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Sino Promise has been making their C-41 for a while, but I thought hadn't been making XTOL? The tainted batches reference Germany and I thought Sino...

Before I ordered a 4x5 folding viewer for my Chamonix camera, I made a black cardboard mockup of one. After using it a few times, opted for a...

Yeah just responding to acknowledge the question but basically what grat said. I haven't had any problems with that metal spring. I haven't done true...

I would suggest that you take an unexposed sheet and process it to see what the fog level is like, if it is relatively clear, make some photos with...

Lenses of the same marked focal length can differ in actuality, even those of the same brand. It's possible to match up a mismatched cam for a new...

Stanley Dry Plates 3 1-4 X 4 1-4 by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr PS 1884 Standard Dry Plate Company 5X7 by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr Glass Plate...

Ziggy Stardust

Thanks all for the input - I'll get busy on this - have been wanting to try it for many years, starting when I began collecting daguerreotypes,...

thanks - I'll read through them

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Well, Eastman Kodak makes all of the film, colour and black and white, in Rochester, so there’s that.

The spring doesn't rub against the glass. It's attached to the "outside" of the cover, rather than the inside. Further, on the Chamonix, that's a...

Bruce, that account of the history isn't quite right. But most important for the present context, last June Kodak Alaris sold the photo paper and...

I have a couple threads on using even older film and plates Perhaps I can find them here, I will look later You are on the right track I am...

The Cascade Mountains near Seattle are getting pummeled with snow. Here’s a scene that will look familiar to H2oman. Nikon FM3a, 28mm f/2...

dirty Matilda

Um... this is photography, yes? Kodak got out of that business back in 2011, because of its bankruptcy. I think they still do motion picture stuff,...

Methylene chloride is another no-no. Worked for a Pharmaceutical company and found out too much about it. Sure does take off paint, though. Think...

That loupe is 3,94 inches (10cm) and with the “diopter adjustment spacer” it is 4,1 inches long.

This experience caught my attention because Ilford + HC110 H is a favorite combination with my Nikon 35mm cameras – F100, FM3a, N90s, and EM. So I’m...

Do you think there is a chance that the metal spring that can be seen in the picture will eventually hurt the ground glas? It seems like it would...

Chamonix makes a carbon loupe which is quite long, I linked to it in the original post and I own it. I wonder wether it is long enough for the...

When I look at the picture of viewfinder #2, I can see a metal spring that seems to touch the ground glas when collapsed. This may not be a problem...

Igor (and all others), I really enjoy the look of those, and of the images on your web page. I assume that the grainy look is due to enlarging 35...

Hi, I watched your carbon transfer video. Very good! I still need to try that technique, it's on the list...