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  1. Re: A-little-history-on-infrared-flash-photography/

    Hmm very interesting read. I have a small flash unit that I use with my rangefinders, an SB30 that has a pull up IR filter that was designed to help trigger slaves up to 40 feet away. The manual says...
  2. Re: How many people Replenish developers vs. One Shot

    Usually one shot for films (hc110, rodinal, xtol) and replenished for papers (LPD).
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    Re: Wista SP bubble level chalk?

    Haha Alan, I used to bring in my personal cameras where I work to teach kids photography and the wiggly eyes always got a crack out of them. They have their own Cambo monorail now there that they...
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    Re: Wista SP bubble level chalk?

    Thanks Bob, that may work too. I should give them a call or stop by when I have a chance. Though I bet I'm in for a sticker shock. The last time I brought in my wista and left it for a week there two...
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    Re: Wista SP bubble level chalk?

    Thanks Wayne, I had a bit of a suspicion that this plastic deterioration was the case. There's no real reason for there to be chalk in such a spot unless they put it there it there just to mark my...
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    Wista SP bubble level chalk?

    So today I received a wide angle bellows for my wista. Upon installing it, I found a white chalky substance rubbed onto the leather of the bellows. Worried that it was mold from somewhere inside the...
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    How Heavy Is Your Field Kit?

    Car trips I have a bad habit or loading up, my setup for those consists of the extra large f64 backpack, with my wista sp, 4 or 5 lenses and lens boards, compendium bellows, polaroid pack film...
  8. Re: ATN Viper Night Vision Goggles - Why do I get light fogging?

    Sorry to tell you but I think your bedroom is haunted haha. That or it's some type of hallucination from sensory deprivation being in a completely dark and sound insulated room with white noise from...
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    Re: Introducing kids to LF

    I've been teaching a number of younger students for a few years now, originally on 35mm only, then onto 120 with a tlr, and now onto 4x5.

    Originally I taught them on my wista sp and now on a...
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    Re: Leaky film holder

    You can tap the film holder to get the film seated and even in the holder before shooting.
  11. Re: Arrangement of Fresnel screen and ground glass on metal Wista SP

    Update: thanks i pointed the fresnel side inward so that the wista was located on the bottom left hand corner and readable. But it didnt work with the extra gridded ground glass on top. I discovered...
  12. Arrangement of Fresnel screen and ground glass on metal Wista SP

    I did a good amount of searching but I am still not sure whats the right order that they are supposed to be in. It also seems that my camera has had its glass replaced at some point, as it was loose...
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    Re: Wista SP front rise problem

    Thanks for the replies and help, I ended up fixing it myself, theres a detailed write up on apug as well in case anyone encounters this problem in the future.

    You basically need to take off the...
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    Wista SP front rise problem

    Hello all, I wish my first post here would have been about something else instead of a problem, but hopefully someone here might have some insight into this issue I am having. I posted this earlier...
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