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    Image quality of convertibles

    Mark- I have a Symmar 240/480 and I think the 480 side is not as good as the 240. It stands to reason, if you think about it, that the image is sharper with all the lens elements involved in the...
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    Restoring a wood 8x10

    James- After reading Kevin Bourque's article on restoring a B&J 8x10, I decided to try it myself. I took the Air Force gray paint off with the citrus-type stripper, and it worked like a charm and...
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    Correct Sunny 16 Technique?

    I can get pretty close to seeing if my camera meter is OK by filling the frame with clear north sky. That should read a pretty good Sunny 16. Is that the answer you're looking for?
  4. Verticals with a budget wood field camera?

    Marko- Most field cameras have backs which can be removed, rotated and replaced. No real need for a rotator like studiio cameras. My first view camera was as low-priced as they come, and that's...
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    Light leak - please help diagnose

    I'm a bit confused. Are we worried about the light, center part of the image, thinking it's a leak, or are we concerned with the darker, underexposed area toward the outer edges of the frame? To...
  6. New article: Confessions of a recovering magic bullet chaser

    Kevin- Great article. And it's true, we are bitten by the bug. But there's nothing like a workshop with a photographer you respect to bring you back home 3 or 4 feet off the ground. The ones I've...
  7. Does the same scene look different in 4x5 and 8x10?

    Tim- For my money, I think it's about resolution. It's the same effect that Tech Pan has over standard films. This is what I mean; If you do all the things you mentioned in order to objectify the...
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    Eclipse exposure

    I photographed the eclipse last week and not knowing the precise exposure to use, I guessed that the shadowed moon would be at least 31/2-4 stops darker than the sunlit moon.So with 100 ASA film, I...
  9. How many years have you being doing LF photography?

    Bought a Calumet Wood Field w/ Schneider 150 Symmar S in 1983 on the advice of the guy who taught me a lot of what I know. His other good piece of advice was to skip graduating to medium format from...
  10. which is finer grained: the best B&W film, or the best transparency film?

    Chris- Tech Pan is more than just a fine grained B&W film. It's the only film that, as the image is enlarged, more information, that on other films would begin to break down, comes out of hiding. ...
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    Unsharp Mask applying methods

    Like Tim, I've used Deadman's for a while now. I like the idea of having such visual control in the process. Slightly more time consuming, but I'm not in the production process, so time is not an...
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    My first 8x10 film development

    Cecil- If your film back is sticking to the tube, when you remove it to go into the fix tray, leave it in long enough for the backing to be removed chemically. No need to rub. In my experience,...
  13. A collection of howlers (to mark the turning point) !

    While photographing outside Las Vegas a while back, there sat a German tourist and his girlfriend behind me on this huge boulder. I was working with them at my back, and out in the desert I was...
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    Symmar S 5,6 240

    Achim I own a Symmar 240/420 convertible. Not sure if it's the same lens you mention, but I use it on 8x10 with very limited movement. It works very nicely for up-close subjects. Oddly enough,...
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    Symmar S 5,6 240

    Achim I own a Symmar 240/420 convertible. Not sure if it's the same lens you mention, but I use it on 8x10 with very limited movement. It works very nicely for up-close subjects. Oddly enough,...
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    Reference book recommendations

    Ansel's Series, and Photography by Upton and Upton. The latter is into it's 7th or 8 th printing, and it's good enough to use as a text.
  17. spam, are members of this forum getting an inordinate amount?

    I get a small amount of unwanted mail, but not any more since I satarted on this forum. What I learned the other day is when the note gives you an option to be removed from the senders mailing...
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    What subjects do we shoot?

    I, too, shoot just abnout whatever excites me at the moment. My work is not too 'subject oriented'. But a project I'm beginning to get going on now is to do portraits, if you will, of these old,...
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    how old are we?

    I'm 51 (barely) and started using LF in the early 80's. Have gone to medium format for certain things, but there's nothing like a BIG neg.
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    Tonality (win a free roll of film)

    I do think we photographers tend to throw around words sometimes of which we've never considered the meaning. I've always taught that, beyond grain structure, the film's response to light, that...
  21. avoiding scratches on LF negatives during development

    I was at a worshop many years ago, and came across this solution for development of LF negs avoiding the possible scratches made by the tray bottom, and the problem of getting one's fingers under...
  22. Can an Omega D2 be used to print from 35mm negs?

    A D-2 was my 1st en;arger, and I will always have a good opinion of it. That being said, for my taste, my printing went better after I installed a piece of drafting vellum under the bottom...
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    Dust on LF Negatives

    Herwig- I lived 20 yrs. in Las Veags, so imagine the dust I had to contend with. But, I found this: If you're using a developer with a relatively large amount of sodium carbonate,( D-76 type...
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    Chromar lenses

    A couple of LF lenses have come onto the used market here, but I'm unfamiliar with the name. One is a 90.. f6.3 in a Sieko shutter. The other is also a Chromar..210 ..6.3 in a Copoal 1. Does...
  25. How to prevent purple streaks on TMAX100 in Jobo 3005

    Jerry I'm going to suggest that the purple you see is the unfixed film due to the fixer not being able to reach it. T-MAX films are notoriously purple if incompletely fixed and refixing this film...
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    Filter/Shade adapter

    Steve I'm not sure, but I think what you need is a 'Series' adapter from Kodak. I don't know which series, but take your lenses and filters to the nearest antique/junk shop and look for them...
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    Barrel Lenses

    Hi Chris I have a couple of barrel lenses I use and what works for me is the bottom half of a hard lens case for, oh say, a 100 mm lens. Its insides are lined with black felt, which is really...
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    8x10 film holder repair

    Has anyone heard of a low cost repair/refurbishing service for wooden 8x10 holders. I've done the taping of the hinges, but I think the leaks are coming from the end of the hinged part, not the...
  29. Exposure adjustment with a convertible lens

    Keith I've got the Symmar 240/420, and as has been said, the 2nd scale is in green. B ut listen to this; when the long configuration is used, the coverage doesn't change ! I would have thought...
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    Image circle

    Jejj- The lens you need is out there. As has been stated, it's the lens design more than the length that determines image circle. Go to www.graflex.org/lenses for a 14 page chart on lenses and...
  31. Correct filters for a Thomas Duplex Safelight?

    Yeah, those are fine. I've had one for years and they're great. However, if yours came with dark green filters also, you don't need to use them for B&W. They're for color printing or possibly ...
  32. Thread: Scanners

    by Gary Meader
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    Scanners

    I agree that you shouldn't buy something that you need TODAY. Buy a scanner with the idea in mind that your needs will change very quickly. In other words; buy for TOMORROW. The UMAX is a great...
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    Fred Picker

    Fred once wrote, on the occasion of Ansel's dying, to "lift a glass to him, he would appreciate that". I learned a lot from years of studying Picker's materials and opinions: I'll lift a glass to...
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