The easiest way is to create framelines in indesign or photoshop and print them onto clear acetate. That can then be placed over the back of the groundglass under the spring retainers. If the odd...
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The easiest way is to create framelines in indesign or photoshop and print them onto clear acetate. That can then be placed over the back of the groundglass under the spring retainers. If the odd...
Footcandles are still used frequently when lighting sets for films and TV.
It's nicer than I expected, honestly. I have one I've used for 8x10 for sale in the classifieds if you're interested in trying one out.
Even most of the popular places thin out by 99% once you walk a single mile from pavement.
You really want to live in Idaho with all the mad anti-govt nuts, EOTW preppers, and mormons that are too Mormon for Utah? I like Idaho to visit.
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Use the thin lens equation.
(1/object distance)+(1/image distance)=(1/focal length)
1/O+1/42=1/30
Works out to O=105 so you can focus that 30" lens down to 105" (8'9") from the lensboard....
Crutch tips should do. Hardware stores usually have several sizes.
When I made one it had an inside thickness of 5/8" and that was plenty for me. I made a Z-profile dipper out of 1.5" wide acrylic that went the whole way to the bottom and stuck out the top enough...
Why don't you live there?
I have to say Utah is pretty good. 13 national parks dept. units (5NPs, 3 NMs, and some recreation areas and historic sites), 43 state parks. About 80% of land is publicly owner, either federally or...
I'm one of those. 8x will do fine, though, and may even be the better choice for 4x5 where one expects to enlarge more than from larger negatives. 4x doesn't feel like enough to me.
Perhaps one of the g-clarons would fit the bill if you want a very sharp lens. There is a 210mm, a 240mm, and a 270mm. All three will cover easily at 1:1. The 210 just covers at infinity. The 270mm...
That is a very wide category. What qualities are you looking for?
I do that when I'm worried about wind or have to set the tripod off balance a little for some reason. I have a mesh bag I hang from the center and fill with rocks. I hang it and let the rocks just...
Photos and a serial number list. I also have a habit of pasting P-touch labels all over my things with my name and phone number. I hide some of those labels inside tripod tubes, battery doors, etc....
Twenty five years on the internet really is something to celebrate. This forum has been informing me since college when I got into large format, about fifteen years ago. I don’t think I’ve...
The most useful tools for tabletop work are usually the homemade ones. I have a whole toolbox of that stuff. My go to method for tabletop is to light with full sized units through 4x silks top make a...
Sharpie or white-out, depending on which will stand out on the tubes of your tripod. Just mark every two inches. You can ballpark a height with one leg and then set the other two to the same number...
I think what Bob's trying to say in his inimitable Bob Solomon-ish way (and he will correct me if I'm putting words in his mouth) is that, while possible, is very impractical and you'll probably find...
Your idea is similar to a couple types of shutters used in high speed photography. That small amount of light leak is a small but constant problem.
Here is an excerpt from an article by Andrew...
You could just curtain off an area with black plastic dropcloth material. That will black out a small area easily and cheaply and act as a bit of dust buffer, too.
I would only develop differently for studio work if I wanted especially to force the film into extra graininess. Otherwise, I just control my light to "fill" the dynamic range of the film when...
Ah, OK. Not the printer. Well when I was doing wetpkte I built myself a dark box. It had a table platform size of around 30”x35” and 22” high. I did plates up to 8x10. It was enough room but just and...
Sure you're not taking street too literally, Richard?
You are very completely and essentially misunderstanding the process of making wet collodion plates.
I would suggest a good book, either Quinn Jacobsen’s or the Ostermans’, to help you get hold of...
Focusing your available light with a source-4 or a fresnel lens is the best way to get what you want.
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You don’t have to use the lamp with a pattern in place.
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Look up a “source 4” fixture. It’s essentially that. You can put patterns in the lamp itself and focus them to get hard or soft edges.
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Another pretty easy layer of dust protection to add onto everything already said: I bought a whole bunch of anti-static bags from an electronics store that was going out of business. They’re the kind...
You just need a cable to connect the PC terminal of the shutter to the PC terminal on the flash if it has one or to the shoe connection if it doesn’t.
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Rosco makes similar CC lighting gels in courser steps. R4515 is what they call the 15Y strength. They also do 30, 60, and 90. Just change the last two digits of that code. A Y45 strength (a Y15+Y30)...
Took a bit but I found reliable, like-formatted absorption curves for both filters from Kodak. Notice how each graduation of CC00Y filters let’s in some, but progressively less blue. They are...
A #8 is significantly more dense than a CC40Y. I’m having trouble finding reliable spectral pass curves for both filters but I can find that the recommended lens correction for the #8 is a stop and...
Little rust, little acrylic, little bird poop I think, haha. Believe it or not that's an iphone snap out of an app called "argentum." It has some different contrast presets that are kind of fun.
Very pleasant to catch sunset when it's like that but not so much if you want to see sunrise!
There's been very pretty light lately when I'm waiting for the bus to go to work.
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Sounds like you should consider those "very subdued light tanks" rather than "daylight tanks."
Those feel like microscopy images of something crystalline like graphite, etc. Makes me want to go spend some time wityh a treestump during social distancing time.
I've used those fairly often on cine cameras. With a view camera they should save fussing with huge bellows extensions. It's also nice that you can predict your camera position and extension ahead of...
Clean the slide with a little furniture polish, front, back, and edges. Rub pretty vigorously. They get a lot of gunk on them. Then rub the edge 1/2" or so all around with a dryer sheet. Again, rub...