Looking at old postcards and photos of studio portraits from 1900-1910 I am really fascinated by the incredibly soft tones and gradations that they have, so I am curious what processes were the most...
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Looking at old postcards and photos of studio portraits from 1900-1910 I am really fascinated by the incredibly soft tones and gradations that they have, so I am curious what processes were the most...
Terribly sorry for the poorly marked dimensions (which by the way are meant to show the whole area of the holder) - it's hard to draw things on a phone.
I recently got an old wooden 8x10 camera - with no marking on it to identify the manufacturer - which came without holders. Based on the dimensions below (which are all in mm) could anyone help me...
Thanks for the info. I'm sure that some CLA is required on the shutter to get it back within spec, but at the same time I keep thinking that there should still be some further adjustment method...
Good to know.
This is what the camera looks like, BTW. It's a beauty.
Ernemann Spiegelreflex focal plane shutters
I recently got an Ernemann Spiegelreflex reflex camera which has a focal plane shutter. And I am not really sure how to set and determine the shutter speeds (since my assumption is that after all...
What about the silver nitrate that gets on the camera? Two23 was mentioning that he regularly wipes the camera afterwards. Is there any good way of cleaning the camera body to neutralize/remove the...
Silver Nitrate and Cadmium Bromide are some examples.
handling precautions?
I know the basics of how toxic some chemicals in the collodion wet plate process are and I always wear protective gear while handling them, but one thing I haven't really been able to find out is how...