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    Re: Photographed so many times...

    Funny, I did a few days of shooting 4x5 in and around Berlin a few weeks ago, and didn't have a single person come up to me and hardly anyone taking notice - I'd had more attention with a humble...
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    Re: Wista recessed lens panels with centred holes?

    Funny enough, my equipment is usually insured, and on the one occasion when I had to make a claim, the insurance did cover my damage without problem. I myself still feel more comfortable in a...
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    Re: Wista recessed lens panels with centred holes?

    Well... just as an example: I recently did a little series which involved myself standing waist-deep in the river Clyde (which is tidal) in a rubber waders suit, carrying all camera equipment above...
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    Re: Wista recessed lens panels with centred holes?

    xkaes, thank you for the suggestion, it's not a lens I'm familiar with so will look it up!

    Longer-term I had been toying with a Grandagon-N 90 6.8 to partner the Angulon, for when image quality...
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    Re: Wista recessed lens panels with centred holes?

    ...turns out an undrilled Wista panel was actually quite easy to find on a popular auction site!

    Now what would be ideal would be an undrilled recessed panel, so I could offset the hole somewhat...
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    Re: Wista recessed lens panels with centred holes?

    Trouble is, I simply LIKE this lens! Some people like pin hole, I like a Schneider Angulon (amongst other lenses), others won't settle below a more recent piece of $5k glass or a rare Dallmeyer......
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    Re: Wista recessed lens panels with centred holes?

    Thank you all for your responses. The camera in question is a simple Intrepid 4x5, so it is sort-of possible to tip the camera up and re-level front and back, but unfortunately I do reach the limits...
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    Wista recessed lens panels with centred holes?

    I have a 90mm lens currently mounted in a flat 0 size Wista lens board, and with this I sometimes run out of vertical shift. So I have been thinking about putting it into a recessed board.

    The...
  9. Thread: C41 and SP-445

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    Re: C41 and SP-445

    I think it depends on how often you plan to re-use your blix, if the carry-over of some developer into blix is a problem or not. The reason I go for a 3% one shot acetic acid stop bath after...
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    Re: 6400 dpi 4x5 scanning problem, Epson V800 Vuescan

    Just a slightly different thought re maximum scan resolution: Of course, for a specific project which will get printed relatively soon, it makes sense to work out how large you are going to print -...
  11. Thread: C41 and SP-445

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    Re: C41 and SP-445

    With staggering time, do you mean the time it takes from starting to pour out one bath to completing pouring in the next? I manage 15 seconds, just, if to empty I just tip the tank over once into a...
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    Re: 6400 dpi 4x5 scanning problem, Epson V800 Vuescan

    ...apologies Ken, of course your website does mention you don't recommend ever going significantly beyond 2400dpi with the Epsons! That might suggest 2160 (6x360) or 2520 (7x360) rather than 2400,...
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    Re: 6400 dpi 4x5 scanning problem, Epson V800 Vuescan

    Koraks, just tried this, thank you. Epson scan software doesn't let me select 6400 dpi (well, it does, but then says 'file size too large' and doesn't start the scan.) It does let me select and scan...
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    6400 dpi 4x5 scanning problem, Epson V800 Vuescan

    Hi,

    Are there any forum users which use Vuescan on a PC to scan 4x5 negatives at 6400dpi on an Epson flatbed?

    I'm using an Epson V800, latest Vuescan version (on a Win 10 Pro 64 bit PC with...
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    Re: SP-445 C-41 experiences?

    Thank you for the tip re the measuring cups esearing. Yes, this could simplify things! I just had a look online, and saw these things here......
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    Re: SP-445 C-41 experiences?

    Just thought I should post an update in case someone else comes across this thread with a similar question...

    So I tried my first three batches using the SP-445 for C-41 processing, and did so at...
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    Re: SP-445 C-41 experiences?

    So I just did some b/w testing of the SP-445, with C-41 in mind...

    Filling in developer takes me about 5 seconds. Initially it took me nearly another 10 s before I had removed the funnel, had both...
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    SP-445 C-41 experiences?

    I was wondering how people have been getting on with their SP-445, using C-41?

