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Another vote for 510-PYRO, I use a standard plastic 6-ml syringe. I encounter no problems with the viscosity at standard room temp 68F.

Use the shortest lens you have to cover the 4x5 frame and focus at or near infinity. Depth of Focus is most "shallow" and critical with wide angle lenses.

Hi Mike,

My densitometer does indeed have color settings as well as a visual setting. The above charts are from "Visual" channel readings of the negatives. My understanding is that blue channel...

I finally mixed up a batch of 510-PYRO and here are some preliminary testing results. I first determined the EI of each film using the 0.10 over b+f method. I determined the following:

510-PYRO...

Hello,

I have some DR5 positives that I want to enlarge for PT/PD developing. I planned on using Arista APHS Ortho film. If these enlarged negatives are designed to be purely used for PT/PD is...

Jay,

What model of Sensitometer are you using? I've been looking at a few different ones for standard film testing. It seems they all allow you to use either blue or green light, which do you...

Hello All,

I am considering picking up an Osaka 5x7 Camera to use with a Canham 6x17 Back. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Osaka that they could share. Also, is it true...

Hi Marco,

Having owned a Howtek 4000 I could not have been more pleased with the results I was able to obtain from it. Technically it is a very capable scanner and has features such as 12...

I have used a Light Red Graduated filter in B&W. It serves as an ND filter (since I don't compensate) and naturally darkens the sky. Best results were with a sky that had some good looking clouds.

There is a product specifically designed for wet mounting film for your Nikon 8000 & 9000. It is made by a company called Image Mechanics. If you go to Freestyle Photo's website and search for it,...

Kirk,

What particular film are you using for your Architecture work? I would venture to say Tungsten Balanced Negative? I love the magic hour blue quality to them. BTW, you may already know...

Brain Fart..... You meant the 64T Type II CHROME.... What happended to Fuji's Tungsten Balanced Negative Film?

Hello Emre,

At an 8x (30x40) enlargement the grain will be fine. I have used quite a bit of this stock as well as Kodak Portra 100T. Are you making the prints using a traditional enlarger or are...

The only experience I have is with the Cymbolic Sciences Lightjet 2080 Film Recorder. You can image out to 11x14 film at a maximum of 1016 dpi. One problem you may run into is coming across 11x14...

Janko,

Thanks for that Mac OS X tip. Every time you think you know everything, you realize that you know nothing.

The US doesn't have English spelling either -)

Yeah, I read and write American
English is my second language -)

There is also Photographic Traditions of Maine located in Portland, ME.

http://www.photographictraditions.com/services.shtml?platinum

Bob,

16" x 100' ? Are you going to expose it in the Lambda? If so, very interesting indeed.

Eric

Stuck foot in mouth. Pulled out the maps and we were in Boothbay which is a little more south of Bar Harbor, so much for my memory. Oh, well, I hope soemone else can shed more light on Bar Harbor...

Hi Chuck,

You'll love Bar Harbor and I hope your boss doesn't frequent the forum, lol. Anyhow, I was an assistant cameraman on the movie Message In A Bottle (not so great acting, nice...

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They print on true B&W RC Matte paper that Kodak developed just for digital printers. The paper has a little softness to it, so I just give the image a little additional USM in...

All fuji films require 16% more time in the first developer with Tetenal Chemicals EXCEPT Astia. I toasted a whole batch 1-stop this way. I read it on the Tetenal web site after the fact when...

A&I, in Hollywood, is a good "standard" for pricing info. They charge $5.00 or 8x10 C-41 processing and $8.50 for an 8x10 Contact Print. Even "Exhibition" 8x10 prints are only going for $36.00.

I don't get the price difference. Kodak Endura Metallic paper is 0.44 per 8x10 sheet retail and it runs in normal RA-4 paper processors. $45 for an 8x10 contact print is off the charts, in my...

Hello MacGregor,

Mine reads .04 on my X-Rite 810 which is a little under 1/6 of a stop. Hope this helps.

Eric Jones

Bob, thanks for taking the time to answer:

I was looking at B&H's site and I see they have listed, a 001016 for copal and 001015 for compur, I guessed I missed the copal one when I first looked. ...

"The latest Linhof recessed 001015 recessed board have the aperture control, press focus and aperture scale on the front surface of the board."

I have only been able to find this on the web for a...

Hogarth,

I would try A&I Labs. Check out www. AandI.com. They process C-41 @ 2.50/sheet and will contact print 4-up on an 11x14 for $8.50. Their customer service is good and I have not had a...

I second the Shen Hao Wide Angle Bellows. You can change the bellows out in about 60 seconds. Super simple and allows for much more aggressive movements. I use the WA bellows with my Nikon 75SW...

Thank you everyone for your replies. I will enquire with J&C when they reopen on future availability, etc. I been printing on Kodak Polymax Fine Art, which I love, and Bergger Fine Art Silver...

Hello All,

I planned on ordering some and giving it a try and I was wondering if anyone had tried out the J&C Classic Museum Paper yet? J&C's info states that different developers will produce...

I second or rather third the suggestion of going over to Midwest. I bought a set of 3 (75SW, 135W and 210W) Nikon Lenses from them. The prices were great and the lenses were flawless. The only...

I'm not sure of the rules but thank you for the link. I was just about to have some Ilfochrome's made and was planning to send them out. Now, I can drive 8 miles and deal with a printer directly.

Scanning at 4000 dpi on my Howtek D4000 gives me a 900mb file @ 8-bit. When I scan Velvia and Astia @ 4000 dpi grain is just barely visible. I think that you should just work backward from the...

Hello Ling,

The Shen-Hao 617 and 612 film backs are located under "Roll Film Holders" in the Large Format Accessories page on the Badger Graphic Website. Hope this helps.

Eric

Travis,

Unfortunately I can not answer your question but I am curious about your thoughts on the Shen-Hao back and what lenses you are using with it.

Thanks

Eric Jones

I found this listing on the web:


http://www.cambridgeworld.com/fujimoto_processor.htm

If you scroll down it lists a Fujimoto CP-51 Roll Paper Take-Up Unit but it does not list specs. Maybe a...

I can only speak to the Kami mounting fluid as that is the only product I have used. I have been mounting on my Epson for a few months now and have had no problems what so ever. The Kami fluid...

Hmm...we were just talking about his in the scanners? thread listed a little below. I use Kami Fluid and Kami Tape on my Epson. I just tape down the top of a piece of Acetate. Then liberally spray...

Hello All,

Does any one own or have any experience with Granview's 4x5 Camera? My main question, which had gone unanswered from Granview, is: How close can you focus with the following three...