Hello Friends:

I'm a Film Shooter and to date haven't gone beyond Elements Ver. 6 for two reasons. #1 i9s that I do nothing to my images that I could achieve in the Darkroom so no fancy stuff for me. Oh, yes I'm also using an I-Mac for my Computer. The main reason I've stayed with Ver. 6 is the Print function. When I go to make a Print and choose to crop it Ver. 6 will Automatically re-scale Print size after I crop. I tried Ver. 8 and 9, but they won't work in the same fashion. I called Adobe and even let one Tech view my Computer screen and showed him what I was talking about. He said that feature had been dropped. When I called recently to ask about Ver.11 the person I spoke with wouldn't offer any advice. Are any of you familar with the feature I speak of, or do you know how to achieve it with the newer versions?

Best Wishes To You Always,

Film Shooter

Here is the problem: Got the 560 iii yesterday. It works great on camera. I works great off camera when triggered by the on camera (Pop up) flash. I also have the Yongnuo RF 603N wireless triggers. The triggers will not fire the flash. This flash unit has a built in receiver compatible with the 603's, but the 603N triggers will not fire the flash. I use these triggers all the time as a wireless remote for my camera, and they work fine. Never had a problem. Yes, I set the flash to the 603 Mode. And they (Triggers & Flash) are set to the same channels. I even tried all the possible (16) channels, still not go! I would rather think it is user error on my part. That is mostly the case with all things. Being that I consider myself as fairly good with "Tech Stuff", I am really stumped. Does any of the sleep modes or any other settings in the "Advanced Mode", or other places effect this? I have tried it in the S1, S2, & M mode as well as all other things I can think of. Any ideas? I am completely stumped! (And I hate to admit it) Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanking you in advance: Thank You!!! Boone

I use several different legacy Pentax and “Soviet Era” lenses; Takumars, Pentax SMCs, CZJs, Jupiters, Helios’s, etc., with both K- and M42-mounts, on
my K20D. And, in fact, a number of these were original equipment on non-Pentax SLRs (mostly Prakticas and Zenits).

I’ve also used older Minolta lenses with a proper adapter, i.e one which has the additional optical element to compensate for register differences; and even Dekel-mount Schneiders using an M42+DKL combo setup.

Without getting into all the nitty-gritty details, one thing I might note is that are a few M42s which, while they can be mounted, are essentially unusable on any DSLR -- Pentax or otherwise -- as far as I know. These are the Semi-Auto lenses like my Takumar 35/2.3 pictured below.

The “Semi” auto M42s were a brief evolutionary stage between the completely manual stop-down and manual “pre-set” lenses, and the fully auto stop-down lenses. You can usually spot them by the prominent cocking lever used to charge the stop-down mechanism (red arrow in the photo). There aren’t very many of them around and I have no idea if you have any in your collection. Just thought I’d mention this “devilish” detail.

THE FOLLOWING IS BY ROBERT FISHER FROM HIS NEW BOOK ‘THE DIGITAL ZONE SYSTEM’

Cloud computing is a popular topic right now. It is being heralded as the panacea for everyone’s computing needs (cloud based software) and storage needs (cloud based storage services). Perhaps it will be in the future, but it isn’t really at present. Cloud storage is not inexpensive. Some services will provide you with a small amount of free space to get you to sign up, but the costs begin to climb when you exceed the free limit. Uploading to the cloud via standard high-speed DSL or cable internet connection is not very fast. You may have a 20mBps or a 30mBPS connection to your internet service provider, but that’s the download speed. Upload speeds are typically about a tenth of that. Uploading large volumes of files will take an inordinate amount of time. On top of that, you’re trusting the security of your images to a third party. A third party you really know nothing about. A third party that may go out of business without a trace and leave you no way to access or recover your data. Cloud storage is not something I would consider or recommend. At least not at this point in time.

Pentax claims any Pentax lens ever made will adapt correctly to their dslr's. How about non-Pentax lenses (k-mount) that correctly focused on the film plane of their film slr's? Are they workable on the dslr with complete certainty? How about Pentax screw mount lenses (or even non-Pentax screw mount lens) that are used with a K-mount to screw thread adapter? Taken literally, everything seems "hunky-dory", but sometimes the devil's in the details.
With several of these types in my possession, it is tempting to take Pentax on their word. Anyone with experience willing to give/ share their thoughts and advice? Pentax has its own forums, but UHH has many experienced users, and I enjoy the give and take. Thanks for reading this.

Hello everyone! I trust this week brought tons of wonderful photoshoots into the darkrooms both digital and manual!

Got a question for everyone. I registered for my Fall Semester classes and will be taking Landscape Photography. It has been reccomended since we are using Film (No Digital) that I can either borrow a Large format camera from the school cage or I can buy one and outright own it with no return time. (Chuckles) Now here is the question.

For those of you who have experience in the Large Film Format cameras.

What should I look into for beginning? Specific to camera type and negative size.

Please keep in mind I am on a student budget here. My top board limit looks like it will be around $1,500 to $2,500 if I eat top ramen and burritoes for the summer. (No problems there, They taste a hell of a lot better than MRE's. ever did. LOL)

Because I was a military photographer the chmicals were supplied although when I needed to buy them I would go to the local Photography store and towards the end I was able to buy them from a wholesaler who supplied the the local x-ray industry (Kodak products only).
What I would like to know is how many of you used the stainless steel film spirals and tanks as opposed to the Patterson type plastic spirals and tanks. As far as I'm concerned the Stainless steel spirals were far and above better than the plastic.

According to the Wall Street Journal this morning, Adobe is planning on making the Create Suite products only available from the Cloud beginning with the next version.

I don't know about you all, but I frequently find myself in locations with poor internet connectivity, and do not want to be reliant on the internet to view, process, etc.

What do you all think. Should we flood Adobe with protest letters, friendly suggestions that they will loose a lot of business, or what?

I would like to see a sane and meaningful discussion.

Thanks