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    A weekend Platinum/Paladium Workshop

    UC Santa Cruz Extension is offering a weekend (Feb.9th, 10th., & 11th) Platinum / Paladium workshop in Santa Clara, CA. that will be taught by Jan Pietrzak. This is a Friday evening, All day Sat.&...
  2. A Large Format Platinum/Palladium Retreat

    This will be a week long immersion into learning Large Format and Platinum/Palladium printing.
    The first part of the week will be using LF and making good LF negatives.
    The second part will be...
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    Re: 5 X 7 Toyo ??????

    [QUOTE=Don Cameron]Hi All

    I have been photographing for more years than I would ike to admit (30+), and I own a lot of Toyo cameras. (2) monorails (1) 45A field and (2) 8 X 10's, a G monorail,...
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    5 X 7 Toyo ??????

    Hi All

    I have been photographing for more years than I would ike to admit (30+), and I own a lot of Toyo cameras. (2) monorails (1) 45A field and (2) 8 X 10's, a G monorail, and a M field. Now...
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    Re: TABLE TOP lIGHTING WORKSHOP

    The Correct URL for this workshop is:http://www.doncameron.com/images/Lighting%20WKSHP.jpg

    Sorry but I am not smart enough to get back in to edit. God I hate computers

    Don
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    TABLE TOP lIGHTING WORKSHOP

    Late notice, but I just got a couple of cancels.

    For those of you who are in the San Francisco Bay area, this is a great way to learn about lighting small objects as art or product shots. It use...
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    A Table Top Lighting Workshop

    I know this is late notice, but I didn't realize you could post workshops here.

    A small product/artwork, ect. lighting workshop in one of the nicest commercial photography studios in Northern...
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    Fixing the tape on film holders?

    I have a roll of film holder flap tape, but do not know what type of glue to use.
    anyone have experience on this.
    Duct tape works, but only if you don't mind redoing every few (very few) years.
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    problem w/Pro compendium on Toyo VX125

    I think you have the wrong shade!

    The one you need is the field model, which is smaller in over all size, and uses a smaller top mounting block.

    I own both and they are quite different. I think...
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    Mole Richardson Lighting for Portait Work

    Hi

    Your first problem will be electrical power! Most homes have 110/120 volt, 15 amp outlets.

    Most big studios have many 25 amp outlets, and one or two 220v 40amp outlets.

    You must also note...
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    Large Format/Platinum-Palladium workshop

    A large format Platinum/Palladium workshop will be held in Virginia City, NV at The Saint Mary’s Art Center at the end of August/first of September. It will be a week long affair w/lodging; with...
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    printing with a VC head.

    I have just aquired a Orental VC Head, and I have a simple question.

    I am testing a lot of papers in trying to find a cold tone paper I like, but the manual does not say what settings to use when...
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    fuji neopan 8x10

    Percy

    Fuji does not import Neopan sheet film out of Japan. The sheet film is a different emulsion and not even close to the wonderful roll film (& 35mm) that we get here. I had a freind bring me...
  14. Thread: Omega 45d

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    Omega 45d

    Hi Jeff

    I own six Toyo's, and all use the same board except for the 45A witch is a smaller flat style.

    This includes all of the 8 X 10 ,and 4X5's. There is one 4 X 5 monorail that has a tapered...
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    Jones Root Beer labels...???

    Ansel put his images on coffee cans, and they are worth a prety penny nowdays.

    www.doncameron.com
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    8 x 10 & Polaroid PN

    I saw the post on LF camera sales and wondered how many of you would buy an 8X10 camera if Polaroid would make their PN available? I know they made some for the last big show, but decided there...
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    Metered Light Pocket Spot Availability

    Hi

    I have a Metered Light Pocket Spot and they are great meters! Was within a third of a stop with my Two Pentaxes (Digital, and anolog) They are a little remiss about returning e-mails or phone...
  18. Thread: ROLL CALL

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    ROLL CALL

    Once in the morning with good strong coffee gets the blood moving!

    www.doncameron.com
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    spring desert trip

    Derek

    You should check with The National Park news on the web, as Death Valley is a mess right now.

    They had some heavy flooding in September, and a lot of the roads are closed.

