User talk:Ericd

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About those B&W photos of cameras--you mentioned that you had reduced them to 64 levels of gray at one point and originally saved them as PNG. Converting to JPG saved a lot of space, but it would be even better if we started with the full 256-level originals and converted those to JPG; they'd be smaller and much higher quality (the present photos have noticeable aliasing). Can you give me some idea of what start-to-finish process was used to create these photos, so we can work on making them as high-quality as possible? --LDC

I looked at folding camera and let me say first that I'm not an expert. I'm an amateur photographer who started with some (very little) videography around August 2001, and only recently (about six weeks ago) bought a still camera (this after taking one photojournalism class in June). So.

About the article. It looks ok, except it seems to imply that the cameras are not often used any more. This may well be the case, but if it uses even 120mm film, the camera would yield fine images (the larger the negative, the larger the blowup before you get noticeable grain). A side effect, of course, is that the cameras are heavier.

I don't know if this is the same camera as the "view camera" (where the photographer disappears beneath the cloth), but if it is, the National Geographic Field Guide on Landscapes has this to say about it: they commonly have a 4x5" sheet of film, and the camera

"records extremely fine detail and yields superb enlargements. Both front and rear standards can be adjusted to manipulate focus and depth of field--you can tilt them up-down and left-right to correct for perspective distortion and to have both near and far subjects in focus."

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"Most are completely manual, are heavy and cumbersome, and are expensive to buy and operate. They require patience, skill, and a lot of practice to master. But photographers who want extremely high definition and who plan to make very large prints find them invaluable."

I hope this is a help. I don't know if it's the same camera, sorry. Aside from point-and-clicks, all of my limited experience has been with the Nikon FM2. Best--oh, and thanks for your contributions. :-) --KQ 04:24 Sep 7, 2002 (UTC)