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Just a quick note:

You can make perfectly acceptable bellows from readily available fabrics. Get the thinnest faux leather from a large fabric retailer. Yupo is an excellent material for ribbing....

My experience/practice is very similar to JP's, though I normally rate FP4+ @ 64 and development usually runs 8-9 minutes for a normal contrast scene. Developing by inspection I've had times run...

Thanks everyone, and just to follow up here's what happened with the springs: I took Bob's advice and had the steel chopped up at a local fabricator for a small sum. Unfortunately the temper was...

I was consulting Colin Graham's awesome 'Darkshop' blog extensively until it was, sadly, taken down a few days ago. I seem to remember him mentioning those Deardorff springs at some point, and that...

Thanks all for your advice.

Vinny, that feeler gauge stock looks like a great solution! Unfortunately, I planned the back with 3/8" springs in mind and the space is slightly too narrow to...

Hi folks,

I'm attempting to make some leaf springs for a camera back. I ran a 1/16" sheet of spring steel through the table saw and it ruined the temper. Does anyone here know of an effective way...

Holy moley, that second one is bonkers! I hope those prints come out to your satisfaction...wish I could see them:)

Molto, you've stumbled upon a common fix for bellows interiors, rollerblind shutters, etc. It's cool that you managed to match the colour for the bellows exterior!

You could create a mask slightly smaller than the negative to prevent exposure through the rebate area.

Another option, and a cheap one, is to use a 50mm lens. Perhaps not the ideal tool but it works well. I normally focus by eye and pull out the 50mm when in doubt. If you have one lying around give a...

I think Bob hit it on the head when he said that the image opens up as the negative is magnified. Say you had an 8x10 halftone pattern that rendered middle grey at a viewing distance of three feet....

You could wear it around your neck like Flavor Flav;)

I always enjoy visiting Toronto Island and find it very interesting in the Winter. If you head to Harborfront, which has some interesting features of it's own, you will find the ferry docks but you...

I really like the glow on the first one but there's not much detail to bite into...perhaps somewhere between the two.

William Garnett messed around with 4x5 for a long time; he used a K-20 aerial camera as well as an Anniversary Speed Graphic but had problems with the film picking up vibration and causing blur due...

Darkroom disasters: they seem to multiply printing an edition of 20...getting close though!

What's the Canadian source? I've ordered from Fotoimpex in the past as it's quite a bit cheaper than Freestyle...better selection too.

You should see it over here in Vancouver...terminally grey:(

Hi Rod,

Foma and Lodima both make chloride papers that fit the criteria you've outlined(Fomalux, Lodima), while Foma and Ilford also make graded chlorobromide papers(Fomabrom, Ilfobrom Gallerie). ...

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Here's the link to a database that will give you lots of ideas and is fun to browse:

http://www.allenrumme.com/lensdb/DBIntro-1.html

I would think that almost any 250-ish Tessar would cover...

He almost looks as if he's on safari hunting lions.

Some older Tessar type lenses are available in f/4.5 such as the Schnieder Xenar 150mm or the Zeiss Jena Tessar 135mm. Probably lots of others too. These are usually available at very low prices....

It's a roller blind shutter...sort of a cross between a packard and a focal plane shutter.

I've no experience with their tripods but the Sirui ballheads are an excellent value and quality. I bought a the G-20X after examining the whole line in-store as it seemed to offer the best balance...