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    To start a Web Site

    I use a text editor.
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    What is it about LF?

    MORE RESOLUTION!

    Rise is nice, too.
  3. Can we use X Ray/Sonography film for daylight photography?

    I took a quick look at Kodak's data sheets. They have a blue-sensitive film, and a green-sensitive film, called X-ray B and X-ray G, respectively. I didn't look for an equivalent ISO speed. As far...
  4. Will Digital Photography Cause A Collapse of the Analog Business?

    I have a friend who got a digital camera two years ago. He's always at events snapping pictures. As I am with my Minolta. I come back with an album full of prints for my friends to pass around,...
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    Thomas Kincade: Longlasting Prints?

    Hey, Doremus, I don't care what other people think, I've got a Mozart painting and I love it! ;)
  6. Grease for Large Format Monorail Camera

    I also use white lithium grease - got a can from the auto parts store. It's what I read to use in several sources on camera repair.

    I understand that the "WD" in "WD-40" stands for "water...
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    Digital Printing - What is RIP?

    My brother, the artist, asked me, the electrical engineer, what RIP is. He was looking at large format printers on Epson's web site and said they recommend thi s thing, but no where on their web...
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    WTB: Ebony SV45U or SV45U2

    My employer has Ebony's web site locked out. They must think it is a naughty place.

    Is it?
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    Lens problem?

    That's bizarre.

    I was going to suggest that it is the film holder, but since you see it on the ground glass, that rules that out.

    That seems to be kind of a weird problem for a lens.

    I'm not...
  10. Calculating long exposure for night photography

    The good news is that the $1000 of Polaroids would serve you no purpose whatsoever. The polaroid film will have different reciprocity failure characteristics than the negative/positive film that...
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    Operating a Seikosha shutter

    The M mode switches in an additional gear train to delay the opening of the shutter. Most likely, it is just gummed up and needs a cleaning.

    If the shutter fires correctly otherwise, and you...
  12. Changing Shutter Speeds in Charged Copal Shutters: Fact & Fiction

    How does a throw-out bearing that is being held motionless wear out? Pushing the clutch in and out twice to put the car in neutral and take it back out would wear the bearing twice as much as...
  13. Anyway to orgranize sheet film like quick load

    Film-sized envelopes? Put a pair in each envelope. I've seen envelopes for 4x5.
  14. 4x5 format pieced together panorama questions

    You're going to have difficulty making the individual images line up.

    Think about all you see projected on a sphere like in a planetarium or an Omnimax theater, with your lens nodal point at the...
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    buying used filmholders

    To add to Jim's comment, I had a stand-alone HEPA filter unit (got it at Sears) that I got to filter out dust in my apartment because of dust allergies, but I let it run in my "darkroom" before I use...
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    glamour photos/sunbathing marks

    I got tan lines all over my body. The funniest ones are the ones of my face from my bike helmet straps. They don't seem to affect my shooting at all! I've never had a subject complain about my tan...
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    Basic Scanning question

    I think that if you have prints made of your pictures, you can dispense with the transparency adapter. If you stick with the application that you're talking about, you don't need a direct scan from...
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    Ball Bearings in my Rangefinder

    The manufacturing code might give more info - it's stamped on the bottom of the focussing rail. It gives the month and year of manufacture. The code is described somewhere on graflex.org.

    And if...
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    Eyes Laser Surgery

    I am planning on having LASIK done in January. My opthalmologist, who has done over 1000 patients, is the most experience refractive surgeon in the area, has been doing some form of refractive...
  20. Cambo - Good camera for a beginner?

    With a name like Gavin Walker, you'd think he could build his own camera!

    Oh...excuse me. I was thinking, "Galvin."
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    Warning, radioactive lenses!

    Struan,

    Thanks for the info. I've been wondering what the proper method for affixing and Aero-Ektar to the cat was.
  22. Jobos Web Site And Streaking On 4x5 Negs

    Be sure that the tank, lids, tops and reels are all very dry before loading. The streak may be some residual water that rolled across the film before processing began. Also, be sure to pour the...
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    My Bellows Is Fine

    ...And "fish" is plural if you're referring to a number of them of unspecified species, but you use "fishes" to refer to multiple species. Or something like that.

    And "cow" can either refer to...
  24. Processing unknown film type - what is it?

    Hello, experts,

    A coworker's mother-in-law found a stash of old film that she'd been carrying fr om home to home over the last 30 years. There is 126, 127, and 620 rolls. Some of them were...
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    clouds hunting

    Florida. 2PM. Summer. Every day.
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    Just got a Shen Hao 4x5

    Maybe it is not supposed to have more read shift and swing than what you can get. I don't think many field cameras have much if at all. My Toyo 45A has no shift and only swings a few degrees.
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    Newbie Questions

    You're probably not going to be really wowed by the capabilities of large format until you develop your own film. Even a 4x5" contact print will look fabulous. The Polaroids will be relatively...
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    HELP: Cable Release holder

    I keep e-mailing Midwest about Graflex parts, but keep getting, "Sorry. Can't help you."
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    Flash with large format

    When calculating equivalen focal lengths between 35mm and 4x5 to use a 35mm format flash, be sure to compare the narrow widths of the formats, i.e., about a 4x conversion, to make sure that the flash...
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    old U.S. stops vs. stanard f/stops

    Actually, according to Kingslake (History of the Photographic Lens), U.S. stands for "Uniform Scale" and is N*N/16, where N is the f-number.

    The beauty of this system is that doubling the U.S....
  31. Teleconverter & Tele /Macro lenses for 4x5

    Well, if you want 300mm focal length without 300mm of bellows draw, you need a telephoto design. The most popular lengths seem to be 270mm and 360mm. I can't comment on the relative quality of the...
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    Unusual F stop numbers

    I like using the Uniform Scale (US) like on my Kodak Autographic Jr.. U.S. = N*N/16 where N is the conventional f number. The number is proportional to exposure.
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    Many thanx to all

    Yay! Someone has seen the light and is moving in the right direction!
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    Ebony cameras - where to buy

    From what I could tell looking around on the web, Robert White can significantly undercut the Mamiya and Toyo prices in the US. I.e., brands imported by Mamiya America Corp.

    And I hate to point...
  35. Newbie question: Which side of film is emulsion side?

    I assumed that Jim was kidding.
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    Questions at moving from MF to LF

    Don't overlook used cameras in 8x10. They're not as plentiful as 4x5's, though, so probably not as cheap, but certainly look into them before going with the Bender.
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    scaning b&w negatives

    If color separation is performed with optical filters over the same CCD, then differing amounts of gain will probably have to be applied to the three channels to take into account a non-constant CCD...
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    Novice user needs help on 4x5

    I think that you really should contact Horseman about the proper arrangement of your ground glass and fresnel lens (the magnifier sheet). The most common arrangement for cameras designed for it that...
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    JOBO CPE-2 Plus for 4X5

    I can't talk about Pyro, but I use a CPE-2 for everything. For 4x5, I use the 2509n reel. I've never had a problem with uneven development or anything. I'm surprised no one has suggested the...
  40. Large Format Focal Length 35 mm Equivalent

    Yeah....those are right.

    My message didn't come out formatted like I want. It turned out more confusing than I meant.
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