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I use a Jobo CPP-2 with a Lift and Expert drums to process black and white film. The Jobo would always rotate twice before reversing. Recently, the Jobo has started rotating only once...

OK, OK, I just figured it out.

That weird ghosting came from scanning the negative on my flatbed (with no holder). The edges must have curled, casting a shadow or reflecting back on the glass. I...

The diagonal "scratches" in the upper left corner are actually light trails of planes taking off, so no worries about that.

The "weird ghosting of the rebate" is the problem I'm talking about. I...

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I just bought a Chamonix 8x10 and processed my first sheets from it and I'm getting stripes on the long edge of my negative, parallel to and mimicking the form of the groove that holds the...

Does anyone know if 1 liter of Ilfosol 3 is sufficient to process 5 sheets of 8x10" film (Ilford Delta)?

I have access to a Jobo and a drum but the motor maxes out at 1 liter so I need to find a...

A friend of mine bought this camera in the highlands of central Peru. Any ideas what camera it is? The lens is a Schneider 135mm f4.5. I'm not even sure if this is a 4x5 or a 5x7. Any thoughts would...

Wow, this is such a good question and discussion.

I sort of figured out the whole preparing the model thing on my own, with trial and error. Basically I mimic the whole process once so nothing...

It seems like there's a decent supply of black & white film manufacturers but as far as color goes, for large format, it's just Kodak. I have nothing against digital but nobody is every going to...

Speedlights like a Canon 580 EX aren't really powerful enough to bounce off a ceiling if you're shooting with an 8x10 [as Alec Soth does]. Even if you're using Portra 400 you'll probably only get to...

I'm really inspired by the photographs of architecture on the island Okinawa featured in the book, "House" by Japanese photographers Yu Ogata and Ichiro Ogata Ono. Here's a sample:
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I'm going to be traveling for several months thru South America with my 4x5 set-up. I was wondering if anyone has any experience sending sheet film via Fedex from a location outside of North...

I will put in another vote for the Fuji line of rangefinders. They are a little bigger than a Mamiya 7 but built like tanks, half the price and still smaller and lighter than other medium format...

I´m totally in love with this book. It's probably my favorite purchase all year. Basically the five chapters all have to deal with a local style of vernacular architecture that bears strong foreign...

My Wehman 8x10 balanced precariously over a model

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashobbs/4601767593/in/set-72157622985376103/

Note to self: repeat the words "bellows factor" three times...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4873505449_1db50c9984_o.jpg

Daniel, Buenos Aires

Scan from 8x10 contact print, Portra 400NC

www.thomaslockehobbs.com

I was reading in a few posts that there have been orders of color negative film in Ultra Large Format [ULF] sizes from Kodak.

Does anyone have any exmples of pictures shot in ULF sizes on color...

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Just an update to this thread. Depth of field turned out to be the biggest issue. Using a 480cm lens focused to a 1:1 reproduction ratio doesn't give you a lot of leeway. I ended up renting a...

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Just an update to this post. I ended up processing the negatives at Gamma. They charged me their hourly rate and let me sit in on the whole process. It was fun, informative and educational....

I have never seen a color picture taken with anything larger than an 8x10" [Polaroids excepted].

Anyone care to post their results from this order?

It's not so much the resolution but rather...

Jerold,

Screwing the camera directly on the tripod was an oversight on my part. I forgot about the whole "head" thing. I traveled to the US and realized I had no tripod head to use. Screwing it on...

I should add that I am also playing around with using 4x5 film. Since the copy camera has vaccum powered back I'm also going to try laying out sheets of 4x5 film in a 3x4 grid to make a 12x20 grid. I...

I was wondering if there are any photolabs in LA or San Francisco that might be able to process ultra large format black and white film as a kind of custom order.

This would be either 12x20 or...

Hal, I think the DoF is a key issue. Shooting at f11 is just too razor thin if, as i'm thinking of doing, I shoot at a 100% reproduction ratio. It seems like I need to use some other material,...

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My aunt & uncle own a small-town newspaper that still hasn't gone digital. They shoot their layouts on a massive copy-camera with a 15 foot rail that uses a 19" Goertz Apochromatic Red Dot...

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So I got the camera and all is hunky dory. I ended up buying the Feisol CT-3441S tripod. The camera fits just fine on the tripod. It's probably not suitable for extreme natural situations...

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Adding a Curves adjustment layer proved to be very helpful, placing the black pipette on the negative border and the white pipette on something white. Fortunately I...

Ben thanks for the suggestion but actually my "light table" is my living room window and a piece of plexiglass :)

Here's a picture of the set-up:
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I have been digitizing my 8x10 negatives by taping them on a white piece of plexiglass that I have taped to my living room window and then photographing the negative with my digital SLR....

Hi, I recently purchased a Wehman 8x10 camera and I'm now shopping around for a tripod. My principal requirement is that the tripod fold to under 20" so I can fit it and the camera into a carry-on...

Does anyone know what kind of strobe lights were used by Chuck Close and Jerry Spagnoli in their Daguerreotype portraits?

There was a thread here a couple of years ago that briefly mentioned...

Hello, I'd be interested to hear what camera movements members here use when taking portraits.

I understand that "none" is probably the most common answer but I'd be curious to hear others--in...

I use Buenos Aires Color located at Piedras 980 in San Telmo. Here's their website:

http://www.buenosairescolor.com.ar/

I develop black & white and C-41 color in 4x5 and 8x10. Their prices are...