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Hello folks,

I always get a message by the mailer demon that the e-mail address of Custom Pho to Services (jkh@wsunix.wsu.edu) given at their web site (http://www.customphoto s.com/cps.htm)...

Dear Jim,

Well, I did already shoot my whole Scotland trip with it because I received it directly before I went there ;-)

Here a Scotland shot: http://home.pages.at/haardt/lfgallery/duart.htm...

Dear Adriane,

Technically (according to the German Industry Norms DIN), anything larger than 35mm (24x36mm) and smaller than 9x12 (90x120mm) is medium format. This also implies that 6x17 is...

Dear David,

Technically (according to the German Industry Norms DIN), anything larger than 35mm (24x36mm) and smaller than 9x12 (90x120mm) is medium format. This also implies that 6x17 is still...

I would love to post in a forum where people help each other. Arrogant and ignorant posting such as the one from Bob shouldn't have a place here.

We shouldn't go into useless theoretical debates...

Alzheimer... What I just forgot: A nylon stocking (adjustable depending on the amount you strech it, and how dense the material is) or blowing onto the front lens right before shooting (to create ...

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Be sure to take some test photos in the shop before buying, if possible. Bad (mostly cheap) soft filters often just make the image look unsharp, as if the photographer couldn't focus. The...

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I've got an age old question, but due to not knowing the answer, I have to pose it: How shall I store my lens's shutter to maximise its predicted lifetime (as f ar as the springs are...

Note: I took this answer from graflex.org - it of course works, but just that you know that it's not my own text.

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Advance the the counter by winding until you get past 12. You'll notice...

I'd say that as long as there are several large format enthusiasts all over the world, there will be manufacturers. Even if the huge companies should ever stop production, there will be some...

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I bought Agfa Agefix, and in error I diluted a new fixer solution for each stack of films I developed together. Now I would like to reuse it as intended by Agfa . On the Agfa web site...

Here's the second one:

http://haardt.net/gf2_gesamt.jpg

And a detail of the second one:

http://haardt.net/gf2_ausschnitt.jpg

I like the bokeh in this picture very much.

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Today I shot my first sheet film (4x5") photo ever. I did already shoot roll fil m and Polaroids with my large format camera, but today I did *it*. It was also t he first film ever I...

To be even more exact, a 35mm negative is 24x36mm large (~ 0.94x1.42") thus has a size of 864 square millimetres. A 4x5" negative is 4x5" (102x127mm) large, thus has 12954 square millimeters. A...

I am particularly interested in the Jobo drum 3063, because on the Jobo web site it says that most of the smaller tanks can be used manually, but this one is for processors only, and I wanted to...

Dear Jon,

I can recommend the Acer 1240UT. It is cheap, but it does very well what it can. It is basically a 1200dpi (optical) flatbed scanner with built-in transparency device for up to 5x7"....

Hello folks,

I wondered whether one can process b/w paper in Jobo drums. There is a Jobo drum which can accomodate papers up to 50x60cm (20x24") so that would be rather nice . You only need 300ml...

What I would like to add to my initial posting:

I also thought of keeping (or even mounting and leaving it there until I need it) a Packard shutter as a never-die back-up. I thought the one with...

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As shutters are the most likely thing in LF photography to let you down when you really need them, I am a bit concerned about the average life of a mechanical s pring shutter.

I...

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I own a Super Speed Graphic and just read through the Technika IV instructions. I wonder whether one could adapt the focal-plane-shutter-accessory to the Super or whether there are...

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I just read the Technika IV instructions and I wonder whether one could adapt th e FocusSpot attachment to a Super Graphic... Would be interesting. I just wonder how one could achieve...

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Does anyone of you have data on developing efke 100 sheet film at its nominal sp eed in Agfa Rodinal? At digitaltruth.com, I only found sheet film data about *pu sh* processing at 200...

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I am extraordinarily happy to be able to announce that Pacific Rim Camera could resolve the problem. They have probably mixed up backs when they sent me the non-fitting one. But on...

Dear Dean, my back has two such groves in the middle lengthwize (one on the top, one on the bottom).

Dear Roger, the back is 6mm (=1/4") higher (or broader, depending on the point of view) than...

I was afraid of a situation like that. Pacific Rim Camera told me that it was for Speed Graphic so I was sure that it would fit (obviously that was a wrong information). I will go to Scotland on ...

In the meantime I discovered that in fact my rollfilm back is about 6mm (1/4") broader than my Polaroid and double sheet film holders. Did I get the right rollfilm back?! It has written on it on...

Hello folks,

I just received my 4x5" Super Speed Graphic camera ;-) I did already find out th at I can insert a regular double sheet film holder by lifting the ground-glass a ssembly and sliding...

http://www.fotoimpex.de of Berlin have lots of cheaper films and papers.

Cheers,

Dear Dave,

The German mail order Mono-C (http://www.monochrom.com) sell Wephota Pan 100 glass plates (click "Filme" -> "Schwarzweiss" -> "Glasplattennegative"). 12 plates cost about 35 dollars...

Dear Vincent,

You should try FotoImpex in Berlin, Germany. They sell Wephota NP 27 sheet film (which is actually Czech Fomapan 400 material) for EUR 16.99 per 25-sheet-box 13x18cm. They also...

Dear Pete,

The b/w film I bought costs about 30 cents per sheet, so this is not a problem for me. I plan to do development on my own (with the daylight tank I already bought), so this is also...

Dear Robert,

Here I am again. I just darkened our closet by putting a towel under the door, and extracted one sheet of film. The film was in three half- boxes, a plasified paper envelop, and then...

Wow, Robert. I am amazed! :-) Thank you very, very much. I will today start my first "fully dark" action to get a practicing sheet out of my boxes!

Cheers,

Dear Jim,

Thanks alot. This is what I was searching for. At the moment, I only have 150 sheets of b/w film, a changing bag, a 6x9 roll film holder, and that sheet film holder. A Polaroid back...

Well, my problem is the actual prodecure of putting a sheet into the holder. This isn't described there - probably because he assumed that everyone knows it...

Cheers,

Hello,

I have a 23 Graphic 6x9 roll film back which produces pictures sized 56x83 mm. You should know that all roll film formats containing "6cm" are just using 56mm (5.6cm) - and if you...

Hello folks,

Please be prepared to read the silliest question ever: How do I load a Fidelity Elite 4x5" double sheet film holder?

I know how to remove the dark slide(s), and I also found out,...

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I want to buy a backpack for my Super Speed Graphic in the next weeks, and I won der which size would be necessary if I want to carry the camera with the standar d lens, two...

Hello folks,

I did already read through the Darkroom Primer available on this web site before I posted my question. I now also ordered the book "The Negative" by Ansel Adams.

My "problem"...

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I just bought a Super Speed Graphic to enter 4x5" after I worked with 35mm and 6 x6 for a while. Now I also want to develop the films on my own. This I bought a Doran 4x5" (daylight)...