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What's the difference between an MCRX and an MXT ?

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Henry

My prints are unsharp at the edges. I don't see why a grain magnifier would not function off center. Opinions ?

Equipment involved.

Beseler 45MXT with Dichro color head Schneider Componon - S 150 lens Beseler 4x5 negative carrier (glassless)

I've been printing 4x5 B&W for several months with a used but...

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Here we go again with the sharpness questions. I realize that "sharpness" is a subjective term and that perceived sharpness depends on many factors so I'll try to ask an answerable question.

In...

Enlarging lenses by the hundreds can be found on ebay. You need to know what size threads the Federal's lensboard has. Standard lenses are 39mm. Show us a photo of the beast.

Yeah. My Dektol is brown too. Real dark. Don't worry. It's fine.

Ah ! I see.

5" x 24,00" ? Wow ! Now THAT'S large format ! You must need a crane to load the film holder.

Frank. Good idea. I'll do that tonite.

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You're better off sticking the label on a tripod leg, I think. (Christian's post)

Frank. The only things that's changed in my darkroom is my enlarging lens. I've printed 35mm, 6x7 and 4x5 with appropriate focal length lenses (50 90 and 150) and had longer exposure times, (8-10...

I'm printing two stops down from wide open. This lens is sharpest at that setting according to Schneider. I use VC paper and my negatives are normal density.

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I've been experiencing very short exposure times (2-3 seconds) when printing with my new Schneider Componon 150 HM APO. I'm doing 8x10 and 11x 14 prints with 4x5 negatives. I do strictly B&W.The...

This has no bearing on your question but it's interesting. I knew a guy that had such bad buck teeth that he could eat an apple through a chain link fence.

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Graphite ?? Arghhh ! I shudder to think of the havoc that stuff would cause inside a film holder.

What size filter does it require ? I've got some big ones lying around.

Serious amateur photogs obsess over equipment and I'm no different. Your article did inspire me to critique my photos again and see what I can do to make them better.

I don't recall who said it...

"When using the lenses it is to keep in mind that you may find that sharp Ness is most when using less opening in the opening. This can be done by not opening the lens to much and using less shutter...

80286 with 1 meg RAM and a 40 meg hard drive. Hook that baby up with DOS 3.1 and your screamin'. Splurge and get the version with two floppy drives and a 13" green text monitor.

Forget that...

I just made a couple of portrait test shots with 4x5 type 55. I've never used this stuff before and I'm amazed at the shades of grey and perceived sharpness of the print. Under a magnifying glass the...

I presoak in water for a minute. I use HC-110 dil. B for Five. I use a water stop bath and finish in alkaline fixer for 5 minutes. I soak the negatives in Orbit to remove the purple dye (it's tough...

Most of what was published in the last VC issue left me cold. Just like Playboy, it seems I'm buying the magazine for an article or two. Never the pictures. The magazine costs nearly $7 an issue....

I'm going to be taking some B&W shots of the exterior of a tavern at night. The exterior is white and dimly lit by nearby street lights etc. There are two large windows which will be somewhat hot in...

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150 is generally considered the standard for 4x5. A 150 does a slightly better job of providing even illumination across the negative. You need a bit more headroom (enlarger head height) for the...

None of the shots look very "wide" to me. I'd say they were slightly wider than the "normal" lens for whatever size film he was using. If these are 4x5's I'd guess that they were taken with something...

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More info - I use a water pre-soak, water stop bath and alkaline fixer (Photog's Foundry.)

Tiny pinholes, in the sky. Wasn't that a Don Ho song ? Anyway. I'm getting scattered pinholes in my FP+ negatives developed in HC110. I handle the damn sheets like they were nitroglycerin from...

I was being "tasteful."

I just received the new issue and I'm afraid I must be missing something when it comes to the photographs chosen for publication.

I know opinions are like noses, everyone has one, but I don't find...

I took a shot of my mother in law's ass with one of those. I couldn't fill the frame.

Use a water stop bath and an alkaline fixer.

I'm torn between the 110 and the 80. I shoot 95% B&W landscapes. Can any users of the 80 tell me about light fall off at the edges with the lens ?

Get the enlarger. Doing b&w without an enlarger is nuts. You'll love it.

Sharpness, clarity, who cares ? Gimme an interesting photo.

Murphy's large format law.

There are a dozen things that can go wrong before you release the shutter. There are at least that many things that can go wrong AFTER you release the shutter.

It's...