Can someone tell me whether 5X7 filmholders are still being made?
Thanks
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Can someone tell me whether 5X7 filmholders are still being made?
Thanks
Last year, everyone was crying about Ilford's bankruptcy. If you like the product, pony up. Unless you want to be searching for a new favorite film next year.
Robert -
Time to crack open an atlas. South Carolina is not between Baltimore and Virginia!
HMF
Just point this baby at your wife and her sisters and it'll make you some pictures that will hang in The National Gallery of Art. And for only a grand over what a new one would cost from Badger!
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I think your section "About Me" should be more about your thoughts about the world and your photographic goals. Ultimately, your day job and how much you eat are irrelevant. In fact, so are the...
"Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's...
If you don't want the number imprinted on your film, just buy another type of holder.
Beyond the Zone System. You'll read it several times before getting the message, but once you do, and go through the graphing, you'll get an incredible amount of information from five sheets of...
I saw a major Ansel Adams retrospective here in Washington DC a few years ago. There was just about everything he was known for on the walls - perhaps 120 prints. How many negatives do you figure...
Speaking of regular filmholders, AKA "double darks", you may want to pick up a couple of those to get started on. I love Readyloads, but the film is expensive, and if you're like most of us, you'll...
My hexagonal quick release plate has a slot in the thumb screw - does yours? Stick a small screw driver into the slot and use that to get more torque. Thumb tightening just isn't sufficient.
I can't help with your questions about the Tachihara, but can tell you that a Canham DLC would fulfill the requirements you listed. It folds small, weighs under 5lbs, will take rollfilm backs with...
Stop down to the indicated aperture stop and leave the shutter open. If you can see all of the opening through all four cutouts you are good to go. There's no need to meter anything.
You must not expose to light until well into the fixing stage. I've read that one must wait until 1/2 the fix time is complete. But why not stick it out for the last 2 minutes? You've already...
I'm going to go online and order a few boxes of TMX Readyloads. I hope that helps.
If you're interested in taking the pulse of the general public (although I'm not sure why you'd want to) take a look at most publications depicting room environments; these might include home or...
Try Don Kirby; he's in Santa Fe and offers what he calls a photo intensive workshop for one or two people. He's a very fine photographer, a good instructor and a very nice guy as well.
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Quality Light Metric did a great job with my Luna Pro.
Do you really need to be packing two lenses that are so close? You won't have all that much room for movement with the 105mm CM-W before you run out of image circle anyway, and I imagine that the...
Try this:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00DQaI
I shoot occasionally with a buddy who uses a Tech V. I understand it is less wide angle friendly than the Master, but I can tell you that my Canham DLC is way less cumbersome than his Linhof when...
I'm confused ....... if he doesn't use film in the camera, wouldn't the prints be all black? Hmm, maybe he doesn't turn the light on when exposing the paper......
Unfortunately, I am unable to post pictures. But these are certainly not pinholes; they are much larger and do contain some (but uneven) density. I don't think my shuffling was lax; I lift each...
I just finished open tray development of 4 sheets of 4X5 TMX and discovered 1 mottled area of underdevelopment on three of the four. The spots were circumscribed, oval or roundish, perhaps 1/4 to...
Take it back to the folks who sold it to you, and request a replacement or refund. If they're not doing much business in silver based photography the paper might be left over from the Ford...
Your real question is: How can one make images like Don Worth's?, and you've answered it for yourself. It doen't matter what developer he used.
For your application, I'd go for the Nikon 90mm F/8, without question.
It, too, uses the 67mm filters, is relatively small and light, and sharp as a tack. You will get a pleasing wide angle...
I second Al's recommendation of the Rotatrim Mastercut. It's tough enough to cut 4 ply matboard, yet accurate enough to trim a mm from a print or sheet of film. And they come in a variety of...
I use the head by split filtering; I keep both hard and soft at maximum intensity and vary the amount of each color by time. It is much more rational to reduce the magenta (for example) 1 stop by...
Regarding the keeping qualities; I divide the 5L of stock solution into one liter bottles filled to the brim. I've had no problems with XTol stored for up to six months in this manner.
Send it back to the seller for repair! "Taming" equipment that is falling apart is NOT part of the fun. Making photographs that express your visualization should be the goal; you need equipment...
If your goal is to produce work that looks like his, take care. Use of the same camera/lens/film/etc will not guarantee results that look like Jock Sturges or anyone else. Find your own path.
D-76 is the gold standard to which everything else is compared. That being said, Xtol is known for it's high acutance, preservation of effective film speed, and keeping properties. Divided into...
You're not going to end the "peeing match", only contribute to it. Why bother? And, what does a DMax scale have to do with creation of quality images? We've all seen evocative work using every...
I use a Canham DLC with the same range of lenses on standard boards with no issues. The standard bellows is pretty well compressed with the 65mm, but there's not a lot of spare coverage with those...
Exposing the shadows for Zone V will give more exposure everywhere. So there will be more density in the shadows - not less - and the highlights will get pushed further up the scale also. But TMX...
You must lower the ISO of the film if you are going to do minus development. Testing of your materials is the only way to know how much. The shadows will fall also (though to a lesser extent than...
Not yet discussed are three very real advantages to Readyloads: First is the ability to shoot unlimited numbers of sheets without the need to reload filmholders, and therefore no need for a changing...
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Just as on might marvel at a singer's or musician's ability to hit a note, I am astounded by Paul Caponigro's ability to render tones magnificantly. The highlights are never harsh, and one can just...