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    Journal of Post-Factory Photography

    Does anybody know whether the World Journal of Post Factory Photography ever came out with the 9th (announced to be the last) issue? Thanks. -jeff buckels
  2. Thread: Gum Book

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    Gum Book

    Thanks, everyone. I found one. -jb
  3. Thread: Gum Book

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    Gum Book

    Does anybody have a used copy of Scopick's GUM BICHROMATE BOOK they want to sell? -jeff buckels
  4. photographic experiments with a brass lens and single cell lens

    Very interesting, John, as always. -jb
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    Follow Up on J&C Classic Films

    Michael: Was there a particular posting or thread at MichaelandPaula that you're referring to here? -jb
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    A Guillotine That Will Cut It

    I need a bigger paper trimmer/cutter. I might go the rototrim route, but would prefer the guillotine style and I'd like a high quality new one. Suggestions for brand? Supplier? Thanks. -JB
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    APHS Film -- Which Side is Up?

    Thanks, Mike. I get it. -jb
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    APHS Film -- Which Side is Up?

    I just acquired and started using a box 20x24 APHS film (making enlarged negatives). The film is packed in a black plastic envelope, emulsion side up, at least in the box I got. This film is not...
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    Follow Up on J&C Classic Films

    Are Efke 200 and J&C 200 the same thing? -jb
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    Follow Up on J&C Classic Films

    There was a thread recently about the availability of J&C Classic films. People were having trouble getting it. It was suggested that the maker was getting inundated with orders, but they were...
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    Changing Email Address on Ebay

    Thanks. This appears to have worked. Now to try and change it for this forum. -jb
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    Changing Email Address on Ebay

    I've been doing ebay business (in LF photographic, mostly) for a few years, off and on, maybe 80 complete auctions as buyer or seller. I'm trying to change my email address for purposes of my ebay...
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    Our favorite monographs and why

    Szarkowski's introductory essay to his collection MIRRORS AND WINDOWS. One of the most intelligent essays on broad issues of photography and aesthetics ever written. -jb
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    Portrait lens length

    That thing about "210 for everything" is just weird. It makes no sense. It all depends on the format size and how much of the subject you want to show, and how much DOF you need or can live with,...
  15. Thread: Old Tri-X

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    Old Tri-X

    What about roll film? -jb
  16. Thread: Old Tri-X

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    Old Tri-X

    So, is old Tri-X going to be available for any period of time? -jb
  17. Are there reasons not to use the Zone System?

    The laws of sensitometry govern contrast, whether one is using the zone system or some version thereof (incident metering) or not. But there are good reasons not to use the zone system, whether they...
  18. Pictorial/ Soft Focus Lenses - Jay Lynch

    The Allen book is a collection of verbatim excerpts from old (mostly) lens catalogs, arranged in a sort of order with a brief introduction. Physically, the "book" is xeroxed typescript. It covers a...
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    Lith Printing

    Happy New Year to this list.... I'm trying to locate a community of people who are interested in lith printing. Is there are list or something similar anybody's aware of? Thanks. -jb
  20. Old printing papers ... lost and forgotten?

    I don't think the quality of Portriga Rapid was merely legendary. I'm talking about paper I used in the late 70s (at that time, by the way, people who'd been in the business for a long time...
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    Lens board material

    Mark: They have a reasonable selection of these woods mentioned in the previous responses at Southwest Hobby on Wyoming. -jb
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    Film, Kodak, and the Future

    What's the latest on Ilford?
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    Wallensak Optimo Shutter

    Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. Ed was a real icon, not as well-known in this circle than Steve Grimes. "The ranks are thinning." -jb
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    Wallensak Optimo Shutter

    George: Contact Ed Romney, author of BASIC TRAINING IN CAMERA REPAIR, at (864) 597-1882. He sells the kind of info you're looking for, so ... but he's one of the few real old school gurus left in...
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    Big Homemade Camera Plans

    I'm thinking about making one or more ultra large format homemade cameras. I'm talking about a foamboard (or something) box that I can tape or glue (or something) together and that I preload with...
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    Basic Lenses

    Ally: I strongly second John K. If you're doing portraiture, think seriously about getting a portrait/pictorial lens. In the first place, they're designed to your purpose. They take a little...
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    Fresnel Lens placement?

    The correct placement for fresnel lenses is the garbage can. They are very little real help (assuming you have a good darkcloth), they are expensive, and they are a hassle. -jeff buckels
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    What is your favorite LF portrait lens

    The Rodenstock Imagon 250mm is in my opinion the best bet. I have a 300mm I use w/ 5x7. Good alternative is the Wollensak Verito, the ten-inch being the size you'd want, I believe. It's easier...
  29. Thread: Big Face

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    Big Face

    I need some old-school rules-of-thumb on the issue of photographing people who a re a bit heavy in the cheeks and jowls. I'm doing heads and heads-and-shoulders and I have a couple friends coming in...
  30. What is the absolute worst piece of advice aboutLarge Format you have ever gotten, read or over heard?

    This isn't a single piece of advice, but a pattern of advice that is insidious, and it comes from the great Adams, whom I love to pieces in general: The advice, diffused throughout all his...
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    Fred Picker

    Yeah, rest in peace. A good soldier. -JB
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    First Azo print/ Azo toning

    Sorry, the web address of Artcraft is artcraftchemicals.com. I have no relationship to them, by the way, other than happy customer. Their prices are a little better than the well-known...
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    First Azo print/ Azo toning

    That Buffaloe site has every formula I've ever seen and a few I haven't. Anyhow, use Michael Smith's amidol formula is the default, as far as I'm concerned. I got nice neutral-tone results from...
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    MF same as LF? Really?

    Gimme a break. A 2.25 negative englarged to 8x10 is grainier than an 8x10 contact print. It's the same film. The difference in size makes for a different degree of grain given an equivalent...
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    Classic Lens for 7x17

    Check out www.bostick-sullivan.com -- The site includes quite complete data on lenses for ultra large format. -JB
  36. Looks like a useful(cheap) lens shade device for all LF cameras.

    Expensive lens shades are the one of the biggest scams in photography. AA shaded his lens with his hat. -jb
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    Lubrication of Enlarger

    Fishing reel lubricant. -jb
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    Andre Kertez vs Ansel Adams

    No difference, not by reason of the format size alone. There's only one negative of Moonrise and only one negative of dear old Andre's picture of the skyscraper with the little cloud to the left...
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    Contact at Freestyle?

    Whatever Arista "is", and I have no reason to question the response above about it being cut-offs etc., Arista 125 and 400 test exactly like Ilford FP4+ and HP5+ (see well-known comparison by...
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    What's The Real Aim For An Artist?

    Sandy may be right that, if you make no effort to publish your work (in any sense of the word "publish"), then it is just therapy. But I'm not sure that's a problem. What if it is "just" therapy?...
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