Strange...checking today (this early AM), with Amazon USA, they're not listing Portra in 4 X 5.
It doesn't matter what product you're shopping for, you need to check prices and availability from...
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Strange...checking today (this early AM), with Amazon USA, they're not listing Portra in 4 X 5.
It doesn't matter what product you're shopping for, you need to check prices and availability from...
It looks like the info in an article from April has come true. ...
Which browser are you using? Have you installed all of the latest updates for your browser?
I had problems with IE years ago, switched to Firefox, have only had a few minor hiccups since.
Marc
Frank,
A very good read! Thank you for posting the link.
Marc
So, was the complainant internal to the LFPF or external? (I don't know if that really matters at this point).
Marc
+1 :)
Sex definitely sells!
The highest % viewed [image] category on LFPF, is...Drum roll please......'Nudes.'
Since images listed as 'Portraits' are listed monthly...ie; JAN Portraits, FEB...
As we travel down the 'politically correct' or 'socially acceptable' highway, I have to ask what brought this question/poll to light?
Were there complaints...ie; complaints from the same gender, or...
Milton,
Why, not try your 'thinking out of the box' hat?
Given your close proximity to so many tourist destinations...ie; DC, Pennsylvania Dutch [Amish] Country,
Gettysburg, Bush Gardens,...
In unexpected or short term emergencies, remember your local custom butchers or meat lockers.
Most meat lockers have weekly, as well as monthly rates.
Marc
You might try contacting 'Badger Graphics;' re...adapting their 'Shen-Hao,' 6 X 17 or 6 X 24 backs to your 8 X 10.
https://www.badgergraphic.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=234
6 X 17 back,...
A little side note for people that are shipping internationally; from any country on the globe, to any other country.
The 'international' postal language is French; ie...Customs forms,...
Glad to be of help.
Unfortunately...there is more bad news.
Fuji discontinued production of all their 4 X 5 instant pack-film...last year.
They now only produce the 3.25 X 4.25 size instant...
This can get confusing, so...just to make sure we're all on the same page.
When using Fuji, FP100c, (3.25 X 4.25), instant pack film, you use a Fuji PA-145,
or Polaroid 405 film back...not the...
Do you have a few universities near you?
School is coming to an end, and the kids will be selling off most of their bulkier dorm items.
Dorm size refrigerators abound this time of year. ...
Could be wishful thinking, or from the rumor mill...hope it's not a hoax(?).
From 'thephoblographer.com' website:
Possibly, some of the last remaining, 4 X 5 Fuji, 'instant pack' film, FP100c45,...
And, this sale in FEB...for a pair of Polaroid, 405 backs; $50 USD each.
*Bay item # ( 200900867284 )
Patience, patience, and...more patience!
Marc
I wonder if security checks under the ladies hats at the Derby. You could hide quite a lot in some hats worn on Derby Day.
As mentioned, any USA 're-seller partner' of Ilford film (such as Freestyle), should be able to get/have what you need.
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/
Ph# 1-800-292-6137
From Ilford's...
Another frustration...once an item is sold, sellers are not closing/locking their ad thread.
It seems that other sites using the "vBulletin" template are able to split their 'For Sale' header into...
Have you tried contacting Blue Moon?
http://www.bluemooncamera.com/index.php
Blue Moon Camera and Machine
8417 North Lombard Street
Portland, Oregon USA 97203
PH# 503-978-0333
There were enticing stirrings of a new sleeve/envelope product three (3) years ago.
Not much new from Joanna Carter since!
...
You don't display your country of residence. Warranty language/rules/limits vary by country.
Either a new replacement, at little or no cost to you, or return for complete refund.
Marc
Wow...A $74,800 Kiev.
Remember, too, the char from the timbers, and machinery can be removed with 'dry ice [sand] blasting.'
Was there insurance to cover any of this?
Two, of many videos from YouTube-Dry Ice Blasting:...
The first link below, (and, sub-links within), may answer many of your questions.
http://www.darklightimagery.net/flashbulbs.html
...
In the Bay Area, you could check-in with Samy's, every once in a while.
http://www.samys.com/c/Film/2/543.html?orAttribIDs=1283;&orAttribs=4x5;
If you're sending your film across country anyway, why not try some better quality labs.
Citizens Photo, Portland, OR-USA:
http://www.citizensphoto.com/index.html?page=main_contact
Blue Moon...
There was also an available center standard...it's a bellows-coupling standard, available from Cambo.
It lets you put two bellows, in-tandem, for the extra length.
Using this 'middle' standard, you...
To be prepared, or to prevent sticker shock, do your price-shopping homework first.
Everything is rarer, (less common) and costlier;
ie...camera, lenses, film holders, larger developing trays,...
See if some of these links will clear the confusion.
http://graflex.org/speed-graphic/features.html#GraflokBack
http://graflex.org/speed-graphic/accessories.html#Grafmatic...
For normal 4 X 5...It's a lousy price! $80.00 for 20 sheets...$4.00 a shot.
How about $110.00 for 50 sheets...$2.20 a shot...
Be patient while waiting for reply to any inquiries.
Here in the USA, we are finishing a three (3) day, Labor Day, holiday weekend.
Some folks may not get back to you until Wednesday.
Marc
Blue Moon Camera and Machine, Portland, OR USA
http://www.bluemooncamera.com/ProcessingHome.php
Citizens Photo, Portland, OR USA
http://www.citizensphoto.com/index.html?page=film_e6
For some of the children pictured in the video, more then a couple
of them have often been shown in documentaries about the Titanic.
Several children from the Titanic disaster were never...
Evan,
May I ask what you had to pay for the unit?
Is there a US distributor, or did it come from EU/UK?
Marc
Former LFPF thread on the subject:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?89227-Can-this-be-true-Jobo-rises-again
Link from that thread:...
A very old Cambo SC(?).
Don't figure much more then $150 for the camera, up to $225 for the lens, and about $30 for the Lisco film holders.
Start with an offer of $325...I wouldn't exceed $425. ...
Another possible option for you, initially, could be what are called contact prints.
The negatives are arranged directly on photo paper, yielding prints the exact same size as the negatives.
To...
Might help to know 'where' on our little blue marble you live.
Also, exactly how many images are we talking about? Color or B&W?
Film is film, until you have the exposed film 'developed' into...