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    Re: Show us your home made camera...

    What focus helical do you use?
  2. Re: The largest and/or heaviest 4x5" camera ever?

    And here i thought my Toyo ROBOS was big and heavy.
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    Re: Dichroic Head for Beseler 45 V-XL

    In my eyes, they are just as good. I always like the smoothness that the diffusion delivered, but once i got the condenser dialed in, they had the smoothness. Scratches and dust are more pronounced...
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    Re: Dichroic Head for Beseler 45 V-XL

    Have you considered the condenser head? I have been a die hard user of color heads because of the diffusion. But i just got a 45v-xl with the condenser head. Once I adjusted for the higher grade of...
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    Re: Good 210 for 4x5??

    What will you be using the lens for? Landscape, portraits, backpacking, tabletop?
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    Re: Shooting The Christmas Star . . .How?

    I shot 3 exposures on 35mm ektachrome. Nikon f3 with a 300 2.8. They were essentially snapshots tho. I don't shoot night/star photos. The 3 exposures were F2.8 at 20, 30, 40 seconds. See how the...
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    Re: KangRinpoche Film Changing Tents?

    Yea. No more issues when used under subdued light. Even after taping the pinholes of the logo, i tested it again under direct sun and it still fogged film, But used in the shade with the darkcloth...
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    Re: KangRinpoche Film Changing Tents?

    same here, i kept the tent and got a half refund. Mine had light leaks in the same place you are talking, i taped the pinholes and cover the whole tent with my dark cloth.
  9. Re: How To Figure Out Subject Distance To Camera For Infinity?

    I know you say you dont want to focus, but does your speed have a rangefinder? I dont see a reason not to use it. Ive been shooting a lot of handheld crown/speed shots and its a quick camera to use....
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    Re: Storing Ansco 130

    I keep the stock solution in brown glass bottles, Filled to the top, and keep out of light. It will last a long time. My last batch i mixed up lasted 6 years, with no ill side affects. But make sure...
  11. Re: Portra 160 x 400 (4X5) mixed up (ay caramba)

    I have never shot portra in 4x5 but I have shot a lot of it in medium format. Portra 400 can easily handle being shot at 160. Portra 400 is some amazing film.
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    Re: Help me choose a camera to hike 2000+ miles

    It has not been brought up yet, but have a look at the busch pressman D, its bulletproof, will fold up with the lens attached. Which I think is a big deal for hiking with a 4x5. I would go down the...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Try just leaving 1/2 to 1/3 of the sprocket holes in on top and bottom of the frame. I would like to see how that would affect the overall feel.
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    I like the film border. Gives it a complete different feel.
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    Re: Tripod for Trekking

    You could go for a slightly smaller lighter tripod if you go headless. It will make everything more steady, and easer to carry.
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    Re: Enlarging Easel what is the best

    Speed easels for me. They solve the curly paper problem for me.
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    Re: Best tripod head for 4x5 camera?

    I used the 410 for a while but ended up selling it and going headless. Just line the lens up with the front leg, it makes it very easy to adjust the up down tilt without tilting the camera side to...
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    Re: Toyo Cut Film Holder New VS Old

    Do you mean you like the newest generation or you just like toyo holders in general.
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    Toyo Cut Film Holder New VS Old

    Is there any difference in between the new ones with blue lettering off to one side and the old ones with the lettering in the center? Is it just a cosmetic change. I'm looking to buy some and just...
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    Re: Soft focus solutions?????

    Vaseline
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    Re: Even "eaten crow"? I just did...

    Im in the process deciding between a chamonix 045n-2, arca swiss discovery, sinar norma. It's going to be a do everything 4x5, but mostly a backpack landscape camera, that will be making it up to...
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    Re: First 4x5 camera

    I would say the best thing would to buy a monorail like a sinar f/f2. The f will save you a bit of money for the lens and everything else.

    It's all a balance game between weight, speed and cost....
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    Re: Cutting 8x10 film without scratches

    Fold it over and lick the edge, then put if over the edge of a table and pull down, it will cut it beautifully.

    Just joking.
  24. Re: What are your favorite trays or developong film?

    Thats actually what I do. I normally run 1L of developer in a 8x10 tray to develop a print. I do like to make sure the prints have enough water to play and dance in the water.

    I pick the print up...
  25. Re: What are your favorite trays or developong film?

    Do you get any uneven development in the rocking trays?

    When I started in the darkroom, I used the rocking method to agitate my prints and had very uneven development. Very very bad skies and such.
  26. Re: What are your favorite trays or developong film?

    I really like the Paterson's trays,

    http://www.freestylephoto.biz/3241-Paterson-Developing-Tray-Accommodates-8x10-inch-size-prints-Red?cat_id=1603

    I just ordered more in 8x10 and also have 4...
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    Re: New development technique ?

    Its also much easer if you have a tray with runs and valleys in it. Can't think of a better way to describe it now.
  28. Re: What is more important to you...image or print?

    Even though I don't want to think it, I'm more about the image. I find the exploring to be one of the best parts of photography. Taking images for me is a way to break through my social barrier. It...
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    Re: NY Times Early 1900s Cyanotypes

    Wow thats really cool. It's crazy to see how far we have not come.
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    There is something very surreal about your images.
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    Re: Post your odd camera positions......

    I've been getting my setup in some pretty weird positions. I dont use a head on my tripod and there has been a few times recently that I was shooting at about a 60 degree angle down. The tripod was...
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    Re: Shen Hao TFC69-a Questions

    I see where your coming from, I knew that it was possible but never thought of it. I also run headless on my tripod. Never got use to using a head.
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    Re: Shen Hao TFC69-a Questions

    Well if anybody is checking this, I have decided to get the darkroom back up and running which means the 4x5 that I sold, will be replaced. I hate scanning 4x5 but in the darkroom 4x5 is much easer...
  34. Re: What Is Most Missed From The Pratice of LF Back In The 1990's

    I don't remember any of it as I was just born in 1990.
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    Re: Show off your camera!

    Is that the new f1?
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    Re: Shen Hao TFC69-a Questions

    Im now kinda looking over the chamonix 45n-2 and it seems like it will do most everything that I want it to, but I like to have rear rise, fall and shift to set composition.
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    Re: Shen Hao TFC69-a Questions

    I've looked into the flexbody but i don't have the extra money on top to get the body, The only want I woul be getting a 6x9/4x5 field kit is by sellin the hasselblad kit. Second I don't want to be...
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    Re: Shen Hao TFC69-a Questions

    Thats a bummer but thanks for filling me in on the camera , looks like i might pass on the Shen hao. It would be awesome to find somebody to want to trade a ebony 4x5 or 6x9 for my blad kit.
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    Re: Shen Hao TFC69-a Questions

    ARe you in the same boat as me. Love the movements but not the demands of 4x5 film (loading and unloading, developing, and cost)
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    Re: Shen Hao TFC69-a Questions

    After looking at the pictures close I see how the back can mount both ways.

    I knew it would be a cold shoe but I did not know if everybody knew what a cold shoe was.

    The standard back for it...
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