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    Re: f6.8 Copal shutter?

    Right. I'm thinking that if I just don't open the aperture wider than 6.8 it will be fine.
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    Re: f6.8 Copal shutter?

    Thanks
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    Re: f6.8 Copal shutter?

    Probably not, but my question is is the difference between a 5.6 shutter and a 6.8 shutter simply the markings on the shutter or is there some difference in the size of the aperture - which would...
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    f6.8 Copal shutter?

    I'm on the list of those waiting the delivery of a Wanderlust Travelwide camera. There is a note on their site that says "Designed for the Schneider Angulon 90mm ƒ/6.8" but you can use other 90s. I...
  5. Re: Copal shutter speeds B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250

    I'm having it cleaned, the timing checked, and adjusted.
  6. Copal shutter speeds B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250

    I have seen Copal 0 shutters with shutter speeds marked as B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, which I assume represent 1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, 1/50, 1/100 and 1/250 seconds. Why are these speeds not...
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    "Old" Camera repair ?

    I have a couple of shutters in lenses I bought on eBay that are in need of cleaning and lubricating - general once-over. I live on Long Island / New York area, but I'm willing to ship it out for...
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    Re: new55 kickstarter has begun

    Come on guys - is 75 bucks really going to kill you? Large format photography people? Anyone who doesn't kick in is doing themselves and the rest of us a disservice.
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    Re: iphone as viewfinder for 4x5 PS

    Re: Isn't there a way to invert the image

    Couldn't you do it using the rotation lock on the iPhone?
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    Re: BTZS + Modern Incident Meter w/ Digital Readout

    If you have an iPhone, don't bother with the Palm Pilot thing. Expodev has be rewritten for the iPhone, and is available on the app store. Search for 'BTZS expodev.' Maybe the author can't say...
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    Re: Beginners first Thread 4x5 film

    The second video is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_KGv_SqbzU

    By the way my setup doesn't include the violin player.
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    Re: Beginners first Thread 4x5 film

    I use the BTZS tubes as well. I find them to solve a lot of my problems which are similar to yours. If you watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMXQO5ATgiY (and the part 2 video,) you...
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    Re: New55 Project?

    I've been following the New55 project closely for a while. It's not really a restart of Type 55, but a new film modeled after Type 55. One of the main advantages of the New55 film is that the print...
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    Re: 4x5 in the UK?

    Re: I've been doing photography with 35 mm and 6x6

    In the UK it's 6x6 - I know it's hard to tell, but I did reverse the numbers...
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    Re: 4x5 in the UK?

    Re: And it's 5x4 in the UK, not 4x5!

    He could just buy a 4x5 camera and rotate the back 90 degrees.
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    Re: Making my dark room darker

    It's easy. Just get yourself a darkbulb. You screw it in to a light socket, and when you turn it on, the room gets dark.

    See: http://darkbulb.org/default.aspx
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    Re: Stouffer step wedge and film speed

    Re: do you zero on the light without the exposed film or zero on the actual film base.

    A new densitometer should come with reflection and transmission calibration devices. I bought a Heiland...
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    Re: What discontinued product do you miss the most?

    Type 55

    Does anyone have an opinion about whether these guys will ever bring a product to market?

    http://new55project.blogspot.com/
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    Re: Locking ring on a Schneider 150mm 5.6

    Re: Not sure what collar you are talking about...

    The collar I'm talking about is the metal cylindrical ring that goes around the rear element. It unscrews. I received the lens cone yesterday, and...
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    Re: Locking ring on a Schneider 150mm 5.6

    The photo I posed was from B&H's web site. It's not one of my lens.
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    Re: Locking ring on a Schneider 150mm 5.6

    Mine is - I guess - an older model. I found it listed on b and h photo as "no longer available" and there were specs on it which listed the ring as 50mm, which I ordered. Harry Taylor sold me a cone...
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    Locking ring on a Schneider 150mm 5.6

    I bought a Schneider-Kreuznach 150mm 5.6 Componon S enlarging lens on eBay. I'm going to buy a lens cone from Harry Taylor, but I'm not sure what size the locking ring is. He says most are 39mm and...
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    Re: Small Paper Safe?

    RH Designs in the UK has this gizmo that I use to flash paper.

    http://www.rhdesigns.co.uk/darkroom/html/paperflasher.html
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    Re: Fuzzy focusing

    This "superhydrophobic" stuff would do it. I'm not sure it's available yet, but it's supposed to be soon. It's pretty exciting stuff and seems to have lots of potential uses, including keeping water...
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    Re: F stop timer

    I use an RH Design f-stop timer as well. The authors of "Way Beyond Monochrome" suggest that you should make prints in a kind of flip side of the axiom used when making negatives - "expose for the...
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    Re: best method to process film?

    I use a little of each - BTZS tubes, trays, and hangars. I use the BTZS tubes to develop/stop. BTW, I'm not sure why they would end up in the "gear head" category - mine don't have any gears. To me...
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    Re: Selenium Toning Suggestions

    You can also contact Fred Newman ( viewcamerastore.com ) and get a copy of the DMAX newsletters. The one that you should read is DMAX vol 8-2 - which has an article "Selenium Toning for Maximum...
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    Re: Current film availability - a review

    If you have Numbers (part of the iWork office suite) on the Mac, it opens fine.
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    Loose aperture lever

    I have a Schneider-Kreuznach APO-Symmar f5.6/210mm lens with a Copal #1 shutter. The aperture lever has become very loose. Its working and it will maintain it's position, but if it gets knocked into...
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    Re: Artifact (dark ray) on Negative

    I beg to differ - he takes the caps off of the tubes, dumps out the developer and puts the negatives still in their tubes into a tray of stop bath and rotates them for 10 seconds or so. This is done...
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    Plus-x availablitly

    I've seen threads here about how there's no more plus-x, but I just bought some 120 plus-x. Is it that there's no more sheet plus-x?

    It's hard to keep up with which film is still available in what...
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    Re: Newbie needs film developing advice

    I ended up using the technique in this article:

    http://www.largeformatphotography.info/alternative-developing/

    which is a dip-n-dunk method using 3 combi tanks and one combi hangar. My problem...
  33. Re: Plumbing for Water Temp Control + Darkroom Plans

    I use a Leedal temperature control unit which is mounted on a board and also has a filter. It has attachments for hot and cold, a mixing valve (2 in 1 out) with thermometer and the filter is on the...
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    Re: Camera moves when changing film holders..

    Can someone post a photo of a 'bail back' so I might understand what it is?
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    Re: Camera moves when changing film holders..

    Well, I did room with a guy from Nashville in college, and that was in Florida. I think I might qualify for some kind of dispensation, no?
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    Camera moves when changing film holders..

    How do y'all prevent your cameras from moving around when you change film holders? This is also a problem when using polaroid/fuji instant backs when removing the films. I realize that you have to...
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    Re: No more instant 4x5 B&W

    We seem to have something of an "attention deficiency" going on here - the above 2 links point to the film that I bought to begin with (FP-100B) thinking that it was 4x5. That's why I started the...
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    Re: Need Help Omega super chromega D

    Try his direct email - harry_g_taylor@sbcglobal.net....
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    Re: No more instant 4x5 B&W

    Yeah, well that was the mistake I made too - FP-100B is NOT 4x5, it's 3.25x4.25. The confusion to me was that FP-100c (the color flim) IS 4x5.
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    Re: Need Help Omega super chromega D

    I also suggest speaking to Harry Taylor at http://www.classic-enlargers.com - he's the man for all things Omega...
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