Dan was more correct than he realized in commenting that these lenses are "poisoned." I was given one and happened to measure it with a Berkeley Nucleonics rad meter, a fairly good one. The...
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Dan was more correct than he realized in commenting that these lenses are "poisoned." I was given one and happened to measure it with a Berkeley Nucleonics rad meter, a fairly good one. The...
Oh, thatʻs right. Forest fires - probably the functional equivalent of vog. I photograph in Kona and Kohala, but am leaving all the lava shots to others. Thatʻs become such a cliché. And yes, this...
I might give FP4+ a go if it is a bit tougher, as you say. I can still buy it here in Honolulu at Treehouse Photo. Perhaps the interaction with high humidity will be different - wonʻt know until I...
Thanks for the suggestions, Drew. Finger cots - good idea. It still concerns me that Ilford sheets stick to themselves in high humidity, both before and after exposure. When loading the holders I...
Processing 8X10 on the road - Iʻm impressed. I schlep the film to and from and then of course worry about those airport X-ray machines being out of spec.
I migrated from T-Max 100 to Delta 100 about 8 months ago and discovered that I had to shift the ISO to 50 from 100. Also, in Pyrocat HD, the dilution of parts A & B had to shift from 1:20 to 1:40...
Speaking of Sandy King, I have been using one of his suggested Pyrocat HD workflows in which film is processed sequentially in parts A and B, which are not mixed. Works pretty well in a JOBO.
Sandy,
I did see that article when I originally began to use divided Pyrocat in my Jobo. Excellent piece.
I did some further real-world testing and have modified the dilution for Delta 100 to...
Sandy, Steve, thanks for the information. I appreciate learning something about the variable absorption of divided Pyrocat in different emulsions. That explains a lot. Since I scan my negs, there is...
Excellent article, Ken.
I scan 4X5 at 6400 on my V700 (in Scan Science oil on a Better Scanning holder), but then choose 2 as the TIFF file size reduction in Vuescan Output. The resulting file is 3200 dpi. I could probably...
Iʻve been happily using divided Pyrocat HD in glycol for years with Kodak T-Max 100 (in a JOBO ATL 1500), but my local camera shop stopped carrying TMX and now carries Delta 100. It is way less...
Thanks for the excellent suggestions, Dan. I did an additional test, which included exposing at both f/16 and f/22. The problem turned out to be something I should have caught much earlier - the Lee...
I found I needed wider coverage than my 75 Grandagon offers and sprung for a 47 Super Angulon XL and the corresponding center filter. My Ebony is advertised as able to mount a 47 SA XL, but I have...
The exhibit was originally scheduled to close on 5/10/17 but it has been extended until 7/2/17.
This is a collaborative exhibit with Carl Pao, a Native Hawaiian painter who works in acrylic....
This is a collaborative exhibit with Carl Pao, a Native Hawaiian painter who works in acrylic. Each of my B&W documentary images is paired with one of Carlʻs pieces, which offer a layer of cultural...
Sanding the gator had not occurred to me. Duhh - one of those no-brainer things. Thanks for the suggestion, Drew. As for the archival issue, it probably makes more sense to worry about the adhesive...
Many thanks for the links, Bob. Iʻll be following them. I like that sprayer idea. Do you use yours with any success prior to mounting prints on gator?
Some of the downside & limitations to the gator / acrylic coating approach I described in my earlier post:
1) Gator isn't archival. This seems a good way to go for large, traveling exhibits, but...
I did a 50-piece traveling exhibit w/ another LF photographer a few years back. OK, more like 15 years back. 16X20 images in 22X26 mats, nielson aluminum frames, under plexi. We had to pay a guy $500...
I've just had experience w/ this but the thread may be dead at this point. Let me know. Apparently, this is not an often-discussed topic on this forum.
Not specifically large format but it would still be helpful to have an area for issues related to putting up images on a wall: mounting, display and presentation. Just a thought.
Wonderful exhibit, Kirk. I especially appreciated viewing the prints from the megaliths series. Sorry I missed you when I stopped by on 2/23.
Hi Kirk,
The Caponigro exhibit is one I definitely want to see - Iʻm delighted the work will be up while I am there, and wish I could be at the opening ... were it not for my own.
The North...
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Maxwell Museum 2/20/15 - 3/28/15 (perhaps a month longer) See more info at this site: http://janbecket.net/wordpress/?p=1652
For those who live in the...
I posed my negative experience (pun intended...) this summer w/ the TSA security people at SFO in a separate thread:
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Update: All 350 sheets developed nicely, except for one small batch of a dozen or so that had extremely faint lines that seemed to have come from objects stacked above them when the film went through...
Thanks for the lead! Could be an option, although Iʻve been hooked for several years Pyrocat HD, an esoteric developer from the Formulary.
Of course, the other option is to give up and go digital...
I see that my experience at SFO was unusual - several others who posted here have had positive experiences. I suspect I just had the bad luck to run into an employee with low wattage, or who didnʻt...
I just returned from Scotland w/ 350 sheets of exposed 4X5 TMX 100, all in the original boxes, inside the opened foil packages, two foil packages per box. Since the film had received six scans at...
Is this the Zone VI version of the Pentax spot or the generic one? My Zone VI, as adjusted by Calumet, overexposes by 2/3 to one stop, relative to the reading of my Sekonic L-408 when both are...
Sorry - wasn't aware you wanted to fold the lens into the camera body. I keep my 150 there and mount the 65 when necessary. Even my 47 is on a flat board. Good luck with the recessed board search.
I’ve used a VH-R with the newer 4X5 focusing adapter, which works well and accepts standard film holders, including grafmatics. However, the large adapter makes access to the rangefinder extremely...
Both the VH-R and the 985 cameras Iʻve owned came with the stops and cam set for a 65 Super mounted in a flat lensboard, which I suspect is the standard configuration. Maybe a recessed board would...
How is your French? Give this place a call to locate a gg source nearby: http://www.legrandformat.com/GFweb/GFsommaire.html
Itʻs on Boulevard Beaumarchais in Paris, but the folks there will be...
Many thanks for the detailed info about oscilloscope lenses, which indeed seem to be without any conceivable use for large format photography. If it were not radioactive, Iʻd keep it as a paperweight...
Someone gave me an Elgeet 86mm f.1.2 Oscillo Navitar. It makes a great paperweight, but I wonder if itʻs good for anything else. Iʻm guessing it’s a flat field design maybe for reproduction or...
The Rodenstock DOF calculator works nicely for large format because it uses a calculation that is independent of lens focal length and distance scale. I’ve carried one for years. I glued a thin metal...
Yes, the newer G Clarons all work well as convertibles, but only for B&W. I used my 150 regularly as a 300 and got tack-sharp results which sometimes looked better than with the lens in the 150...
Iʻd be careful - not about mixing the inks but about mixing the carts. I did the same thing a couple of years ago on a 4880 and found that the chips are not compatible, or at least not in my case. I...