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Every time i have tried to purchase those towers of plastic crap, they have always been defective. Right off the truck defective. And they have always seemed to sag over time.

Its alot easier to...

The standard baseboard for a D2 enlarger (not a D2XL version) is in the area of 18” x 26”-28” and varied somewhat in thickness throughout production. The early baseboards were a hardwood laminate and...

The plastic drawer tower for the processing sequence is not a good idea. Have you ever actually FOUND a set of those towers that functioned correctly when EMPTY, let alone when they had chemical in...

well im just thinking an actual baeboard for a D2... it needs it. And it would be more freeing then having it tied into the work table surface.

Things suck at home and i really need to get this...

i really would like some opinion on here..

solid wood best
butcher block second

but after that, is "particle board" actually better then plywood

so much un needed stuff

mice pee aint nice... it can corrode chrome plated wrenches

Well, bigger isnt always better for magnification. Learned the hard way 95mm enlarging lens on 23cII requires the head at full height to almost fill an 8x10 sheet of paper. A 50mm lens, with same...

How does a person tell what side is the top? the black side or the silver side?

And whats the best means to remove tape from the glass itself

I have to ask this, i really do, its meant well.

The film i have always done, 35mm and 120 in a paterson tank has always done best with careful agitation. Regardless of whether using Rodinal or...

5 years ago i ran over an article about a photographer who had died at that time, and his working for Playboy and Penthouse and others, and the fact that everything he shot was on 35mm SLIDE film.. ...

ive had issues at home, spent a whole day getting screamed at because i dared CLEAN THE SILVER WARE DRAWER.

There used to be a market for nude pictures, we cant lie about that. But now with the glut of cheap nudes on ebay photograph section,, is there even a point for that anymore.

black body, silver rim on the front for a filter to screw into, 6 bladed diaphram. max diameter of silver band is almost 2", and it sticks out from front of shutter about 1 3/8".

the defect on...

Still doesnt make much sense.. what about my wee little omegaron 50mm lense thats 3.5 4 5.6 8 11 16 on the aperture dial

SInce so many have been having issues with selling prints, i have to ask

What does anyone expect? Many on here sell prints through the webz.. but in honesty is it worth the hassle?

Sure some...

i use the orange arista? one from freestyle. I keep it on an extension cord. i figure its about 8 feet from the enlarger, and i do as foma folks said to do, point my enlarging paper at the light to...

hmmm lets see

Omega View 45D

lens my nice wee schnieder tele-xenar 1:5.5 240mm lens

distance between the standards, back of front standard, and front of rear standard, an exact 4".

Was...

Finally had the time to actually USE my 4x5 camera this afternoon. Indoors as its rather windy out.. I may have over exposed but thats life.

However, with the lens fully open, i was only getting...

How do you know that is the correct method to use to deduce the correct time? What about contrast filters being used..

am trying to figure out how the small condenser lens is set up in its holder. The metal tabs held in by screws dont do anything.. and the diagram on the enlarger makes it seem mandatory to use the...

The lens isnt bad, its not a light up window version. But hey, its still got 14 aperture blades.

I dont know, the biggest thing is that the digital age has really hurt the company support for enlargers in the USA.

I combined 2.5 beseler 67c into a single enlarger. All i needed is a bushing...

for right now ive stumbled upon a Componon NON S 135 for a rather good price, think 2005 era..

Well isnt anyone going to chime in that they can make their own film for 10$ per hundreed feet?

so would i simply use the standard omega 2.75" enlarger cone for mounting the 150?

For the argument, all lenses on an Omega D2.


If the 135mm focal length is the normal standard for the 4x5 and the 150mm is the normal "long end" for the 4x5 format.. And with botch of them able...

An original would be nice but,, Its like buying any old piece of equipment.. if it doesnt work you are screwed out of cash. If you buy it new from B&H, and it doesnt work in the 90 day return period,...

Well, i would hate to see what a true 4x5 or 8x10 Digital Camera sensor would cost.. I have a feeling it would make Kodak sheet film look like 35mm foma prices.

For paper sizes i believe that your...

And if someone is actually able to sell a print.

well i tried craigslist, a 50 mile radius was bringing listings that according to google maps, are roughly 450 miles from the zipcode i used on the search..

But happily i just ordered an Omega...

newer one has a warranty out of the box.. And not everyone is selling the onld ones in good condition.

Its a judgement call, 189$ new made item with a warranty and factor repair or a 50 year...

The only way i can find to get a beseler 45 through the online sites is if you can drive to them. Only a few places are "willing" to ship to a buyer, and the only companies they use... do not ship...

Then you are back into the gatekeeping realm of no one is a REAL photographer unless:

They can identify 5 famous photographers from 1900 to 1960 merely by looking at a photograph of the person
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+1/4 5.9 11.9 23.8 47.6 95.2
+1/2 7.1 14.1 28.3 56.6 113.2
+3/4 8.4 16.8 33.6 67.3 134.6
F-stop Timings with 1/4 stops

thats supposed to come from...

Since the sourcing of an adustment system for the focusing stage is a pain right now. Perhaps i cant figure out the correct search term for something low cost..

Is it possible to remove the...

Is this general rule of thumb take everything into consideration? Likea 23cII being run with a dichroic color head set to condenser mode?

And does it take lens to film format into consideration?

Been reading on Bruce Tanners website again, stupid idea of f stop timing is actually starting to make sense. Perhaps its just the sleep deprivation.

At least the way bruce tanner describes the...

Been a lot of things in the way, finally went with the tiltall TE Original series tripod.. great reviews on it..

I killed my tripod.. the omega 45 proved to be too heavy for it. The leg locks...

developing a negative is not manipulation or making it fake, not sure why some of the populace makes that claim... Neither is dodging and burning during the printing phase making it "a fake image". ...