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    What killed Deardorff?

    I have been reading the comments on Deardorff restoration. I must have been out to lunch somewhere back then, but what caused Deardorff to go into the tank? I sure never heard.
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    Frame costs

    Thanks for all the good info, folks. Now all I got to do is make a decision.
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    Frame costs

    Thanks. They look good.
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    Frame costs

    I live in central Appalachia. I am starting to bump up against $16.00/each (del ivered) for 16x20 Nielsen type frames. This is a significant increase over what I used to pay. Perchance, is there a...
  5. FSTOP Group Issues New Warning about X-Ray Damage to Film

    I have always been puzzled by the lead bag scheme. It seems to me that the moment they spotted that, they would stop everthing and tear it apart to see what was inside. Am I missing something...
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    Home made print washer

    In a moment of enthusiasm I built one of David Vestal's "el-cheapo" print washer s, somewhat modified to be exact. Problem: Air bubbles form on the print. I a ssume that is not good. How do the...
  7. Is b/w LF photography a"tradition"?

    You are doing OK until you start titling your photos "Homage to....."
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    Update on Fatali Incident

    Well, if I had been part of that scholarly (?) group, I MIGHT have thought he had a permit to do it. I might have.

    As for the zillion $ liability, we can thank our tort claim lawyer friends. ...
  9. Reliable Large Format Film/Darkroom Materials Suppliers

    I have used B&H since the dawn of time, but the last year has been not too good. At least one screw up per order. Don't know why, they were perfect before. Always fixed it, but a pain.
  10. James Thurber's Walter Mitty Complex & Me

    Folks, I realize that it is a lot of fun to run off on the keyboard with a 'stream of consciousness' with no caps, no punctuation, and no paragraphs. Surely you can do better so that us elderly...
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    What to do about proof sheets?

    Thanks folks, I appreciate the input. Some good ideas there. Coming from a family where fights over family memorabilia have travelled over three generations, I figure I ought to do SOMETHING to...
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    What to do about proof sheets?

    I have reached that point in life where I need to start thinking about who shoul d get my 'stuff'. And included in my stuff are nearly 1000 proof sheets (35mm-4 x5 and points in between) of family...
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    A question of ethics.

    I am trying but I can't, I can't resist it. It is 'lo and behold'. Sorry about that.
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    Indicator stop bath failure

    Hmmm! My hypo did not turn blue UNTIL I started with the new fresh stop. That led me to believe that developer had gotten into it, past the old stop that had not turned blue. Otherwise, why does...
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    Indicator stop bath failure

    Sometime ago, I regaled this forum of a problem in my darkroom to wit; hypo that turned blue and lost it's potency. Nobody had a real good answer. Well, I got one now and it does not lead to a...
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    Modified by Zone VI?

    It seems to me Fred Picker had some scheme to test if your meter met 'his' standard. Put the spot on a light bulb that has a dark background and then slowly move it off. If the needle drops the ...
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    print/frame sizes

    I have recently sensed an increase in double/triple matting. Is that a general perception or only something local to me?

    I have also more than sensed a major increase in the price of alum ...
  18. Group posing suggestions/resources

    I was rather intrigued when studying old (1900's) group photos that the women almost always had white blouses. Tried it and it works. Don't know if that is feasible here, but sometimes it might...
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    Sekonic Light Meter repair

    Well, they don't make them like they used to. My 35 year old Sekonic Studio Inci dent Light Meter started lying to me yesterday. Needle looks like it is hanging up. Anybody repair these for less...
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    Where is Zone VI?

    Having grown up without electricity (That shows my age!) and thus not really computer literate, I never thought to check the Calumet Web site. Thanks. Glad to see some of Zone VI is still around. ...
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    Where is Zone VI?

    I just got the Calumet Catalog. Most of the Zone VI hardware (enlarger controls , light meters etc) seems to have disappeared. Have I read it right? If so, to o bad. I have some of that stuff and...
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    Hypo problem

    Mixed a gallon of Zone VI hypo (Calumet) on day 1 and used one quart. Noticed n othing unusual. Next day used another quart to fix 4 photos, each rinsed and pl aced in a waiting tray in another...
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    Spot Meter Disaster

    I dropped my Soligor Digital Spot Meter. I don't know it's history previous to mine but it was much more accurate than others I'd tried and had the Zone 6 stic kers on it. Soooooooo, I dropped it,...
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    What to do about overexposure

    I have some negs that were going to make me rich and famous only to discover the y are so dense that it takes 3x exposure to get a proof. I developed some other s with them that turned out OK so it...
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    A bad day (sort of)

    Hmmm! Well, I am happy to see that there are others that roar off and forget their cameras. I am at the age where if my children found out, they might consider putting me in a controlled...
  26. Where can I buy an archival ink pad?

    Ok, what's archival ink? Of all the problems facing us photographers, I had never thought of that one. Are we looking at ink fading or are we looking at ink eating through or what?
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    compensating metronome

    You only have to listen to one of these gizmos start increasing the speed of the count as the light warms up to wonder how anybody can print with cold light without one.
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    Large format - first impressions

    Make yourself a framing card, a 8x10 with 4x5 cutout with a cord attached. If you are using 4x5, your eye needs to be the same distance from the cutout as the focal length of the lens. Use a knot...
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    Modified Pentax Spotmeter

    For what it's worth, my Zone VI cold light turned hot-as in spots. So I sent it in to Calumet to activate the life time guarantee. After a lot more time than I wanted to wait, I did indeed...
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    Modified Pentax Spotmeter

    For a quick check, get a gray card and take photos of it under various intensities of light with a 35 mm camera using what the spotmeter tells you is the light intensity. Print the negs side by ...
  31. Soligor Spot Sensor vs Spot Sensor II

    What is the difference between the Soligor Spot Sensor and what I assume is it's successor, the Spot Sensor II. They are both digital, I think.
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    Ferricynide black spots

    I use ferricynide to remove black spots on prints. Sometimes a print gets by me and I don't notice the spot until processed and dry. So I wet the print and re move the spot. Now what? Is a cotton...
  33. Pentax SpotmeterV vs Soligor Spot Sensor II

    If you want to lose any confidence you may have in your spot meter (except possibly a genuine Zone VI) read "Controls in Black and White Photography (2nd ed) by R. Henry (Focal Press 1988) p187+ ...
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    Who is this Ansel Adams guy anyway?

    I'm so isolated, I don't even know who Cindy Sherman is! Assuming I have run across her work someplace, must not have made an impact. As for photography as art, the local art colony does not...
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