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  1. Settle! Large Format Photography Exhibition [London UK]: Friday 6th October 2023

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    Over the summer, a lot of visitors came around to our studio. Many were from overseas, outside of the UK and had come and settled here.
    I decided to invite the visitors, to return to...
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    LF street photography

    Street photography images with large format struck me as a wonderful way to tell a story.

    If it wasn't such a slow and wobby travel tripod challenge with the corresponding slow shutters to...
  3. Re: Does anyone know of a community darkroom that I can use in Italy or ....

    Ilford withdrew active updates for their darkroom locator.

    I tutor at a niche specialist darkroom in London, England - if this is still considered Europe although we are a bit busy at the...
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    Re: Wide Angle Lens, technique and gear

    I guess he is referring to the exacting requirement for plane parallelism of the front & rear standards to operate an ultrawide angle lens: any minor tilt, not visible on a field camera, will amplify...
  5. Re: Developing Tank and Reel for Whole Plate 6.5x8.5 inch Film

    Hi Vaughan,

    lovely to hear another whole plate format photographer finding a solution for daylight processing.

    Have you been able to ascertain how consistent the development of the...
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    Re: Advice On Uneven Development On Film Edges

    Hi Ian

    From your uploaded image, the density shifts from development look familiar (i.e. not exclusive to 510-Pyro).

    I use Pyrogallol development and the competitive equilibrium [set up by...
  7. Re: 2022 Ilford special order period for ULF and odd sizes

    The 30th June 2022 (GMT +0h) Early Bird Offer for 8% off for pre-order is available for anyone signing up to the Ilford newsletter - there's no stipulated restriction on overseas ordering for a...
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    Re: Mido cut film holders - IR safe?

    Are you using Mido Type I or Type II?

    Both have a failure rate depending on your experience with them. I've found Type I Mido holders unbearable.

    The Type II fare better - light leaks...
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    Re: Advice on De Vere 504 Cathomag Enlarger

    Glorious iconic cold cathode blue light ~ my favourite enlarger head!

    Other printers are usually befuddled at the anachronistic love for such a beautiful light and technique. The cathode...
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    Re: Thornton Pickard Imperial tripod mounting plate

    Are you referring to the half-plate dimension Imperial like Nick's, or the whole plate version?

    I had a whole plate version (no more) - the Sanderson worked better for stability than the fragile...
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    Re: Sam Haskins Photography

    Perhaps his later digital work moves further towards his own personal synthesis of form and texture through surreal elements. Whereas his move from Pentax touting hero to digital imaging risks a...
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    Re: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 cameras?

    Hi Oren,

    Canham did indeed offer a whole plate custom ordered camera is a modular camera made of American black walnut with aluminium fittings designed with triple extension covering 47mm to...
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    Re: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 cameras?

    It's been a tough year with creativity at risk too of going into lockdown.

    Breaking out of the groundhog routine of scaling back creativity, I've found slowing to attend to the photographic...
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    Darkroom Pop-Up Tent Recommendations

    Hi,

    I've been approached to run a pop-up darkroom as a part of an arts festival. I've only ever had experience of brick and mortar darkrooms with positive pressure ventilation/air conditioning.
    ...
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    Re: Corroded early Ross Xpres 7 1/4 f/4.5

    They were very popular lenses here in England at the turn of the century Josh. The factory, based in Clapham, London, had a few generations of these lenses and a significant pre-war and inter-war...
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    Re: Corroded early Ross Xpres 7 1/4 f/4.5

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    The effort for the used condition and chipping of the front element is quite special. Mine is rather ordinary - a 6 3/4inch f4.5 version which I use covers 5x4" format without...
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    Re: Schneider Super Angulon XL 47mm f5.6

    Thanks Corran - it is a kind of "here's one I did earlier" - shot a decade ago - at night. Returning to using the lens recently, I'm amazed at how much I have been struggling with remembering how...
  18. Thread: Hello from London

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    Re: Hello from London

    Hi Matt,

    Fomapan is a very soft emulsion - structurally and tonally - and fairly grainy for an ISO100 film. Perhaps you can try loading a sheet at a time until you develop a layering technique...
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    Re: Schneider Super Angulon XL 47mm f5.6

    Steven - Corran's right. Even at f22+, it is difficult achieving full 5x4inch film area with the SA XL 47mm f5.6 lens on a field or technical camera. It is possible on a dedicated plane parallel...
  20. Thread: Hello from London

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    Re: Hello from London

    No light leaks, no bellow holes, no flare, no development issues, reasonably perpendicular perspective with or without front shift - yes it does looks like a suburban English back garden alright.
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    Re: Good starter lens for whole plate

    Hi Jason,


    I presume you're contact printing? If you are, any lens that doesn't hang dangerously off the board works :)

    Years ago I had a list compiled for the whole plate format,...
  22. Re: Your Thoughts on Pre Soaking Sheet Film Prior To Development

    Presoaking advantages in manual tray development technique - Kodak literature:

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    http://imaging.kodakalaris.com/sites...9_Feb_2018.pdf


    Ilford limitations of presoaking when using fast...
  23. Re: Your Thoughts on Pre Soaking Sheet Film Prior To Development

    Being British, the tendency to pre-soak has become standard, more as a quality control aspect of development technique for me.

