[LRflex] Re: Query: Leica R 2x Viewfinder - Any Good?
- From: William Abbott <bill2301@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:38:45 -0700
George, Richard,
Thoughts in the middle of the night: Let me tell you a story.
Some forty years ago I inherited about four file drawers worth of photographs,
clipping, letters, etc. and after some contemplation started to set up a copy
stand, which I got started, because I wanted to be able to manipulate and
reproduce images. Fifteen years later I bought a Mac Plus.
Then digital scanners come onto the market and I paid a big price ($1300+) for
a 300dpi b&w only whiz bang machine, which I learned to use. I upgraded to a
color scanner and a color monitor and better Macs.
Time passed. I abandoned analog photography years ago and am now entirely
digital.
I now have a nine year old scanner that will do color and b%w, transparencies
and opaque, up to 2400dpi, far more than I usually need in my work.
This scanner was $450 nine years ago but prices have dropped and capability
improved so I assume that good used scanners can be had for not much money.
Moral of the story: for my all-digital purposes, prints, letters and clippings,
my copy stand is an nine year old scanner.
Best regards,
Bill
On Apr 18, 2013, at 6:23 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Apr 18, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Richard Ward wrote:
>
>> I am thinking a vertical (enlarger like) copystand beats the shoot the wall
>> option for my circumstances.
>
> quite so.
> especially if you can manage a drop bed base
> on the copy holder end.
> or
> have your distances well engineered
> to prevent your having to be up and down out of the chair
> and/or bent over anyway.
>
> If all of your copying is close to the same focus range
> then a horizontal arrangement with a short horizontal track
> could work well to keep you in the chair and at eye level.
>
> What is the size range of the work you're copying?
>
> I have the perfect little cast iron rail car
> with a rack and pinion tongue and groove plate
> that would make the perfect desk top horizontal set up.
> That's the only reason I've held on to it for 35 year ;~)
> waiting to ship it to you ;~)
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@xxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.imagist.com
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>
>
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