall, or better yet, the large flea market at the drive-in theater in a neighborhood where English is not the most common language, in fact 4 or 5 languages and people of varied intelligence levels were common. Nobody bit on the flea market comment, but marketing did start "phone experience" testing at the mall.
I once had a darkroom and the ability to process C-41 and print negatives on Ektacolor paper up to 4 X 5 inches. I also played around in B&W, and tinkered with the chemistry for effect. Think ultra high speed for unique grain, or ultra contrast by sticking litho film in an old sheet film camera.
My neighbor had a darkroom for 35 MM and processed Cibachrome. We used each other's stuff as needed. I shot negatives and slides up to 6 X 9 CM. I made contact sheets and printed only what I liked. Digital arrived about the same time that the darkroom became the kid's bedroom, and the old Durst was given away.
Digital has taken a lot of the "photographer" out of me, and replaced it with "picture taker." When it cost you money every time you pushed the shutter button, you took the time to make each shot count.....now I have been known to set the camera to take a picture every second and just let it rip as I pretend to frame up my shot.....one of them has to be good, right. 🙂
Note, don't do that with a DSLR if you want it to last. Use a "mirrorless" camera. My one year old Lumix already has 250K pictures on it!
I still have several large boxes of slides and negatives up to 6 X 9, but most are 35 mm or 6 X 7 (old Rollieflex and Yashicamat). Most are from the early 70's through the mid 80's. I need to scan them, but have no clue about how to clean them or what kind of scanner to buy.....so lets have the thread!
Given the number of times Polaroid has gone bust over the last 20 years how did she and the other people shooting 20x24 manage to get film? You have to admire anyone who will/would schlepp a 100kg camera around in the 21st century 🙂.
OK Mod peeps, I'm going to set up a film scanning thread - what forum section do you suggest? Here in the lounge, or elsewhere? ToS
There are those that think out dating is a myth, we used massive format film and paper as well as offset plates into the 70's that were WWII surplus.
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