Hi YA - Fiberglas cloth comes in a roll and is a very easy to work covering over a plywood sink frame. There is a 2-part epoxy that gets painted on [couple of coats] over the fiberglas. In fact, the...
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Hi YA - Fiberglas cloth comes in a roll and is a very easy to work covering over a plywood sink frame. There is a 2-part epoxy that gets painted on [couple of coats] over the fiberglas. In fact, the...
Try the vacuum with the holders closed, then open them up, take the dark-slides out and re-vacuum. Let them sit for a day, then dust the inside are where you're going to load the film using a good...
Bruce - Perhaps you'll feel a little better if I tell you that I went back to Tri-X last year. I have been a working photographer since 1959, and shoot everything from 35mm thru 8x10. I've used T-Max...
I answered Mark directly from the office earlier today, but just to keep everyone current with the discussion, I'll do it again. Yes Arbus did use a Rollei when she and her husband were in the...
Mark - Just a bit of minutia: Diane Arbus actually used a Mamaiya two and a quarter, and had several lenses [actually lens pairs since it's a TLR]. This doesn't diminish your point any, it's just...
Ron, I don't know about you, but I sure can't tell anything about quality by looking at a lens [unless there are big gouges!]. However, the skilled German engineers who check each lens before the...
Ron - This is the correct placement of the fresnel lens. The focus should be perfect.
After trying VERY hard to make the TMAX films do the work in our office - and that's since they were introduced; enough time?? - I've reverted to good, old Tri-X. That's Tri-X for every format we...
The MMP is a very good first camera for you. It has more controls than a Graphic or Bush, and fewer than a Linhof. You shouldn't need to pay more than $200 for the camera w/o lens. The "normal" lens...
Call Calumet. They sell a cable release made for recessed boards which has a very short collar. It will work perfectly on your Tech.
Twenty years ago, the Northampton Historical Society got a Ford Foundation grant for me to print their extensive collection of glass plates. These were almost all 8x10, and so I made contact prints...
I agree that the Super Graphic is a much better made camera. However, that Busch will still make beautiful negatives. Just remember that they are ALL boxes to hold the lens and film, with some more ...
I'm going to throw in something that most of us find obvious, but someone who is just starting out looking at a ground-glass image may not have thought about - yet. Use a loupe, a magnifier or even...
I have great respect for Bob, and his information is always useful. However, I have never [o.k. so I do wear glasses!] been able to actually SEE the difference between APO and non-APO enlarging lens...
From One Richard to Another - Inside your film holder flaps, you'll see small indentations. These are meant to take glued-in, clear film tabs. The tabs can be numbered to correspond with numbers on...
As it happens, there are two Kodak 203's up on the LF section of EBay right now. I agree that they are very sharp, small and may be had for a reasonable price.
I too feel fairly strongly that you won't see any effect. However, it would be fair for you to give it a try prior to purchase. Dick Fish
When photographing artwork for museums and artists, be they paintings, drawings, photographs etc., I use Fuji 64-T. That's a tungsten blanced film that runs in E-6 chemistry. It's pretty standard...
You-all are not going to like this, but I have to write it anyway........... I HATE TMax developer. In fact, except for copy stand work [T-Max 100], I no longer use TMax film at all. I've returned...
I believe it's a series 9, but I'm at home now and the lens is at the office. If you'll "knock on my door in the morning" EDT, I'll tell you exactly. Use: dfish@smith.edu
Nothing beats using a glass carrier. So it takes a little dust control and probably extra spotting, but the darned negatives doesn't move an iota during focusing or exposure, or in between. Glass...
Yes, I use one on a Bencher copy stand. It's a monorail of fair quality, something like the low-end Calumet. It would be workable for you x's purposes, but certainly not as stable as a Sinar, for...
David- You might also consider a Kodak Portrait lens. The 305mm was made for 8x10 and is usually found in a #5 Ilex shutter. They are very fast and soft, until they're stopped down to f/11 and...
In days of yore, when we had a four photographer lab, we bought a USED dental compressor from a medical supply store - no oil, no moisture, no noise [well, not enough to bother anyone]. They even...
My guru in the matter of LF shutters is Steve Grimes: skgrimes@skgrimes.com. If you and Steve agree that a Packard shutter is indeed, as has been suggested, an easy answer, you may want to speak...
You CAN BANK on anything that Linhof tells us, or on what is said by the spokesperson for their U.S. rep - Bob Salomon. You'll find Bob following the LF newsgroup daily. For 40 years I have been...
Larry - Color or B&W???
Brian- Steve Grimes can give you better info [skgrimes@skgrimes.com], and I could probably tell you more if I were at the office, because I use several Ektars [love 'em !] including both a Wide Field...
Steve Grimes can repair your shutter/iris or can sell you a brand new Copal shutter. He is the best! Check out his Web pages @ www.skgrimes.com
Well, I didn't have any luck trying to get folks to talk about the Zone VI enlar ger, so maybe no one is interested in enlargers. Everyone here isn't strictly in the contact print mode, are they? No?...
Anyone have anything to say about the Zone VI 5x7 enlarger? There's one up for b id on EBay auctions, with the variable contrast coldlight.
Jacque - Wait for the Deardorf or the alum. Kodak. Either is far hardier that the Zone VI. The Caltars were and are, reportedly made by Rodenstock. [the very earliest Caltars were made by Ilex, but...
I don't know where you're located, but I have found you an Elwood 8x10. Mark Hult in Ohio, has one listed on photonet. Mark's e-mail is hult@cinternet.net
Good luck. Dick
Only slightly off-topic, but I do love my Ektars, both Commercial and Wide Field. Yes I do have more modern lenses, but frankly, the super Schneiders are just TOO sharp for me. I love both my 190...
Any of Yousef Karsh's books of portraits will clearly and elegantly demonstrate how he worked [usually on location] with a subject's environment. He worked some with 4x5, but mostly with 8x10, and he...
Lens & Repro in NYC often has one, and they get about $700 for them. I bought mine 20 years ago, also used, for $350. My Aristo cold-light that I use on the Elwood, blew up two weeks ago, and Aristo...
Scott - I picked one up last year to use on my 810 Deardorff. It's a whole lot contrastier than my 12" Commercial Ektar - in fact it's so much "harder" that I won't use it for people pix. $500 is a...
Lens & Repro in New York City has a very large and active rental department. You might also check with E.P.Levine in Boston. At Levine's, ask for Steve Brettler and at L&R, it's Jeff Kay.
Sinar P and P2 - and maybe other models too - will allow easy removal of the bellows and the turning of the standards. Sinars are made a whole lot better than Horsemans. They're often found used at ...
Bob Solomon of HP Marketing, the U.S. distributor of Rodenstock participates in this, and most other LF forums. He'll answer you, or you can locate his e-mail address from one of this earlier...