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    Widest modern lenses for 8x10

    I have a 121 Super Angulon that covers 8x10 with very little movements. I alway s stop it down, so can't really say about the image circle wide open.

    Regards,

    Bill
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    more about scratches on LF negatives

    Nose grease!

    Works great on base scratches, but do not under ANY circumstances use it on the emulsion side.

    It really does work. Use sparingly.

    Bill
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    Help Selecting An Enlarger

    Scott,

    I'm still using the Omega D2v that I bought used in the 1980's. It is built lik e a tank, and can be found used quite easily. Don't know about the others mentioned here, but I'm sure...
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    The quest for a reliable spotmeter

    I've used the same UNmodified Pentax digital spot since 1983. It's a great mete r, and if I had to buy a new one for some reason, that would be my choice. I once thought about about having it...
  5. FSTOP Group Issues New Warning about X-Ray Damage to Film

    If you carried on your person a small box of, say, 4x5 silver-rich film (Bergger ?), would it trip the metal detector? Now there's a head scratcher.

    Bill

    P.S. Sorry, Ellis.
  6. FSTOP Group Issues New Warning about X-Ray Damage to Film

    My daughter just got back from Paris and used the old, Please don't xray my film because some of it is 3200 ISO. This ploy worked on the outbound trip from Dulles, but on the return from Orly, the...
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    Nikon 995 and macro...

    Forgive me if this is wrong, but I'm pretty sure Nikon makes auxillary lenses fo r this camera.

    Bill
  8. my Beseler 810 VXL is not workign with my Gra Lab 451R perfectly.........why?

    I'm sorry I don't have any ideas about your problem, but I know just how you fee l. I used to print with a Gralab (digital, not a 300) and was sorely tempted to kill it on several occasions. I...
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    Illumination test for wideangle lenses?

    Schneider recently informed me that they never made a center filter for the 121 Super Angulon that I have. I wonder if the one made for the 120 would work? Or any 82mm Heliopan? Or nothin g?
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    Bergger Film in Pyro

    Carl,

    What film/developer combination do you prefer for platinum?

    Thanks,

    Bill
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    8x10 Field Cameras

    Thank you all for your help.

    Bill
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    8x10 Field Cameras

    Isn't the bellows on the Gandolfi a bit short (if I read the specs right)?

    Thanks to all,

    Bill
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    8x10 Field Cameras

    I know this question has been asked periodically, BUT please bear with me.

    I'm looking to upgrade from my somewhat clunky Wista 8x10 to a Wisner or Canham, Ebony, Lotus, Phillips,...
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    Shot first 8x10s, having issues . . .

    Sounds like inadequate agitation to me. I only develop in trays, a dozen or so sheets at a time. You have to pick that film up and then PUSH it down into the developer (gently, of course, w ith...
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    Nikkor 450M9: declining quality ?

    One could argue that many things have less build quality these days, but that's another story...

    I bought mine in '84 and it has always performed well - sharp and very contrasty . The interesting...
  16. Kodak Commercial Ektar 81/2" f/6.3 for 8x10???

    I feel, but don't know really, that an 8.5" Commercial probably wouldn't cover 8 x10. That never seemed to bother Emmet Gowin.

    I own a 14" Commercial Ektar and a 10" Wide field Ektar and love...
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    More Doom and Gloom Chronic Depression?

    Since you mentioned Agfa, thought you might find this email from them interestin g. It concerns a film I was using to make interpositives for enlarging 8x10 negs for platinum. For what it' s...
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