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Bill Burk - what is "opaque"? I just know that word as an adjective.

Kirk Gittings - What type of burnisher are you referring too? Can you direct me to a YouTube video or at least a product...

So are you saying to use actual Spottone on the negative itself, or is there some other product you apply to the negative?

Hey guys!

I've heard of spot tone, which I used in college, for removing white spots from black areas. I was also incredibly bad at it.

However, is there a product to remove black spots from...

I use these weird little 4x6 trays for development. I had the same results as the OP the first time to due to inadequate agitation. The next time, I developed two sheets in one tray. Note that it is...

rdenney. I have a good grain focuser, so I'm guess I'm on the right track, lol. Thanks for all your help. I'm researching aligning my enlarger. It's a little difficult to find any. I figured out the...

Thanks for all the input folks. To address a couple of things. I need to do an alignment on my enlarger, but I have no clue what I'm doing. So I'll need to research that. And frankly, I'm happy with...

What about the Nikkor, folks? It is worth sticking with, or should it be on the chopping block as well. My resources are not unlimited, so buying three new lenses immediately is out of the question....

So my darkroom is now in use. I have no clue why I didn't do this earlier. I bought a CL enlarger over a month ago and it came with three lenses

EL-Omegar f/3.5 75mm
EL-Omegar f/3.5 50mm...

Thanks for kind words.

To Wallrat: yes it's definitely addicting. When I look at the over all print, it looks a little flat to me, but I was trying to maintain the smooth tones. The top of the big...

I think I nailed it. The first set of negatives I processed sucked a lot. I didn't agitate enough, and I had my paws all over the film.

I went out today and made another couple shots of one of my...

Ok, first off, I think someone hit the nail on the head. I was treating the film like paper. My hands were definitely on it. I'll fix that next time.

Second, I don't think I was agitating enough....

By reading some of these comments (and by some film work I did today), I guess my darkroom is the best one ever. When i finished the room up a few weeks ago, I patched every spot of light I could see...

So what are surge marks caused by?

Ok, so I tried developing 4x5 black and white sheet film today in trays for the first time. It went ok, but I have what I believe are some serious "surge marks."

Basically, super swirly density...

I am talking about liquid concentrates. From you folks have said, I think I might mix up some fix and stop in liter jugs. I'm going to stick to my developer plan.

What about Photoflo [hypoclear]?...

I've sat in the complete dark in my room for over 10 minutes. I can't see anything. I think I'm just going to load my film in a dark bag, and then try the tray developing. That should eliminate one...

To my eyes, my darkroom is completely blacked out. That being said, I'm going to tray develop some 4x5 film this week, and I'd rather not screw it up.

So I'm currently running Ilford chemicals for both film and paper (although I'm using Kodak's Photoflo).

At the moment, I'm only mixing what I need. For instance, if I'm doing some printing. I mix...

Hey folks,

Do you any of do any actual testing of your darkroom's darkness? Like leaving film or paper out for a long period of time or some other test.

Just curious.

Yeah, I would echo what Leigh said. Black and white paper isn't sensitive to safelights (and it's super low ISO), but black and white film IS sensitive to all light including the red/orange of a...

Ok, I think I got it. I lucked into have two lenses with the same shutter. Finding a matching pre-drilled lens board is going to be really unlikely because the shutters I have are not Copals.

So I...

There's plenty of information about this, but it's scattered in the winds of the internet, which makes it impossible for me to figure out.

So I currently have two lenses and one lens board.
...

The paper/negative carry and ground glass thingy was more difficult. I initially wanted a carrier that could be turned horizontal and vertical, but that ended up being a engineering nightmare if I...

So I'm in the final stretch now. I'm placing an order for everything else I need tomorrow.

Here's a list of final things to do, in order:
Fine sand entire camera
Install tripod mount
Paint...

Hey y'all. So construction is underway. Yes, I'm using nails, lol.

Here's what I came up with:

70260

It's close to 24 inches long about about 12 inches tall and wide.

There are currently...

Jim,

Thanks for the tips. There's a camera swap this weekend in my area, and I hope to find something there to test the system with. I can always upgrade to a better lens later.

812mm is not a...

@polyglot - Thanks for the info. I'm obviously new to the forum/site. That info will be really helpful. I will be using the objective lens to do the copying. The idea is that this is supposed to be...

I've been shooting professionally for almost a decade. I have a degree in photojournalism, and understand the physics of light pretty well. I own too many film cameras.

That being said, I've never...