Well, Andrew, you must realize that the south shore of Montreal is about 90% francophone. You'll probably find more Chinese speaking than English speaking folks in the vicinity, and most Anglos are...
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Well, Andrew, you must realize that the south shore of Montreal is about 90% francophone. You'll probably find more Chinese speaking than English speaking folks in the vicinity, and most Anglos are...
I don't know if it still matters, but I purchased a 135 mm Componon-S enlarging lens about a year ago. It allowed me to compare its results with the results I got with 150 mm Vivitar.
In short,...
Can anyone point me to a canadian source for 8x10 X-ray film? Delivery from the US is so expensive now!
Photo Club AREMAC, in St Lambert (south shore of Montreal) is beginning its 35th season this fall. This photo club is mostly dedicated to B&W photography. Actual techiques used includes silver...
Four 4x5 sheets is about the same surface area as one 35 mm, therefore ten sheets amount to 2.5 rolls. So perhaps developer exhaustion is an issue?
So the word is true: Kentmere is at last available in Canada. Just found some at PhotoService in Montréal. I bought 25 sheets of Warmtone FB VC paper (the only choice available for now) that I plan...
Actually, Rodinal is older. It was first marketed in 1890 (or was it 1892?) which makes it at least 115 years old.
That said I agree that the differences in developpers are rather small,...
Photo club AREMAC will begin its new season on September 10, 2007. This club, dedicated to B&W photography (including alt processes and monochrome digital) was founded in 1974 and has recently turned...
I've tried a few odd things, but I never developped a warm tone paper in a cold tone soup! :)
Interesting observation, this color shift. I've been doing some split toning recently, and intend to...
The new Ilford selenium toner has just arrived on the shelves of my favourite photo shop. Looks intriguing, but there is little info in the box and Ilford's web site doesn't say much either.
So,...
Unicolor roller with Beseler tubes. I was easy enough to pick this kit for 5 dollars some years ago.
I'd way that 300 ml is way too much - but it could depend on your developper. I actually only use 110 to 125 ml (less than 4 ounces) of chemical in a 8x10 drum loaded with two 4x5 sheets. I use...
A friend of mine who is looking for a lightweight 210 mm lens for a 4x5 camera has the option to buy either a Congo 210/6.3 lens or a Schneider Xenar 210/6.1. What are the pros and cons of each lens...
You'll probably be fine with the film, unless it is grossly out of date. Even then, you'll probably only get a light increase in base fog. Brovira and Portriga are another thing, however. I tested...
Actually, the bleach has a very long shelf life, but little capacity (30-40 8x10 sheets or so, after that it becomes very slow acting). It will keep for months, and even if algae grow in it, it's...
John Sexton? Oh, wow, that would be awesome! But why do I get this feeling that it would cost at least three years worth of our modest club budget? I might still write him, just in case some miracle...
My photo club is looking for a speaker for one of its meetings to be held next fall in Montréal. The AREMAC club is one of the two clubs in Canada that are devoted to B&W photography. A few members...
I have no clue. I bought it in the US through a certain auction site, but for what I know it could be canadian, or even european built. It certainly came fitted with a german lens of obscure origin.
The thing is, old Century all had front focus, while the Korona Pictorial View, while very close to my camera, had a completely different rail and folding system. It is very puzzling.
The "non...
The trouble is that it does not look like the old B&J models depicted on www.fiberq.com - perhaps a later model?
Can you see them now?
Can't see them, really? Any others who can't?
Anyway, I've known the site you suggest for ages and while the cameras you point to often look strikingly familiar to me, there are always some...
I've bought this 4x5 camera more than two years ago and despite my best attempts, I was never able to identify it. It does look a lot like an old Korona form the 1920-1930's, except that the front...
The Agfa 106, 130, etc, are old recipes that have not been in production for decades. As far as I know, Agfa Multicontrast is a different mix, not listed on any site. That said, you probably won't...
I also like Rodinal + Pan F (can't remember the time, but the one given onthe massive dev chart works OK for me). I was considering brewing my own Rodinal in the future, but if it is kept in...
It's obvious that a forum in written text like this one is better suited for technical advice than for teaching highly abstract things such as "vision". We all value vision, but who can teach it...
I've used the same selenium solution for over two years now, replenishing it whenever it looks weak. The good thing about this is hat very little of this toxic metal finds its way into the...
That's odd, the link works for me and displays the picture perfectly. Perhaps becasue I ued true HTML and not the proposed tags. Try to click here.
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/2535072-lg.jpg
I have many favourites, but this one is special. The idea was to produce a melancholy, pre-Rapahelite type of image with this model in medieval...
Suggested times on the Massive development chart are 11 minutes for dilution 1:50 and 18 minutes for 1:100.
I know Mark Tucker's fascinating work with the plunger cam, but I wouldn't call it soft focus. Shift focus or selective plane of focus, perhaps, as it's a kind of mix between Diana photography and...
LF soft focus lenses are financially out of reach for me atthe moment, but I experimented quite a bit with a Sima 100/f2 SF lens and a 35 mm camera this summer. Some pictures work, some other don't...
Apparently, it's over for Afga Film. Their plan for retructuring failed and they are now being liquidated. Operations should be over by the end of the years. Some parts of the business might be...
John Cook says a number of things that are absolutely right in many instances, but I think that he misses my point entirely. So let's give an example.
So suppose I am shooting a model in a forest...
I'll certainly agree with John that there is no substitute for good light. But as I don't work in a studio and don't enjoy the benefit of a lighting crew, sometimes there are trade offs to be made. I...
Sounds interesting. A typical problem I have is shooting in the woods on a sunny day. No matter how you compose, there will always be blown and distracting sunny patches on the ground. If the filter...
Tiffen soft contrast filters are nothing new, but there seems to be nothing about them written from dependable sources... Weird. These filters promise to "darken highlights and to lighten shadows,...
I normally use dilution 1:8 for five minutes or so, sometimes as much as 10-15 minutes. The Dmax effect is quite noticeable and the color shift is limited. Expect slightly cooler tones; but they...
" The original is in overall good condition; graphics have an incredible gleaming paint but I´m afraid of a slight detaching tendency from paper base. The owners doesn´t consider to be worth to...
There was a Schneider 75mm f1.8 Xenar - it was made for Bolex movie cameras. Dan is probably right when he says that you could have a remounted lens.
Ernest: Gauthier lenses? I must get one of...