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This is not Stranger Things. Get used to the upside down, don’t resist it. After 30-50 shots (depending on the person), it will be second nature. You may even start printing upside down! ;-)

Maybe the page is not up to date. I bought it a couple of months ago and received in 2 separate components. This was for the 8x10 kit.

Point is, even if mine was an exception somehow (it only 1...

Regarding the B&S kit, I think they give you now the collodion and the bromo iodizer separately, so the clock starts ticking when you mix it at home.

Wow, gets really dreamy around the edges. Good for portraits!

What’s wrong using a dark cloth? Even a jacket or tshirt?

To me ultimately it comes down to risk. When I care about critical focusing, I will use one and a loupe. Even if there’s enough contrast...

And who’d be organizing the light? Doesn’t it require an organizer?

I like the thought but the main difference is that music is orchestrated (no pun intended), so there’s an organizer (that can be...

At that size you may want to consider a vacuum frame. From my experience it starts getting tricky to do a simple glass-pressing frame above 11x14 maintaining sharpness. I haven’t tried some of the...

I would not put the filter on top of the contact frame, it’s one more surface that needs to be really clean, one dust spec and you’ll see it on the print. But placed above, underneath the light it...

If you can, get the 31-step which gives you 1/3 stops. May be overkill now but you may find it useful.
In fact if you overexpose it (so that there’s more than one max black step on your print), you...

I agree Wozzek is truly an amazing opera.
Although enjoyable, I can’t say I’m too fond of Glass. I was going to make a pun with ‘ground glass’ but I’ll refrain :-)

I would trade listening to Tristan und Isolde instead of the Ring any day of the week, and use the remaining ~12 hrs to indulge in some photography.

He’s not the end of the romantic period! Maybe you should try Strauss’ operas (Electra, Rosenkavalier). They’re actually somewhere between Wagner and Schoenberg :-)

This is an interesting point. I haven’t encountered this issue, personally, but I can see how it could be. I guess I haven’t tried to shoot that wide or compositionally didn’t require centering. You...

Good luck and please report your experience, I’m sure a lot of folks here are interested in hearing, myself included.

Like I said earlier if you don’t already own a 6x17 or a4x10 camera, a half dark slide for your4x5 is the best practical, economical and flexible way to shoot in that form factor.

Another camera...

Looks pretty good!

I don’t think you have to worry for the foreseeable future.

I would worry more about the fact that taking the plunge for a camera is just the start.... then there’s lenses, film, light meters,...

A friend has it and raves about it, too. But alas, $1.2-1.4k and yet more gear to haul....

Yes. Or half a dark slide as the lowest investment.

There’s different solutions depending on how deep is your pocket and how much you’re planning to shot panos.

I’ve heard good things about artisanHD from friends, although I don’t have direct experience:

https://artisanhd.com/print-products/trulife-acrylic-face-mounting/

There’s only a handful that...

I was struggling with a similar question, which is what’s the best practical and cost effective way to shoot panoramas.

If Malefic was selling I’d jump for a 6x17 but it’s going to be limited to...

This video just made me realize I need to get my ducks in a row in my darkroom. Seems like 3 is the right number :-)

Jokes aside this is a great and highly informative video.

I’d go for one, being the largest one you can fit that you would use with some regularity. It sounds like a 16x20 would work for 99% of what you do.

Only if you have really lots of space and money...

It’s really hard to give a good answer here without knowing more, so OP is going to just get a bunch of opinions based on the personal experience of each of us for what’s likely a wide range of...

I have the Luland and it’s great. Yes it’s a Ries clone. So is my Philips-clone 8x10 camera.

This is a great starting point for me, thank you very much Len!!

That’s insane lol!

Im also shocked that some configurations of the arca Swiss cube cost more than this beast!!

Hi,

I know I can probably DIY this myself, but I was wondering if someone has or is willing to provide the dimensions or even a simple template to build the Waterhouse stops for a Dallmeyer 3D and...

Is there a way to reach the new Admin? I’ve been waiting to activate my new account for weeks now...

Sorry to bother.

This is good place to read about options.

https://thecentercolumn.com/

You can go to see the rankings section, or check out by brand or by type. Very useful and informative even for those who...

There’s a good discussion here:


https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/archive/index.php/t-161363.html

If only we had zooms, uh? :-)

For my 4x5, over time and once I had stocked a 65, 75, 90, 125, 150, 180, 210, 240, 300, 360, 400 and 450 mm lenses I realized the only ones that see the sun are the...

The main consideration is weight.

Try this: get a few books that weight about the weight of an aluminum tripod you may be eyeing. Put them in the bag with your camera gear that you’d normally...

A ball head is great because it provides full control of the orientation. The flexibility is great. A leveling base is a “castrated” version that limits it to 20 deg or whatever the limit is. Many...

I went the opposite route but that was driven by the fact that I wanted to use QTR for alt-processes......

Now that we get into the the weeds, let me repeat here what has already been discussed in this very forum a few times before:

“cos^4 is the basic limiting physics, cos^2 from inverse distance...

It’s all a matter of personal taste and no two photographers have the same aesthetic but at least for landscape and portrait photography there is not a lot of useful information in the corners...

The fall off follows a cos^4, no need to waste a negative to confirm that IMO. All you need to know is the angular FOV of your lens, diagonally.

I use a REI Ruckpack 65L for my 8x10 and I think it would be good for you. It’s not a top loader so it’s very practical. You can carry a tripod on the side or the front (which centers the weight...

There’s no downside provided the areas are still within the linear range of the film, otherwise if too dark it will become a nasty gray or show some color shift because the original color has shifted...