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  1. Re: Need recommendations on f/4.5 lens of about 150mm

    180/2.8, just in case the idea tickles you. Explanation below photo. It sharpens up as stopped down, of course.
    . . . . https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldarnton/26275968925/
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    Re: 5x7 Tailboards To Look Out For

    I used to have a B&J and now have both a Korona and an Ansco. The Ansco is relatively heavier, but a really nice camera, and stays on a tripod at home or at my shop. It's my favorite for studio, etc....
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    Re: Odd focal lengths for your format

    The unsung hero of my 5x7 kit is the very tiny 108mm/6.8 Wollensak Extreme WA. Maybe not up to modern specs around the edges, but a friendly lens nevertheless.
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  4. Re: Omega D2V users: printing max size question / baseboard

    When I built the bench for my D2V I didn't put in any permanent shelves, and mounted the column to a solid and stiff narrow shelf at the back of the top made by gluing several layers of 3/4" plywood...
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    Re: 1963 Panatomic-X & TMX 100 Comparison

    I used to use my Oly OM-1, 50/3.5 macro, and Pan-X when I didn't want to use Hasselblad and Tri-X. Functionally equal. That macro was a phenomenal lens.
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    Re: Chemical age -- metol

    I have metol from about 35 years ago that I still use and it's fine. It's even picked up a light brown cast through time, but doesn't seem to matter. D23 is generally a flat developer anyway, which...
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    Re: Darkroom vs Scanning

    All other questions aside, a few years ago I saw an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago of a photographer who made large prints (20x24 or larger?) using both inkjet and traditional methods....
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    Re: Spoon measure needed, please

    This. The whole point of split development is to exhaust the part A that carries over. When that's done, from that point it's all over.
  9. Re: The Holy Grail of LF Aerial Cameras Unearthed----literally

    The first aerial camera is somewhat important in some sense, I would imagine.
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    Re: Hallway from DR to Studio

    I see just a bit of room for more stuff.
  11. Re: "Poll" Question: Do you use a footswitch for your enlarger?

    I don't currently have a darkroom, but when I did, from about 1965 onwards, I always set the Time-O-Lite to 5 seconds and used a footswitch. It's a real speeder-upper for production.
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    Re: Wollensak 15in telephoto barrel disassembly

    The threads are small and tight. In my experience (I own five, I think....it's my favorite lens) the lock screw messes them up a bit and that may be what is holding things up. The first time out may...
  13. Re: DIY Wollaston Landscape lenses and DIY Wollensack Portrait lenses

    Totally agree.
    I once tried to build a "Verito" that way and it was a disaster. Tried just switching out the front lens on mine and that was a disaster too.

    The rainbow chart is silly bad.

    You...
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    Re: 180mm for Portraiture

    OP hasn't really made it clear what he's looking for. Initially it seemed like he wanted a normal lens with pleasing rendering, but it's drifted over to overtly soft focus lenses. OP, what are you...
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    Re: Portraits from 2022

    Really like this one!
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    Re: 180mm for Portraiture

    Yeah. Gutted my SF to make something better. Most unspecial lens ever, IMO:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldarnton/16945855792/in/dateposted/
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    Re: 180mm for Portraiture

    210 mm isn't as long as it might seem. This is a 210 mm Paragon from about 5 feet:. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mdarnton/12154146424/in/dateposted/
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    Re: 180mm for Portraiture

    Opinion? Definitely the Xenar or any other f/4.5 Tessar formula lens, for their smooth rendering of nearbyout of focus areas such as hair and ears.

    No need to buy a modern lens for this... An old...
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    Re: Photoshop Free Online

    Give this one a look... https://www.photopea.com/
  20. Re: 4x5 Portrait lens recommendation with "classic" look and feel

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldarnton/26769483286/

    You might also find the thread linked in my Flickr post interesting.
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    Re: Help me with Paint

    I'd put the box on strips and forget the wax paper. And be sparing with the glue!
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    Re: Help me with Paint

    If you're looking for stability, have you considered 1x1 strips of wood on all of the inside joints, glued and screwed, rather than dowels? Dowels aren't that strong, and you run the risk of light...
  23. Re: Focusing loupe for Graflex RB45 - presbyopia alert

    I have used reading glasses, also. Another strategy that works but makes the hood non-folding is to drop in a Cambo straight viewing hood. Sorry, I could only find the 90 degree one in pictures...
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    Re: Korona 4x5 Quandary

    Regarding keeping the standards straight: they might get off every time you open the camera, but the knobs should be spring loaded--pull the knob out and it disengages the gears allowing you to...
  25. Re: Clear ground glass use scratch marks to focus??

    Yes. If the sharp image is in the same plane as the scratch when you move your head they will stay together. Otherwise they move relative to each other because they are different distances away....
  26. Re: 8 x 10 Field Camera with the largest amount of front "fall"?

    I knew I'd find a photo somewhere. Here's what people are talking about for front drop via tilting, second photo on the page:...
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    Re: Central Camera Chicago & Ilford NEWS

    The Palmer is back open, too, after being closed for a couple of years!

    CC today...
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    Re: Central Camera, Chicago

    I don't know if this has been covered already, but I just stopped in this morning. They had a flood in the temporary space, so as of a week ago they are rushed back into their original...
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    Re: A question for the opticians here.

    One thing that is probably going on is that at 1:1 you are using only the very center of the field of the lens which is where simple lenses are the best.
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    Hand LF in Ukraine

    Check out the camera in the lead photo of Financial Times Ukraine article!

    https://www.ft.com/content/d0ad583c-a5a6-4a70-97c9-428606300a96

    Edit....
    Phooey.. link was OK but now it's a paywall....
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    Re: Help for best set of lenses

    Sell the 250SF and that is the best way to raise the total quality of your collection. Then if you want a soft lens, buy a real one.
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    Re: Best 4x5 lens for portraiture in a studio

    And the thing no one seems to have mentioned: facial distortion. It works both ways, with lenses that are too wide AND lenses that are too long.

    A nicely-illustrated discussion of that topic:...
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    Re: Best 4x5 lens for portraiture in a studio

    By the traditional metric for portrait lenses, film length + film width, 9" would be ideal, but that's just a guide. I use 210 mm.
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    Re: Fujinon 250mm f/6.7 odd extra part

    Given that it will make swings and tilts more wonky than they already might be, depending on your camera, I'd take it off.
  35. Re: Close-Up lenses for LF photography, advice needed

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldarnton/26769483286/in/dateposted-public/

    I bought a 250SF Fujinon, didn't like it at all, so I gutted it and use a two-element achromatic on the back filter...
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    Re: Calling shop wizards: Wash widget needed

    Go to the hardware store and buy a short piece of brass tubing that fits tightly in the hose, then squish the end down flattish so that the exit is a slit rather than a round hole. That will raise...
  37. Re: Question for chemistry--especially D-23--experts

    I use D23 1:7 for xray film. That would solve your problem but I haven't tried it that dilute with regular film. When it quits it doesn't slow down it stops dead, so you need to stay safely clear of...
  38. Re: Over the years - sheet film holders question - your most preferred and maintenanc

    I have way too many holders--dozens--because I bought cheap and couldn't resist, and consequently I have mostly wood, with zero problems. I can say, however, that a beat up old wood holder is a lot...
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    Re: How fast can an enlarger shutter be fired?

    As an electric model most likely that is a #5 and only offers time exposure, not instantaneous.
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    Re: 210 mm Fujinar - any opinions?

    A tessar-formula from a solid company with great performing lenses? I'm going to bet that it's pretty good if you like Tessars. They're not for everyone.
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