Does anybody know whether the World Journal of Post Factory Photography ever came out with the 9th (announced to be the last) issue? Thanks. -jeff buckels
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Does anybody know whether the World Journal of Post Factory Photography ever came out with the 9th (announced to be the last) issue? Thanks. -jeff buckels
Thanks, everyone. I found one. -jb
Does anybody have a used copy of Scopick's GUM BICHROMATE BOOK they want to sell? -jeff buckels
Very interesting, John, as always. -jb
Michael: Was there a particular posting or thread at MichaelandPaula that you're referring to here? -jb
I need a bigger paper trimmer/cutter. I might go the rototrim route, but would prefer the guillotine style and I'd like a high quality new one. Suggestions for brand? Supplier? Thanks. -JB
Thanks, Mike. I get it. -jb
I just acquired and started using a box 20x24 APHS film (making enlarged negatives). The film is packed in a black plastic envelope, emulsion side up, at least in the box I got. This film is not...
Are Efke 200 and J&C 200 the same thing? -jb
There was a thread recently about the availability of J&C Classic films. People were having trouble getting it. It was suggested that the maker was getting inundated with orders, but they were...
Thanks. This appears to have worked. Now to try and change it for this forum. -jb
I've been doing ebay business (in LF photographic, mostly) for a few years, off and on, maybe 80 complete auctions as buyer or seller. I'm trying to change my email address for purposes of my ebay...
Szarkowski's introductory essay to his collection MIRRORS AND WINDOWS. One of the most intelligent essays on broad issues of photography and aesthetics ever written. -jb
That thing about "210 for everything" is just weird. It makes no sense. It all depends on the format size and how much of the subject you want to show, and how much DOF you need or can live with,...
What about roll film? -jb
So, is old Tri-X going to be available for any period of time? -jb
The laws of sensitometry govern contrast, whether one is using the zone system or some version thereof (incident metering) or not. But there are good reasons not to use the zone system, whether they...
The Allen book is a collection of verbatim excerpts from old (mostly) lens catalogs, arranged in a sort of order with a brief introduction. Physically, the "book" is xeroxed typescript. It covers a...
Happy New Year to this list.... I'm trying to locate a community of people who are interested in lith printing. Is there are list or something similar anybody's aware of? Thanks. -jb
I don't think the quality of Portriga Rapid was merely legendary. I'm talking about paper I used in the late 70s (at that time, by the way, people who'd been in the business for a long time...
Mark: They have a reasonable selection of these woods mentioned in the previous responses at Southwest Hobby on Wyoming. -jb
What's the latest on Ilford?
Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. Ed was a real icon, not as well-known in this circle than Steve Grimes. "The ranks are thinning." -jb
George: Contact Ed Romney, author of BASIC TRAINING IN CAMERA REPAIR, at (864) 597-1882. He sells the kind of info you're looking for, so ... but he's one of the few real old school gurus left in...
I'm thinking about making one or more ultra large format homemade cameras. I'm talking about a foamboard (or something) box that I can tape or glue (or something) together and that I preload with...
Ally: I strongly second John K. If you're doing portraiture, think seriously about getting a portrait/pictorial lens. In the first place, they're designed to your purpose. They take a little...
The correct placement for fresnel lenses is the garbage can. They are very little real help (assuming you have a good darkcloth), they are expensive, and they are a hassle. -jeff buckels
The Rodenstock Imagon 250mm is in my opinion the best bet. I have a 300mm I use w/ 5x7. Good alternative is the Wollensak Verito, the ten-inch being the size you'd want, I believe. It's easier...
I need some old-school rules-of-thumb on the issue of photographing people who a re a bit heavy in the cheeks and jowls. I'm doing heads and heads-and-shoulders and I have a couple friends coming in...
This isn't a single piece of advice, but a pattern of advice that is insidious, and it comes from the great Adams, whom I love to pieces in general: The advice, diffused throughout all his...
Yeah, rest in peace. A good soldier. -JB
Sorry, the web address of Artcraft is artcraftchemicals.com. I have no relationship to them, by the way, other than happy customer. Their prices are a little better than the well-known...
That Buffaloe site has every formula I've ever seen and a few I haven't. Anyhow, use Michael Smith's amidol formula is the default, as far as I'm concerned. I got nice neutral-tone results from...
Gimme a break. A 2.25 negative englarged to 8x10 is grainier than an 8x10 contact print. It's the same film. The difference in size makes for a different degree of grain given an equivalent...
Check out www.bostick-sullivan.com -- The site includes quite complete data on lenses for ultra large format. -JB
Expensive lens shades are the one of the biggest scams in photography. AA shaded his lens with his hat. -jb
Fishing reel lubricant. -jb
No difference, not by reason of the format size alone. There's only one negative of Moonrise and only one negative of dear old Andre's picture of the skyscraper with the little cloud to the left...
Whatever Arista "is", and I have no reason to question the response above about it being cut-offs etc., Arista 125 and 400 test exactly like Ilford FP4+ and HP5+ (see well-known comparison by...
Sandy may be right that, if you make no effort to publish your work (in any sense of the word "publish"), then it is just therapy. But I'm not sure that's a problem. What if it is "just" therapy?...