For the past year I've been using a Durst M370 B&W enlarger which I
believe is the condenser type and it seems to work well for me. Recently
I came by a Fujimotor colour enlarger which I believe is the diffuser
type. I've not got around to trying it out yet.

Which fairly modestly priced, external (shoe mounted) optical viewfinder;
would the assembled photographers chose for themselves?   Thanks for any
advice.

And now for a situation that could ' fry' a digital - anybody know
anything about a Courtenay Colorflash 100 Studio flash ? Is it reverse
polarity ? What is its voltage ?
It is a fabulous piece of British engineering in the Midlands  from

Years back, in goode olde dayz of 35mm, I recall getting good shots at
1/60 (100 ISO film, not sure of the lens F# but wide open).
With a Pentax K200D, manual mode, I have just got a good shot
http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m74/peterh337/?action=view&current=moon.jpg

At least I have the honesty to state that I am not a Still
Photographer ( know a lot about filmmaking though ). I'm standing in
here for Michael so as to even up the odds.

No photographer has ever emerged out of Ireland as famous or as a
celeb , to the best of my knowledge !
Even  my lifelong friend ( since we were at school ) Roy Esmonde, who
has had almost all the Showbiz people in Ireland since the 60's as

So we found three old 35mm films, that have been rewound and stuck into
their little plastic canisters.  Not sure how old they are, could be 5
years, could be 10 years, maybe even 12.  They're from a reasonable
quality P&S camera.

My mother wants a simple P&S for her "Introduction to photography" course.
Bearing in mind she's nearly 80, although a pretty switched on 80 (she
just switched to Windows 7 on her PC!), can anyone recommend something?

As I mention in another thread, I'm trying to standardise on two types
of 35mm B&W film. One will be APX 100 (or more likely the Rollei Retro
equivalent).
For the second film I need something in  400 ISO. I've been using Tri-x

Finally bit the bullet,.mortgaged my soul, closed my eyes and ordered an
EOS7D from Warehouse Express.
Should be in my trembling hands on Tuesday or Wednesday.
May have to light a cigar when it arrives :-)

My negatives are AGFA RAPID, which is basically 35mm film, but with a
1:1 aspect ratio, so the negatives are 24mm x 24mm about.
Mostly the negatives are black & white. By and by, I'm wanting to end up
with several 12" x 12" enprints from the negatives.

Hello I am wondering if anyone has any ideas and would share. I am
thinking of taking vintage type portraits at our local fair this
year.  I need to find the software to hook up my camera to my laptop
for Nikon?  Also any tips on pricing? Any tips on where I could buy

I've recently moved into the wonderful world of dSLR photography having
used a trusty fully manual Pentax MX since the early '80s, and I'm
having a bit of lens confusion...
I have a Nikon D300s with the new AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm G II lens, and I