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I've found a 5" x4" Fresnel reading magnifier useful in raising the brightness away from the centre of the groundglass. I bought mine off the web, but have since found them in bookshops for as...

Just to add a little to this thread.

Measuring these depths, and being confident in one's results, is not trivial. I've tried using a variety of methods including digital verniers, parallels and...

I was lucky. I needed clips to allow the mounting of my MPP Mk VI Microtechnical lens boards (and thus, lenses) on a newly acquired MPP Monorail, and a short time after buying the Monorail I spotted...

I'm in the UK, have astigmatism so wear bifocals all the time, and have found the "PRO 4X Magnifier Lupe" from Jessops (~£30) to work well. It's focusable, has a neck string, and a choice of...

I have the Barbieri Colorlamp 50 safelamp and when I dis-assembled it, I noted that in addition to the (orange) LEDs there was also some form of sheet plastic filter. (The filter had got our of...

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Hi Gari,

I have a Duolab and the instruction manual. What follows is paraphrased from the manual.

There are two temperature adjustment screws - one for the deep tank, and one for the water...

I've had light leak problems twice. Once was with a Polaroid 545 back which wasn't seating its ridge correctly in the camera's groove, and the other was with film holders. I cured the 545 problem...

What a contrast to my move into LF! I'm much more of an un-planned pragmatist.

I'm in the UK, and I'd always considered LF way beyond my means. (Plenty of 35mm SLR and DSLR stuff.) This was...

I had a similar problem when starting with 5x4, and came across the Manfrotto (Bogen ?) #115 head. It has 3 separate axes, and the two main ones are clamped by the use of tapered cone clamps. So...

For best keeping qualities of your E6, it's recommended that you heat dry your transparencies at around 40-45degC. I've done lots of 35mm E6 in the Tetenal 3-bath kit, but 5x4 beats me as I don't...

I use one of the hinged knife type cutters for cutting paper to A5. (I also have the "safer" rolling disc type but the short platen prevents what I'm about to suggest.)
I've stuck card on the...

Instead of the rigid metal bar with holes in, I got a glazier to cut me several strips of 4mm float window glass from the same sheet. I checked with a micrometer that its thickness was sufficiently...

You're starting with a good lens, and it does matter.

I made a start about a year ago, but didn't get any really good results until two months ago. I'd started with a 50 year old 150mm f4.5 Xenar...

I too have an old MPP, a Mk VI Micro Technical, and I've made my own viewing hood/cloth from white* black-out material bought from the market, lined with black taffeta, on the inside. Not owning a...