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sadly, my lenses are smaller, now I've found my caliper, and it's exactly at 51mm in diameter (front), so probable it does not cover a 13x18; I asume...

300mm f9 Fujionon SW, only three made.. Rare yes, where would a lens like this be used-required? Keep in mind back when Fujinon LF lenses were in...

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I liked Slavich and Emaks papers as well. Now they are gone like last month's rent, next week's pay and real rock and roll :(

By all means give Fomabrom a try.

i once loved agfa record rapid n portriga but those days are gone. but i gotta say the multi grade illford papers are very nice. love the ability to...

love my time o lite!

All you can buy today is grade 3 Galerie. You might try to buy some older graded paper on Ebay. I've got a supply of my own older graded that works...

I couldn’t locate that Lerebours, so here is a Hermagis which is almost identical. It is no surprise that the flat washers get lost. They must have...

Why do the folks here always take such a backwards and upside down perspective on things?

Thanks for this! At 16:45, is that a viewfinder he brings up to his eyes?

It’s posting # 63. As I posted the skeleton serial list, I’m the person has to do the up dates. I usually don’t bother to mention the individual...

My prints are mostly 5x7" to 8x10", i've been contact printing a lot (relativily speaking) lately.

I make mostly nominal 11x14 prints from 4x5 negatives. I could go as big as 16x20 in my darkroom but haven't had the occasion to undergo the expense...

Ammonium thiosulfate is easy to get in the U.S. I'm now using it 3:1 for all my b&w film, dry plate, wet plate fixer. Have a gallon jug sitting in...

It's a wonderful threat! This serial numbers lists should be tried with other large manufacturers, at least those with less information about numbers...

That’s the number for a 150mm lens. Is there a number on the other side of the cam?

The Zone VI compensating enlarging timer is one of the best investments I have ever made. We have only window air-conditioners in the summer, and the...

Although I printed some 16x20 color and a few B&W long ago, using a Cibachrome drum I recently sold, I'm content with 11x14 paper as a maximum now,...

https://petapixel.com/2020/03/30/make-your-own-film-developer-and-fixer-using-these-household-items/ Read down the comments also Swimming pool...

For enlarging, Ilford Galerie is a beautiful paper (always has been), however Fomabrom is probably the most "versatile" in that it comes in four...

Sounds like you have it pretty much worked out already. Nothing wrong with D-76 or D-23 for film development; I use 'em all the time! Paper...

Unfortunately, not much to pick from nowadays. I like Ilford Galerie for enlargements (Fomabrom isn't bad, either) and Adox Lupex for contact prints.

Size of print seems to be directly related to what size film I'm printing: 5x7 for 35mm, up to 10x13 for MF and 4x5, contact prints for 8x10. But,...

My film formats are 35mm and 4x5. Prints are basically all between ~5x7 and ~8x10. I grew up looking at photography in books, and truth be told it...

I don't believe a MonoBath is best ever, it was used historically for expediency Now another...

Have been viewing the Google map's satellite views more and more as I travel. Just last week discovered a frozen over pond and marsh that were about...