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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Reminds me Robert Adams work ("Turning back" book from 2005).
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    Re: New camera building! Step by step!

    Part 4:
    http://dadanmafak.blogspot.com/2018/02/budowa-kamery-wielkoformatowej-cz-4.html
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    Re: New camera building! Step by step!

    I will post main assumptions and technical specification soon.
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    New camera building! Step by step!

    Dear LF community,

    I would like to present to you a progress in building new 8x10 camera. Dear friend of mine - Hubert - a great darkroom printer, photographer and carpenter is building a "perfect...
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    Re: Opinion about Fujinon

    I’m building my 8x10 setup for contact printing so I’m free of your concerns about sharpness of enlarged image. We have to remember that final output – enlargement also depends on: enlarger lens,...
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    Re: Opinion about Fujinon

    Thank You Sal! You make my day :-). Currently I'm using only B&W negatives so I don't bother about single coating, sometimes less is more. I'm not a big fan of very contrasty images.
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    Re: Opinion about Fujinon

    Dear Dan,

    Yeap there are not mysteries but in resources quoted by you there are lots of information about old Ilex lenses and shutters :-(
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    Re: Opinion about Fujinon

    Thank You all for your comments and help. I decided to buy that Fujinon. But the seller have one more lens to sell which is even greater mystery than Fujinon.
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    Re: Opinion about Fujinon

    Glass is great, shutter seems to be ok but I will do CLA anyway if I buy it. What about image quality?
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    Opinion about Fujinon

    I have opportunity to buy this lens for 350$. But I don’t know nothing about it. The lens is in perfect condition :-) Could you give me some information about this Fujinon. I need the lens for 8x10...
  11. Re: Tanol Staining Developer Question For 4x5 Film

    http://www.moersch-photochemie.de/files/articles/TanolundCo-eng.pdf
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    First feedback on Svedovsky 8x10

    http://jonasnormann.com/svedovsky8x10/

    :cool:
  13. Re: Anther new 8X10 (and other formats) LF camera made in Italy?

    Ito is the former name of Svedovsky and its made in Poland, Cassiopeia is made Czech Republic

    Michal
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    I thought that LF forum is international community... :( Not restricted only for US citizens
    Maybe it looks clumsy and not as sexy as Ritter, not mention Ebony. This is allways very personal...
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    Yes it is very nice :-)
    The 4x5 reducing back is on the way, it will be available on February 2015. I think that 5x7 back will also be avaliable in the future, everything depends on fellow...
  16. Re: Anther new 8X10 (and other formats) LF camera made in Italy?

    ITO 8x10 camera is from Poland, and now the camera is named Svedovsky by owner Stanisław Szwedowski. And the price is 1800$ :-)
    (I have no affiliation to this company in any way... Or maybe just...
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    Svedovsky 8x10 official :-)

    The web site is finally working.

    http://svedovsky.com/

    Regards

    Michal
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    http://svedovsky.com/

    The web site is finally working.

    Regards

    Michal
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    Re: 8x10" Camera Quality ?

    Svedovsky 8x10 camera! Over half a price of Lotus. Only 1800$ with 2 lens boards. And in Europe.
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    Stability test: Svedovsky 8x10 vs 4.4 lbs Tele Anachromatique 400mm
    Results: solid as a rock :cool:

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    Photo by Hubert Banaszkiewicz

    Michal
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    You mean vertical / horizontal ? Yes back is reversible
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    Yes this is great camera. We compered Canham 8x10 and Svedovsky 8x10 side by side (author of the review is using wooden Canham 8x10 since two years). Off course Canham have more movements, but if you...
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    I'm not sure what you mean :confused:
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    Sorry guys, but in the English description is mistake :-(. Svedovsky 8x10 off course have rear tilt. There are no shift and swing :-)

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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    I will check the shipping costs from Poland to USA (major companies DHL, UPS), and I will let you know.

    Michal
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    Richard, max bellow is 800mm.
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    I just call to Mr Szwedowski - camera maker. So the basic price is 1800 $ (camera, groundglass cover, 2 wooden Sinar size lens boards #1 and #3). He had over 40 cameras ready to sell. In the nearest...
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    Re: New 8x10 camera review

    This is from Hubert Banaszkiewicz blog (member of this forum). He is one of the best printers in the Europe. Price? I will call to Stanisław Szwedowski (camera maker) and I will ask.
    Regards
    Michal...
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    New 8x10 camera review

    At the end you can find English version.

    http://dadanmafak.blogspot.com/2014/10/ito-svedovsy-8x10-recenzja.html
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    Re: March Portraits

    I don't know how about you, but for me it looks strange :confused:
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    Re: March Portraits

    Great!!!
  32. Re: Show your large prints from large format negatives

    From 4x5 Velvia and Astia

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    Negatives printed by someone else?

    After many years of color in 2011 I have switched to the B&W. With Fred Newman’s help I calibrated my workflow. The negatives are looking great. I’m currently using 4x5 and 6x7 cameras and I’m really...
  34. Re: LF photographer at President Barack Obama's Inaugural :-)

    I have marked 8x10 camera on the next snapshot :)
  35. Re: LF photographer at President Barack Obama's Inaugural :-)

    I founded another one :-) It is 8x10 :-)
  36. LF photographer at President Barack Obama's Inaugural :-)

    I was watching President Barack Obama's Inaugural giganpan and I founded LF shooter in the "digital crowd".
    http://gigapan.com/gigapans/15374
    See the last snapshot :-)

    Michal
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    Re: Photographs of Windows

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    Drying window

    FP4+, Rodinal, Jobo
    Ilford FB MG 16x20
  38. FP4+... Rodinal... Jobo CPP2... 3010... times?

    I would ask about combination of Ilford FP4 and Rodinal (Jobo CPP2 and 3010 expert drum). One of my friends gave me times for that combination but not for constant agitation. Maybe someone from you...
  39. ZS film testing...Interesting approach (?)

    Hello,
    I founded pretty straightforward method to make ZS film test. But I wonder how reliable this method is? Please read and let us know what you think.
    Regards
    Michał
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    4x5 FP4+ Rodinal
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