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How about this. I spent a whole day shooting at the coast. Got home, all excited to develope my film and discovered I had been exposing empty film holders all day. Doh!

I lived in Montana for 18 years. So, I'm no stranger to cold temps. Befor you go make sure your antifreeze is fresh. I may be wrong but a 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water should give you the best...

Wow!! This thing really snowballed. I was just expecting someone to say "I feel your pain brother. Go buy an enlarger"

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This is not another question regarding the quality of digital prints vs enlarged prints produced in the darkroom. In fact I think that for your average joe (me) it's much easier to produce a nice...

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I am far from being an expert on these matters so take this with a grain of salt. Are you saying only part of the picture shows distortion? If so, it sounds like you may have an issue with film...

So, as usual the more you learn the more you don't know. The use of the 550 holder with the Fuji instant film sounds very interesting. Might be just the ticket for my needs. Any other feed back on...

I want to start using polaroid film to check composition, exposure and focus. I noticed that there are four different models on the Polaroid web site. The 545 pro, 545i, 405 and 550. Is there any...

Hi Stephen Welcome, I also am a new comer to the world of L.F. I started about a year ago and still consider myself a rank beginner. Yes Camera Bellows is still in business. The url you have is...

Thanks for your responses. I wonder if the artifacts of AN glass are less apparent when using a diffusion type enlarger. I've heard that dust spots show up less with this type of enlarger vs a...

After being Impressed by the photography of Lynn Radeka I've been toying with th e idea of building a masking kit. He (she?) states that he sometimes uses a regi stration carrier made with...

My mistake, I meant just under $800

I agree with Jerry. The price difference more than makes up for the lack of warranty. As an example I just purchased a Sinar F1 for 550 pounds sterling which equates to just under $900 plus...

Hi all I plan to give the stoeckler divided developer a try. I'll be using it with fp4. Has anybody tried mixing a more concentrated stock solution and diluting it lat er? I'm also wondering what the...

I just bought a box of Macophot infrared film and a Lee #87 opaque filter. Has a nybody had any experiance with this combination? A starting point with exposure calculations would be greatly...

I was thinking about your subject matter. Have you considered trying some double exposures? Take the first picture in daylight and metre for the hihglights (the windows) then wait for night fall...

A good starting point for you might be Using The View Camera by Steve Simmons. In it he has a table of reciprocity corrections and recommended development time adjustments. The way I've been doing...

Andy I just got started in large format and I own a Nagaoka (similer to Tachihara) I recomend going this way. I think you'll find the extra movements allowed by the Thachihara will be usefull and...

I have a 135mm Kodak Wide Field Ektar. The outside diameter of the flange on the mounting ring is 47mm. What size is lensboard do I need? I'm guessing a #1.Than ks, Rob

I am happy to report that the unicolor drums performed as I had hoped. I just Developed 12 negs and all are evenly developed and scratch free. I did the agitation by hand since the roller base I ...

Thanks for the responses. I think the suggestion for the uniroller tanks is an excellent one. It looks like it's just what I've been looking for.

Rob

I am new to large format photography. I've been using a Yankee Agitank (picked u p used). I'm getting some uneven development (surprise?) As I'm on a limited bud get I can't justify the expense of a...

Thanks for your responses. One thing I forgot to say is that I used tri-x back in college and liked the tonality alot. But since I was using 35mm the grain was unacceptable to me. So I switched to...

Being new to large format (just bought a used field camera) I'm trying to decide on a film to use. I've always used Ilford Pan F or Delta 100 when shooting 35mm or 6x6. The reason is for the tight...