I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

Fred A

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Re: I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2014, 08:28:10 PM »

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What paper do you like from Epson that is similar to the HAHNEMUHLE PHOTO SILK BARYTA?

I really don't know what your H. paper looks like, but in answer to your question, when I have a print to make for hanging or presentation, I use Epson Ultra Premium Luster.One of my friends who used H. paper was deeply into B&W. He raved about that paper until he tried Epson Ultra Prem. GLOSSY.
My favorite is the Luster, for my color prints.

I had a 4 x 5 Crown Graphic so that's how old I am.
If your camera was made out of wood and had flash powder, you have me beat!...
My flash bulbs were regular base with magnesium ribbon inside.... get one to flash in your face, and you needed a cane and a dog for an hour.

What do I shoot? Camera or subjects?

Fred


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niknf

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Re: I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2014, 04:32:58 PM »

I started using 4x5 and 8x10 cameras when I was in the US Army Signal Corps in 1970.
After graduating from the 84G20 class at Fort Monmouth, NJ, I worked in the photo lab unit and also ran a mobile photo lab on a deuce and a half truck.
I was able to use fantastic equipment, such as color processing systems, Omega enlargers, Rodenstock Rodagons and Leica M4 cameras and most importantly the wonderful Leitz optics. The US Army also had Graflex 6x9 rangefinder cameras with Zeiss Biogon, Planar and Schneider lenses. 35mm SLR cameras from Topcon, Nikon and Pentax.
We were actually using flash bulbs with the 4x5 and 6x9 cameras - I can still remember the heat from the just-fired bulbs in my pocket!

I did weddings and portraits on a part-time basis after leaving the US Army and stopped doing these after about 20 years because I was totally burned out. I still don't like going to weddings - done too many and they are too "cookie cutter".

Since then I have used DSLR cameras from Canon and Nikon. I am old school and I still like to buy cameras based on the optics I prefer.

I like to photograph macros and landscapes and I still enjoy using tilt-shift lenses for perspective control and extended depth of field.

What are your favorite photographic subjects and what do you currently use for cameras and lenses?

All the best,
Mike


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Fred A

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Re: I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2014, 06:34:03 PM »

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What are your favorite photographic subjects and what do you currently use for cameras and lenses?

All the best,

Used to live in NJ and New York and Pa.. I live in Sarasota, Fl now
My favorite subjects would be Bikini clad women on our many beaches, but since they usually throw things at me, I turn the camera and snap a shot of some unsuspecting heron or Egret.

I have a Canon 20D camera with 8.3 megapixels... nice large pixels, not crowded together on the sensor, and it works fine.
I have a walk around lens 28-135mm.... My favorite is an old 100-300mm push pull lens that requires a tripod. Canon L
I also have a 400mm Canon L prime lens. Sharp as a razor, but sorry I bought it. I so rarely use it. I am usually too close to make use of it.
I have a 17-40 L lens Canon, and a 70-200 mm L lens..

That's it...

My wife has a 50mm and a twin 100-300 mm to mine.

She shoots with a D 60 Canon with 6.3 Megapixels.... gorgeous results.

Fred


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niknf

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Re: I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2014, 05:11:54 PM »

I live in NJ and I was born in Boston.

My wife and I like to go to Naples, FL and we may go next month.

How do you like the 400mm Canon L? My friend says that lens is great for birds.
I rented a Nikon 80-400mm VR a couple of weeks ago to photograph a Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
I was quite disappointed. I had better results last year with my 300mm Canon f4 L on my trusty old Canon 5D.
There is just something about the old sensors with the "Fat" pixels.
My friend has a 25MP Phase one digital back on his Hasselblad 503CW and it produces beautiful images.
I borrowed the back/camera a couple of times and the files are razor-sharp when viewed on a 27 inch IP-S panel.
They put the 24mp Nikon images to shame.

