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    Anyone tried photomicrography?

    Adding to Don Craig's comment, trinocular microscopes show up on Ebay for a few hundred $ (I bought a Spencer a year ago for $200- something). With a 4x5 you can also use a tripod and a geared...
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    Wista/Shen Hao: weight

    The SHen Hao sold by Badger Graphics weighs about 5.5 pounds, somewhat more than indicated on the She Hao website.
  3. SENATE DEFEATS EFFORT TO OPEN THE ARCTIC REFUGE TO OIL DRILLING

    Michael Bird had the best idea - why not come up here to Alaska and check out ANWR for yourselves. We can use the extra tourism. Sheet film is available in Fairbanks at Alaskan Photo Repair (Agfa...
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    Have You a Source for Bubble Levels?

    Edmond Scientific sells them - nice chrome-plated brass in various sizes
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    Wildlife and underwater with LF

    There are lots of articles (and book chapters) from the 40's and 50's on using Speed graphics and Graflexes for wildlife photography. I did a little with my Supergraphic on one trip to the Yukon...
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    Graphic Musings

    Well, my Graphics View II used to be owned by Forest Lawn cemetary in LA, so I expect it spent its previous life taking pictures of monuments and grave sites.

    It's most recent project involved...
  7. Which grease should I use to lubricate my Linhof Technica 4

    They seem to have expanded all over Europe and Asia -- they even have branches in Taipei
  8. Which grease should I use to lubricate my Linhof Technica 4

    Vaseline is available at Boots (and probably most other pharmacies) outside the US, Bob ;-)
  9. Rodenstock Tele-Optar 270mm f/6.5 in 1000 shutter

    I had one, which I just sold on Ebay --- on a Supergraphics board with cam. It is a Rodenstock rotelar, mounted on the graphics 1000 shutter and rebranded as an "optar" (Graflex's house brand).
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    Zone VI/Pentax spot - battery drain

    My analogue Pentax spot has been on the same set of batteries for 5 years
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    Lubricating Camera Parts

    And to prove that it is not critical, Andreas Feiniger in one of his books reported that he lubicated the tracks on his Deardorf with his wife's lipstick on an assignment in the Southwest :-)
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    camera = enlarger ?

    Graflex used to make a device (the graflarger) which converted a speed graphics into an enlarger. Their market was traveling press and other photographers. The work with any camera with a 4x5 ...
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    Interest in lens boxes

    Interestingly, Feiniger in his book _Advanced Photography_ mentioned this same "lack" 50 years ago, and gave directions for making your own. I made several out of hardwood plywood, and even use...
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    4x5 infrared manufacturer

    Yes Kodak has discontinued 4x5 HIE; there is a German company called macophot which sells a new version ($50/box from B&H). I haven't tried it, since I have several hundred sheets of the last run...
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    Crown Graphic Lens and Flash Questions

    The two approaches I use are:

    Use a modern grip with a bracket which attaches to the tripod socket (I use an old Vivitar) with a cold shoe mounted on the grip. This also lets you use a...
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    152 Ektar - what's the filter size

    Series 6 filters also work with the appropriate adapter ring
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    Ilford Ortho Plus

    I shoot it at EI 40 and develop in PMK (12 minutes I believe -- my notes are in the darkroom)
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    Pre-exposure of B&W and color 4x5 film

    Make that: Ansel Adam's _The Negative_ has all the details
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    Pre-exposure of B&W and color 4x5 film

    No, but Ansel Admam's _The Negative_ has all the details
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    Best film for Graflex Roll Holders

    I have not had much trouble with film flatness in my RH-10's using FP4+, HP5+ and Fuji/Agfa print films. I suspect it is more an issue of variability with the holders than the film.
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    big....BIG aerial lense question

    Sounds like it might be a Kodak 25" f/5.6 aerial Ektar. Mine came with a slot cut in the middle, so I made up Waterhouse stops.

    BTW, the lens is slightly radioactive
  22. Should LF photographers be given special car permits to access US national parks?

    Since commercial use permits are already available, the question comes down to whether the Park Service should provide special access for LF photographers who are either hobbiests or who would lose...
  23. Why is the shutter speed sequence inaccurate by design?

    Until the EV system became popular in the mid-1950's, the standard shutter speed sequence ran: 1/x where x=1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 with a shift in mechanics between 1/10 and 1/25 and...
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    Filter for High Altitude

    As one who does alot of aerial mountain photography (including large format), the answer is yes, even with print film. There are four problems you face:

    1. With lots of UV around, you can get...
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    Film Date / Usage

    If it has been at room temperature and not too humid, it is probably OK. I just got back from a weekend trip around the Alaska Range where I shot 8 holders of HP5+ which had been in my camera case...
  26. step up ring size for my wollensak 135 on crown

    You can make a series 6 to 52mm stepup ring by epoxying a series-6 retailing ring into an old 52mm filter (break out the glass of course). Use this with the appropriate series-6 pushon adapter as ...
  27. LF: do your viewers notice the difference ?

    A great example, even at 8x10. A couple of years ago my wife had to work on a Sunday afternoon, and so I did all sorts of misc catch up proof prints -- 35mm, 6x6, 6x7, and 4x5. After dinner she...
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    Cleaning Darkslide

    Soap and water or Fantastic also work.
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    Which One Lens for Landscapes?

    Different people have different visions, and so will choose very different lens focal lengths. In the US at the moment, a wide-angle view is popular (as you can see from the responses above). A...
  30. Thread: 70mm film

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    70mm film

    Look in the phone directory (and call around if necessary) for companies which process aerial film. Or, find one or two aerial photography companies and ask them who processes it locally.

    The...
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    Shooting a ship at a distance

    You might try an old series 6 telextender (I think the brand I have is "telek"). These were single-element telephoto versions of the convex "closeup attachments" which used to be popular. There...
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    6x7cm film format, lenses, and quality

    IMHO, if one is hung up on resolution however measured, the major difference between large format and medium format is not the lenses but the precision of the camera/film/lens. As an example, I...
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    Aerial photography with large format

    I have done this with both 4x5 and 2x3 speed graphics. I have also tried it with a 2x3 Crown Graphics, but the shutter speed (nominally 1/250 but actually about 1/125) was not fast enough to...
  34. filtration for ortho films? suggestions please

    The standard filtration for ortho under those conditions a generation or two ago was a Wratten k1 filter, equivalent to a modern #6
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    Alaska trip. Advice. Partners ?

    Mosquito repellant is not necessary after the middle of August. The danger from bears is seriously over-rated, especially by folks from outside. In 13 years hiking in Alaska I have had only a...
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    Foul Weather Wood or Metal ?

    Come on guys, New York City never gets cold ;-) I thought you only wore coats there to be fashionable! (LOL from Fairbanks Alaska, where fashion means your fur hat is dead)
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    Too many Zones?

    Dave hits the nail on the head, and also identifies one of the major differences between outdoor incident and reflective metering. Almost no flatly illuminated subject has a brightness range of...
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    Foul Weather Wood or Metal ?

    My 1960 Supergraphic (for which Toyo purchased the tooling and which for some reason seems to have almost the same specifications) has not rusted yet, and it has been used in alot of foul weather.
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    Polaroid #500 back

    It sort of works. You have to be careful not to pull the envelope up too much (I marked mine using a template) and there are occasional problems with the catch. Overall I had about a 75% success...
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    Clean shutters with Lighter Fluid ??

    I will second the WD-40 suggestion -- I have used it on half a dozen shutters with about a 75% success rate (and in larger qualtities on about the same number of 8mm movie cameras with 100%...
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