I am not sure if you are referring to my post above (#35), but that was NOT checked luggage, that was carry-on with one of the new CT scanners. I would expect checked luggage CT scanners to have a...
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I am not sure if you are referring to my post above (#35), but that was NOT checked luggage, that was carry-on with one of the new CT scanners. I would expect checked luggage CT scanners to have a...
Wrt the carry-on CT scanners: I encountered one already in 2019 in Amsterdam Airport, a "ClearScan" by L3Harris. Expecting this, I had prepared two 120 rolls of TMY-2 that were unexposed in the first...
8x10" contact print on gold-toned printing-out-paper (POP)216902
Oh, I am aware of them, having written an article about Russian lenses (https://www.arnecroell.com/eastern-block-new.pdf), but I thought the original poster was looking for lenses already in a...
Most ligtweight 300mm lenses have been listed already, but here is my take:
1. "Regular" taking lenses:
Nikon Nikkor-M
Fuji Fujinon-C
2. Process lenses that work just fine at infinity and...
Welcome! I am located in Huntsville, too. PM me if you want to meet at some point.
Arne
I have one and tested it (https://www.arnecroell.com/lenstests.pdf , p.26) so that might give you an idea about what to expect in terms of optical quality. However, I have never really used it...
I have a tough time wrapping my head around this one. It is obviously fake, but an Apo-Symmar 180mm is not exactly rare on the used market, why would one want to fake that? Faking a, lets say, late...
Here is one, Fuji GFX 50s and 110mm f/2:
And here is a rogue's gallery of our CT nemeses, using the list from Ilford's FAQ:
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Some updates from both Ilford and Kodak Alaris with bad, but not unexpected news:
From Kodak's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=kodak%20alaris&epa=SEARCH_BOX):
"Kodak...
Yes Brian, that was one single run through that machine. BOTH films shown went through 3 regular (non-CT) carry-on X-ray machines in addition, so the difference you see is just the one pass through...
Here is some real life experience with one of the new scanners. I was traveling back from Germany to the US through Amsterdam and got an additional security check going from the EU flight section to...
By the way, are you the guys who have the horizontal 20x24“ monster enlarger made bei Heiland?
Thank you, Eric. Btw, Rollei RPX 25 is made by Harman/Ilford. When I checked out the roll film version I was hoping for a successor to Agfa APX25, but no such luck😞.
Nice image, Eric! As for N+4 or similar, you might want to have a look at the Rollei RPX 25 (it does come in 4x5”). I haven’t tried it for that, but when I tested the 120 version for normal...
You said „negative“. Are we talking b/w or color?. A center filter is most important for slide film, and a modern 90mm is not that extreme in the corners. I do b/w exclusively and do own a few center...
Wow, that is dedication! Thanks for sharing!
I’ll echo what others have said - TP is not the right film for general use, especially starting out. I’ve used it with the special developers to tame the contrast (Kodak Technidol LC, Tetenal Neofin...
Have a look at these: http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/MTF5.html. That's what I used for my tests (http://www.arnecroell.com/lenstests.pdf)
I printed out 7 of them and arranged them in the...
I use a Nikkor T-ED 500mm on my Master Technika. Works fine.
Which one? Componon, Componon-S, others? Schneiders MTF curves for the 300mm Componon-S are for an image circle of 364.5mm. Of course the usable image circle depends on your print size.
From 1995, on Schauinsland mountain near Freiburg, Germany. Linhof Technikardan 45, G-Claron 210mm, HP5+, PMK Pyro.
As Sal mentioned in post #8 (including a link), Heiland electronic makes an LED head for the LPL 47xx enlarger series. It is listed on their site under Jobo, since Jobo was the distributor of LPL...
Tooting my own horn here, but I have done a few tests years ago, found on my web site: http://www.arnecroell.com/lenstests.pdf
It is also linked in Dan Fromm’s list of lens resources here on the...
Neofin blue is still made and available. Fotoimpex in Germany carries it and it says on the web site it ships internationally:...
Here are a 3 images of the wet side of my - relatively - new darkroom (about 4 years old now). Two connected sinks, 2' 8" deep, one 8' long, the other 4'. We have an electric instant water heater two...
Let me start with the following: the accepted error for f-stop, exposure time and film ISO is usually 1/3rd of a stop (for each). 0.1 or 0.2s at 1.5 s is significantly less than that. You might see...
Just West of Huntsville, towards Decatur, AL, is Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/wheeler/
Drew, A lot of 4x5 people use the 450 C, including me. I was just comparing the extension necessary, nothing else, since the extension for Fuji 450 C and the Nikkor T 720 are less than 2cm apart....
David, yes, I have it on a flat lens board. The extension is pretty similar to the one of the Fuji-C 450mm. I do own that tele bracket, but don’t carry it around in the field, so this was done...
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This was done with the 720mm on my Technikardan. It shows the Fründenhorn in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. I do not have the set, but I do have the 720 in my Technikardan kit, and the...
Meyer-Görlitz Trioplan 210mm f/3.5. Its a barrel lens, no shutter. If it's mostly the shallow DOF you're after, Meyer also made 260mm, 300mm, and 360mm f/4.5 Trioplan lenses. Both uncoated versions...
Precheck as of now allows you to keep your shoes on, use the metal detector gate instead of the scanner, and you can leave your electronics and liquids in the bag, but that bag still goes through the...
Larry, you may be able to use the 72mm with regular bellows, not sure about it, but surely without rise or fall, since the bellows will be completely compressed. As for 720mm, the Nikkor T ED is a...
TMax RS keeps a long time in my experience if it is kept in full bottles. I had the big double bottle version some years ago when I could get a really good deal on it. I refilled it into smaller...
Oren, fully stretched out as shown the distance between the film plane and the front of the front standard is about 195mm, about 205 mm to the center of the shutter. Not that one should do that,...
From memory, the 150mm stretches it out, even though it is still physically possible at infinity. 120mm is no problem, and I assume
135mm would work, unless you wanT to do closeups. But I’d have to...
True. Alternatively, have the WA bellows on the camera, which is made from cloth. That is what I have been doing a lot.