Question regarding static electricity marks on film:
I use the eight-sheet, Fuji Quick-Change system (Not the single-sheet Quick-Load) once available from Robert White. I know cool, dry weather...
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Question regarding static electricity marks on film:
I use the eight-sheet, Fuji Quick-Change system (Not the single-sheet Quick-Load) once available from Robert White. I know cool, dry weather...
I use the QuickChange and like it, seems durable enough but; I'm not as impressed as with the size and weight savings. Yes, it holds 8 films but because the cartridge holder is metal, the holder ...
Regarding lead bags; I use them but I suspect that I'm protecting my paranoia more than my film. I once watched the x-ray monitor as my pack went through the airport screening; on the monitor was...
Regarding the optical performance of the SS 80-XL/4.5; The persistant reference to possible optical problems with this lens appears to me to arise from a single, early production lens reveiwed by...
Walter,
You're right - Readyloads and Quickloads only (and Polaroid, of course) in the Polaroid holder. I knew my logic needed checking. So that leaves only the Fuji "Quick Change", and old...
Let's say I want to try a new film holder system for 4x5 B&W and am wondering wh ich one to get.
I've been happily using traditional, 2-sided film holders for years but lately I 've wondered if...
I've been playing with my new SS 80XL for about two months now. No problems focusing at 4.5 and painfully sharp at f22.
I can't provide a technical answer to your questions but I can describe what works well for me. I regularly process 4x5 T-Max 100 with Xtol in a JOBO drum and love it. Previously a big Tri-X user,...
Ken,
My experience parallels yours. I have made beautiful 8x10 contact prints with unsharp masks but my every attempt using 4x5 film, in my LPL 4500 / glassless carrier, in a word; sucks. I've...
To Michael Klayman,
Just curious, why would you "not touch" a grey-market or foreign- purchased lens?
Dan
John,
It sounds like you have done a lot of good research and probably will be quite happy with your upcoming procedure. For the sake of accuracy I would like to refine a few of your comments....
For the record, I am an eye surgeon who performs refractive surgery, and I'm a large format photographer (when work and the kids allow). Here are a few personal opinions regarding laser and other...
Here's what I did. Open the box and inner layers in the dark, pull out one sheet, close the box, turn on the lights. You now have invested the cost of one sheet of film to get a practice sheet to ...