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Harlan, trying to message you about the film you have for sale but it tells me your mailbox is full.


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Carlos, I did receive them a couple of days after that e-mail.


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Received the following e-mail from Spencer today!

Very exciting to hear this!

“Dave,

After your last email showing the issues with those screws I had a coming to Jesus moment. Ries Tripod...

Thank you so much for the response! I did hear back from Tim Gilbert at Stearman Press and he had the same recommendation. He also stated that they no longer recommend the "panning for gold" method...

Unfortunately a call is in order. Not sure what I am going to do at this point. Seems like he just doesn’t have any good ones or is only using them for complete tripods and heads.


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Finally after 3 weeks and several e-mails received replacement brass retaining nuts from them and not really surprised but they are bad just like the first two. Slightly too small diameter to screw...

Well, I would like to but Kodak has quit producing it at least for now. So thought I would try something different.


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I’m afraid so too. I sent Tim an e-mail about it, hopefully he has some advice. Not sure if I want to learn to do tray development so I may need to look at rotary processing.


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I had thought about the tabs as well. Can’t remember for sure if that edge was along the center or not. I developed an 8x10 today in it using HC-110 with no issue. Maybe since the Pyro is a...

Yes, I water presoaked as well. Do that with all my film.

My normal go to developer is HC-110 and I’ve done a dozen or so sheets with that in the Stearman 810 with no problems with it. I agitate using one of his suggested methods, 5 b, the “panning for...

No, separately.


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I am new to this developer. I have developed 3 sheets of 5x7 HP5 in it so far and two of them have what looks like some splotches on one of the edges. See the attached image right hand side. What...

I have an 8x10 Fidelity Elite film holder that is missing the metal locking pins that keep the dark slide from being pulled on accident. Is there a fix for this? Just using a rubber band for the...

I think I may try the liquid electrical tape first since it’s readily available.


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Hello large format experts!

I have an old 1902-ish Rochester Universal 5x7 camera which appears to have the original bellows. They are cloth on the inside with stiffeners for the pleats and a...

I used to have the Reveni Labs meter, but ended up selling it. I preferred my handheld ambient light meter over it. I know a lot of people like it and the others you mention, I was just more...

Vaughn, thanks for great information! I never really thought about the vertical option, but yes that would be much easier with the 1/2 darkslide. Unfortunately, my Wista 8x10 doesn't have shift but...

Yeah, it does add one more thing to the long list of things you already have to remember when shooting large format.

I probably would have done the same on the cutting too, thanks for the tip in advance! BTW…was just down visiting St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island this past week…really enjoyed the area!

Thank you for the info!

Nice, thanks, I didn’t know Intrepid had them.

Anyone here using an 8x10 holder with a half dark slide to create 4x10 images? Looking for pros and cons of using that method to create 4x10 images. It looks to be the least expensive way to at...

Small world, I visited the new WOP store a couple weeks back. Definitely a great experience for film camera buffs. I have an old "Billingham" branded wooden tripod that was given to me because it...

Sorry, all of the tripod I have owned have a 3/8"-16 screw stud to which the head (with a 3/8"-16 female tapped threads) attaches whereas the Majestic just attaches directly to the bare post it...

Thanks, I did come across that in my search. It shows 47.7mm as the diameter, some of the other's I've seen reference a smaller 1 1/2" size so I wasn't sure if that was for another model or not.

Thanks, I had considered that but wasn't sure if the "shoulder" (top hat look) that I see on some of them was necessary for stability.

I just acquired a nice Majestic 1400 Head. Is there anywhere at all to get on of the T adapters to adapt it to a regular set of tripod legs?

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Dave

Thanks Daniel, I just picked up a 240 S as well so will test them both.

Thanks Drew, I just picked up a 240 S as well so sounds like that one will cover better.

Very good, thank you for the sample!

Thanks, I will leave that one for the 5x7 & 4x5.

That is what I was afraid of, thanks Bernice.

I just acquired an 8x10 camera and would like to know if any has experience with this lens on 8x10? If so, how was it?

Originally I didn't think it would cover 8x10 and was considering looking...

Thanks Peter, will certainly be easy with it!

John, well I actually just won an eBay auction for a beautiful mint condition Wista which comes with a Caltar HR 300mm F5.6 lens. So I will be starting with the 300mm for now. I will probably pick...

It would certainly be worth a try. The 8 week delivery time is what has kept me from ordering one. A friend of mine ordered one t the beginning of December and is still waiting on it. He already...

I have looked at those. Wasn't sure about the 3D printed parts and the overall quality though compared to their more expensive models.

I did briefly conider that one too. There is one on eBay now that is comparable in price to the Deardorff I was considering. Definitely looks very sturdy and well built. Thank you for your...

Thanks Bernice for sharing your thoughts here. I definitely see the advantage of the bit heavier setups outdoors, one reason I am avoiding the Intrepid though they are low cost. I recently acquired...