>>3775418Hope you enjoy the transition into big sheets.
I'm a weather nerd. I read the local forecast discussions frequently and use the NOAA weather graphs from
weather.gov. I also watch the satellite to see the general motion of the clouds as the move (for the most part) from west to east. If there's clouds overhead but nothing on the satellite to the west, there's a pretty good chance the skies will light up for sunset. It also helps to familiarize yourself with local weather patterns and anomalies. Cloud cover is probably the most important factor for sunrise/set. When it comes to trips where I'll be hundreds of miles from home for an extended time then it's mostly up to the luck of the draw. At that point I'm just out there shooting and over a week I can only hope for a few good sunrises or sunsets.
As far as big image circles go, eh not really. I think all of my lenses under 210mm only have barely 200mm of coverage and they all feel adequate. Though since you mentioned it, my small 135mm lens is the only lens where I ever seem to run out of movements. I can do quite a bit, but sometimes for these grain elevators I'm trying to use significant front rise. I think the Fuji lens I'm using has somewhere between 195mm and 205mm of coverage, I never could find the specs on this particular lens. It's plenty of image circle about 99% of the time.
Labs generally do fine with rolls, but the dip and dunk systems they use just plain don't work for C41 sheets. They use nitrogen bubbles to agitate the chemicals instead of rotary movement. If you have clear skies it's common to see a horrible marbled texture or bad blob shaped lines. If you shoot busy high-contrast scenes or E6 film you'll likely never notice a problem with labs.
>>3775460Yes I do.
