41. Have been doing 4x5 for about 4 years now.
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41. Have been doing 4x5 for about 4 years now.
This is worse than I had thought...if Astia doesn't sell, then I can understand if it is withdrawn (even if in my opinion it is one of the best slide films around), but it looks as if Quickload in...
According to Fuji in the UK, Astia is no longer available in Quickload. Is this <i>wonderful<i> slide film being phased out by Fuji?
Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read, seaspawn and seawrack, the nearing tide, that rusty boot....
David ; if you're using Photoshop, try Curves, Auto as a means of getting an acceptable first base tonal curve from the raw scan. Then cropping, and possibly unsharp mask, should put you in a ...
I have been using a digital platform to print from 4x5 black and white negatives for about nine months now.
Most of the negatives are TMax 100 / Delta 100 / Fuji emulsions developed in either...
I also use a Combi tank - looking at your questions ;
1. You do need to practice loading film to avoid such problems. Doing this in daylight with a few spare sheets will help you get it right in...
I'm another UK based LF'er ; Surrey.
Quite simply, I think black and white LF photography offers the prospect of both (i) abstraction and (ii) epic, (particularly landscape), whereas colour LF photography offers the prospect of ...
I was in Hokkaido (north Japan) with my family, where there are a number of bear attacks each year, and I had warned my family to be careful. It was one of the first times that I had gone on an...
You can use DiXactol as either a single bath or a two bath developer. I would not recommend its use as a two bath developer, as I would regularly get uneven development, and in a discussion on the...
Only after I gave up my Nikon and went to 4x5 did I feel that I was actually part of a creative process.
Eidetic - that's stuffed with duck feathers, yes?
4x5 and 6x17 ;
Black and white ; mainly TMX, Delta 100 and Pan F+, developed in PMK Pyro or Rodinal, scanned using an Agfa Duoscan HiD, and printed on an Epson 1160 with Lyson inks on Lyson soft...
If you have a 210, a 300 may be too close. The Fuji 400T is a pretty good lense which I have used a lot with good results. You do need to focus very carefully - a loupe is recommended - and make...
I second the vote for the area near Grindelwald ; earlier this year we stayed in the Jungfrau region in a village called Wengen, in the shadow of the Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau ; by local train...
Thilo - thanks, that is a very interesting link.
Thnaks for your replies. Bob ; is there a dedicated glassless 5x7 Agfa holder available for the duoscan scanners? If so, this could be the answer.
Hello ; I have set up a digital printing platform, using an Agfa Duoscan HiD, an d an Epson 1160 / Lyson quadtone inks, which works very well with 4x5 negatives, not least because there is a...
If you are really using extreme movements, also consider the Nikkor SW120 f/8, which will offer you an enormous range of movement on 6x9 as it covers up to 8x10. It is also very sharp and contrasty...
Thanks, Michael and Tim, for your comments.
On the printer resolution, I have never been able to get the piezography software to make its four passes, despite multiple different configuration...
Over the last few months I have been using both the piezography software and inks and other inks, printing a selection of my 4x5 black and white negatives, which I have scanned using an Agfa...
Jerry ; my approach is simple - try to keep everything within a 4 or 5 stop range, with highlights a maximum of 2 stops above the chosen exposure, and preferably 1 - 1.5 stops above. I occasionally...
I have both the analogue and digital Pentax spotmeters. I like the digital because it is appreciably lighter and smaller than the analogue. The only problem is that in very bright light (sunlight...
I'm going to try that test with my Fuji 400T ; getting a loupe noticeably improved the results with this lense, and maybe there is something more to do with the camera stability. However I really...
I also crash when I'm sleeping in the vehicle...........
Paul, Post Exposure by Ctein is pretty good on colour, but you may actually get your best results from a digital setup, using transparencies as the original source to be scanned.
I would also like to offer my deep sympathy and condolences following the horrific events on Tuesday. Thanks, Paul, for this post.
Scott ; yes, the problem arises on macro work, where I believe that I am correctly taking account of both the bellows and reciprocity factors (and subsequent devlopment adjustments), but the meter ...
I find that my Pentax spot meter doesn't really work that well at close distance s - would putting a close up lense on the meter (say +3 diopter) enable the met er to more easily distinguish...
If you live in Japan, go to Yodobashi in Shinjuku, where you will find most of the Fujinon and Nikkor LF lenses on display and available for purchase.
You will find it much harder to find a...
Quickchange is really only readily available in Japan, and is worth considering, as, if you're careful, you can reuse the cartridge and refill it with loose sheet film. However Quickload is...
at the risk of repeating myself ; because of the way the article was written, and where it was already publically available. Have you actually read it?
Please refer to my first post ; normal editorial practice would be to disclose whether the writer of an article praising specific products commercially available, with reference neither to specific...
Mr Feldman ; I don't think any of the points you are trying to make are valid. Those writing and editing articles in magazines endorsing specific products have a duty to back their statements up...
Having now read the article in View Camera, I feel able to comment ;
(i) When photography first appeared, it distinguished itself from the aesthetic of fine art by the fact that an image was...
Try this link ;
http://photojpn.org/HIST/hist1.html
for a good guide to the history of Japanese photography.
Does anyone have any experience with Fuji Acros, and starter times/EI's? I've ma naged to get hold of two boxes of this in Quickload format today.
The new Kodak holder and TMax100 in single sheet...
Given a recent thread on this forum, it may be worth asking what the radioactivity of this particular lense is .......
Pete ; I have just found one advertised source for 4.75 x 6.5 film ; Mr Cad are advertising Maco 100ASA in this format - GBP6 for 10 sheets, and GBP17 for 30 sheets. Good luck......
Thanks for the replies ; will 2 x 240 condensors not work properly with 4x5, and would I need to find a 200 condensor for optimum work in that format?
Also, the Rodagon was slightly scratched on...