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Also, note that fixer and hypo are one and the same thing.

Yes, blix does create gases. Be sure to burp the tank every so often. Freshly-mixed blix tends to outgas much more than raft which has been reused a time or two.

As you cross the Mississippi River here in Memphis, you go from the flat floodplain of the east Arkansas delta to the bluffs of west Tennessee (or vice versa) in one swoop, and dominating the Memphis...

I have the Zone VI Tachirara as well. Great camera, and can be identified by it's having chrome color knobs instead of gold/brasstone.

It really does work! I use Caffenol-C-M. Keep in mind that it is a staining developer, so it may not look like much until you print or scan.

Obviously, make sure the aperture of your lens is fully open.
Maybe try using a flashlight to illuminate your subject while composing? Or if your glass itself is rather cloudy and dim, have it...

If stored well in bottles with good caps, D-76 should last six months at least.

The Shanghai 100 he mentioned has paper between the sheets of film.

I really don't think these are from albumen prints. Just this past weekend I was fortunate enough to see a photo exhibition entitled 'Shared Vision,' of photographs curated from the collection of...

Heck, you could probably do away with the lens entirely and do a wet plate pumpkin pinhole. An all organic cam!

LF lenses with their shutters just go into an appropriately sized hole in a lens board and are secured on the back with a flange. There are no lens mounts as in 35mm or medium format, so basically a...

Instead of using a string to get the focus down before the subject poses, try a lightstand. The shiny stud on top can be placed exactly where you like and the brightness makes it easy to focus on.

Eine Kleine Jurassikmusik.

I'd suggest taking your camera out into the backyard on a sunny day and with that lens in place, leave a piece of film for a long time (an hour or so?) with the darkslide out, but without opening the...

In that case, I'd suggest starting with about a 90mm and working up or down from there. On 4x5, 90 is a common standard for wide angle, and 135-150 is the normal focal length.

If you have a 35mm camera, you can get an approximation in large format by taking the appropriate focal length and multiplying times 3.

For one to two story buildings, I'd be inclined to say that...

Charlie, shot at a leather event in rural Wisconsin recently.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/9565168447_d86cf68d79_c.jpg
Charlie P. by Terry Christian Photo, on Flickr

Zone VI Tachihara...

There's absolutely no judgement of the person intended necessarily when someone calls something false or misleading. There's no need to take it as a personal affront.
If, hypothetically speaking,...

Keeping in mind that the meter will give you Zone V, it doesn't matter what you meter on the face. If the spot you decide to meter is what you want to be at Zone V, then fine. If not, adjust your...

I've made a spreadsheet of all my gear, with serial numbers, in Google Drive. Simple and easy to be viewed and updated from anywhere I am.

Hello from Memphis, Al, and welcome!

1.25 x the original development time is usually a good start for a one-stop push. See the manufacturer's spec sheet on your film, as it might give you further information.

In the event you find that you lack the requisite chicken to sacrifice, the fellow photographer you brought along will do in a pinch, especially if he has been highly annoying during the trip. ...

Learning how to manage and shoot LF generally takes more than 30 days. Use that time wisely in learning from others' mistakes while you're waiting. Screwing up LF shots is frustrating, and...

Subtle and ghostly. I love it.

Test self-portrait, shot with my new-to-me Gundlach Korona 5x7 using 4x5 back, Graphex Optar 135/4.7, Shanghai 100, Rodinal 1+100 stand:
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Trust the process.

In other words, respect the fact that you have to walk before you learn to run. You may get frustrated, but someone else has been there before and used their same frustration...

I do the "taco method," four sheets at a time in a Paterson tank. Easy. Soon I'm planning to try the Unicolor drum method to see if I like it better.

I'm not sure if film cut in half will fit the film holders of your desired size, but it should be mighty close. I routinely cut 8x10 photo paper and x-ray film in quarters to fit 4x5 holders, and...

No, you're just fine and you needn't feel guilty about shooting roll film in a 4x5 camera.
Of course, people will give you many reasons why they shoot view cameras; but availability of movements are...

True, Sevo. That's why I posted my clarification. And you're right about his probably meaning hypo-clear instead of fixer.

First, "hypo" never means hypo clearing agent. "Hypo" = fixer, so hypo clearing agent is an agent that help to clear remaining fixer from film and paper.

If you have a bag that makes 5 liters...

My experience is that it doesn't matter, but I scan emulsion side up. If I'm scanning 35mm or 120 that has a tight curl so that I get Newton's rings, I flip it over to emulsion side down to scan and...

True, Jody, but I was talking about a slightly protracted normal developing time, not stand/semi-stand development.

Who adds Photo-Flo to their developer?!

Raffay, your photograph of your family is beautiful!
You should compose with more of your family in the image and less of the wall above them. And yes, you might want to change to a higher f-stop...

If you want a longer developing time, use unofficial "dilution H": make the dilution half as much (1:63 as opposed to 1:31), and develop for double the time, which would be about 9'.

Yes. If you need more info, check the information given at the parent site of this forum.
But basically: the front and rear lens cells screw into the shutter. The shutter goes into the hole in...

Tigger, it might make more sense to fashion your own lensboard instead of cutting down another. Just get a piece of black matboard and cut to fit. Measure the size hole you need and you might then...

I bought my Calumet 540 monorail off APUG for roughly $100-120, and it has removable/interchangeable bellows. It would be an ideal camera for teaching students, as everything is open and accessible.