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  1. Re: This has got to be the funniest/dumbest question i have every been asked.

    Back in the early '80s while photographing in downtown Vancouver during the middle of the day I sensed someone standing watching while I was under the cloth finalizing the focus. I popped out and he...
  2. Re: Saunders-Omega 16X20 4-bladed easel parts?

    I can't help with the spare parts, but mine too developed a lazy support arm after a few years. (this was back in the later '80s). I've been using my head to hold up the frame while inserting the...
  3. Re: Field Camera - Which Movements Would You Consider ESSENTIAL

    Having used a variety of "rail" cameras and flat-beds in the field I've discovered that I only really use front rise, the front tilt and very occasionally front slide. My current camera has some...
  4. Re: Loaded 4x5 Film Holder or not Loaded for a trip

    Changing bags... just my opinion here, but I have, in the past, personally gone to some lengths to blacken small rooms enough to change film holders in (while on the job) to avoid using a changing...
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    Re: Taking Film on an Aeroplane?

    In June I traveled to England and Ireland from Vancouver with roll film in a lead bag that I obtained many years ago and none of the screening agents in Vancouver, Heathrow, or Dublin batted an eye. ...
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    Re: Best Places to Retire to for LF

    Well, I'm going to vote for Vancouver Island - partway up near the Parksville area. Mountains, trees (big one too), rocks, beaches, Salish Sea (calmer), Pacific Ocean (not so calm sometimes), some...
  7. Re: Photographer's Formulary Workshop - spare time and the area around Condon...?

    Hi Sandy

    Thanks for the additional info. Sounds like we could be as busy as we want then. I like the "...continue working..." bit.

    I was an early bird before I got married...most of 40 years...
  8. Photographer's Formulary Workshop - spare time and the area around Condon...?

    Hi Ho All

    I wasn't sure quite where to post this... I have the good fortune to be going to Sandy King's Carbon workshop coming up in August (late registrant, tolerant wife) and have been wondering...
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    Re: Pentax Digital Spotmeter defect?

    Looks like one of the LED segments is out. A careful check of a range of subject brightnesses to run the numbers up from zero while checking how they are displayed should confirm that.

    I had a...
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    Re: post alternative techniques

    I am in mid-plunge now. Just beginning to appreciate cheap generic ink for my old R2400 and the colour of cyanotypes made by me. Small starting steps but in the right direction.

    This past...
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    Re: Tiltall owners... is this normal?

    Also...be careful putting the tube back in when you have the tape installed - it wants the catch on the rim of the tube, but with care it will fit. The trick will be finding the right product to...
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    Re: post alternative techniques

    Vaughn, this jury member likes it a lot.
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    Re: Unusual processing - post yours

    I remember doing the Vaseline and paper thing as a young teenager, having read about making photograms of hands, etc. Vaseline on hand, placed on paper, then exposed. I removed my hand and then...
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    Re: Linhof Technika Bellows in Canada

    When I needed new ones for my Technika V I got replacements from Custom Bellows in the UK (info@custombellows.co.uk). They were perfect, in stock, and reasonable (that's a relative term...)
  15. Re: X-Rite 310TR Schematics / Parts diagram

    OK, so no luck at all with documentation beyond the readily available operator's manual. I'm awaiting a reply from X-Rite though.

    I did have some communications with Sam Coniglio (an authorized...
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    Re: Analogbook - The photographer's notebook

    I too designed (and redesigned) a page layout for my 4x5 shooting notes. I'm a fan of the "circle the right item" approach. Fast. But, customized for my equipment and way of doing things. (e.g....
  17. Re: DIY recessed lens board, looking for a solution to connect the shutter release ca

    +1 for the Gepe, I've got them on my recessed boards.
  18. Re: Starting out, no lenses, never shot 4 x 5 before: what FL?

    My starting lens for 4x5 was a 120 Super Angulon - a bit wider than the 35mm I liked on 35mm and a bit narrower than the 28mm I often had on.

    It worked well for me as it matched my vision (no...
  19. X-Rite 310TR Schematics / Parts diagram

    Before I open this box up, I thought I'd ask here to see if anybody out there has the schematics and/or parts diagram of an X-Rite 310TR densitometer.l Or, barring that, if anybody has actually...
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    Re: Lets See Your Darkroom

    A final update on the new darkroom. Today I finished unpacking the boxes that have been taking up garaged space for the last almost two years. A few small items will likely get moved about as I start...
  21. Re: Has anyone used this 3S-KRPC dark cloth?

