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Good Morning Nodda,

Great explanation! I would like to just add a couple thoughts.

The bands of infrared wavelengths that Nodda is describing are not the only wavelengths that IR energy is...

Aschillaci,

I ran into a similar issue a few years ago with our water supply here in San Antonio. The cold water, just isn't really cold at all!

In my case, I was running a Jobo ATL2 so my...

Steve,

I'm a bit confused by your comment... do you mean that undiluted replenished XTOL gives better results than fresh XTOL? I'm a one-shot chemistry guy so I don't generally replenish...

Good Morning Evan,

I think you're probably right. I'm going to go by the lab this afternoon if I have time and have them dunk a sheet in their fixer. If it comes out the same as the one's I've...

Jim,

The Kodak fixer was mixed in one gallon batches which is how it's packaged (one bottle plus enough water to bring total up to one gallon). The Ilford fixer was mixed 1:4 per the instructions...

Robert,

You're certainly not the first to notice that. What can I say, I like for my files to be easy to access! Ha ha.

If it makes you feel any better, I do clean it off about once every six...

Evan,

The TMX was a sheet that I just happened to have close by. It was processed several years ago so it's not a fair comparison to what is going on here. I just brought it up because there was...

Good Evening Bob,

I agree that having another lab run a test sheet is a good idea and I will probably do that tomorrow. I believe however that we've taken the tent out of the equation since these...

Good Evening Evan,

One is ADOX CHS 100 ART, the other is Efke PL 25 M.

As a follow-up to Brad's comment about the fog being touch-up base. I just compared one of the "fogged" films to a sheet...

Good Evening Brad,

Yes, it is 100% uniform and I suspect you may be right about what it is, I've just never noticed it being this pronounced (see photos at start of thread).

Thanks,

John IV

Good Afternoon All,

Well, I don't feel like I'm making much progress here. In an effort to narrow down the possible causes of the "fog" I decided soak a sheet of film in fixer to see if the...

Jan,

No, the example film shown in my images were just "waste" sheets that I was using for testing so there wasn't supposed to be anything on them. The same fogging is however evident on the...

Good Morning Stephane,

When you ask if I've been doing this long, I assume you mean processing my own film etc. If that's the question then, I've been doing it for about fifteen years, but it's...

Mike,

I'm loading / unloading my holders in a Harrison Jumbo Tent, I don't feel like this is the source of the fog as it is extremely uniform across the sheet and this is the same tent that I've...

The fixer (and all chemicals) were at 20c on the first run. When I went back and "re-fixed" to see if that would clear the fog I didn't bother letting the chiller get the Jobo down to 20c so that...

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I am wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions for an issue that I'm having with my negatives. As you can see in the attached photos there is some significant...

I'm in Kansas visiting family and wondering if anyone might know of any shops that carry any large format equipment in KC / Wichita / Topeka, etc. I have some free time and haven't been in the area...

Good Evening All,

Time to expand my lens kit... currently I have a Rodenstock Sinaron SE 240/5.6 as my "normal" lens... I know this is considered the wide side of normal, but it's close to what...

Good Morning John,

You're combining two of my favorite pastimes (flying and photo). From my own personal experience I would say you definitely want to take your 5DII, that will give you the...

Oh sure... make things more complicated! Ha

Okay, so here is what I'm thinking, let me know if I'm wrong...

Efke PL 100 M = ?? - I also understand that the 100 ISO is a totally differant animal...

Here's a fourth for Steve! Great product, great service, and great guy! I just ordered "Ultra Fine" GGs from him a couple weeks ago. They came quickly, and exactly as I had ordered.

Couldn't be...

Is there any differance between Efke and Adox films or are they exactly the same, just with differant branding? If they are the same, does anyone know if there's a chart that matches the various...

Duane,

I'm going to be picking up some Jobo drums from a local seller this weekend, by the sound of things they all have the "regular" tops - ie, no cogs. My CPP-2 and Eddie's soon-to-be-mine...

Rick,

You're correct San Antonio is 7th largest by population, 15th largest in terms of geographic area, and 28th largest when compared as an overall metroplex. By anyone's definition it's big...

Thanks to everyone for your replies... I just wanted to make sure that I hadn't been missing someplace with great deals! Right now I'm using Freestyle for most of my film orders and it looks like...

Good Afternoon Everyone,

As I get back into the swing of LF I find that I'm burning through a reasonable amout of film in an attempt to regain my "feel" for my equipment. I'm wondering where you...

I have a couple of questions on the subject of making your own lensboards...

1. Does anyone know of a list or database of lensboard dimensions by camera make and model, (ie. overall thickness,...

Speaking of making your own lensboards, I have a couple of questions on this subject as well...

1. Does anyone know of a list or database of lensboard dimensions by camera make and model?

2....

Good Evening John,

I'll check in with Jim and see what he has. As I said, I'd like to give the local guys first crack at it, but if I'm right about the Sinaron SE 240 not having a large enough...

Well it's time to start doing some lens shopping for my (new to me) Deardorff 8x10. The camera came with a 8.25" Red Dot in a Copal 1, but obviously that's not the best option for this camera.
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Good Afternoon John,

I agree... the 8.25 isn't going to cut it. Actually the former owner used the camera mainly for portraiture as I understand the story. I'm not sure however that this was his...

Well Ken ended up getting back to me more quickly than I had expected. It looks like my Dorff was built in 1953, probably August or September. The camera before mine went to a Eastman Kodak shop in...

Make mine a dirty martini please...

Mike, thanks for the link - that's a pretty substantial cache of information on that site. It will take me a while to process all of it.

My Dorff does have...

I broke down and bought my self a (well used) Deardorff 8x10 this morning. Yep, I know, just what I needed. The former owner knew a little bit of the background, but had no guess on the age.
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