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Is it still possible to shoot at the steel works in Bethlehem? I have seen plenty of great images around the web but none with any recent information. Other info on similiar locations in PA would...

I have good results shipping film, film holders, camera kit etc with both Fedex and UPS. I generally fly to the location, pick up rental car and ship stuff to a UPS Store or Fedex location where I...

You are going through what most of us experience in jumping from smaller formats to 8x10 so dont worry! In my journey it helped to divide the action into 3 parts-the photograph, the exposure and then...

Has something happened to Robert Hockey/Strebor? I ordered two cases about 4 months ago, paid my money and haven't heard a thing! After trying several times by email to find out the status of my...

Kirk is on to something here. Both landscape and history are very different as one goes East to West-East has an important immigrant and industrial heritage-crowded cities, bustling ports and...

A couple of us will be spending the weekend shooting in/around Scranton, PA in May. Any suggestions on locations for "industrial decay" either in the city or in small towns nearby?

Thanks!

Alan

Is this the same lens that is mentioned (but name not divulged) on the Glennview site?

I have an "all black" 11x14 wooden filmholder with plastic slide and plastic plate on which the film lies. The slides have a white finger pull. No name plate, stamp etc Does anyone have any idea...

While it may not make the most sense from a sensitometry viewpoint I would print different grade papers to the same Zone V/mid-gray (use a test wedge it makes comparisons easy). This allows you to...

I thought Multigrade was a pure bromide paper-Perfecta is a chlorobromide paper (like Ilford Galerie). Has anyone done any comparisons to Multigrade or Oriental?

As many of you have noted the price is quite steep-but given the availability of lenses with such generous coverage-Im not surprised. If Schneider understatement is anything to go by the coverage...

It's wonderful to see Cooke Optics back in the market with superb products for the LF photographer. Assuming that the Portrait lens and now the triple convertible are a big success-what next?

The...

I have heard that the longer Artars (and red dot versions)-longer than 890mm- did not come in shutters. Can anyone confirm/refute this? Also has anyone put such a lens into a new shutter?

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Based in Philly, Id be very interested

I can't say enough about the Farmer workshops. I've been on two (Death Valley and Lone Pine). Great people (as the poster said, like a family)and enjoyed both enormously. Locations and knowledge of...

Im thinking about a trip to Iceland next year (summertime!) with an 8x10. Is the re anyone out there on this wonderful forum that lives in Iceland and can provid e advice etc?? Many thanks

Alan...

I have a 305 G-Claron for 8x10 use (have also used as portrait for 4x5). Super sharp, great coverage, not too big (F9 is the compromise, good edge to edge performance. Nothing negative to say.
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If only......

To followup on one thread: Would it be a (just) profitable occupation (as is making lf cameras by hand) to make some of the older films we crave as well as rarer sizes of current...

I was disappointed by the article in VC on Azo as well. For all film/developer/paper combinations the negative must be scaled (ie film speed/development time)appropriately. It was clear Steve did...

More interviews/portfolios of current photographers.

More detailed "history of lens design" type articles.

Reviews/samples from current books (not how to stuff)

Workshop reviews/descriptions...

What a great post! So many of us have been there and recognize both the desire and the futility! Since re-entering lf after many years away I have been very determined not to repeat mistakes of the...

My F64 pack (for 10x8) carries, Canham 10x8; focusing cloth (big one); 4 lenses (210, 305, 450, 600), 4-5 film holders; meter, loupe, level notebook, 8 filters, can of air, lens hoods. Im 5'8 and...

I have used the Zone VI since starting to mount prints. Very convenient and easy to use-shape/size etc as others have said. I tack always using a small piece of silicone treated release paper...

I have had the same experience using a densitometer with PMK. It seems that the difference between PMK and, say, HC110 is not linear- ie you cannot assume that across different devloping times,...

I have used the SCH 210 APO-SYMMAR 5.6 on my 8x10. At F32 you can even use about one cm of movements! Its great to have the extra light.

Alan

Keeping your 4x5 makes sense for a variety of reasons but the "jump" to 8x10 is well worth the effort. I got a Canham last year-it's a real gem. Light (relatively), easy to set up and adjust, and...

Hi Sean, Edmund Scientific sells it (about 40inx30in).

Alan

I asked kodak the same question-they have no idea. Tried again last night using 1:1 Dektol made up with distilled water-same result. Se toning did remove blue tone effectively (1:12 2 min) as per...

I have tried using Azo recently with Dektol (1:2/68F or 1:4) on negs developed i n PMK (or HC110). The prints have a blue tone to them. has anybody else observed this? Doesn't occur with Amidol or...

I have used TriX almost exclusively for two years now. First developed in HC110 (1:9; 160ASA; 6 min N; 8min N+1; tray 68F; shuffling technique; 6/tray) but more recently in Hutching's PMK (frm ...

After attending the Smith Chamlee workshop (see review by Sean Yates) I started working with PMK (with Tri X 4x5). Reading Hutchings book his density vs Zone fi gures seem very high and developing...

I have used the Beseler 45MXT for a year or so now and am very happy with it. Sturdy, smooth movements etc. The glass neg carrier cannot print all the way to the edges which is, at times,...