Thanks, that website is really helpful. Looks like my lens was made in 1915.
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Thanks, that website is really helpful. Looks like my lens was made in 1915.
A couple of weeks ago I was given a range of camera equipment. One item was a J. Lancaster wooden view camera that had a Wollensak Vesta f/5 seven inch portrait lens. It's in an Alphax shutter which...
HP5 has worked well for me on Epson 4990 and V700. Emulsion side on the glass.
That's expensive at $105 for 25 sheets of 4x5. By comparison it's $33 USD at B&H.
HP5 is a great film, you basically can't go wrong with it. I think it's the best price/quality ratio film around.
I did a little personal test with 3 sheets of 4x5 processed in Rodinal, LC29 and D76. All were good but I definitely preferred the Rodinal over the other two. It had more tonal separation and held...
I used a box of the CHS II a couple of years ago. Roughly similar look to FP4. From memory FP4 is cheaper so I had no reason to buy any more of the Adox.
I thought this was pretty well done - a gimmick free look at how a Sydney photographer does location wet plate, using a small caravan as a darkroom. From The Guardian.
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I have one of them. Cheap, and it works, but as others have mentioned the locking clips are brutal, like rat traps. These are split back frames which are good for checking the print if you are doing...
Unfortunately this is being done in a public darkroom where we have no control over humidity or other aspects. I don't trust the screens to be clean, hence drying face up to avoid other problems. We...
Yeah, in retrospect we wished that we had bought 20x24 and then trimmed to 16x20, but we didn't anticipate this problem.
Another thing that is interesting is that the same paper is drying quite flat...
The test print that I rewashed on Saturday had dried quite flat when I returned on Monday. Flattened easily in the heat press, so that's good news that a wash can get rid of the waviness. This...
Thanks for the replies thus far.
It is pretty humid here in Sydney, but the prints are very dry, having been made last December.
They were dried on racks, face up, which is how I will dry them...
Hoping for some tips on how to get around a problem. I'm using a heat press to flatten fibre prints - there are sixty of them, 16x20 inches, Ilford MGWT. The prints were air dried and are reasonably...
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Eugene Atget - pursued a grand vision in relative obscurity.
google image search has some photos of him at work. Looks like he is mostly using 8x10 with a wide angle lens. I'm saying wide angle based on the apparent distance from lens board to film plane in...
Just wait until you read all the mixed reviews on tray processing... :)
I do inversion processing with MOD54, four to six sheets, no problems with sheets moving.
I have a MOD54, which I like, but you have to use one litre no matter how many sheets you are doing. For me that's not a problem as I usually have four or more sheets to do.
That new SP-445 system...
The Arista lith film is exact 4x5 inches which is too big for 4x5 film holders (confusing I know).
What we call '4x5' film is actually a tiny bit smaller than 4x5 inches.
I recall that freestyle...
https://whystoptime.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/4x5-nas-fp4-rodinal-150mm-fernpot-copy.jpg
Ilford FP4 at 100 in Rodinal 1+50
Chamonix 045N2 with Rodenstock Sironar N 150mm
Scanned with Epson...
https://whystoptime.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/4x5-day5-foma200-nas-210mm-sun-copy.jpg
Foma 200 rated at 100 in Rodinal 1+50
Chamonix 045N2 with Symmar 210mm using front rise
Scanned with Epson...
With FP4 I would start by giving it one stop more exposure than for a normal neg and increase dev time by 50%.
I agree. When I was looking to get into LF I was considering a Linhof Technika kit for about $3k, and then a guy I respect said to me - get a Crown Graphic for a few hundred. It will take just as...
Stunning photo. Really well done.
I had a Soligor analogue spot meter and the needle was hard to see at night. I dropped it and it broke so I bought a digital Soligor where the readout is easy to see at night. Overall I've been...
What is the thickness of the plates? I'm asking to ascertain if they will fit existing plate holders that were common around the early 20th century.
Looking at FP100C - is it 2,650 yen for a box of 10? Seems much for expensive than in the USA.
Great initiative.
It is subtle, but there is a slightly smoother side. Sometimes it's easier to tell with eyes closed.
That Rodinal colour is quite normal, even darker works OK.
I've no idea about the first one with the dark line. The second one with the clear line might be from some residual fix in the tank lid that then washed over the next batch of film. Happened to me...
My order arrived in Sydney today. I bought a C12135 camera case for my 8x10 Deardorff and it is a good fit. I also appreciate the touch of adding some velcro reinforcing tape to be placed anywhere...
I have a Foba Alfae which I reckon could hold anything. Wouldn't want to go hiking with it though.
I've no idea what is causing the marks and I'm not familiar with that scanner model. The only thing I can suggest is to try scanning in RGB mode. If you are inkjet printing the files will probably...
Things have changed in Sydney since last year.
There was a local branch of Vanbar for buying B&W and colour supplies however their warehouse was sold and due to the high rents in Sydney they closed...
Superb.