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Thank you everyone for your input. I forgot to say that I spot meter the dark textured area for Zone 111. Next time I work out a routine I will try to write down the rationale behind it.
I am going...

Getting back into LF after a long break. I read up on my notes for what I had carefully decided was the best routine for me using 4x 5 HP5+ for general LF photography. Now I have forgotten the...

It is interesting, but I don't like that it takes a liter. I love my orbital processor that only takes 120ml for four 4 x 5 sheets. I also like my BTZ tubes, but of course they are not daylight. I...

Has anyone tried out one of the backs sold by lapka37 on the auction site? He says he makes all sizes and they fit onto the back of a Sinar P. He is in the Czech republic. He calls them Cassiopeia...

Thank -you.
Geraldine

We are going to be moving in the not distant future. I will bring my Sinar P in my car and wonder what kind of DIY case I can make for it. It only needs to protect it while driving. I hate the...

I use 120 ml of developer in my orbital processor, (Xytol for the most recent batch). I have never had any banding. I do continuous manual rotation.
I put little plastic game counters on the bottom...

I have used this Ring po tent for three years with 4x5 and 8 x 10 with no problems, but not in direct sunlight. I like it a lot.

Thank-you:)

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this, but does anyone know of any dryplate workshops or teachers on the east coast?
Geraldine

Itlooks great, but I would worry about getting my iphone wet.

Thanks for all the information. I am glad that I asked. I am going to experiment a bit more with the extension rail attached to see if I can get sharp focus with the rear standard all the way...

I find that I don't have enough bellows extension using my 210 lens close up, not because of the bellows but because of the extension. However if I screw the front standard into the hole at the end...

Re the split diopter accessory lens, I am curious. Where are they sold and do they work for more than more focal length? What are they, exactly?

BTW I got a better result with the 450mm lens,...

Thank you everyone! Those suggestions are a great help. I am shooting 4x5. I have access to a 450mm lens and I will try that asap. It will be physically difficult because the camera will be on the...

I am trying to get a stone wall which is about 2 feet away from me in focus and the trees in the background extremely out of focus.
When I use my 210 lens, even wide-open, the trees are too much in...

This forum is great! Now, thanks to everyone, I have a bunch of things to try out. I have an Epson 3880 and I am using Jon Cone piezography inks. I tend to favor the idea of doing as little in...

Thank-you everyone and especially thank-you to Ken Lee. I think I can actually do this! I have been afraid to touch the histogram.
I did not understand what Walter Calahan said about zeroing out...

Does anyone know of a manual, book, or some written instructions so that I can understand how to set the Dmax and Dmin of my negative on the scanner?
I keep seeing that I should do this, but I don't...

I think you are correct on this swapping idea. Someone on the grapflex list also told me that the bedblock can be reversed so the rail is held in properly. I am not going to do anything about it...

I am happy to say that I fixed it, at least temporarily. I went to take a photo of the problem and tried one more time to slide the track back in. This time, I racked the rack out to its furtest...

I am so frustrated. I was having a great time with my new old speed graphic using a barrel lens, and now suddenly the camera will not go back into the back and close. it appears that the right...

I don't understand why I need to shorten the exposure time if I have already opened up 2 and 2/3 stops. I thought you either open up the stops or you lengthen the exposure time, not both.
Anyway, I...

Thank you for the reply. I opened up 2 and 2/3 stops. Was that correct? Anyway, what I did to the lens aperture would not affect the app on the iphone. 25 minutes just seems too long compared to...

I don't understand how to use the reciprocity timer. I tried it for the first time yesterday and got a weird result that had to be wrong. Here is what I input:

HP5+ film.
the meter reading was...

Thanks for helping so much! I have the crown pacemaker speed graphic from about 1951 with side positioned kalart rangefinder. The rangefinder is not actually broken. It would need to be calibrated...

Thank-you! That was simple. I was afraid there was something wrong with the lens.

I am using a speed graphic for the first time and have changed the lens to a different one from the one that came with the camera. The rangefinder doesn't work so I will be using the GG. I can't...

I just got my first barrel lens. It is a Goerz apo red dot artar 8 1/4 ins. I am planning to use it in a speed graphic but I don't understand how it works. The diaphragm does not close completely....

Thank you everybody. I got it loose finally by slowly forcing it up the track. Underneath, the wood was slightly rough and very dirty. I cleaned as much as I could reach. Now, it is going up and...

Thank you all for the advice. I am going to approach this slowly. It has been humid since I got this camera, so the wood may have swelled. The weather is supposed to be drier soon, so the problem...

I have a new to me improved Seneca 8 x 10. I can't get its front movements to go up more than about one centimeter. I loosen the knob on the right and I turn the knob on the left and both sides...

Thank you so much everyone for all the suggestions. I am going to follow up on the rack link and I will email Mr Ritter. Thank-you!!
Geraldine

I have just got an 8 x 10 Seneca improved from a member here. I would like to get an extension rail for it. I searched the archives and saw that someone had mentioned "fabricating '' one. Would...

Ed and Pete,
Thank you for your replies. My first one came with just four spacers so I didn't have extras. That wire idea is intriguing but I like the spacers because I have got used to them. For...

Hi All,

I have started using a Paterson Orbital Processor this summer for daylight developing and I love it. I have bought a second one for a friend to use that did not come with the little red...

I am grateful for all the suggestions. I love the photo of the Graphlex. I am going to pm Leigh
Geraldine

Hello All,

I have an old Heliar 180mm that I want to use for a project on a Chamonix 2n for a few weeks. The problem is that it needs a lensboard that is 49mm and I can't find that in a technica...

I downloaded the ViewFinder for android app, but I cannot get it to work. How do you input data? My screen is showing mo popups or indication of how to use it. I did not get asked for money when I...

Thank you. That helps makes it more real to me. I lost a first reply to the ether. Maybe I need to define a subtopic where the 4x5 can really sing. I want to show the rhythm of a village rather...