    Hwy 190 is...
  20. advice on Congo 210mm 6.3 and Wollensak 127mm 4.5?

    Hi Cindy

    The Omega E was/is the bottom of the line for TOYO. The bellows is not interchangeable, and most of the parts are plastic. They wear out very quickly, and are hard to lock down tight...
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    Seeking Philip Hyde

    Hi

    Phil does live in Taylorsville, but he has gone blind in the last few years.

    His wife died a couple of years ago, and one of their children was helping take care of him. I'm not sure of his...
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    Homeland security blues

    "What does this have to do with LF?"

    If the last two or three generations of our peers would have had to put up with this crap, there would be little, or no LF photographs to look at!

    It is...
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    really dumb step wedge question

    Max

    You take pictures of positive step wedges, and the negative types are used in the darkroom.

    www.doncameron.com
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    Metrolux II Source

    Michael

    Try <meteredlight.com> on the web. I know both of them well, and I don't think they are out of business. Carl (sales?) lives up in San Francisco, and Erik (the electronic guru) lives...
  25. forte fotrepan 200 in rodinol @ 10 min 68deg too light.

    You can develop untill hell freezes over and they will still be thin. Exposure sets the shadows, and development sets the highs.

    Quite obviously the film is not 200asa., but more like Michaels...
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    Fixing Fuji Neopan Acros 100

    Rob

    I would think the old rule of twice the time it takes to clear would be a safe bet. Do a snip test, or use a sheet to check (in daylight) how long it takes to clear, and double that time. Old...
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    Specs for film to camera back distance.

    I posted a question about fresnel lenses on a crown graphic, and they were an option in the later years. Well I was dissapointed in the performance of the Kodak 127mm Ektar that came with it, so I...
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    Fresnal (sp) lens and Crown Graphics

    I have purchased a Crown Graphic camera, and it has a fresnal (SP) lens in front of the ground glass. I don't think that it was a stanard item, and I'm wondering if it is altering the focus? If not,...
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    Palladium/Platinum Prints

    Henry

    Call or e-mail Bostick & Sullivan in Santa Fe NM.

    They are the major(?) supplier of Pt/Pl. materials in the U.S. and have a large network of photographers that they could point in your...
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    Battle of the 600mm

    The Fujinon C is the smallest,lightest, and my second choice. The Red Dot Artar(serial # starting in the 80's) in a large Copal 3 is my 1st. choice The other two are not even close, and I've owned...
  31. Listing of Photograph Departments or Schools

    www.ucsc-extension.edu/main/index.html

    This is a good workshop program

    Don Cameron

    www.doncameron.com
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    Red Dot Artars

    Does any know if there are any Red Dot Artars made between the 19 inch, and the 24 inch?
  33. Can Color Densitometers Also Do Black and White?

    Hi jerry

    Yes color densitometers will do B&W negs, I teach a lot of B&W negative classes, and I own four densitometers. I have two old? Kodak opticals, and two newer X-rite digitals. The old...
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    Mailing film

    Hi Bob

    After 9-11, the Post office is iradiating all mail and X-raying any thing 14oz or more. You might want to check what UPS and Fed X are doing before mailing anything
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    What lenses to take for Sierra trip

    Hi If your working close to the car, why not take them all.Lenses don't take up much room, and you can pick which you want to walk with at will. The air is thin up there, and therefore the sky...
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    Beseler 45HC enlarger or Omega D-3?

    Spencer

    If your familiar with the Bessler, why change. I like Omegas, but would never get a D-3. Lens boards/autofopcus rails are very expensive, and hard to find. Lenes must match the board,...
  37. My Omega D2V (mint condition) has fall off; top corners are wider than bottom corners. Aligninment adjustments appear non-exisistant. I print 4x5. HELP!

    Charlie It sounds as if you using too short a lens (135mm??) Except for Fuji W's most lenses need to be 150mm to cover a 4 X 5 neg. Fuji has a slightly bigger field of view The top and bottom...
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    M. Smith & P. Chamlee San Jose workshop

    I am trying to find the gentelman who was orginizing a Michael Smith, and Paula Chamlee workshop at my studio in San Jose. This was going to be a class on Azo contact printing, and was cancelled for...
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