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I am interested in developing color transparencies and film. The cost of running film at a lab are way too high.

What kind of tanks and development system do you use for E6 and C-41. I ran...

I don't have a tech. I have bracketed in the past. But, film + processing is getting very expensive. So, I would prefer to shoot 1 or at max 2 of each image. Scanning does help. But, not if anything...

Yes. Please let me know how and I will.

Thanks.

So where do you get a good clean, lube, adjust? I live in Boston, MA. I will ship the shutter if needed.

thanks.

If I could get all my shutters running within a 1/6 of each other I would be very happy. Who can calibrate shutters that well?

I have one shutter which is about 2/3 over. All of my shutters are within a 1/4 of each other. I expose chromes and negs, then scan, so I can correct the negs... not the chromes.

I am looking up...

CLA stands for what? I don't think I can do this own my own, I do not have a densitometer or a shutter tester.

I have one lens farther out than 30%, I bought it used.

Thanks for all the help.

50%? 1/2 stop?

What is the best way to calibrate my copal shutters? I have small differences between each one... bellow extension has been calculated.

Can I do it myself, affordably, or do I need to take the...

What is the best way to calibrate my copal shutters? I have small differences between each one... bellow extension has been calculated.

Can I do it myself, affordably, or do I need to take the...

I am going to experiment with the Lee Polyester Filters at first. If I don't see any problems with color then they seem to be the best solution all around. If they pose a problem for me I will then...

Thank you Peter and Bob.

I will look more into the Linhof adapter 001933. I did look at the Linhof site and found the adapter. But, I would prefer to use only the compendium, and would rather not...

4x4 Glass Filter do not slide into the TK compendium hood. All of them are too thick.

Gels will not work in wet environments.

Is there an alternative? Calumet/Lee filters? Are they made of...

Thank you. Great information, Peter and Peter.

4x4 Heliopan ND filters?

Thank you Bob. I use Heliopan Center Filters for my Rodenstock lenses.

In my web searches I have not found any Heliopan ND Filters. I will search again.

Will Schneider 4x4 glass filters slide into a Linhof TK Compendium hood?

Does anyone have an opinion, based on personal experience, on the quality differences between Wratten vs Glass NDs?
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I am considering a move to digital equipment also. Currently, I use a TK 45 with new Rodenstock "Film" lenses. I would like to keep my TK 45. Believe it or not I work fairly quickly with the camera....

Thanks. I am set. I can travel worry free.

Spencer

Thanks!

Hello,

I am traveling to Ecuador to photograph in the Andes.

I have taken readyload film to Ecuador in the past and have passed through security with hand checks. No problems.

I would like...

I grew up in Atlanta and my parents live there. I travel south from Boston occasionally to visit them. Where is the nearest airport? If believe you are a professor at Clemson University? How do I...

THANKS. I understand. Now I will do my own research. Do you give workshops on digital negatives and carbon prints?

Spencer

Yes, I have a roll back and I am going to make some test. But, I guess I need to ask the question in a different way.

I have access to an Imacon. The maximum resolution for 4x5 is 2040ppi/16bits....

Hello Sandy,

After reading your comments on the Mamiya 7, 4x5 movements and scanner resolution I wonder why you don't shoot with a 6x9 view camera and superior lenses such as the Rodenstock S...

Please send info. to sladd@umassd.edu. thanks.

Thanks Peter and Bob.

I am going with Bob's advice. I can now go forward with my purchases.

Spencer Ladd

Will the following work?

Rodenstock 90mm 6.8 with a Heliopan 67mm Center ND 3x Glass Filter

How do you scan with 2 passes?

I have been scanning 4x5 Portra VC on an Imacon scanner with the latest software. My settings are Porta Negative, Custom Wht Balance, Single Shot, RGB16bit, 5000 Temperature, PPI 2040, saved as TIFF....

I get fine results rating Agfa APX-100 at ISO 100. I develop in Wd2d Pyro for 12 minutes. Of course this film is now getting hard to find, since manufacture has ceased.

Do you use trays, tubes...

I rate Porta VC and Fuji Astia at 100. I would like to rate a B&W film at 100 also. But, I have not found an emulsion that rates at 100. I shoot TMX at 50. Has anyone done test with film and...

Gordon,

My image editing skills are good.

Spencer

Hi Gordon,

I use an old 50mm minolta lens and they look sharp. I need to review my digital protocol. Does anyone have suggested text?

Spencer

Gordon,

Do you have suggestions on workflow protocol? I will try a drum scan with a good scanner and operator. I am guessing Cone editions Hell drum scanner would be a good place to get a...

Hi Ole,

Beautiful image. Looks sharp on screen. But, I can't tell too much from a computer. I do trust it is not the lens that is my problem. Thanks for the input.

Spencer

Ralph,

I am going to try all variables before I buy an expensive lens. But, I do not know where to start looking. I need to research image sharpness with scans and digital prints.

Thanks,...

Gordon,

They look sharp with an 8x Peak lupe. I am researching the best lupe for precise review of my film. I have not found a lupe that has convienced me it is my chromes or negatives.

Any...