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I want to do some 4x5 portrait work and am wondering whether one of the Linhof Technica series with the range finder would make focusing easier/faster in that kind of setting. I've...

Hello everyone ...

I purchased an Epson 4000 printer from a local Epson Dealer back in January 2005. The box in which the printer came was just slightly smaller than an aircraft carrier and...

Ron,

I just recently (before the rebate -- curses!) purchased a 4000. It is still very early of course, but I have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the B&W prints I've produced (from...

Yes, Bill & Eugene. I recognized that yesterday when I took a look at the KEH site. But thanks to all of you anyway. This forum never steers me wrong. I was beginning to suspect that I was pursuing...

Hi there everyone...

I recently purchased a 305 G Claron lens to use on my Toyo C monorail for portraiture.

I'm thinking that I want to use it for macro work too but the rail on the camera does...

One recent posting below asks about the computing power needed to scan & manipulate 4x5 negs. I found the responses to that query pretty informative and have a related question which doesn't seem to...

I have a yen to do some alternative processes that involve contact printing from an 8X10 negative. Since I am using either a 4X5 or a 6X7 format these days it seems I need to learn something about...

Dave,

The one thing I always fall prey to when I'm on a trip with a destination is my tendency to rush by places that appeal to me in some way without stopping, because I'm so...

Bill,

I've never used anything but distilled water for any of my film processing. Needless to say, I've never had bad results that I couldn't more parsimoniously attribute to some of my other...

Pete...

Optic nerves from each eye project into each hemisphere in the occipital lobes. The optic nerve from each eye crosses over into the contralateral hemisphere at the optic chiasm. The...

Actually, a related question: In 4x5, most folks seem to use filters that do not screw on to the lens itself. Why is this? One answer I've heard says that another layer of glass just increases...

Mike,

Is that N+1 or N+2? Or do you mean N + 5% (which would = N+1/2)

Thanks,

Robb Reed

Dave Clark...I've tried the Ilford Cooltone RC paper and have liked what I see. It is cold. I can imagine using it for some apoplications but not others.

Cheers,

RR

Andre,

I stopped using stop-bath for film development after hearing Steve Anchell say that cold water worked just as well, maybe even better for some conditions, in the Film Developer's...

I like the Toyo loupe mentioned above by Mr. Henderson. Do avoid over magnifying the image on the ground glass. Worse than no loupe at all.

Robb Reed

Hi there all:

Anyone care to present a short course on center filters? I haven't found much a bout them in the archives and know even less than I've found.

Specifically, what are they,...

Gents:

I recently began using selenium to tone my prints. Made up half a gallon of the stuff and am wondering how long or for how many 11x14 prints the solution is us eable.

Thanks in advance...

Andre,

I own this enlarger but have never seen, let alone used, the filter holder you're describing. I use the Ilford 6x6 filter set regularly without major difficulties but have wondered...

I really appreciate this site and all the work that QTL puts into it. Its hard to imagine many improvements but I'd hugely support a large and medium format image critique section. I like the gear...

Truly Amazing! I wonder if there are LF shots of the goose fully assembled?

Thanks for the info Sean.

RR

RE: Cooler as container for camera etc.

Doug...

I can recommend the use of a cooler to store camera and film. I bought a large Coleman when I acquired my 4X5 monorail 2 years ago. I built...

Trevor,

I own 11 film holders but usually take no more than 8 of them with me. I can thus shoot 16 images and I usually bring two different film types with me, one slower, one faster. I rarely...

I'm pretty content with the site as is. It really has taught me a ton about LF. If it gets moved I'll participate anyway unless it gets bgged down with a ton on blinking advertisements or becomes...

Hi there,

Following suggestions I found in Anchell's book on the subject I attempted to in crease accutance in my 4x5 Plus X negatives by decreasing the concentration of H C110 (dilution B) to 1/3...

Lewis,

I presume you'd be doing the brushing in total darkness? Seems awkward to me but don't let me discourage. I have used a brush per Doug Paramore's observation above, i.e., in developing...

John,

You might consider buying a camp cooler -- Coleman etc. I took one of these for ~ $40.00 and fastened a set of wooden baffeles inside so I could hang my Toyo monrail in the box, upside...

Hi folks,

I have a yen to try using selenium to tone my prints. My question is whether se lenium is useful for prints developed on RC paper? Thanks for sharing...

Robb Reed

Jack,

I built a case for my Toyo C monorail out of a Coleman picnic cooler. I constructed two notched baffles and fixed them in the cooler compartment so that the camera would hang inverted in...

Lourdes,

I took a course in large format this time last year at a local community college that offers an associates degree in photography here in San Diego. The guy who taught it (since...

In reference to darkroom safelights, to what do the initials 'OC' refer?

Josh,

I have a toyo with an 18 inch rail and built a case for it out of an old coleman cooler. i constructed two notched baffles and fastened them inside the cooler, first with epoxy, and then...

I want to do more portrait photography with my Toyo 4x5. I have on lens, a Rode nstock 210 Geronar, but am wondering whether there might be better lenses for th is kind of work. Any help would be...

I recently began doing 4x5 photography and have been renting darkroom space in o rder to print my negatives. I want to construct my own darkroom in an extra bat hroom in my condo. Can anyone refer...

i built a case that has turned out to be pretty useful out of a large coleman picnic cooler. i own a toyo c monorail and after constructing two notched wood baffles and fixing them to the sides of...

I'm considering the acquisition of a used Sinar 5x7 'Norma'. I'm wondering if a nyone knows when it was last produced and, if it is in 'excellent - though used condition', what it should be worth...