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Quick response, thanks! :)

Okay, then, I'll have to look for some more suitable glass.

Hi guys.

I recently purchased a second hand De Vere 504 with an Ilford 500h head. It's the first enlarger I've personally owned, but I've used this combination before at university.
In the...

Thank you for the replies. I will look into these as potential options for my photographs.

Hi, I don't know whether this is the right place to ask, but what processes other than daguerreotype and collodion can yield a positive image on a see-through surface (glass plate in this case)?
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I just asked a similar question in a new thread. Dan Fromm gave me this list which has the sizes of many shutters written down.

Hope that helps

Rado

Thank you, I will keep an eye out. And thanks for the list, it's very useful. I will definitely refer to it in the future again :)

Some of this LF business is very new to me, you've been very...

Oh wow, a new shutter would cost me as much as I paid for my whole equipment :D

Yeah, I am certain, as it says so on the disassembled shutter. The guy that sold it to me said it was rare or...

Hi guys,
I recently received my camera and I have a shutter-related question. As I was informed prior to my purchase, one of the lenses that came with the camera is in need of repair. It is a...

I think I have a simple solution.
Fix the lens on your camera, and raise/shift it until you see the edges of the lens projection on the ground glass. Then create a cardboard mockup of the hood so...

I am no expert on tripods, but I am 100% certain that the one that I am in possession with had some sort of lubricant between its movements. Up until this point the only matching softness of movement...

Upon further research, and discovering that the head movements are called fluid, I found some information on a camera operators' forum:
Note that you can often turn a non-fluid head into a...

Jim, are you talking about molybdenum disulfide?

E. von Hoegh, I think you hit the nail on the head. I hope it's not as expensive as the single example on amazon/ebay, which is £100. Reading more...

Hi guys,
I have a really nice sturdy Benro tripod from a friend with the HD-38 head. When I received it it had amazing smooth movements, which were facilitated by this gray thick lubricant. After a...

I think you managed to block the sun quite well ;)

-Rado

Thank you for the reply Joseph, that was very informative. I'm not in the search for new bits for it right now, but it's valuable information for the future. I will be sure to post if I have any more...

Hi guys,
as I said in my introductory post, I've only recently started working with LF cameras as a part of my uni course. I purchased a horseman LE camera recently, which should be here by Monday....

Hi guys,
My name is Rado and I currently live in the North West of England. I am a photography student in my second year, and have already done a semester working with 5x4 Field cameras and...