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It's no problem! I enjoy the discussions here. Thanks for all the info. I didn't think of the scanner, will have to check that. Though, these marks are pretty much exactly the same as some I got on...

I was using constant agitation because that is what Kodak's procedure calls for so that shouldn't be an issue for me. I usually don't have many photos at once so the BTZS tubes small volume seemed to...

I thought it was simple but my last batch looked quite poor as you can see from my previous thread. Though, these were lab processed and aren't 100% perfect either. Really unfortunate to shoot 4x5...

More from the golf course:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/9063521052_f1963de33f_o.jpg

4x5 Portra 400
Chamonix 45n-2
210mm Schneider G-claron @f/32

Yeah that is probably where I'll go next. Thanks for the info.

My own attempts at developing c41 weren't going very well so I decided to send the last batch out again. Am I expecting too much or is there some other issue here? Looks like some form of uneven...

A 16x20 Chamonix and custom mount for a nice external frame backpack.

Thanks. I went out there at about 5am a few weeks ago to take some photos because it's a beautiful area. Then I went in to play a round of golf afterwards. I told the guy I was the one out on the...

Mississippi Dune golf course - kind of a landscape:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/9022321514_aa994f9e2c_o.jpg

Chamonix 45n-2
4x5 Fuji Provia 100f
210mm Schneider g-claron @f/32

A btzs tube is cheap and works really well. Definitely do not need the full set. Used HP Combiplan works too.

Don't want to start a thread for this. I started trying palladium prints again and forgot I was using my last piece of Arches Platine. The image looked so much better than my Kallitypes, very smooth....

Gitzo studex:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GITZO-ALUMINUM-STUDEX-PERFORMANCE-GILUX-TRIPOD-W-SHORT-CENTER-COLUMN-GOOD-/230982117606?pt=US_Tripods&hash=item35c79b68e6

Head:...

For Platinum and Kallitypes I've pretty much always double coated with a brush. I would get much better blacks where before it could look a tad spotty. I would put my first coat on one piece of paper...

I use a Gitzo 320 studex that I got for $129 on Ebay. It is aluminum and very sturdy. I've used a Calumet C1 extended way out with a heavy lens on it and it performed great. 4x5 is a piece of cake.

Wow Harley, another great photo. That one has great separation of the elements.

Well I went out and got distilled water and was remixing my chemicals and noticed small black debris in the bottom of the fixer bottle, some caked on some floating. I had let the last batch of mixed...

Thanks for the comments and ideas on what it might be. I've been using the same tap water since I started developing a few years ago. Al, you may be on to something. I think my hands might have been...

4x5. BTZS tube.

I just scanned in this Portra 400 negative. Developed with the Rollei Digibase c-41 kit and fresh chemicals. I haven't seen marks like this on my previous color negatives. Is this a...

Awesome shot Harley. I always know when they are yours.

I like your hand colored one and rollei the best. Those look great. Not sure what the difference in lighting is but those look excellent to me.

I think the section is a great idea. If people have problems with certain sellers they can post about it. Potential buyers can use the information provided to form their own opinion. A Volvo forum I...

Love the composition! Great stuff.

Corran and Sergei, great portraits!

Excellent! Wonderful tonality and composition.

Thank you both! :D I spent a lot of time on the toning. I actually had it much stronger too before I uploaded it.



Thanks. I think the flowers being relatively close meant I didn't need much...

Thank you! I don't know why the Orchids were difficult but I have had them for a while and tried several times but came up empty handed. Also I did this one on both Acros and FP4 and the Acros seemed...

It's taken me forever to compose something I like with these orchids:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8563889568_63ab700091_b.jpg

Chamonix 45n-2
4x5 Fuji Acros
180mm Zeiss Tessar @f/16 for...

Really excellent Greenspeed!

Trickier than color negatives? Certainly not for me. Color negatives get talked about a lot for their difficulty in scanning. But b&w for me is fairly straight forward. Setting the end points and mid...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8381/8527549827_2fef6537bd_b.jpg

No idea why I was photographing here. Just a beat up old area of St Paul.

Chamonix 45n-2
4x5 Tmax 100
180mm Zeiss Tessar @f/22...

You're in the UK? Like Lenny said, send the film to Tim Parkin. The drum scans are ridiculously cheap.

http://cheapdrumscanning.com/

I was always under the impression, and have been doing it this way, that you mount the photo to 'mountboard' which is matboard and the backing board goes behind that in the frame for protection and...

Thank you. No it's just toned in photoshop. I haven't done a Kallitype or anything like that in a few months now. Last time I tried they were coming out grainy and I tried changing about 20 different...

Not quite what I had in mind. Tried to keep the delicate tones but it didn't turn out how I thought it would.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8248/8497486183_f3205bc99b_b.jpg

Chamonix 45n-2
4x5...

Thank you! I knew it'd end up on the softer end but hoped it'd be passable and I think it is. But on the raw scan you can see that it isn't technically 'sharp'. But I am not one of these folks that...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8097/8477872055_8f2f40e748_b.jpg

Chamonix 45n-2
4x5 Tmax 100
Zeiss Tessar 180mm @f36
2 min exposure - metered at 60 seconds
Rodinal 1:100 stand

Finally a new...

Not sure it's exactly what you are looking for but with divided pyro it is recommended to put a small amount of photoflo in developer bath A to ensure immediate and full run off before the dunk into...

:D Love it.

Colorperfect just requires a raw scan so it shouldn't matter what that is from. It wants absolutely 0 adjustments on a positive scan. The highlight and shadow clip range adjustments at the top of...