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Older than I've ever been, young as I'll ever be -- I guess that makes me 36 now. Started off drawing as a kid, began photographing about 14 or 15, got hooked on B&W at age 17 when I saw that...

Thanks for the responses everyone. I may try out the Tachihara for now, unless I can find a 4x5 or 5x7 Nagaoka. I've been using a 4x5 Technika, and 5x7 Canham but still looking for something...

Aside from lower weight and slightly thinner folded size, does the 4x5 Anba have any advantage over the Tachihara, Wista DX, Woodman, or Ebony RW45? How do they compare in rigidity and wide angle...

Like most people I've struggled to balance photography with a normal life- job, wife, kid(s= more on the way), and many other time consuming isolationist hobbies (playing/practicing Tabla,...

Try PolygradeV in Agfa Multicontrast developer-- Very blue/black image tone, much cooler than with Dektol or undiluted Ethol LPD, both of which tend towards a slightly more green-brownish tone....

If you mean using the smaller VHR/985 series rollfilm backs on the 45FA, contact Jim Galvin (see ViewCamera magazine). He makes an adaptor that mounts into a standard 4x5 graflock back that allows ...

I just talked to Keith Canham; more information: The back will weigh 2.2 lbs, depth is 1.5", cost $1000-1200, and it will have a flash synch socket with a 2 second delay that can be connected to...

Will the older Fuji lenses, such as the 125W and 135W cover 5x7 or were the Fuji specs optimistic? Were these plasmat designs, and were they all f6.3 like the 1 50W? How would the performance of the...

I guess you mean the 180mm Rodagon with coating damage, it also has a dent -- it's seen better days. Amazingly, without comparison to the 180 Fuji or 135 Componon-s, the prints look great. I tested...

I should have put in the details of the tests... The enlarger was perfectly aligned using mirror tools, negative sandwiched between two glass plates, same negative, developer, paper, and print...

I've used a 210mm G-claron and 180/9 Fuji AS for enlarging 5x7, and they both work great. As a sanity check, I made prints from a 4x5 inch negative at 16x20 size to compare a 135 componon-s vs the...

I have one of these "Medizen" things,it is old (serial #3200), and it certainly does meet your criteria for a solid and compact 5x7. What is the serial # your camera? In fact, at 8.5x8.5x4.5 inches...

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Roaming around in a cloth store, I found some black velvet by "mistake" while looking for light-weight dark cloth material. Look around the dress trimmings/g arnishings areas. It comes in 1/4"...