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Thanks for the tips. The size estimate from the photo doesn't look daunting, it could be an end table when not in use.

A full size 8x10 enlarger DOES look pretty huge, though more versatile.

I...

Well I'm starting to think about a project idea, I wonder if you can see any pitfalls.

I have an extra 300mm lens, a Boyer APO, that I was going to use to make a box camera. Then I thought it...

I don't know because I have been away from the forum for quite a while. I'm still active in LF by my own standards, but am getting selective about it. Last year I only exposed eight negs, and I think...

I start with incident. If the day is clear I meter the blue sky, which is usually darker than the ground! If I make the sky zone 6 (open up one from the meter reading) I'm usually happy with the...

there's more than one way to skin a cat, same with processing.

After years of having a dedicated darkroom, I now make do without one. I have a bathroom with no windows which I use only for loading...

I would also suggest to spend your money on lenses over the fancy camera. When it's all said and done it's just a light-tight box.

if portrait studios switch over to digital, that might have been a large part of the market. Once that's done, art photographers should keep the demand stable. Don't quit!

I think depth of field would be your main difference when shooting, with 8x10 it's a little hard sometimes to get everything you want in focus.

Another thing that happens to me a lot is getting a...

I use a stainless steel tank, the longest size, with the standard 3/5" diameter. A sheet of 8x10 rolls up inside with very little extra room. If there is extra room, it will be horseshoe shaped from...

I'm trying to use filters only if necessary, I'd rather keep the optics as pure as possible. Maybe I'm obsessing about the optics, but I can handle and clean my lenses carefully enough to avoid...

I was a little frustrated with my 8x10 b&w results as far as uniformity, so I sent some off to a professional lab. The sheets came back with worse uniformity than I ever had, and some glitter-sized ...

I tried many different methods (8x10) to process my sheets, and always got bad uniformity. Tray, dip & dunk tank, large drum, etc. Finally I tried a small drum (actually one of those stainless steel...

I use a wasted print of the same neg, cut with scissors. I don't try to do anything fancy, just burn in the sky a little.

I have been doing it regularly. Here's a sample:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b225/sobenk/js0063.jpg

I use 85B or 85C filters. Sometimes I'll try one of each, and I usually prefer the 85B....

I was about to set up to take a photo of trees in a park, and as usual in a park there were people milling around. However, these particular people looked put out at my presence. Finally one came...

I found this link with a web search:

http://www.rainierphoto.com/workshop5.htm

They say they carry the new kit and paper, too, and none of the BS about hazmat. Ground shipping only though.

I...