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Archive for April, 2008

I’ve been obsessing recently (who me) on making a camera wrist strap that is affordable, durable and uses the high quality materials I already use in my Y Strap…drum roll please…
The Wrist Wonder…its very cool and I feel it is the best wrist strap I’ve ever used (I own at least 5 wrist straps myself and made over 25+ prototypes before [...]

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That’s right…since the dynamic launch of the new Figital Revolution web site back in December of 2007 till NOW, April 25, 2008 we’ve had over 30,000 hits!
Viva La Revolution!

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I just couldn’t help myself…I needed to test yet another film in Diafine! What I have discovered has made me very, very happy. If you have been following the progression of articles here on The Figital Revolution I have been posting on Diafine Developer and an array of different black and white films for scanning [...]

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I find this post very disturbing to write and a sad reflection on our current economic situation here in the US, as well as an unfortunate look at the trend in book publishing to find the cheapest and “good enough” printing press for the production of Fine Art  Books. Where are most “fine art” books printed [...]

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Here is something which is pretty straightforward and yet VERY interesting….a simple test target made by me to determine film sharpness and grain when processed in Diafine:

Lens to subject distance 55″
Leica M7 with a 90mm Elmarit F2.8 shot at F8
On a tripod with cable release.
Lighting, Wescott Spider Lights (5500 K)
All scan done on an Imacon [...]

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As promised here is an instructional video on how to hand coat your own ink jet paper. This video also explores the concept of creating a paper portfolio and making your own printer icc. profiles. (The video was broken into two parts due to a 10 minute time limit on Youtube so be sure to [...]

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Finally part 2! Here are some sample images made on my M7 Leica and my Rollei 2.8 (F - 1960) using Fuji Acros at an EI of 160.

The two square images of course were shot with the Rollei (120mm) and the hand and zipper image was made with my Leica M7. Full size the Rollei [...]

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That’s right…since the dynamic launch of the new Figital Revolution web site back in December of 2007 till NOW (April 8, 2008) we’ve had over 20,000 hits! Stay tuned for our next post tomorrow!!!
Viva La Revolution!

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