That is the correct term. Well seen and well done.
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That is the correct term. Well seen and well done.
Also, are you really going to decide the size of your final print by the magnification factor recommended by the manufacturer? You have an excellent lens, use it to print every size your heart...
Well done, I like it!
IIRC, it was recommended to use your taking lens as your enlarging lens, because it would "correct" the light fall off towards the edges better than a different lens with different characteristics.
If we want to place our archives with an institution, we better start labeling stuff. The Ws: Where, when, who, what, why. It makes a huge difference if the receiving institution has to hire extra...
Elinchrome D-Lite4 with 60x60cm Softbox pointed upwards
MDF board on trestles with cutout for enlarger negative carrier
7' camera stand with horizontal boom and geared head
Pentax 645z with 120mm...
Are you planning to photograph inside/on the premises or just the outside from a public road?
You can develop any black and white negative film to produce positives. There are reversal process chemistry sets on the market (as far as I know) or you can mix your own. I once found instructions...
Bought a camera off ebay UK. Size was not specified, but a reducing back was included. I was hoping for 8x10"/5x7" and the price was low enough to gamble. Turned out to be a full plate camera with a...
Storage too moist? Do you keep your film in the freezer? Radiation?
Beautiful images.
I only rarely photograph weddings, but usually shoot the big group photo on 8x10" B/W and give the couple a contact print. I have asked a couple (who had seen me work at another...
I just wanted to suggest the Super Angulon 121mm. I love that lens: A moderate wide angle on 4x5", a strong wide angle on 5x7", an extreme wide angle on 8x10" (which it barely covers). Very versatile...
What's wrong with using the (petit) original Elinchrom light stands they sell with these things? they cost just over 50 EUR (here in Germany) and work just fine. I've been using my own Dlite4 and my...
Back when I still made larger prints, I would stack up trays with only a small overlap. The water would enter the top tray at one side and drip over the opposing edge into the tray below, entering at...
I have been using a DSLR system (Pentax 645Z with 120mm Macro) for black and white for a while. The other day, I tried it for the first time on color negatives and could not get decent colors in...
My prints are mostly 5x7" to 8x10", i've been contact printing a lot (relativily speaking) lately.
If this is a self portrait, which one is you???
LCD (liquid crystal display), I guess - just like in a watch or phone, without the back light. I read years ago that somebody was working on a shutter like this without moving parts. Today, it...
You have given many helpful hints, but the description of your viewing lights' brightness has been less than scientific :-) I'm sure that some of you own incident light meters. Let's meter and...
I don't dry every test strip right away. Or print for that matter. Fix them, wash them, dry them over night. Of course they change a bit, but I've been doing this long enough to take that into...
Hello everyone,
I just finished my new darkroom and have a question about your experience with the viewing light: You know, the light fixture over your fixer tray that lets you judge your test...
I am sad to hear this, too. My first steps in the darkroom world were taken with TETENAL products, and they have accompanied me ever since. I am by no means an industry insider, but this reminds me...
I have bought the 8x10" and 5x7" reels and used them in my JOBO drum. They seem well made, but I have not used them enough to judge them competently. One thing I have noticed: I was hoping to use...
I wasn't even aware of www.schwarzweiss-fotolabor.de. Good to know they're there, and good to know that they carry your plates. I recently bought a couple of 8x10 plate holders... Hopefully, they...
I have a bunch of late 1980s Zeiss Jena Tessars (50 to 360mm) still unused in their original plastic bag inside the original cardboard box... I haven't noticed any haze, but maybe I should check...
Once, I was behind my 4x5", when an older fellow approached me and told me that his grandfather had a camera like this and it must still be around somewhere. At which point I had to interrupt him -...
I'm using a garden hose quick connector set to connect a print washer, Jobo Cascade, and a hose to the shower thermostat in my darkroom. Works simply and reliably.
You mean, you would go to Paris and leave your camera at home? Why? Or bring a digital Nikon DSLR because you are afraid somebody might want to steal your old accordion camera? That could...
Wephota
I wish I could be there to see the show. I'm a big fan. If you take that show to the road (and you should), consider a few places in Europe.
(bellows extension)² / (focal length)² = extension factor
This factor works just like a filter factor: Factor 2 equals one full stop of exposure compensation, factor 4 equals two full stops,...
That's funny, Sylvia Ballhause is one of my former students (well, of my academy. I'm not a teacher there). Many of our students work with LF. We have a Gandofi 8x10, and I just bought a 4x5" Shen...
Funny, I ordered one today and now see this thread...
Here in Europe, x-ray film usually comes in metric sizes. 18x24cm is common, 8x10" hard to get.
Welcome, Saba.
I would like to suggest a cheap starting solution, but you sound like a perfectionalist, so you might not like this. In Georgia, you should be able to find a cheap russian 18x24cm...
Vaughn, I don't have adequate words, but my thoughts are with you and your family. My condolences.
Michael
I have never used wet plates, but I keep a watch on this thread. The results are fascinating!
Best,
Michael
I, for example, get easily bored if I come to the understanding that the author was just trying to make a pretty picture.
I prefer a reasonably dark hotel bathroom over a changing bag any time. Even if a room is not completely light tight, it's better than the dust from the cloth touching the film. I'm sure somebody...
For the longest time, European architecture has used the materials that were available locally. Here in Leipzig, for example, buildings are usually made of brick, because solid rock and straight...