Locally I found a lab that does a pretty decent job creating prints
off a couple rolls of slide film (yes, yes, I know - I should use
print film instead).  But, the quality is still a noticeable
degradation from teh original.

I'm about to retire and I want to get serious again about Photography!
I have this old Rolleiflex TLR 2.8 Planar that I just love, nothing I've
ever owned can compare to the razor sharp images that it's capable of
producing, but I'm thinking that I might want to pick up a used SLR

Hello, my dear friends. I have decided to sell all of my photography
equipment from my MF stuff, to my 35mm SLR's and lenses, digicams,
p&s, accessories, and lighting. Anyone interested?

There are a numbers of 4x5 cut film holders available on ebay and there also
seem to be a few 4x5 Speed Graphic cameras.
To a beginner they seemed tempting. Do I have to look for a specific type of
film holder that was only made by Graflex?

I know that the RB67 has a rotating film-back, but how is this translated to
the viewfinder, or is it?  I've never even held an RB67 yet!

I was wondering what loupes are available for viewing medium format
slides.  I found Mamiya makes a nice one that allows me to see my
entire 6x7 positives.
Are there other options, or do you buy smaller ones and view just part

I'm an aspiring photographer currently shooting with a 3.3 MP P&S
Sony.  I want to make the jump to higher resolution images, and rather
than stop at a typical dSLR, I was thinking of getting into medium or
large format.  Do you all have any suggestions?  I mostly shoot

Wrote a quick page about how I did this upgrade to my kinderman projector.
Still have to work out the details of getting the dark slide to work
smoothly but this shows the basics of adapting a rollei lens to a kinderman
projector. Search german ebay for these as they have been ...