I use a Eureka backpack to carry my 8x10, and though the gear is much heavier then my former 4x5 kit, the pack is a much better pack then my former Lowepro pack, which sat on my lower back, as...
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I use a Eureka backpack to carry my 8x10, and though the gear is much heavier then my former 4x5 kit, the pack is a much better pack then my former Lowepro pack, which sat on my lower back, as...
I have just bought a Nikkor-SW 150mm lens, and have noticed the lack of fall off - several times I have used it right to the edge of the image circle, and it just dies, over 1/4" or so, with almost...
I use Xtol 1:2 in my 3010 and 3005 drums, for TMX TMY and HP5+. I use the times recommended in Kodak's original documentation, which provided times for 1:2 dilutions. Kodak have since dropped the...
Hi, I've owned a GSWIII for two years now, and love it. I use it predominantly for my colour work, but have also put a hundred or more rolls of B&W through it, with great results. The Fujinon EBC...
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I have a Toyo 8x10G, and am looking for a used bag bellows for it; someone menti oned in passing that the Calumet/Cambo cameras used the same bellows as the Toyo ...any one know if this is the...
I have built several sinks, one from plywood and epoxy, then one from plywood and polyurethane (which worked five, three coats every 3 years was perfectly waterproof). Now I have an 8' stainless...
I was told by an industry rep that Cokin can't call the grey filters they sell neuteral density, as they have colour to them, and are not accuate enough to be used as an ND. Could be true, could be...
A 35mm neg is 1"x1.5" is size, leading to an area of 1.5 square inches. A 4x5 is (approximatly) 4"x5" which has an area of 20 square inches - 13 times larger. An 8x10 shee is 80 square inches, or...
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I've used the Jobo Reels and tanks for close to a decade now, in various forms. I have done manual processing with a 12 sheet tank (two reels) on a Beseler drum (with the alternating...
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A friend and I have entered the world of 12x20 format, and in discussion with an other photographer, a comment was made. He encouraged me to find "optical glass" for the contact print - this...
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I recently have returned to the 8"x10" format, and have been trying to work out the easiest way to get the images onto my website. I've been looking at various scanners with 8x10 transparency...