    Cool a cape for the camera. Sorry, haven't used one of these, but it sure looks cool. I wonder why they chose red rather than white...
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    Re: Driving Down To Death Valley

    Ah, the winter road trip to somewhere not so cold. Something I understand well. I'm envious.

    Seriously though, my only trip to Death Valley was in July and we saw the thermometer in the car hit...
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    Re: Lets See Your Darkroom

    And that's one of the huge differences between our nations...Amazon Canada, $110 before shipping. Home Depot, down the road in Nanaimo, $102...outlet was $19.

    Same stuff, way more "middlemen"...
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    Re: Lets See Your Darkroom

    I looked at the breakers... $$$$$ !!! and went with the outlet (1st in a series). The price differential will buy a lot of black tape.

    I spent a good while in the dark in there today and I could...
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    Re: Lets See Your Darkroom

    I did my first "dark" test the other day - having blocked up a couple of windows and added a new wall and door to the space where I'm building my darkroom. A faint leak near one of the windows was...
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    Re: What are these spots?

    +1 for airbells. The twirly tanks (GAF IFIRC) I used with students back in the '80s were notorious for them if they didn't get a good whack on the table to dislodge the air bubbles. (whack the tank,...
  27. Re: Jobo Expert drum demo video posted - have a look inside an expert drum

    ...and they work very well. It was worth the money. (which was a large amount at the time but worth it.)
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    Re: Lets See Your Darkroom

    Hi Richard

    Really cool finding a darkroom hiding in plain sight once you start looking eh? Now the fun begins...
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    Re: Lets See Your Darkroom

    I can't show you a finished darkroom yet, but it's getting closer and closer to being finally done. After spending 16 months renovating our (new to us) house I was given the go-ahead to start the...
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    Re: Perth, Australia

    Can't help you with a quiet place to stay - we stayed at the downtown Perth YHA. But, if you have a car and the time you HAVE TO see the "Pinnacles". North of Perth by a couple of hours. The...
  31. Re: Carbon-Arc lighting, interested to know anything

    Don't take two D-cell carbon-zinc batteries apart. Don't take the internal carbon rods from said batteries. Don't take an old lamp cord and strip a few inches of insulation from the ends.

    Finding...
  32. Re: Camera/developement/printing log sheet.

    Hi Paul

    There are lots of such record sheets out there. To that, let me add this one - no printing record though, just my field notes. Printed double-sided, two on an 8.5 x 11" page (landscape)...
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    Re: Hello from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

    Welcome. I just had the opportunity to spend eight days touring around Tasmania and was immediately sorry I chose not to drag any film cameras along. (Long trip, tight weight restrictions and...
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    Re: Anyone heard of Wilder Quarterly?

    Nope, but Hemlock did the paper versions of LensWork if I recall correctly. Good work.
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    Re: Full dark achieved, in my basement

    Lucky fellow. Mine's been packed since we moved early in the year. It was deemed house renos were a higher priority than the darkroom. I'm hoping to finally get at it sometime in the spring. I can...
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    Re: "It's upside down!"

    I used to say "shhhh, don't say that too loud... I turn the prints over before I give them to the clients..."
  37. Re: silly question about using a developing tank

    If you go the Ansco tank route, follow Leigh's advice and do be careful not to over-agitate. Because of the non-random motion of the developer over he film (aways this way, then back that way, then...
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    Re: Jobo - worth it?

    I don't know about 5x7, but I've been using my 3006 for 4x5 for quite a few years now and it gives me the most consistent, evenly developed negatives I've ever achieved. (I tried a lot of different...
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    Re: Printing diffusion material

    Last time I needed diffusion, I found the faintly textured/patterned plastic of an "Alligator Baggie" sandwich bag worked better (for me) than any of the other things I tried (smeared glass, nylon...
  40. Re: What to use to mount bellows (Linhof Technika III V5)

    I used Pliobond a few years ago when I replace my Tech V bellows, as recommended by folks either here or on APUG (don't recall). It worked very well though it smelled a bit for quite a while (didn't...
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