On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:04:58 -0800
Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >From: Thomas Heide Clausen <T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >I wonder....is Velvia available in 4x5...
>
> I've got about 250 sheets in my film fridge right now.
>
> >and how the heck to project
> >something that big...:)
>
> You don't. You either scan it, or for presentation, mat it and put
> it on a light table.
Damm...I was just preparing to be facinated by huge slide-projectors
:)
>
> I do 1.5GB drum scans at 5,400 spi, and Vevia shows no grain at
> that resolution!
Wow...well, I guess going 4x5 will also involve investing in a drum
scanner....
>
> >Here is an interresting question, George (and others): imagine
> >that you could keep only ONE lens, and that it had to be a PRIME
> >(i.e. no zooms). What would that lens be?
>
> Oh come on now -- you can't possibly be serious? That's like asking
> which of your children you wouldn't give up for adoption! (Father
> at dinner table: "To cut expenses, we're going to have to lay off
> two of you...")
>
> But I guess for me it would be the 90/2.
Why am I getting the scene from Monty Python's "Meaning of Life"
flashing in my head: "The mill has closed. I am going to give all of
you up for medical experiments" (or some such thing)....
The 90/2 seems to be a popular choise.
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