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  1. Re: Quartz Lens/UV LED's for POP Projection Printing?

    A while ago we had a problem at work involving a mercury vapour light-source that was no longer supported. There is an optical-contractor who solves that sort of problem for us (one company service...
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    Re: test strip methods

    I use standardised contacts as a 'sort of' metering, then a partial print at the estimated values, then adjust from there. Approaching every negative as though you have never printed before, as per...
  3. Re: What's your favorite internet falsehood on photography?

    That could even be true, or at least have a positive correlation, if one limited the total spending to materials consumed... Maybe?
  4. Re: Please share your darkroom prints from B&W slides

    Way back last century, I had to make enlargements from 35mm slides at work and the usual method was to make an interneg by projection (ie. using an enlarger to project the image, not a...
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    Re: 40 or 42 inch rolls of silver fibre paper

    Fotoimpex have finishing tools available for their own products, and are an Ilford reseller. Might it be worth asking them if they could do the trimming job?
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    Re: The beginnings of yet another darkroom

    With such a small room I would paint the whole thing black, above benchtop height. The light bouncing off the paper during exposure needs to not be bounced back on the easel from the surroundings,...
  7. Re: Does anyone know of a community darkroom that I can use in Italy or ....

    If the OP will be going to London, then I can suggest Photofusion.

    https://www.photofusion.org/darkroom
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    Re: Is Kodak Chemistry Going Away?

    Or Foma Excel, all the same thing really though the anti-dust design of the Adox/Fotoimpex product is impressive. At least in Europe, these alternatives are available in one liter packages as well...
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    Re: Caps/plugs for HP Cimbi tanks

    As an alternative to repair, I picked up an old and somewhat brittle Combi tank in a jumble-sale and ended up using only the internal film-holder. Effectively a sort of dip-and-dunk deep-tank system...
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    Re: Rollei black magic #2

    Byjus appears to be an Indian company, but whether this website belongs to them is unclear. The address is registered via GoDaddy, so the owner details are not immediately available.
  11. Re: LF film purchasing and processing in Prague / Tallinn, Estonia

    About ten years ago I got various film and paper supplies at BE Foto in Prague. They have a darkroom department and were helpful, ordering an unusual paper from Foma with a nextday delivery. It is...
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    Re: John Wimberley - film ?

    I did a bit of a Google and came up with this link . . .

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/225159693757

    Too high for my budget, inevitably.
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    Re: Panchromatic B/W contact paper ???

    If one wants an orthochromatic product for making the negative, for the spectral differences or because one wants to process in red safelight, then ortho film is available in all relevant sizes. ...
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    Re: Print Washer - medium and super size

    I have always wondered how being 'see-thru' improved the washing, but perhaps it makes it easier to discover the quality of the water flow-pattern using the ink trick.

    My only positive idea is...
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    Re: Can I use LED bulbs in my Ilford MG 500 head?

    Small (and not so small) fans for coolling are utterly standard things for PCs and servers and are widely available. They are also cheap and, even better, reliable. Why build a new light-source and...
  16. Re: What are Master Printers using for enlarging paper?

    This short video explains how that AZO-replacement paper came to be. Interesting stuff. The photo-chemists and tech people involved were/are the new Adox.
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    Re: 1898 Thornton Pickard Ruby Bellows

    Now I understand why the photo of the rather interesting camera is upside-down -- it's because I am in the opposite hemisphere! Obvious really. Good luck with your bellows quest.
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    Re: Why is this Happening?

    In addition to my post far above somewhere, I am one of those who does not have a drymount press, nor room for one even if it was a gift. For larger prints I give an extra 1/4" border all round,...
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    Re: Why is this Happening?

    It should be reduced or eliminated by trimming a millimeter off the 'wavey' side. It was explained to me as being some sort of effect from stresses at the edge of the paper-roll when it was...
  20. Re: Heico Perma-Wash vs. Ilford Wash-Aid Logistics?

    I found it quite practical, and also cost-effective, to put a pack of the Kodak product (a single powder in a large sachet) in an airtight jar and weigh out the appropriate mount for the session when...
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    Re: Help with spare light bulbs for DeVere MKV

    In the UK, you can look at any of the online photo-retailers.

