Please help: a line with bubbles on a plate (ambrotype)
The line and bubbles in the middle of this plate, what do you think could be the cause? I don't believe it's a hesitation mark since the...
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Please help: a line with bubbles on a plate (ambrotype)
The line and bubbles in the middle of this plate, what do you think could be the cause? I don't believe it's a hesitation mark since the...
Title: Aerating silver bath
Is there any method to measure if the silver bath needs to be aerated except for checking with smell, and also to be sure that the bath no longer contains ether and...
Thank you for your comments.
I use Rapid Fix diluted 1:4 (KCN is not available in Japan, unfortunately). I wash the plate for about 20 mins. I may be better off using Perma Wash.
Hi, I work on wet plate photography and these are part of the scanned images of the plates that I recently made.
Can you identify these white and black marks (spots)?
Both of them are ambrotypes....
Thank you very much for your answer. It is very helpful.
Sorry that I should have mentioned before but I use strobes for my portrait work (ambrotype), so everything, except for room temperature, is...
Many thanks for the helpful comments!
I am located in Tokyo and the temperature and humidity get high during summer. So as you wrote, the heat might have affected the second batch.
Actually, last...
Hello, I am not really sure if this is the right place to ask questions, but I ask anyways. I hope anyone who is knowledgeable and experienced could answer my question. It is about the shelf life of...
Has anyone seen, used, or owned this Chinese-made tent for the wet plate photo purpose?
The main purpose of this I assume is for changing large format films but the description also mentions wet...