Re: 4x5 light panels

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul wrote:
> Tom Deering wrote:
> > The Cabin, it will be no surprise, looked great.  The plastic housing
> > has a nice, high quality look.  They did not have a Logan 4x5, and
> > the sales man didn't think they sold one.  Then he remembered they
> > did, but didn't have one and and besides he didn't like it as much.
> 
> Imagine that...none in stock and the SALESman just happens
> not to like it as much!  Amazing coincidence.  ;-)
> 

They're not my favorite camera store, but B&H is a very good company
to do business with.  They definitely do not bait and switch.  They
are one of only three NYC camera stores that advertise in the various
national magazines that it is safe to do business with (the others
being Adorama and Calumet (my favorite)).

By the way I've had a Visual Plus 4x5 light panel for some time now.
I think they were one of the first to come out with these things.  It
eats 9V batteries at an alarming rate.

Recently, except when I'm taking my viewer somewhere, I've been using
an 8x10 Porta-Trace that I picked up at an art supply store.  It isn't
color corrected (although I could get some bulbs meant for the more
expensive color corrected version), but it has a large brightly lit
working area, and I've taped one of the transparent slide mounting
guides to it so that I can use it for mounting.

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