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    Re: Plate Camera Question

    Mike - I just measured several old plates (Ilford and Wellington brand) and they are barely 2mm thick. The glass I get from the local picture framers (far cheaper than buying from a glazier,...
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    Re: Plate Camera Question

    I have several old plate cameras that I use with film. I use the wooden plateholders that came with the cameras, and cut a piece of plastic to the same size as the plate aperture. It is then pushed...
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    Re: Is my epson 4870 dead??

    Paul - mine has done the same thing three times in the past year. On the first two occasions turning the scanner off, unplugging the firewire cable, turning the scanner back on and re-inserting the...
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    Lens designs with swirliest bokeh?

    It's a lovely picture, but I think that some of the "swirliness" is due to the background vegetation moving during a long exposure. I've seen similar examples from collodion negs where the movement...
  5. UK Repairer Needed for Minolta Flashmeter IV

    I chased-up Minolta after your reply, Rob, and finally got a price from them - £101 for the standard service charge. I thought that I could buy a good second-hand meter for that, so I reckoned I...
  6. UK Repairer Needed for Minolta Flashmeter IV

    Thanks Rob - tried Minolta, but haven't had any response to my query and I'm not clever enough to work out which part is kaput to fix it myself!

    Regards,
    Neil.
  7. UK Repairer Needed for Minolta Flashmeter IV

    Hi,

    I am a UK LF photographer. I have a Minolta Flashmeter IV that has developed a fault: the slider bar that alters the f-stop/ISO/time values up and down has got a bit finicky. It moves the...
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    photo on glass

    Hello Lois,

    A method that was quite popular at one time consisted of taking a print made on albumen paper and fixing this to a sheet of glass. I'm not quite sure what was used to fix the print to...
  9. Cold Cathode light and Variable contrast paper

    Hello Colin,

    I have used a DeVere cold-cathode with below the lens filters for five years or so (just got a dichro head, though). The output from the DeVere cc head has quite a strong blue...
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    Speaking of shutter releases

    Hi Calamity!

    I have a very similar one and use it with both medium and large format with no problems. I got another one cheap, too, and shortened it to about a yard long and use it just like a...
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    An open letter to Ron Wisner

    Well done Lars - seems like making this public was the only way to get your hard-earned cash back after so long, and that's a crying shame. The only way I'll ever buy a Wisner is via anyone else...
  12. New article by Paul Owen: Black Jacket focus cloth

    Robert - that's exactly what I did. thin black inner, lightweight rubberised outer, four seams on a sewing machine. Cost a few pounds. Doubles as a waterproof throw-over for the camera if (when -...
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    Removing a stuck nut...

    Hi - I have had to do this, too. I cut the ring with a dremel - the disk was as thick as screwdriver blade. Before getting all the way through, insert a screwdriver and lever the ring - hopefuly it...
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    Marking 4x5 negatives

    Hi Calamity!

    I'm glad to see that you have got the process working, especially since the fault wasn't yours but Rocklands! I collect old photos (late 1890s onwards mostly) and a large number of...
  15. Walker titan 45 or Gandolfi 45 variant level II?

    Same as Jorge, basically.

    I have a Gandolfi 5x7 Variant and it is a real pain to fold/unfold. Other than that it is a sleek looking camera, a more than capable performer and has an enormous...
  16. When to take their money? Tintype frames?

    Hello Jane,

    Like the other replies, I would take the money up-front. Make the prices rounded-up to save having to carry too much coinage.

    Have you seen this site:...
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    Brass screws for Kodak 2D 8x10

    I have found yacht chandlers (at least here in the UK) to be a good source for all soerts of brass gizmos, with extensive stocks of brass screws in the larger chandlery suppliers. If you need...
  18. Am I going to see much difference between 645 and 6x9 at 12x18?

    Hello Hugh,

    I use a Mamiya 645, a Mamiya RB67 and a Voigtlander 6x9 and although I usually print no larger than 11x14 I can see a difference between all of these formats. Love the 645 for...
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    Nat. Geo. Link re. Tintype

    Fantastic link Otzi - thanks!
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    Shooting in the rain and near rain

    Hi - I live in the UK, so I know all about the rain! My wife made me an oversized dark cloth - lightweight black cotton on the inside, waterproof white black-out material on the outside (I think it...
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    Super Angulon 120 vs 121

    I have a 121 super angulon and have found that it is a fine lens - very sharp, more movements than I could use on my 5x7 and I have been told that it will cover 10x8. The only drawback is its size -...
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    RH Designs Printing Analyzers

    RH Designs gear is great - providing you don't have a cold light head. I made the mistake of changing from a dichroic to a cold light and this completely nullified the usefulness of the densitometer...
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    Bromide drag?

    Hi Chad - I'm pretty sure it isn't a fixer problem. After dumping the dev I use a weak acid stop bath followed by fresh fix (Ilford Hypam) for at least the time stated on the packaging. I then...
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    Bromide drag?

    Thanks to those of you that suggested I used constant agitation when using the S toekler formula to develop my B&W sheet and rollfilm - this certainly got rid of the "streamers" nr the edges of the...
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    Personal Film Speed

    FOOTNOTE: It looks like Dave, Howard and William have steered me in the right direction. I've had a chance to do another test with a Lunasix meter and read this and the other test with a...
  26. copal shutter with slow speeds at 1/400 and 1/250

    I second what Jim says - I, too, thought that they were all slow at those speeds. I've tested Mamiya RB67 leaf shutters, a Schneider and a Rodenstock in Copal 3 and a Leica 35mm focal plane: the...
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    Noritsu DM-1 Densitometer Calibration

    Hi,

    I have recently bought a used Noritsu DM-1 transmission/reflection densitometer without instructions and wondered whether any of you out there have used this or a similar machine and know how...
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    Personal Film Speed

    Ed - do you think the difference could be attributed to English Real Ale?

    William - intersting, I do use a Pentax digital spot meter.

    Thanks to everyone else who has contributed a reply.
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    Personal Film Speed

    Hi, I have been looking at Barry Thornton's excellent web page and have performed th e speed test descibed there (summary: photograph grey card at zone I, bracket, p rint step wedge from blank frame...
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    Drying marks on film

    Please help me! I am having terrible trouble with drying film - the sheets look OK after they come out of the wash, but dry with outlines of runs and areas of lighter/darker density where water has...
  31. Sodium bisulfite/Sodium metabisulfite: different chemicals?

    Thanks for the help, guys. I will stick with what Pete says.
  32. Sodium bisulfite/Sodium metabisulfite: different chemicals?

    Hi, I was wondering if there is a difference between sodium bisulfite and sodium met abisulfite. Some references on the web say that they are different and some say that they are the same and...
  33. Need info about using De Vere 507 cold cathode

    Charlie - thanks for replying. I have adopted this procedure and, although slow (or "stately" as you call it) it solves the problem.

    I wish I hadn't spent so much on a fancy timer though - could...
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    "Streamers" on negs with Stoeckler dev

    Many thanks for the help, guys, particularly as you all responded so soon. It's good to know that help is out there!

    The reason I seemed hell-bent on reducing agitation in bath A and ...
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    "Streamers" on negs with Stoeckler dev

    Hi - any help/advice about this will be gratefully received! I have been using the Stoeckler neg dev formula with roll-film for a while but am having trouble with "streamers" - small tapering...
  36. Need info about using De Vere 507 cold cathode

    Hi, As a newcomer to cold-light heads I need some help re: variable printing tim es. Although I let the enlarger warm-up for 20 mins or so before printing it is very rare that I can get two...
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