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Hi folks, I've been holding off on posting the sign up for this exchange as I encourage a few friends/fellow printers to signup on this 20th anniversary of the first B&W print exchange.? Unfortunately, two of our regular participants are unable to join us for this exchange, but I know they will be back in June. If you would like to participate in the April/May B&W and/or Color regular (Letter/A4) print exchanges, please respond by email or post to the group.?? Signup will close on April 17th.? I will post the final lists on the 18th.? Please ship your prints so they arrive in Alaska by the end of May.? I will be doing some traveling at the end of May/early June, but I'll get them mailed back to you when I return. The following photographers are currently signed up for the Black & White exchange:
The following photographers are currently signed up for the Color print exchange:
? Please ship your prints for repackaging to: Gary Benson ? TO SUCCESSFULLY PARTICIPATE PLEASE READ ALL OF THE GUIDELINES BELOW =================================================================== 1) Prints are to be on either Letter (8.5x11) or A4 (8.3"x11.7") size paper. Please sign the print (generally done on the front).? 2) On about the 15th of the month you will be notified of how many participants there are for each exchange.? You are to print one print for each of the other participants and one for yourself.? 3) Prints should be enclosed in individual clear sleeves (for example Clear Bags B811SNF) along with a Tech Sheet. Include the date of the exchange, your name, print title and any information about the subject matter, printer, inkset, software, workflow etc on the Tech Sheet which may be of interest to other participants.? Optional: also include your own?critique?of your image.? 4) Make sure that whatever return box or mailing method you use can accommodate both Letter (8.5x11) and A4 (8.3"x11.7") sized prints.??The total number of prints submitted is likely be greater than for the prior monthly print exchanges, so for those participants in the USA a USPS Flat Rate Medium size box is probably the best choice, especially if you are participating in both the B&W and Color print exchanges. ?5) For example, mailing your prints (addressed to the print exchange coordinator) in a USPS Flat Rate envelope or medium size box with an enclosed prepaid USPS Click-n-Ship return label for a Flat Rate Medium size box (addressed to yourself)?should work?very well. ?See this message for additional details?and images of how others have packaged their prints. 6) If you have not included a return postage pre-paid label please send the print exchange coordinator $15 for the cost of a USPS Flat Rate Medium size box attached to a sheet of paper which?clearly?shows your return address.? 7) Upload a file of the image you have printed into the?correct photo album.? It permits those that are not actively participating in the current exchange an opportunity to observe.? It also creates a historical record that is useful over the years.? 8) Comments on prints are welcome and encouraged, but are not required for participation in a print exchange.? Any topic or theme for a print exchange is entirely optional. With best regards, Gary Benson one of the print exchange moderators |
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Gary,
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Although I originally declined - I didn't realise it was the 20th Anniversary of the B&W and I feel a need to find time to participate. So please count me in for the B&W exchange. Many thanks. Mike On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 at 19:56, Gary Benson <bensonga@...> wrote:
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Hi Gary,
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Put me down for the colour exchange as well - I have a film image from a bit further back than 20 years that I will submit. In fact I think I will see if I have a suitable film image for the B&W exchange from 20+ years back. It seems appropriate to be printing 20+ year old photos for this nostalgic exchange. Just in case anyone is interested, I am "scanning" the images using the110mm macro on the GFX100s. I am simply putting slides with their frames on a light table and with the camera tripod mounted I am just focus stacking the shot, with a wide 60 frame stack. That deals with any bending of the film. Then I pick only the frames I need, convert to tiff in PS and stack them with Zerene stacker. Then I delete all the raw and tiff files and move forward with just the stacked image. At the closest focus point I get about a 14mp image from 35mm frames - that's more than enough for the quality of these old slides and enough for a nice A3 print. I may try putting an extension tube on as well at some point to see if I am missing some detail. I am going to try doing the same with some Mamiya 6 x 7 film. Probably put at least one of these in the exchange as well. Best, Mike On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 at 20:32, Gary Benson <bensonga@...> wrote:
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Will do Mike! ?That brings us up to 10 for the color exchange and 11 for the B&W exchange. ?I hadn¡¯t thought of looking back 20+ years to find some film era images to print, but I like that idea. ?I¡¯ll look through my B&W large and medium format negatives for something to scan and print.
You mentioned using the 110mm macro¡.did you mean the GF 120 macro? ?I know you have the GF 110/2 lens, but that¡¯s not actually Fuji¡¯s GF macro. I¡¯ll have to give a setup like that a try with my GFX-50R with either my Pentax 645 or Mamiya 645 120mm macro lenses (both manual focus film era lenses). Gary |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýYes sorry I meant 120mm I actually tried to make the 110 work with extension tubes but too much distortion close up. So go the 120mm and its pretty good without extension and I can get reasonable close up. ?Others have reported its not so good with extension tubes - not tried that yet.? Mike On 16 Apr 2022, at 20:44, Gary <bensonga@...> wrote:
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