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Not really a filter, but if the wood is unfinished - you can wet the wood with water or alcohol and that will show the wood grain a lot better. Check with the maker first, and try some wood samples...

Try adding only one channel to your cable TV package!

Kevin

Where I work we use multiple copies of CADD software. The software company has been pushing for several years, to get all users of the software onto a subscription. (Which would drive up our costs.)...

The boxes were probably "diapositive" plates. They are (were) used to make contact positive images from aerial photography film. The diapositives were used in equipment to make maps from stereo...

Rent a blimp? I'm not real serious about it as a solution, but what you're asking for will require some serious thought and equipment.

Kevin

If you decide to use acrylic (Plexiglas), the color you want is 2447 which is white. 1/8" will let the most light through.

Kevin

Nice work Jim! I hope it will garner a lot of attention for the town.

By the way, where are all the Aliens, and can you point out where the Lens Mine is?

Kevin

I'm not sure how you define "fine art nude", but if you portray the positive aspects of the model, then I think your images will be successful. However, convincing an "older" subject to pose will...

With that wide an angle of view, did you made sure the camera was perfectly level? The pin-cushion distortion could be due to film curl.

Kevin

You need an aerial film contact printer. The air bag acts as a pressure plate to keep the negative pressed against the paper or diapositive film. Look at http://www.egoltronics.com/markv.html or...

Finally got my scanner working!

All shot on HP5+ 4x5, developed in XTOL 1:1

Kevin

I've had the lettering from the front of a lens reflected off of a Cokin P series filter. A nice semi-circle of flare showed up on film. It took me a while to figure out what was going wrong. I...

Count me in as well.

Kevin

George, you make some good observations.

I think the original pictorialists were faced with the same problems. Clarance White taught his students to simplify compositions. Karl Struss typically...

Oh curses, foiled again!

Thank you for the information.

Kevin

Do Ilford sheet films have a matte base for retouching? (The opposite side from the emulsion.)

FP4+ Y/N
HP5+ Y/N
Delta 100 Y/N

Kevin

I think the color issue is a "red herring" (pun intended). Efke 25/50 as less sensitive to reds, but not completely blind to reds. I've found that Efke 50 shows slightly better separation between...

Jim,

The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas has Struss's archives.

Kevin

Try a big toy store near you. Eye Clops Night Vision Infrared Stealth Goggles. Currently on sale for $69.99 in my city!

I believe that photographer Karl Struss applied for a U.S. Patent for square apetures back in the early 1900's. He was a pictorialist, so I think his goal was to increase some sort of pictorialist...

I just tried some #11 Light Grey Dr. Ph. Martin's Syncromatic Transparent Water Color (that's what the bottle says:) ) on a Fomapan 200 negative. It looks like you would need to do multiple coats to...

Do a web search on "close range photogrammetry". I've been away from the business for a number of years, but I do recall that one company made a heavy duty bar to hold 10"x10" cameras at the correct...

I've just started trying 777. Haven't formed an opinion on it yet.

From what I've read it is better with older style emulsions. The unblinkingeye.com website have some info on it. Some examples...

I have not tried true ortho films yet. I believe Efke 25/50 are billed as ortho-panchromatic, not quite a true orthochromatic emulsion.

During my tests I did shoot the same scence without filters,...

Yes, there are special tonalities. After getting mediocre results while photographing my local Palo Duro State Park (Canyon, TX) using TMAX films, I thought that ortho films would give me more...

What size are you looking for?

For roll film, 4x5 and 5x7 sheet film, you can use stainless steel bain maries found at restaurent supply companies. A 1.5 gallon bain marie measures about 8"...

I'm sending it back for a new lot - the new stuff better fit!!!

So much for Foma's ISO 9001 quality.

Kevin.

Yes, this is Foma not Arista. It is about 2mm too wide in the 4" direction, but that's enough to make it worthless. Tried it in Lisco and Riteway holders.

Kevin.

:( Just received a box of Fomapan 200 4x5, and it's to big for 4x5 holders.

Lot # 007354-01, Exp. 2008-11.

Kevin

Morse, LogE and similar contact printers are far from perfect. Not only are they big and bulky, but after years and years of experience making precision measurements (+/- one micron) from contact...

I bought a 750 Dimmer directly from Aristo last year. When I got it the power cord was seperated from the case so that I could see the wires. Had to send it back to them, but all they did was put...

That's odd, it seems that almost everyone else thinks that Xtol is the greatest thing since the discovery of beer:D

The only thing I don't like about Xtol is how finicky it is. I haven't used Rodinal in 30 years, because of the gritty salt and pepper look (it's nickname used to be "Rodent toil".) IMO Rodinal...

Tried HC-110 several years ago, but I preferred Xtol. Might even go back to D-76 1:1.

Kevin

Heating up and stirring the Xtol did not get rid of the crystals.

The cost for Xtol is a lot higher because the local camera store doesn't carry it. (Shipping and handling gets you every time.) ...

I was ready to develop some film and noticed that there where a bunch of small thin crystals in my 6 month old Xtol stock solution. The Xtol was mixed with distilled water and kept in completely...