I might be going to live in Switzerland soon (Basel). I will be taking
a lot of photos when I am there - all of them E6 film, and I don't want
to pay stupid Swiss prices. What's the most economical way to do this?
Thanks,

This is particularly about the B&W in the medium or large format. I
don't shoot 35mm B&W, so that's not a problem.
My problem is, I can't get that metalic or silvery rich B&W tonality
from the digital camera. I found I have to carry a digital camera and

I plan on travelling to Europe this Fall and my 4x5" setup will probably
stay at home because of the weight the not being able to take hand-held
pics.
I'm thinking about buying a used, but lower-end Medium Format setup.

    you once posted a URL for directions about how to correctly lubricate
the magazine drive train for a Kiev88 magazine. I didn't bookmark
it...can you refresh my memory ??

We're headed to the Southwest USA soon, and I'd rather not have to hassle
with airline inspections of film. Does anyone know of a place to buy
120/220 film in Albuquerque, Silver City, Las Cruces, or Alamogordo?
Processing would be nice, too.

I have a problem with one of my RB lenses that I am hoping someone can help
me solve (fix myself) or refer me to someone who can repair it (without
costing me and arm and a leg.......I am not a Republican!).
My 150mm soft focus lens is not dependable to fire my strobes everytime. I

NIKKI F. RADAZA
New York St. Lindaville Subd. Phase 1
Tagbilaran City Bohol, Philippines
Tel. 63-38-411-2936,

i am an amateur bird viewer  wanna buy a digicam worth around indian
rupees 15000./$300 have seen 3 models for d same
nikon s4 with 10x optical zoom 4x digital zoom & 6 megapixel
kodak p850 12x optical zoom 5.1 mp

I have a bunch of Pentax 6x7 glass and am interested in any experiences
trying to use MF glass on digital SLRs.  How do the results compare to
35mm lenses or the "digital" lenses?
Peace,

Now that most modern cameras have a total exposure counter built in we
can tell how many pictures people do take. I'm sure that with digital
backs available medium format cameras are being used more frequently
than with film. I have seen counts above 200,000 on Hasselblad cameras

Having played about with a Holga over the last six months or so, I'd
like to give medium format a go, but without spending a fortune at the
start in case I don't get on with it.
I've got my eye on a Yashica Mat 124G that I can probably pick up for

2 Camera Bodies
1 KOWA 3.5/55mm
1 KOWA 2.6/85mm
Closeup T/2

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/back-testing.shtml
"to my eyes images from the 16Mp Canon 1Ds MKII are awfully close to
those from drum scanned 645 format Velvia."
Interesting since he concluded in other tests that the 1Ds mkII was

Back in the days I used 35 mm and 120, 6X6.  when I printed the shots,
when I used negative film with Kodak paper the 120 shots just looked
better, I never was able to identify why, they just looked smoother.
When I printed transparencies onto Cibachrome I could not see any

Honeywell Pentax 1-degree Spotmeter
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