    I'm not sure I follow the same rationale (as above pre-soaking...
  24. Thread: Hello from London

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    Re: Hello from London

    Hi Matthew,

    What size of viewable image are you measuring on your ground glass?

    If you measure the area of your ground glass, you can work out if you have a larger 10 x 8 inch or a 7 x 5 inch...
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    Re: Help Diagnosing 2 Different Problems

    Hi Gabriel,

    Sorry to see this frustrating development issue.

    At first glance, Images 1 & 2 appear to have film handling issues - most likely from hand loading out of the film box to make...
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    Re: Help Diagnosing 2 Different Problems

    Hi Pere,

    You've mis-read and misunderstood Ilford's literature.

    Read carefully:

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    It's okay - you wouldn't be the first student of photography to do so.
  27. Thread: Hello from London

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    Re: Hello from London

    Hi Matt,

    are you shooting a smaller imaging area than 5 x 4 inch on your Sinar?

    Perhaps I'm wondering why you would need to draw pencil lines to compose. Perhaps you are referring to...
  28. Re: Using modern film in mahogany half plate dark slide

    Hi Alex,

    Sorry I've been busy helping my local minority party stage Custard's last stand in our local election.

    Q1: My preferred darkslides are made of carbon fibre. Or wood. If you think...
  29. Re: Using modern film in mahogany half plate dark slide

    Hi Steve,

    10 years ago I would have agreed with you, although never with as much vehemence. Your experience is provincial; mine is even more provincial against a backdrop of 100 years+ of plate...
  30. Re: Using modern film in mahogany half plate dark slide

    Hi Kumar,

    That's a fascinating proposal. I love the upcycling principle, bringing life back and extending the use for the late 19th century/earl 20th century plate cameras.

    I hope it...
  31. Thread: Hello from London

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    Re: Hello from London

    Hi Matt -

    that's all the camera you need.

    Perhaps a Sinar autoshutter to mount any barrel lens too :)



    RJ
  32. Re: DeVere 504 Dichromat Filter set up - help needed please

    I use a Devere 504 although I'm sorry I don't understand any of the technicality of your particular model (my limitation, not yours).

    I print half-plate negatives (rarely) and wholeplate (mostly)...
  33. Re: Ilford Safelight 908 for development by inspection - did I get a bad one?

    As far as I could ascertain (15 years ago), the 908 Safelight filter was no longer extant. The 15 watt light source is too weak and fails to penetrate the filter, compared to Greg's standardised...
  34. Re: Using modern film in mahogany half plate dark slide

    Hi Andrew -

    This is AlmostPilot's thread - I'm sure he might appreciate the heads up!



    RJ
  35. Re: Using modern film in mahogany half plate dark slide

    Book form plate holders come in different non-standardised thickness Steven.

    The difference in tolerances and the design of the book form holder, risks having the film dislodge and whipped out...
  36. Re: Using modern film in mahogany half plate dark slide

    - This is where jam gets sandwiched. It enables the adherence of the film sheet to a cut glass surface. You can use anything; preferably without seeds or chunks of marmalade orange rind.

    The...
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    Re: Lets See Your Darkroom

    Here's my second darkroom. The first one has tight GDPR settings and isn't for sharing. This one is for public space.

    It's a mess isn't it?

    This is the blueprint - a 4.5 x 3.5 metre room. ...
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    Re: Help identifying a camera in another state

    I wonder when you unscrew the pinion racking pin,the lens can be disassembled, front from rear elements, are you able to estimate the focal length of the front and rear parts of the lens. It does...
  39. Thread: Hello from London

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    Re: Hello from London

    Hi Matt,

    Another welcome from London - there's a few of us here. Also a few of us who never let go of the trusted Sinar monorail too.

    Large format work for fast moving communion ceremonies...
  40. Re: Extended Tonal Range Development: Pyro[cat] vs Pota vs Paterson FX39

    Well it's 3am again and 10 years later.

    Kodak HIE now well and truly dead for longer presenting with fog problems which I've resorted to altering development to resolve. Glycin and other...
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