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Wow, I can't believe the number of responses! I just turned 36 and in the two years I've been shooting 4x5 I've never, ever seen any one else with a LF camera, even in national parks throughout the...

Just a side note, Wayne the Ansel Adams show is being held in a different hall than the Weston show (it was very dark) and the presentation is a lot better. Expect a little jostling with the crowd ...

Thanks a lot to all who responded. You've answered my questions and then some! I really appreciate your input.

For the benefit of future cold light buyers, I want to add that I also talked today...

I've been looking into the Metrolux and Zone VI compensating timers and would lo ve to hear from anybody who has experience with either one. Since changing to an Aristo cold light I've had a lot of...

When I tried this it gave me a cool bluish tone that I didn't really care for. You may be able to neutralize the color by toning in selenium but I decided not to pursue the combination any further...

I recently upgraded my old Beseler MCRX with an Aristo cold light head with V-54 lamp. Very powerful. To get a reasonable printing time (around 14-18 sec.) I ne ed to stop down to f/45! Has anybody...

A recent post questioned "why B&W instead of color". There was a number of respo nses suggesting a range of reasons for B&W that it was, in my words "a departure from reality" to that it was easier...

I guess I wasn't clear about ?contact printing' the negatives. I believe that with the BTZS or Darkroom Innovations method involves contact printing a step tablet onto your chosen film, under your ...

Kevin, I agree with a lot of what you've said. It never made sense to me to test your film/development by contact printing negs with an enlarger when you shoot film with a camera, lens, and natural...

Carl, is your low opinion of FP4+/HC100 due to image qualities or the touchy response of time, temp., variables? I'm currently testing fp4+ with a number of developers and HC110 is one I plan to...

I personally would be more than willing to contribute to keep this forum on it's own server. I'm surprised more people haven't suggested this. This forum is better than any photo mag I've ever...

Thanks for the tip! However, the URL you gave led me to an airline's web site! A web search hasn't turned up anything on West Jet inkjet film yet. Can anyone help?

I might be wrong about this but it seems that the contact print is simply a means to an end, rather than the objective of the whole exercise. The appeal to me is that the process would seem ideal...

While trolling through the archives, I found reference to a technique by Dan Bur kholder to make enlarged negs via an inkjet printer. As I understand, the proces s involves scanning the neg and doing...

Of course with a three stop range between the subject and the background, depending on the film you are using the contrast might just be too much regardless of exposure. Are you using transparency,...

You will get a lot more consistent results if you angle the card somewhat to just 'catch' the ambient light rather than just pointing it directly at the camera. Kodak's grey card comes with...

With regard to the BTZS type dark cloths, how do you get your arms in there to focus with a loupe?

Just got my ?new' 4x5 enlarger, an old Beseler MCRX. I've got a few questions w ith it, it seems to be very similar to the MXII/MXT hopefully someone can offer some advice. First question is...

I have a 90mm 6.8 Grandagon-N and use it almost exclusively for landscapes. Although I am not a large format veteran I have never really found any fall-off with this lens at least to the point that...

I've found a number of questions on various photo forums lately regarding a pink or cyan stain on negs remaining after developing/processing. Most answers relat e the problem due to inadequate fixing...

I'm currently looking for a used 4 x 5 enlarger, probably a Beseler or Omega sin ce these seem to be the most plentiful. I haven't heard much information about the Beseler MCRX which isnot listed on...

I recently decided to seriously pursue B&W, shooting Tri-X and developing in HC- 110. I picked up two filters for my B&W work, a #8 yellow and #25 red. The filte rs are Calumet's brand, which the...

As a photographer I personally would like to see a follow up article in View Camera in which Fatali explains his actions and justifies his ?natural light' technique to all photographers. As one...

I guess my original post was a little vague. Basically my question is, would my results be considered typical? To my eyes the light source is very dim, I would have expected a much longer...

Ok, here's another contact printing question. I recently got started in shooting and processing b/w as a sideline to my color photography. Since I don't have a n enlarger yet I thought I'd start...

Thanks for your answers. Bruce, to answer your question the moisture was definitely ambient moisture. The previous evening I was camped at the Canyonlands Willow Flats campgrounds where we were...

I just read the posts regarding the cold weather problems, I've got a few simila r questions. During a recent outing to the Moab area I camped out to get an earl y start for a morning photo session...

I'm new to 4 x 5 and before I started to put my system together I decided to che ck that I would be able to get 4 x 5 E-6 processing in my area at a reasonable p rice and with reasonable convenience....

Since there have been a few posts lately regarding long exposures, I'm wondering what exactly is the artistic advantage of using long exposures lasting over fif teen minutes or more, especially with...

I need an economical 'normal' lens (135-150)for 4 x 5 work. Although readily ava ilable, I'm concerned that a lens from a Crown Graphic or Speed Graphic package will not project a large enough image...

Thanks to all for the helpful responses. It's great to find such a helpful forum, and I appreciate the time spent answering my questions.

I'm committed to moving up to 4 x 5 after shooting 35mm color landscapes for som e time. I've done a fair amount of reading about LF photography, but most of th e books I've read deal more with...