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Dear Forum,
I'm very new to 5x4, and sorted out some basic kit for portraits. I'm about to start using (currently) Ilford HP5 so my first question concerns this- should I rate it at 200 and alter...

Dear All,

I'm new to LF, have a new 5x4 Shen Hao and 210 Nikkor. I want to get in really close for head shots- like macro. Using ambient light, mainly indoors. What would you recommend a) for...

I tried this yesterday- it worked a treat! Thanks so much for your help all.

THanks so much chaps. I shall give it a go tomorrow! I only have trays to develop in and am thinking if it is worthwhile to buy a tank of some kind. I'm a student, and doing this on the cheap, so...

I've just started 5x4 photography, and have inherited a sealed box of 25 Kodak Tmax 100. It is dated 10/1999. it has been kept cool- room termperature- all that time. Should I try it, even just to...

Dear Kev & Nick,
Thanks for the advice! I too live in perishingly cold Scotland, and the idea of a focusing cloth that doubles as a cape is most interesting. For portrait work I guess I could put...

Dear Forum,

I'm just about to start in LF indoor portraits, and have the material, but no pattern, to make a dark focusing cloth. I've seen advice on buying (but am a student) and using T shirts...