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What light meter do you use that reads ISO 1?

Is there a place online where I can get more info on a specific lens? I bought an old Petzval lens on eBay a few years back and am curious on the lens itself. The listing said it was a Chicago...

I have 3, 500 watt, Profoto strobes--will those be powerful enough to bring down the exposure time much for wet plate photography? What are other people on here using?

Great video, thanks for sharing! I thought about going the portable ice fishing route as well at first. But then I was thinking something smaller would be nice to travel with. I'm going to try the...

I'm building a portable darkroom out of an old suitcase and am curious if anyone else has tried building their own portable darkroom for wet plate. I'm curious on what people are using as a dark...

This is great! Thanks!!

I'm looking to start with 8x10. I'm currently based in South East Florida, but still manage to come home to Minnesota in the summers quite a bit. I've been trying to research wet plate...

Beautiful work, and thanks for the tips! I see you used a Petzval lens on some of your images. I'm looking to purchase one myself. Any tips on places to look, or is ebay really my best option?

Thanks a lot all! I really appreciate the advice. I guess another question I have is, how long do you have from the time you make the exposure until you need to get it developed? Is it something...

This summer I'm going to be building an 8x10 monorail LF camera based off of Jon Grepstad's plans. Looking over the manual can get a little overwhelming at times. It's all good info, just a lot of...

So it's just trial and error? :confused:

Can someone help me out in understanding how you would meter for a tintype? I've heard the ISO can be as little as 2--did I hear that right? Is there some kind of mathematical equation in figure...