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    Re: cooling water bath

    also you can DIY a chiller using a cheap dorm room size refridgerator. Depending on the model you can easily drill a hole into the side or top and run a coil of PVC pipe/tubes that are held inside of...
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    Re: darkrooms in residential areas

    the clorine bleach that gets used in home laundry, is far worse than anything commonly used in a darkroom.
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    Re: Lucky lenses ...

    lol When I first read that I read put your lens in a bag of dry ice not rice. I thought you were talking about freeze drying the lens
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    Re: Oops! Efke 100 shot at iso 320

    FWIW I have found that Diafine does not really push Efke 100 at all. I shoot a lot of Efke 100 and develop a lot of it in Diafine and always rate it at 100. I tried to rate it as 200 once and the...
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    Re: Developing tank for taco method

    I bend the sheets over emolsion side in and use a rubber band to hold them in the taco shape then I just stand them up in the tank.

    Make sure you use the center post as that keeps it light tight.
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    Re: Hypo Check

    I just use small slivers of 35mm film. I put some fixer in a shot glass and drop in a piece of film and see how long it takes to clear then I double that in the fix
  7. Re: Efke IR 820 recommended chemistry?

    I like and use both Diafine and Rodinal 1:100
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    Re: Efke 100 & Rodinal...Problems

    I have always over exposed Efke films and find that it handles over exposure much better than under.
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    Re: shipping film

    Ilford and Fuji ship all over the world via ship in Refer Cargo Containers so the film stays cold.

    This is also the vast majority of goods move around the world. You load up a Cargo Container at...
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    Re: New Ilford Positive Papers.

    What would be sweet would be for Ilford to make a batch of paper for paper negs that was cut to fit standard sheet film holders. It is a real pain to trim them to do so
  11. Re: Washington DC Photo Recommendations/ Tripod Use

    I live up in PA but I grew up in the DC area and still go there many times a year to visit with family.

    I second what has been said above, and especially second the Great Falls area if you are...
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    Re: The Moon in Infrared Photos

    A nice trick with IR film is to fake moon shots by using the sun as the moon. I have done this a few times now.

    You need a day when there is broken cloud cover. When the sun is low in the sky...
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    Re: 6x12.....?

    That actually works quite well, I did just that last year on a project I did
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    Re: Marketing: Flickr or Picassa?

    On my flickr page I have a simple snapshot taken with a DSLR of a Maryland Blue Crab sitting on a pier after I caught it. I never intended to market that shot in anyway it was just a snap shot on a...
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    Re: Temp Control

    I used to be into Aquariums and breeding tropical fish big time, then I got married, had kids, and lost the space to do so :(

    Anyway I have often thought that it would be very easy and pretty...
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    Re: Developing tank for taco method

    The System 4 is the one that holds two 35mm or one 120 reel. I use it a lot for my 4x5 but I only ever do 2 sheets at a time.

    They are small enough however that having two would be no problem and...
  17. Re: Interesting NYTimes Article on the Photo Biz 3/30/2010

    I remember quite well back in the 1980s when I worked at a Camera store hearing pros complain that the new SLRs with autofocus, and advanced autoexposure would kill their business, then a few years...
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    Poll: Re: 100 ASA Film

    I much prefer Efke 100 if I am shooting a 100 speed film, however I much prefer 400 speed films such as Ilford HP5

    I like grain and I am not really worried about what little grain you get with...
  19. Re: Impossible films 'save' Polaroid photography from extinction

    Sure here is slide show from them that you would think represents the best images they can find

    http://www.the-impossible-project.com/projects/collection

    Here is a real world test shot by the...
  20. Re: Impossible films 'save' Polaroid photography from extinction

    Also the new film to put it bluntly looks like crap. Why anyone would use this is beyond me. If you are looking for simple instant cameras and film the Fuji Instax System is much better and much...
  21. Re: Kodak Ektar 100 to Be Launched in Large Format

    The problem is that Kodak does not have the ability to make Readyloads. They outsourced that to Polaroid who had the machines to make them as the process was similar to making instant film.