    For example . . .

    https://ag-photographic.co.uk/24v-250w-elc-2053-p.asp

    And if that is out-of-stock long term, try from the EU ....
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    Re: Film sheet 4x5 color

    Thank you for your answer! Does this mean that if I use a 120 color film I can put it in the enlarger and make a normal color print with this kit for example?...
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    Re: XTOL not mixing well and not working any more!

    Over here in Europe, I have tried the Foma version as well as the Adox one, both in the small one liter size.

    Both seem to work well at the developing side of things and to last well in storage --...
  24. Re: Multicoated, vs. Single Coated Enlarging Lens?

    Coincidentally, my Fujinon EX 90mm f5,6 makes noticeably more attractive images (to me) than my Componon-S. I will have to compare it with the 150mm Rodagon (at the same enlargement size) one of...
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    Re: Film sheet 4x5 color

    I think the OP is seeking information on using RA4 paper as a paper-negative. With black-and-white materials (and 'some' experimentation) the paper-neg can be contact-printed on to another piece of...
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    Re: Making GOOD Instax Prints

    A 1.4kW battery? Wouldn't that be really heavy? The Wide cameras available in Europe have used normal AA cells for about fifteen years or so, and I managed to find an unloved secondhand Wide for...
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    Re: Issue with Jobo Process operation - Lift arm

    I have a much smaller Jobo, CPE2, without a lift but it seems to me that removing the tilting loads from the machine completely would be a good idea.

    One could make a frame, even a sheet of 15mm...
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    Re: Need box/tent to load 4x5 film

    Small diameter plastic plumbing pipe is cheap and has pushfit corner connector (the sort usually used with glue, not the self-sealing type as they are annoying to separate after use).
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    Re: Almost done with film drying cabinet rebuild

    Would the cabinet having an internal finish which attracts dust actually be beneficial in this case? A wipe down with a damp lint-free cloth a few hours before use, then any dust that gets through...
  30. Re: Traveling by Air In July: How should I handle LF Film?

    I will be flying to UK from Schiphol (the small and over-busy Dutch capital-city airport) in a fortnight, the ability to get film and paper hand-checked at the Dutch airport (they use the 'new' type...
  31. Re: What Was the Process for Getting War Zone Photographs to Print Before Digital Cam

    There is an eleven minute untitled video floating about the internet, of a Reuters(?) pressroom (ie.hotel room and bathroom) in Nicaragua in 1990, seemingly made as an internal home-movie sort of...
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    Re: Polaroid 8x10 available again

    Coincidentally, today I discovered a drawer at the electron-microscope table contained five individual 5x7" sheets of 3000asa Polaroid film. The Polaroid back and the camera attachment for the SEM...
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    Re: Saltzman

    In the 1980s I worked at a lab in a town with several large civil-engineering companies nearby. We used to get a regular stream of print requests from them using huge negs that were from...
  34. Re: is there work arounds for missing retaining rings?

    If you can get car repair/filler paste (typical brandname, Isopon) then lightly wipe the lens thread with an oily cloth, put the lens through the mounting board in the required orientation, pile up a...
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    Re: Negative Dark Patches

    Light-leaks. Are they at the end of the filmholder where you insert the darkslide> It could be that you accidentally move the back as you do so. Alternatively, the leaks may be at the other end...
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    Re: 300mm Rodagon with Slight Edge Fungus

    Also remembering not to use so much force, with the vice, that the housing of the lens is turned in to an oval and/or cracks an element. A couple of V-shaped bits of wood to spread the load around...
  37. Re: Is it possible/practical to make digital negative for use in an enlarger?

    The long-running project by Salgado, called 'Genesis', started being shot on film (mostly 120) and ended up with digital. For the digital images an imagesetter sheet-film-sized interneg was made for...
  38. Re: Lina Bessonova Interview with Paula Chamlee (YouTube)

    When the video finished, I immediately went back to the start and watched again. That person (and late husband), location, facilities and history are inspirational.

    ETA: Thank you to Mirko and...
  39. Re: Where can I get a 5x4 dichroic enlarger or darkroom in the UK

    This place has a secondhand and special-offer section, though I think they moved it to their ebay store. They have the Nova-Darkroom products, in case you want new stuff too....
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    Re: Lens element sources and specs?

    I'd look on the various optical (EdmundsOptics, ThorLabs etc.) or surplus sites (too many to name) then find all, or most, of the required lens elements there. Barrels are also available from the...
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