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Today, 09:27

Dugan replied to a thread Bellows for Phillips 8x10" in Cameras & Camera Accessories

I recommend Custom Bellows in the UK. You would need to send them your old bellows, complete with the frames.

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Today, 09:18

MarkoRantanen started a thread Bellows for Phillips 8x10" in Cameras & Camera Accessories

Greetings from Finland! I'm looking for original bellows for my Phillips 8x10" camera. Are the originals made of silk? Do you know where to look?...

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Today, 09:18

Wayne replied to a thread Cibachrome printing in Darkroom: Film, Processing & Printing

Lol. People are so weird.

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Today, 09:13

Jim Noel replied to a thread Cibachrome printing in Darkroom: Film, Processing & Printing

That's an ingenious solution to low cost camera/development. Thanks for sharing.

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Today, 08:55

hornstenj replied to a thread Cibachrome printing in Darkroom: Film, Processing & Printing

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Today, 08:35

Jon Wilson replied to a thread Tough removal of brass lens in Lenses & Lens Accessories

makes sense. Thanks. Let's hear from all the LF gurus.

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Today, 08:32

Tin Can replied to a thread Tough removal of brass lens in Lenses & Lens Accessories

I have the opposite problem Let's use one thread Mine is too loose and needs something

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Today, 08:31

HMG started a thread Electronic circuit in D5 lens turret in Darkroom: Equipment

My D5 lens turret (purchased used) has a 5 wire cable with din plug. In the square acrylic piece surrounding the lens opening, there appears to be 9...

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Today, 08:27

Tin Can replied to a thread How do you see and appreciate a large format Portrait? in On Photography

Thanks guys, the SF image was conceived as homage of Josephine Baker She often wore real pearls, I bought fakes just for this shoot Too bad she...

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Today, 08:26

Drew Bedo replied to a thread Dark cloths on ebay in Cameras & Camera Accessories

I started out with a black sweat shirt: ?That worked well and I already had it. Then my wife made me a dark cloth; black on one side, white on...

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Today, 08:22

Oren Grad replied to a thread Cibachrome printing in Darkroom: Film, Processing & Printing

What Christopher Burkett has to say about Cibachrome status: https://christopherburkett.com/about/cibachrome I don't know of any lab still...

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Today, 08:18

Joe O'Hara replied to a thread Forum Growth.....or not? in Feedback

My favorite movie of all time. I remember as a kid, watching it at home with my Mother. She would giggle at some of the jokes, which I did not...

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Today, 08:16

Jon Wilson started a thread Tough removal of brass lens in Lenses & Lens Accessories

The brass lens cells on my old petzval are difficult to thread and unthread on and off the brass barrel. The threads are not crossed. What is...

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Today, 07:49

freyben started a thread Dark cloths on ebay in Cameras & Camera Accessories

Has anyone used the inexpensive dark cloths sold on ebay? I was wondering the pros and cons. Thanks

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Today, 07:32

Tin Can replied to a thread AA's "Holy Grail" Sells for $6.4 Million in On Photography

Really old art gets stolen for ransom ...

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Today, 07:27

Bob Wagner replied to a thread Calculating f-stop progression . . .how are the numbers derived? in Lenses & Lens Accessories

A pretty much complete explanation: https://www.slrlounge.com/a-thorough-explanation-of-the-math-behind-f-stops/ For me the key was remembering...

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Today, 07:26

otto.f replied to a thread How do you see and appreciate a large format Portrait? in On Photography

Me too, great portrait. If you ask me why, I would a day or two to find the words which wouldn’t be too clichee

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Today, 07:25

Willie replied to a thread AA's "Holy Grail" Sells for $6.4 Million in On Photography

Interesting - but the Photographer or his Estate does not make a dime from the sales. Not in the USA. I understand in some Countries there is a way...

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Today, 07:21

Havoc replied to a thread Calculating f-stop progression . . .how are the numbers derived? in Lenses & Lens Accessories

Aperture controles light intensity. So it controls the SURFACE of the opening of the diaphragm. But it is expressed as a ratio of linear dimensions....

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Today, 07:08

Dan Fromm replied to a thread Calculating f-stop progression . . .how are the numbers derived? in Lenses & Lens Accessories

That's right. Each full stop step halves (going up from 1.0 to 1.4, 1.4 to 2.0, ...) the amount of light the film receives given subject...

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Today, 07:08

Paul Ron replied to a thread AA's "Holy Grail" Sells for $6.4 Million in On Photography

the only prints i could afford were in a calender. i mounted several of my favorites, which werent in that catalog of auctioned prints. i guess my...

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Today, 07:05

Len Middleton replied to a thread Calculating f-stop progression . . .how are the numbers derived? in Lenses & Lens Accessories

Drew, I believe it is a progression of the square root of 2. But would be interested in hearing what the right answer might be as well. Len

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Today, 06:59

Paul Ron replied to a poll What's your #1 anxiety about LF (in your personal life)? in On Photography

lugging so much stuff around.

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Today, 06:57

Drew Bedo replied to a thread Best 75mm / 90mm lens?......totally kidding, but not really...read on pls in Lenses & Lens Accessories

I have long felt that the "best" camera gear to shoot with is the gear currently in your kit: Go out and shoot with it! Now then; there are...

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Today, 06:57

Wayne replied to a thread Cibachrome printing in Darkroom: Film, Processing & Printing

Yeah, I doubt it too. Even frozen stock is probably bad by now.

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Today, 06:56

Roberto Nania replied to a thread Intrepid 4x5 as a permanent enlarger? in Darkroom: Equipment

Hello Pirate, I had the Intrepid 4x5 (shortly after sold for a Chamonix) but not the enlarger kit. It is not easy to get a 4x5 enlarger in...

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