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  1. Re: How have you shopped for lenses over the years?

    I was buying hot and heavy from about 2006-2014. I was interested in antique (brass) lenses and rare ones (Struss). I dug deeply, searched hard, networked. Some obscure ones I found on eBay that...
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    Re: Gitzo 1500 Studex

    For maximum multiuse flexibility, you can look for the the rare "anti-scratch, spring action telescope mount." I used my Gitzo 2 nights ago for the full moon.
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  3. Re: Sensitizing box vs tray, and cadmium vs lithium?

    Different collodion recipes can be faster or slower. I can't remember which is fastest, but if you do your research you should be able to see. I used Old Workhorse (with cad) and when fresh it...
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    Re: Printing techniques from wet plates?

    Wetplate makes pretty thin density on glass negatives. You should shoot them to be denser if going to print. In the old days they did Albumin contact prints, but few do that anymore. Silver gelatin...
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    Re: Post yer 35mm shots!

    Took a trip up to Silverton and Ouray, CO for camping and 4wheeling. Leica collapsible Summicron and Summaron, I can't remember which on which. FP4.
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  6. Re: The Renaissance of Film Photography among Young People

    Since my kids were young I've been a very active LF film and wetplate photographer and camera collector. They've been models for me, and attended shows, and hear about every new camera or lens find....
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    Re: RIP William "WFW" Whitaker

    May he rest in peace.
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    Re: Price of Film Going Up

    The price goes up for a myriad of reasons, causing more to stop buying it, and less to consider using film for the first time. So then the prices go up more. It's a death spiral.
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    Re: Wet Plate Collodion questions answered here.

    Sounds like your base collodion is old. It should not be that fragile. Varnish dissolving it and a cotton ball wiping it all off are signs.
    Leave it in the silver bath until when you remove the...
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    Re: Wet Plate Chemistry Suppliers Based in UK?

    Find John Brewer in Manchester. He used to supply.
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    Re: Old Collodion Com wetplate site return

    That old Collodion forum ran well for years. Didn't need donations until the hosting got too expensive for Quinn to just keep footing the bill - he built and ran it all himself. Then when the...
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    Re: Old Collodion Com wetplate site return

    I actually got a response minutes later. The new admin says he cannot find any old member request. Perhaps lost in the shuffle, or the system is broken. Asks that anyone (kiwi) reapply and he'll...
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    Re: Old Collodion Com wetplate site return

    Hey, sorry it has become a ghost town over there. I am no longer anything more than a "moderator." I went back in (also haven't gone in in months) just now, saw a post about the new admin "Simon"...
  14. Re: How did they blacken the metal stops & caps of the Daguerre era lenses?

    They painted or treated the inside of brass barrels in a variety of ways. Waterhouse stops were done chemically to retain the black, when they scrape in out and out of the slot. Selenium Dioxide is...
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    Re: Deadly hike----Haz-Mat the cause?

    Smug incredulity aside, a problem with human nature is we don't believe some risks are real, or apply to us. Especially when young, or semi-experienced.

    I still think it will be cyanobacteria...
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    Re: Deadly hike----Haz-Mat the cause?

    I think it will be found they drank bad water with blue-green algae toxins. It was 103-109 deg that day, no shade, southern facing slope. While exposure to that could have hurt or killed a person,...
  17. Re: Now e-Bay wants my SSN and bank account info . . .???

    Taxing casual sales was until recent times a technicality, but never enforced. Flea markets, "cash only" barber shops and similar venues, yard sales, auto sales, crop sales (roadside produce stands)...
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    Re: Who is shooting 20x24 film nowadays?

    No, it's just that one or two members feel the need to reply to each and every post, every day, every week. It's become their personal "answer everything" space. As members have gotten tired of it,...
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    Re: Protar Lenses.

    My unresearched hypothesis is the "...AR" in Protar started a whole industry of naming lens designs to end in "...AR".
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    Re: Some Soft Focus Lens Sales Information

    A fairly slow lens, not that difficult of a focal length to get in large process or recon lenses. Must have been the rarity factor, and the Dallmeyer name. I wish my 47" Hermagis was as popular!
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    Re: RIP Will Dunniway

    I met him early in my wetplate journey, online and on the phone. He was a good wetplate friend we talked often about lenses and vintage equipment, which we both were really into. I sold him some,...
  22. Re: Are Daguerreotype Included in Wet Plate Threads

    I did want to learn it. Just havent.
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    I did too today. New Mexico ghost town chicken.

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51060639123_e06ea5e147_b.jpg
  24. Re: Are Daguerreotype Included in Wet Plate Threads

    They're not wetplates any more than a polaroid is 35mm slide film.

    For every 100,000 digital photographers there is 1 wetplater. For every 3 million there is a daguerrotype photographer. ...
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    Re: Petzval Formula DIY?

    You are asking if materials are important in a design?

    Yes, the refractive index of each lens was highly important, and slightly variable. So even if you have the precise curves mapped out for...
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    Re: Help with this tiny Dallmeyer

    Now that's a precise answer! Good seeing both of you.
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    Re: Lerebours Serial Number - Rice Writing

    Steven has kept the interest going for sure, looks like his post-count passed me since those days....I've got other hobbies.
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    Re: Lerebours Serial Number - Rice Writing

    Just checking in. Nice to see this discovery I made over 11 years ago still gets people excited.
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    Re: Backpack for 11x14 Camera

    I would not want to carry any big LF camera anymore, but hat's off to those that do. I carried my 5x7 and several light lenses (including an aluminum Karl Struss) last weekend a hundred yards or so...
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    Re: CC Harrison lens

    I know it wasn't you, I was just putting some information down for anyone.
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    Re: CC Harrison lens

    A couple of points here. CC Harrison never made a Rapid Rectilinear anyway.

    Steve, ALL CC Harrisons I've ever had have been excellent quality. It's not a "crap shoot" unless someone has...
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    Re: Night time wet plates, has anyone succeded?

    Trying to do this is like putting a person in a round room and telling them there is a dollar in the corner.
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    Re: Night time wet plates, has anyone succeded?

    As said above, once a wetplate dries, it's not sensitive. I've never had one stay wet more than about 5 minutes after bringing it out of the silver bath. That is why there were almost no low light...
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    Re: Forum Growth.....or not?

    To me the golden era of this forum is over. In 2007-2014 it was vibrant and very active with a lot of different posters. If a question was asked, yes, many regulars answered quickly (like me, my...
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    Re: Secure selling?

    Paypal is a good service. USPS Money Orders are not what they used to be. There are stories of people having others intercept them, cash them, and the PO policy is that if it was cashed at an...
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    Re: safe haven for tiny formats

    Went to the oldest Jesuit mission in southern Arizona today.

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50792525743_38faf5c38d_b.jpg

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50793270141_b4e6095491_b.jpg...
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    Re: Which are the fancy lenses??

    Gold Rim Dagors look and cost fancy.
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    Re: Wet plate on Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Wetplate was used for astronomy for many decades, even after film. But this part of the caption has me scratching my head, what are "modern chemicals?" "This modern version of a wet-plate collodion...
  39. Don't sell to "Delaware" without looking at the address

    https://badbuyerlist.org/buyer/2efc452796f2e37e48e98ee5

    Good to know a Chinese "front" is allowed to operate year after year in America, scamming ebay sellers, and no investigation. These scams...
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    Re: Found Photographs

    I found some more photos this weekend, glass slides. Rolling mill, pouring off slag, NY, 1911. These remind me of Jim Galli.

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50714559276_2a9c2c10b3_b.jpg
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