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  1. Duff photographer

    Fun With Nikon Images 2025

    Snow! In Northumberland! In November! What witchery is this? Cheers, Duff.
  2. Duff photographer

    what is the focus plane on a digital back??

    The FFD is measured to the image plane of the sensor, and does not take into account the glass even if the glass affected the focus. Changing the cover glass, e.g., to a different type of filter, may affect the FFD, but it is still the image plane that is used in any FFD figures/calculations. I...
  3. Duff photographer

    charging Copal 0 on Schneider 35 XL

    Sounds like something along the mechanism line has snapped or jumped out of place. One thing you should do in future is to select the speed first before 'charging' the shutter. There are different parts in the shutter that produce the different speeds, e.g., for a copal 0 shutter that would be...
  4. Duff photographer

    A mild warning about using cloud services

    Howdo, I'm a little wary of posting this subject here as the relevance is a little grey, shall we say. Nonetheless, it may be of interest to someone. I'm going to be obscure in some places, for reasons of security. A little while ago, a friend of mine who is a very good amateur photographer...
  5. Duff photographer

    R.I.P. Guy Mancuso - One of the good ones

    Damn!
  6. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    Yes, sorry and thanks for doing so. I didn't write a brief synopsis as some may have seen it as inflaming, so left it to the video to explain it.
  7. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    With regard to tariffs, this is very interesting... I'll leave it at that. Cheers, Duff.
  8. Duff photographer

    Cloud Storage for Senior Citizen

    I'd be wary of cloud storage, especially if it's been offered for free. Storage on a company's remote server costs the company to a degree - energy costs, storage device costs, etc. If they're offering free use, then they're making something out of it that they're not telling you. Probably using...
  9. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    (The original comment by me was deleted cos' I was typing rubbish bought about because I mixed up the advert images [see TechTalk's post below], so ignore this post) Cheers, Duff.
  10. Duff photographer

    Operation of the aperture of a lens in SINAR DB housing

    No, unfortunately. The aperture can only be adjusted via the Sinar auto shutter. That's why many lenses in the Sinar DB mount are cheaper than those in manual shutters, such as Copal. However, I think the DBM mount (with an 'M'), one can disengage the lock on the aperture ring to manually...
  11. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    I think while the current US administration is in power, it is always going to be uncertain. Trump has imposed a 35% tariff on Canada for recognising Palestine, while he has imposed a 50% tariff on Brazil for the trial of his mate Bolsonaro for an attempted coup. Among many other examples, none...
  12. Duff photographer

    The Art and the Artist: Can We Separate Them?

    It seems this discussion is morphing into "what is art?", as these things do on occasion. Just to briefly touch on that, I agree with Darr. Art is created with intent, skill and work, not by accident, and I won't go over the same ground Darr has, as she has explained it well. However, I can see...
  13. Duff photographer

    The Art and the Artist: Can We Separate Them?

    I don't think the fact that an artist's personal life that may be different from someone else's, such as in the example Darr gave, should bear any relevance. The artist's personal life is just different. If one lets it be relevant, then that says more about oneself than the artist. However, I...
  14. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    Edit: Content of this post deleted as it was utterly pointless and anal. Cheers, Duff.
  15. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    Thanks for your critical thinking, Paul. Cheers, Duff.
  16. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    The EU's 20% reciprocal duty was put on pause for 90-days in response to Trump's 90-day pause. All that ends on the 1st August when the US will raise EU tariffs to 30%. Er. No, the US-UK trade deal wasn't a deal. There is still a 10% tariff on the first 100,000 cars imported from the UK...
  17. Duff photographer

    Long live technical cameras and digital view cameras!

    I didn't see the original title, but can guess what it was "The King is dead...". I haven't read everyone's input, so my apologies for any repetition. A TLDR version is near the bottom. As others have already stated, I think tech' cams' have settled into their niche. However, I don't think as...
  18. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    Bear in mind that there's the rest of the world Hasselblad sells to where US tariffs are irrelevant. The ability for a manufacturer/company to absorb the tariff hit (assuming they've agreed to help the US importers who pay the tariffs) will depend on how reliant they are on the US market. If...
  19. Duff photographer

    Best publisher to approach for photo-book

    Hi Pradeep, Yes, I too wonder how awards are decided. A think a lot of the time, it is the subject rather than the photograph that matters to some, which I don't agree with (I could cite some well known examples, but I'm sure you can too 😁). What do I mean by 'exhibition'? Well, essentially...
  20. Duff photographer

    Tariffs and the future of MFD

    The following video gives an excellent detailed overview of the tariffs... The Death of Affordable Computing | Tariffs Impact & Investigation It's a long one, and while it deals with computers and their components, much of it also applies to photographic gear. Hope it helps. Cheers, Duff.
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