The new 60-80mp digital backs require special high-resolution optics from Rodenstock and Schneider that literally cost $5k to $10k!
This is the price you pay when you pack all those tiny pixels into 645 size sensor. The Nikon D800 has the same problem.
You require new lenses designed for 36MP sensor.

Where do you buy your roll-paper and Epson ink from - "The Box Shippers".
This is what my friend in the UK calls B&H Grin

Mike


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Fred A

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Re: I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2014, 06:13:32 PM »

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Where do you buy your roll-paper and Epson ink from -

Roll paper from Walmart, and Epson ink from Amazon.

Hi Mike,
Flying in to Naples, or driving?

Red Sox fan?? Yuk. I am a Rays fan.

I love that 400mm. I have attached a few taken with that 400 mm but bear in mind these are screen snaps and Shrunken.

Fred


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niknf

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Re: I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2014, 12:25:25 AM »

Beautiful shots ................ Would like to see some raw images in Capture One - I bet they are incredible!

We are flying down to Ft. Myers - probably the 1st week in October.
Would you like to hook-up one day?

Yes, I am a Red Sox fan. My Dad was the head groundskeeper when I was a kid .............. it is in the blood.
It was a totally different world in those days. The players would actually come over to our house and eat dinner with my family.
I can still remember the 1st time I met Ted Williams. He was a Big guy.
I am not like most fans - I have respect for other teams and players.
The Rays have had some great teams and we have actually gone to a Red Sox - Rays game in Tampa.
We had fantastic seats - 6 rows from the visitor dugout and not INSANELY - EXPENSIVE, like they are at Fenway Park.
Actually, even though the Bosox never won until 2004, my favorite teams are the ones from the late 1960s and the 1970s.
Those were the years of the true rivalry between the Bosox and the "Evil Empire".

How do you buy roll paper at Walmart? I didn't even know they sold it.
Do you have an Epson 7890?

Any place to rent a 400mm lens and a tripod down there? I hate bringing camera gear on the airplane.
I have had so many bad experiences with TSA. They destroyed an entire box of 4x5 Fujichrome film when I went to Oregon

Mike


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Fred A

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Re: I am a newbie and I cannot print (2) 11x17 portrait images on a 24x18 landscape

« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2014, 09:16:58 AM »

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How do you buy roll paper at Walmart? I didn't even know they sold it.
Do you have an Epson 7890?

Mike,
There's probably 2000 people doubled over laughing.
The glossy doesn't work so well , so I get CHARMIN at Walmart!

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Yes, I am a Red Sox fan. My Dad was the head groundskeeper when I was a kid .............. it is in the blood.
It was a totally different world in those days. The players would actually come over to our house and eat dinner with my family.

I love your phrase, baseball in my blood.
It is so true.
My dad was a big baseball fan and his love for the game just went into my brother and me.
We were born and raised in the Bronx, six blocks from the Yankee Stadium, and a 5 minute "L" train ride to the Polo Grounds.
That's where our beloved New York Giants played...we hated the Yankees... not from any one on one rivalry, because they Yankees "bought" pennants as they do now. Highest payroll by far!
OUR rivalry was the dreaded Brooklyn Dodgers...
We watched Hal Schumacher and Carl Hubbel pitch, and Mel Ott and Johnny Rucker in the outfield, and a few years later came "Willie". Willie Mays...
We easily walked to the Yankee Stadium to see Joe Dimaggio play Center, and later, Mickey Mantle, but NO ONE was a better all around player than Willie.
Best baseball player I ever saw. We would go early... just to see Willie throw from the outfield on a line into third or home...now you rarely see an outfielder that can throw like Mays, Clemente, Carl Furillo, and a couple more... now they need two cut-off men to get the throw to the catcher.

Oh well, I think I better stop this stuff on the forum... really not the place, and I'll bet people are putting pins in their Fred dolls.
Happy to chat via email wathree.ssz@verizon.net anytime.

Fred


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