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It's time to produce some prints to hang on the walls of my abode. While the images are not necessarily gallery quality or ones I'd ever show to the hyper-critical B&W "art world," they have...

Great comments. The "trouble" photos is that they present only a snapshop of reality (and even this is edited) at an instance in time. They can be compelling indeed, and are useful as such. But...

Sharpness or DOF? It really depends on the subject/picture being taken - how the plane of focus corresponds to the elements in the shot. And what does it matter? Who's shooting 35mm?

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Dan - I gather that it was you who spent the winter in a hinterlands ghost town shooting 8x10. What I was wondering is how you handled the reloading of your holders (assuming you reloaded on site)...

B - The site is very nice. I assume you live/are from Turkey. Although I love my dear USA dearly (but fear my government), I often think that photographers in Europe and Asia have far more subjects...

The appeal of the drum rotarty processing is that 1) you're not getting your hands in the soup, 2) you can drink a beer, answer the phone, mix your fix, etc. while the machine does the work ... all...

One other factor about the fast film, esp. HP5 is that is usually easier to print (for me anyway) than the 25/50/100 ISO film, owing to the lower inherant contrast. It seem like most times I have...

All good points, but some of what I see was shot outside, and not in the studio (of course they still probably used fill lights). Also it's obvious that the colors of the props and customes was...

Since gas is $2.20/gal, I'm becoming more of a homebody, seeming to get out less. Occasionally I get older movies on video from the public library for entertainment. After doing the B&W bit for a...

Good points, and it should be noted that apparently authors have the same problems with publishers butchering their work, leaving things out (cropping) and changing things. Ditto musicians not...

Tim - Sorry - No data for you but I do have a comment: I think it must have been wonderful to have a parent(s) who shot LF. If your dad passed on his passion and knowledge to you, then you are...

Ron -

A lot of us use the 3010 and swear by it. It’s very, very easy to load, even in the dark:), holds 10 sheets, and seems to be quite durable. I’ve loaded 100s of sheets and developed them...

Kevin – I didn’t see any surface defects.

With a 7x lupe, I could see subtle differences in 1/3 stop increments (all shot at the same two speeds and with the same lens). I had some pronounced,...

$7.99 per 25 sheets of 4x5 at Freestyle. At that price, you can't afford NOT to take pictures!

RJ

Howdy ho to all those out in LF land.

This weekend I conducted a crude test of Arista.EDU 4x5 sheet film. The subject was a bridge with pronounced shadow areas, axis lighting, and a 4 stop...

CJ - Keep in mind that rotary processing, like in a JOBO, give continuous agitation. While this works OK for most situations, giving even development, it's not the best for all situations. Just...

I glanced at the latest Freestyle catalog and noticed a new product line of paper and film called Arista.Edu. They offer ISO 200 and 400 speed B&W film in 4x5 and 8x10, as well as RC and fiber...

For all LF fun hogs out in the western USA, I pose this question: Have you encountered more wind the last few years than in the decades past? Could be all this global warming, or just that I notice...

LE - Yes you are correct, all I was pointing out was that even with an 80 or a 75, there's not so much DOF that you will never need tilts to get the sharpness you need; nor can you be casual about...

I'd beg to differ with the claims of tremendous DOF at F32 for an 80mm. DOF is DOF, which is a function of focal length and aperature. An 80mm on a 4x5 80mm is still 80mm and gives you the same...

So when I change filters, and unscrew one that is on tightly, and the whole front of the 110XL starts to unscrew, is this upsetting some delicate balance, like this post talks about? And it's been a...

The other day a friend and I revisited some the places we photographed a couple of years ago. Mostly old towns, buildings, relics of a bygone era. Some of the scenes had changed: trees dead or new...

This post considers how we deal with the various reactions our images receive (assume a noncommercial context). I suspect we all have some favorite images which are technically and aesthetically...

But is 100% consistency always the goal? I bet even with the slight variations, the prints are still wonderful. Isn't the fact that every traditionally print is slightly different, especially with...

I wonder how their going to compete without moving more and more of their operations to southeast Asia?...In fact, just as an aside, American Express customer service and Del Computers tech...