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Hi Raymond

Nice to hear all went well. I have recently ordered a bellows on ebay from ecbuyitnow. The first bellows i received was to small. But after sending it back and emails with Mr Zee i...

Hello SCM,

Thanks for your advice, is confirmes that the way i want to do it is good. I also want to put special paper between the two layers of glue so that they do not adhere when and where i...

Hello,

Sully75 made a good recomendation! i have bought a bellows for my wistaDX from this seller and it is very good quality. I was about 65 dollar and when i got it i noticed that it was from...

Hello,

I have recently bought a WistDX. Since the bellows was full of pinholes and had al kind of wrong folds i bought a new one through ebay. The bellows is of very good quality! And at only 55...

Thanks rob for your reply!

This weekend i received the negative holder glasses that i ordered from focalpoint. Mike from focal point has advised me in finding the correct type for my 450M-D fuji...

Thanks all of you for your responce,

I agree in general that the APO rodagons are beyond the question of a doubt marvelous. I have the 50 APO myself and it is clearly better than the normal nikkor...

@ Bob,

Well i would recommend myself that lens too :) I have got the APO rodagon 50 mm and can say that these lenses are beyond incredibly good. So is the normal rodagon 80 mm that i have got.
...

Hello,

Ik have a second question. I can get a Rodenstock Ysaron lens,1:4,5 f=135 mm no 4974301 for very little money (say 5 $). I suppose it is someware in the quality range of a trinar.....but i...

Hello,

First of all thanks for al the replies. For now i just try this lens and see what is is worth. I'll keep my eye on a 150 mm rodagon.

@Bob

I have read the specs on the Schneider...

Hello,

Last week i bought a 4x5 inch enlarger for 25 euro from Fujimoto. It is a 450M-D. I have ordered new glasses (1 normal and 1 AN glas) for the negative holder from Focal Point inc. via...

Hello Folks,

Small update on the situation. I have received a quote from Custombellows in the UK. The price would be 95 euro exclusie VAT (19%) and post and pakkage. At the rate for the GBPound...

Thanks poeple for all the advice.

I have send an email to custombellows for a price. But i'll probably take my chance on that ebay bellows. It is to cheap not to give it a chance. And to pay...

Thanks for the advice. i do not thinkl this bellows is usable. The bellows is aready attached to a piece of material by wich the bellow is attached to the camera.

With wista the bellow is...

Hello,

and first of all al happy 2012 to all of you.

I have recently bought a secondhand WistaDX in nice condition with a Rodenstock sirnonar N 150 mm lens for 650 euro. Everything works...

Hello,

i have a nova 12x16 trimate. I have used it (and still do) for 4x5 and 8x10 inch black and white sheet film. I works great. Just ine downside it takes 2,2 liters of developer. The nove...

Gentlemen,

Tanks for your time to awnser my questions.

Since the film i have right now is way over due (1993!!!) i will just use these and not make tests with 120 film. Also i got this film for...

Hello,

I am going to take pictures soon with an 8x10 inch camera on T-max 100. I want to use the negatives for contactprinting kallitypes.

I have two developers that seem suitable:

- Finol...

Hello to all,

Thanks for the info about the changhai film.

And @nolinadan Oke i understand. You mean that the schwarschield effect wil have different effect for the schadows and the highlights....

@altcruser....

Where can i buy this shanghai 45 film? I live in europe and i do notice that a lot cannot be bought here.

Bye,

Gerard

Hello gentlemen!

thanks for your replies!

@altcruiser. I agree that FP4 is probably the better film in terms of quality control. But since i am relatively new to 4x5 inch with a new camera...

Hello,

I want to buy some 4x5 100 iso film. I would like to try either the:

- Adox CHS 100 ART
- Fomapan 100

They are both about the same price, around $20,- for 50 sheets.

Wich one...

Hello Cor, Robert,

Thanks for the input. I think the exposure was the problem. I made two exposures and one came out better than the other. Also because i have no schutter on my home made card box...

Hello,

Yesterday y shot a few pictures on 4x5 FP4+ with my selfbuild 4x5 inch camera. I developed the films in Finol (from moersch it's a pyro clone).

I thought the negs were very thin. Now i...

Good morning from the netherlands....

I once bought a Nova trimate 30x40 slotprocessor to develop paper. The paper is held in a special clip that grabes the paper with two fine needles on the edge...

Hello members of this forum,

My name is Gerard and i live in the Netherlands. I am 47 years old have a wife and two sons. When i was around 25 years old i studied photographic desing at the...