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I live in a very dry climate in the New Mexican desert, and am concerned about the care of my 4x5 Tachahara. I check it regularly, and it seems fine, but I worry, as our humidity is often 20% or...

Any Ideas on developing Efke - 100 speed in Pyrocat?

I am doing a project photographing the interior of a Cabin. I want to use Quartz Halogen lamps. What Transparency film would you use? I am most used to transparency film, and wish to use it for this...

I thought the "daylight" bulbs were balanced for daylight film. What film/light combination would you recommend. I prefer continuous light to flash.

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I am going to be using Velvia 50 for an interior shoot of a Cabin. I am planning to use 6400K daylight fluorescent bulbs as my fill lights.

Has anyone had any experience with Velvia 50 and...

I am planing to use 6400 K daylight fluorescent bulbs for fill lighting for interior shots for a Cabin.

I am planing to use Velvia 50.

Dose anyone have any experience with 6400K bulbs and...

Thanks guys, I had hoped for more input, but you guys have helped.

Hi Steve,

:eek: Please do not go only internet. Your magazine is so useful, and the photos are so good, it would be a shame to only see them on my 5 year old computer.

I would not like it, but...

Hi Folks,

I have been into photography since College (1964) I discovered this forum 10 years ago, and contributed quite a few times I see. I have been away from it for quite a few years now, and...

Hi Lee, I had the same problem. It was solved by the wonderful folks at Calumet, San Francisco. They sold me a 40.5 to 49mm step up ring from Tiffin and a 49mm Cokin P HOLDER, which also fits...

I am planing to travel from San Francisco to the Dallas area of Texas during the first two weeks of April 2001. I hope to travel down through Nevada, across southern Arizona and New Mexico to the El...

Thanks, Everyone who has answered my question concerning horses/Large Format. For tose who expressed concern; I am currently taking lessons on horsmanship, so I expect to be a decent rider by the...

I have been photographing the West for so long, that, at 55 years of age, I have decided to learn horse-back riding. My question is: has anyone here carried lar ge format equiptment on horseback?...

Grey Wolf, Being surrounded by so much beutey can be intimidateing. A good approach is to concentrate on what it was that attracts you to a paticular scene in the first place. What caught your eye?...

I liked the 3ed Book in Sinar's Large Format Book series; NATURAL LANDSCAPES, by Urs Tillmanns. It is Published by SINER AG, CH-8245 Feruerhalten 1994.I know it is available at Calumet Pro Shops....

I have a quick, simple question: I have several film holders that were loaded on my last trip.(6 months ago.) They are loaded with Velvia, and have been packed away in my 4x5 camera bag all this...

NO!, NO!, NO! Please leave the LF Home page as it is. This has been my learning place. A way to talk to others and learn by what they are doing. Let's not be exclusive, but we do practice an art...

Hi Edward, I had the same question when I first started a couple of years ago. I went to my local lab and asked if they had any empty film boxes they could give me. They had lots and gave me some....

The Tachahara cannot sit upright when folded, as you say; because of the black metal pieces with the knobs. This should not be a problen however, as you can always place the Camera on the bottom or...

I also puchased a used Tachihara, and found it dificult to fold at first. Make sure all the movements are in a position where the front mount is all the way back, and check the rear standard to...

Hi Nick,You are struggleing with one of the problems I have found on this site; and that is every one wants to get too precise with all this. We are making pictures, that's all. Why make it sound...

Hi, I have been suprised that there have been no answers to my question about Ca milis S. Fly. Does no one here have any interest in past photographers? I am an outdoor photographer, and concentrate...

This may seem to be an odd question for this forum, but I will ask anyway. Do an y of you have any knowledge of or information about Camilus S. Fly, the 19th cen tury Photographer? I know he left a...

I recently returned from a photo trip to Lone Pine California. I found that my e xposures on Fujichrome RVP (Velvia) were on the dark side. I shot 4x5 sheets, lo aded myself, at ISO 50. I found that...

I am interested in your ideas concernig calibration of a spot meter. When I firs t started in large format, I assembled the best equipment I could aford, and par t of that was a spot meter from...

As a 35mm SLR Photographer, I never have had any trouble with filter factors, as the light was always read through the lens. Of course I realize I can hold the filters up in front of my Spot meter...

I am a landscape Photographer, and have allways used Fuji Velvia. I know that Ve lvia is fine grain and excelent with greens and realy "pops" the colors. My prim ary interest in landscapes is in...

I AM RELITIVLY NEW TO LARGE FORMAT AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW OTHERS USE THE DAR K CLOTH. I HAVE A CALUMET DARK CLOTH, AND HAVE FOUND THAT THE BEST WAY TO USE IT IS TO DRAPR IT OVER MY SHOLDERS LIKE...

I am new to large format photography, and have just finished completing a 4x5 fi eld kit. Now that I am ready to go, I find that I am having some trouble finding sheet film. I am on a budget, so I...

I own two very diferent sized lenses. One is a older Schneider Xenar, and the other is a more modern Rodenstock Geronar. I need to get a filter holder and outfit for them, and would like to get one I...