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    Re: Duckboards on sink floor

    1x2 redwood strips over three lengthwise strips.
    Michael
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    Re: Using Multiple Cameras

    I use cameras by Deardorff--8x10 OS, 8x10 new, 5x7 OS; Busch 4x5; Leica IIIa, M2.
    There is no problem switching as I chose them for what they can do and how they work. The others I have sold or...
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    Re: how many use Durst 138 enlargers

    I have a 138 with an adapted color head, although I only do B/W. The enlarger came that way!
    Michael
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    Re: Least malodorous sink coating?

    I've been using a plywood sink for about 25 years. I use a polyurethane exterior finish and recoat about every 10 years or so.
    Michael
  5. Re: RPM for Jobo 3010 with Beseler motor base?

    I have the same base and replaced the switch with a dimmer suggested by an electrical supply store. It works OK and can be dialed down to about 28 rpm. film development is even and repeatable with...
  6. Re: Best way to develop 4x5 in PMK, new to Pyro

    I use a Bessler tube and base for processing. I modified the base by putting in a varaible switch and set it to the slowest rate I can get it to turn at. Total cost: base $15, tube $1, switch $19.95....
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    Re: Phases of an LF photographer??

    All of the above applies. Just remember that the image is its own justification. The image either works, then whatever you did id OK; or it doesn't, in which case whatever you did was not sufficient....
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    Re: Kodak Pack Film (4x5)

    I have one in a box if you want to pay the shipping...
    Michael
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    Re: cheap bellows repair?

    I've used black silicone sealant--it can be brushed quite thin, dries pliable, permanent, after dry, won't stick to anything, and seems to be opaque as a hole-plugger. It can be applied inside or...
  10. Re: For 4X5 Field camera Gitzo Carbon fiber or Aluminum

    However, a $99 Tiltall does exactly the same thing, albeit a few seconds slower and without as much pride of ownership.

    There are plenty of good options. We haven't even discussed nice wooden...
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    Re: Greetings from Altenburg/Germany

    Gleichfals! Herzlich wilkommen, uva...
    Michael (aus Indiana)
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    Re: New article: the 5x7 format

    with the advant of high-end --> advent
    5x7 gear is not much more heavier or bigger --> delete "more", insert "so" after "not"
    While five years ago there was only a couple of field 5x7 --> "were"...
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    Re: Greetings from Twin Cities, Minnesota.

    Are you at the Art Institute? I was there for a conference a long time ago and was impressed with the whole place and the beauty of it. Any one of the often mentioned view camera books will be of...
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    Re: Super Clouds

    Thanks, Frank!
    Michael
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    Re: Aimlessly wandering about the woods

    In 1997 in Rocky Mtn Nat Pk, mountain lions were eating people. I saw several warnings with details of recent mishaps while hiking photographing there. Never saw one, but we were travelling in pairs....
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    Re: Paint/Color for Darkroom Sink

    I have my 27in. x 8 ft. CDX plywood sink coated with a couple of coats of exterior grade polyurethane and I have to recoat it about every 15 years -- done twice so far.
    Michael
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    Re: Paddy from Ireland

    Welcome, Paddy! Hoist a few pints of bitter for me as well. The cornfields of Indiana are gray with envy.
    Michael
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    Re: Hello from Austria

    Hallo, Armin!
    Beim Deutsch--ja, sicher! Sonst bekomme ich keine Uebung. Im Moment unterrichte ich nur Englisch...
    Michael
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    Re: backpack for 11x14

    I use a Kelty Redwing (lg) for my 8x10 and have about 4 inches estra on the side and top, and enough space in the front for 6 film holders. If you post dimensions of the camera and holders, I will...
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    Re: Making a darkcloth

    I used a piece of black bellows material. I have replaced it with a piece of black rubberized raincoat material. In a downpour it is waterproof, folds small (6x8x1/2 inch), and is quite dark. I paid...
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    Re: Star D Tripod

    I have a Marchioni Tiltall and a Star D tripod and the handles from the Marchioni will fit the Star D, but the locking mechanisms, legs, and column do not.
    Michael
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    Re: Hello from Austria

    Hallo, Stewy!
    What is the name of the German LF site? I am a former German teacher and would like to see what they do. Wie heisst diese Site? Ich bin ehemaliger Deutschlehrer und sehe gern was da...
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    Re: Hi from Western Australia

    Welcome, Nicole!
    Michael
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    Re: Hi from Brazil

    Welcome, Enio!
    Michael
  25. Re: So, IS black & white photography on its way out?

    The same basic argument was used to decry the death of painting as a result of photography, the death of lithography due to the offset press, and the death of the spear at the introduction of the bow...
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    Re: Builing a 7x17 camera

    4x10 can be had with a splitter from an 8x10. 5x8 and 4x5, also. For a cheaper way to get there, and 8x10 film will always be available. Perhaps not as snazzy as a 7x17, but perhaps more practical,...
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    Re: True large format digital camera

    http://www.gigapxl.org/

    Defining the upper limits of large-format photography, digital scanning and image processing, custom-built Gigapxl™ cameras capture images with unprecedented resolution.
    ...
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    Re: Hello from Los Angeles

    Greetings from the midwest. With the way things in ULF are going, is 4x5 even LF any more? I once worked a little with a truly UULF camera--19 ft long, 5x7 ft back 7x9 ft copy board, lens like the...
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    Re: Not sure wether to post a

    There was a bit about "World War Z" on NPR today. Should we be worried about photographing public monuments? interesting people on the street? mountains? I think it should be a matter of personal...
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    Re: 8 by 10 film??

    Go for 8x10--if the film were to stop, there will be paper--just like in the good old days. Seriously, the reports of the death of 8x10 film are greatly exaggerated...
    Michael
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    Re: Fired up my homebuilt enlarger!

    Great idea. This is the kind of thinking that the pioneers in photograohy did. By the way, when you want a really big print and project on the wall, do you have to tilt the house?
    Michael
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    Re: No zooms in LF?

    And as for cheap: price a new Phillips 8x10, a couple of new lenses, film, darkroom, enlarger, etc. and see whether a small house might be cheaper... And that doesn't even include the digital stuff...
  33. Re: Student Essays on field trip to Ansel Adams Exhibit

    As an English teacher, I can affirm that the sale of essays goeth forth (and fifth and sixth). Mastercard, et al. What language do these students speak? I looks nothing like the English of many of my...
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    Re: Best Handheld 4X5?

    I would go for a Busch Pressman model D, 135 f3.8 Xenar (Linhof) and a Grafmatic (6 shot) filmholder. It is smaller than the Graphics or Technicas, all metal, has Kalart Vue-Focus top rangefinder and...
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    Re: Josef Sudek Euro LF pioneer?

    As for strange: remember Franz Kafka is from Prague. I think the "strangeness" is from the compacted cross-fertillizing nature of the "East meets West" cultures and the dark, dramatic landscape....
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    Re: Crazy people paying crazy prices!

    P. T. Barnum: "There is a sucker born every minute, and that is enough to make a pretty good living on".:p
    Michael
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    Re: Film Loading for Dummies

    I always set up my holders empty, but set with the unexposed slide out. I pull the slide open about an inch or two, holding the holder in my left hand (I'm right handed). I open the flap and locate...
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    Re: Favorite darkroom gadgets?

    Radio.
    Michael
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    Re: Resin Versus Fiber Base

    I use fiber, but have students with whom I work use plastic, because it is easier with which to work.
    Michael
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    Poll: Re: Poll: What is your favorite B&W Film

    LF=HP5, 35mm=Pan F
    Michael
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