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Travis -

I second Rob Pietri's recommendation of the Combi-Plan tank. I have used it almost exclusively since getting started in LF and have few regrets. Unlike RP, I only use one tank and so...

Sean -

I have no particular help to offer, but would recommend a book I just got out of the library and am currently reading. Its "Night Photography" by Andrew Sanderson, published in 2002 by...

Baxter -

The only IR film I'm aware of is MACOPHOT IR 820c Infrared film, available in both 4 x 5 and 120 sizes. It has different characteristics from the Kodak HIE film, but is a useful...

RE: an above response, I think the articles on the Infra-Red viewer, and meter alterations for IR, were published in Phototechniques within the last 10-12 issues. Also see a book by Theresa Airey...

To supplement Nick's notice about photo events at the Carnegie Museums, visitors contemplating a trip for the above should also look at the following gallery's website:

Silver Eye Center for...

For what its worth... There have been several questions about older lenses with glass containing radioactive constituents (e.g., thorium and lanthanum) used to improve index of refraction...

Hagai:

I just received a Caltar II-N 135mm, f-5.6 lens and found that it will fit on an older (circa 1991) Zone VI field camera if the lens is reversed in the front standard. There is a 5/8"...