    Since...
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    Re: Marketing: Flickr or Picassa?

    flickr has a much larger user base, they do frown on you however using the service to sell anything or yourself. My guess is that your odds are better to be struck by lightning or win the lottery...
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    Re: Favourite IR films...

    I develop my own and no matter what they have major curling issues. Even when I hang major weight on them when they dry.

    Anyway what I do with the Epson holder is lay it down on my lap and open...
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    Re: Favourite IR films...

    I am guessing you are talking about with roll film. I have shot quite a bit of Efke IR820 in roll film form and just use the standard Epson holder. Yes the negatives are curley but they flatten out...
  25. Re: OT: Developing an unknown 120 film

    Do it in Rodinal 1:100 for 10 minutes at 68 degrees. it won't be perfect developement it will get you very usable negs no matter what the film stock
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    Re: Favourite IR films...

    Green leaves like you would have had in June on the woods both reflect quite a bit of IR light but also fluoresce visible light into near IR.

    Winter sun has plenty of IR light in it, however...
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    Poll: Re: Fuji Quickload

    zero they just cost way to much and since I do not backpack and rarely if ever shoot more than a mile from the car the weight issue is not a problem either
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    Re: BTZS Tubes?

    are you shooting 4x5, 5x7 or something bigger? If you are shooting 4x5 or 5x7 you can use a regular Patterson style daylight tank like you would use for roll film and do the "taco method".

    Then...
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    Re: Art Show/Fair participants?

    I have not done them for a while but I have a good friend who does them often in the summer and does quite well.

    What seems to sell the best is local interest stuff much more so than landscapes...
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    Re: film brands

    my advice as a newbie would be to pick one film from one of the bigger names like Kodak or Ilford and use that 100% of the time at first. You will find that over all they are really not that much...
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    Re: On route locations---CA to CO

    I used to live in CO and the only I would add is to wacth out for Elk, Deer, and Big Horn Sheep on the roads. Big Horn Sheep especially love to eat the road salt off the roads and an entire herd of...
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    Re: Infrared Bleedthrough at Darkslide

    Something as simple as black masking or gaffers tape will block the IR light. I would remove the darkslide with one hand and use the other to shade the spot where the light leak is, then put a piece...
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    Re: Lady Gaga Saves Polaroid

    do a Youtube search for "Polaroid Swinger" (I would and post it but they block it on my work PC)

    It is a groovey B&W ad featruing the musical stylings of Barry Manilow. Barry and Lady Gaga shoud...
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    Re: Why Moonrise over Hernandez?

    This has been a very interesting thread to read. I have worked in sales of one form or another for a very long time. One thing I have done over the many years I have been in sales is go to many, many...
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    Re: Efke IR820 Aura: Anyone Using

    I use Rodinal or Diafine
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    Re: Efke IR820 Aura: Anyone Using

    You should give it a go with the snow. Snow scenes look wonderful in IR, especially if you have some liquid water such as a stream in the picture. The water in the stream will look jet black and the...
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    Re: Efke IR820 Aura: Anyone Using

    The difference between the two at Large Format sizes is so tiny you really do not notice. Even with medium format it is really not noticeable.

    The only difference between the two is that the Aura...
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    Re: Efke IR820 Aura: Anyone Using

    I rate it at around 1.5-3 iso. I find the "aura" effect not really all that different from the regular non aura film. Especially at LF sizes.

    Despite what Efke claims the film responds much better...
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    Re: Rating Adox/efke 100

    I would rate it at 25 unless the light is very contrasty in which case I would go with 32.

    To be honest with you however most of my experience with Efke 50 is doing very long exposures well into...
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    Re: Rating Adox/efke 100

    FWIW I have never understood the advice not to over expose Efke films. They handle over exposure far better than under and I usually rate them a full stop below box speed
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