    I read for example that, to get a full drainage of b/w chemicals, some users suggest to drain the tank as normal,...
  19. Re: sous vide precision cooker For Black and White Developing

    I use a 'Videmaster' sous vide unit for my C-41 processing, and you can set these to as low as 0.5 degree Celsius. I never used it with b/w so far though. I used to do some pyro developing a while...
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    Re: SP-445 Just Arrived

    My understanding is that most people do the wetting agent outside the tanks, because it can over time build up on the plastic spools which are used to hold 35mm or 120 film - which eventually makes...
  21. Re: Black and a White emulsion error that I'd love to duplicated

    If this was developed in a SP 445, could it be that the film was loaded emulsion-side facing the holder, rather than outward?

    (It looks like the short black lines on the left might respond with...
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    Re: Happy MOD54 users?

    HMG, in my own experience the number of sheets or their position hasn't made a difference so far. I have had the scratch issue independently from whether the sheets were in the inner, middle or...
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    Re: Happy MOD54 users?

    Thank you everyone for the recent replies. I wonder if there is a noticable quality variation in the MOD54 manufacture? Over the weekend, I used my unit just to wash a couple of films which I had...
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    Re: Happy MOD54 users?

    Hi Ian, I load in a darkroom, and in that way I don't actually find the loading itself difficult - although I can imagine it would be harder in a changing bag!

    Given the range of films and...
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    Happy MOD54 users?

    This is something of a follow-up to cupcake's thread about the best easy to use tank for developing 4x5 sheets...

    I recently got myself a MOD54 tank insert, and seem to have a choice between two...
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    Re: Looking for C41 tips!

    The one I went for is a 'videmaster', at least that's what they are called in the UK. (The actual product page I bought it from is no longer up, but I think this is the same unit:...
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    Re: Looking for C41 tips!

    ...one more thought: there are two different kinds of C-41 kits available, those which combine bleach and fix into a single blix bath, and those which have separate bleach and fix processing steps. I...
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    Re: Looking for C41 tips!

    Don't know if you have a processor like one of the Jobo units available. If not, I have found a simple kitchen sous vide immersion circulator a cheap way to get precise temperature control for...
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    Re: Compur Electronic 1 - stuck in T mode?

    ...and just to confirm, yes as with other shutters, the red flag simply indicates that the shutter is cogged - as Kumar suggested.
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    Re: Compur Electronic 1 - stuck in T mode?

    Just thought I should post a final comment, in case anyone comes across this thread in a search for a similar problem. I opened up the shutter, and it was indeed a mechanical issue: inside the...
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    Re: Compur Electronic 1 - stuck in T mode?

    So based on what I learned here, I can imagine two different problems. The red flag never fully disappears, and I imagine this will be controlled mechanically... So either the shutter is stuck in T...
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    Re: Compur Electronic 1 - stuck in T mode?

    ...what would be the normal procedure to take these out of T-mode? Just turn the timing ring to a fixed speed setting, and the red flag should disappear?
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    Re: Compur Electronic 1 - stuck in T mode?

    P.S.: Thank you for the quick reply Bob!
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    Re: Compur Electronic 1 - stuck in T mode?

    I'm running it off a regulated supply at the moment, just to exclude batteries and the contact pins as a potential issue.
  35. Re: Strange pattern in Angulon 90 6.8 front element - balsam separation?

    Thank you everyone for their detailed advise and information!

    My initial instinct would be to just return it, since at the price these go for, it hardly seems worth trying to repair it. Part of...
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    Compur Electronic 1 - stuck in T mode?

    Hello, I have in front of me a Compur Electronic shutter - which is a shutter I know nothing about! It seems (to me) stuck in T mode, i.e with the shutter time scale set to T, it functions as it...
  37. Strange pattern in Angulon 90 6.8 front element - balsam separation?

    I just received a Schneider Angulon 90 6.8, with a rather strong pattern in it's front element (like a number of c-shaped rainbow arches - see images.) My guess is it's balsam separation? Any...
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    Re: Continuous Lighting

    Have been using Nanguang LED fresnels for a short while now, and am very happy with them. They come in various sizes (30, 60, 100, 200W) and are called CN-30F etc... Reasons I went for them are their...
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