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Another good one, Meekyman. I always enjoy seeing your work.

Thanks everyone! Some good advice here.

I've just finished building a new darkroom and am about to begin printing my large backlog of negatives.
When I last was printing, two years ago, I was using TF-5 fixer with a plain water stop bath,...

They are fiber-based papers. The plastic version was Kodabrome II RC. Of course Kodak stopped all production of b/w paper in 2005 or so, and Kodabromide was discontinued well before that, so your...

B&J Rembrandt portrait camera, made through at least 1973. If that's "modern'.

Tin Can, perhaps your issue is why we used a chair of bar-stool height when I was a portrait photographer. For relevance, the 70mm long-roll camera sat on a Majestic tripod, itself on a dolly. And...

Mr. Layton- is there a problem with your current prints- and do you think that this technique will solve that problem (whatever it might be)?
I ask this question in all honesty- because after 40+...

D-19 is a high-contrast developer meant for scientific, technical, and graphic-arts applications. Not meant for normal pictorial photography- so no need t save it. The Z-VI fixer is (IIRC) similar to...

No doubt that this 'mistake' will give you prints of indescribable beauty and tonalities that you could never even have dreamed of... a look that would make you famous and rich... except that you'll...

Thank you Mr. Cornell- that was the discussion I'd referred to. Someday I'll return to it.

It was Roger Fenton who made that picture. Filmmaker Errol Morris has written a long article, trying to decide whether Fenton (and assistant) moved the cannonballs. Many people have opined on the...

I've been trying to get out into the landscape this year, with limited success. But I haven't even made a contact proof in a year now (although I have processed most of the negatives I've made). But...

In my industrial-shooter days we had a 1960s version of the 165/8 Super-Angulon. No complaints about sharpness, coverage, or color rendition. A fine lens but huge and heavy. But then we rarely used...

Remember that both of these choices were top-of-the-line lenses, made by leading optical companies for a demanding professional market. You'd be hard-pressed to see any difference between the...

Cambo made some 4x5 TLRs, Peter Gowland did too. There are plenty of 5x7 Graflex SLRs, most notably the Home Portrait model; and there are stories that Graflex made a few 8x10 SLRs. I think a...

old Zeiss Protar? I had a barrel-mount 90mm f/18 once. But I don't know if they made any shorter focal lengths.

Not ready to answer that last question, but here's a book I read decades ago and still remember; "Lest Darkness Fall" by L. Sprague deCamp (a name too good to forget).

SK Grimes should have them- or any camera repair shop.

A possible issue is that the cost of remounting the lens (pus the cost of a good recent Copal shutter) will likely far exceed the value of the lens itself. Not a problem if you have the money and...

The flat changing bag will put dust on your film (through contact), resulting in black spots on your prints. Frustrating!
Use a changing tent if you're using sheet film. I've been using one (a...

Nice to see the face behind the name. Thanks for sharing!

Somewhere in my reading, don't know where now, I recall a quote from White's most famous student, Paul Caponigro;
"Head for the cosmos, Minor, they'll never be able to corner you there." ...

Perhaps few people are posting on that forum because 1) former members may not know that it's back, and 2) newbies have not been made aware of it?
Just a thought... it might draw more visitors if...

Assuming both are in equal physical condition, you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference between the two lenses. Unless, of course, you expect to make wall-sized enlargements... and even then...

WP was a popular format in the days before enlarging was common. It's been functionally obsolete since the 1930s, I think, as 8x10 took its place. So cameras are hard to find; few have been made in...

The author, Dr. Senf, wrote her PhD thesis on Adams. She and my wife are colleagues at the CCP, and I recently finished reading the book myself. It's serious, careful, and thorough. Overall, a very...

Back in the day, Kodak recommended Super-XX for separation negatives, due to its very long straight line. Of course that film has been gone for 25 years- in fact I've heard that EK kept that film...

A long time since I've been there, gnuyork; thanks for reminding me.
A beautiful photograph of a lovely place.

Gabe, well done. Tell us where that is, please? Living in Arizona makes me nostalgic for country where there is rain and greenery.

This is a contested and complex subject among photo conservators (I'm married to one).
I'd always mounted my 11x14 prints to 16x20 4-ply board and hinged a mat over that. Not considered the best...

Remember, as well, "the reproduction is not the art". Crewdson's work interests me but I don't think it translates well over the internet.
I'll withhold judgement, or other comment, until I've had a...

I'll second Mr. Grad's comment. I have an older (1957) 121/8 SA, and one like it would suit your purpose well. The newer multicoated versions might have more contrast than you want. And I think that...

Thanks for sharing... anyone on this forum who lives anywhere near western Arkansas should make the trip.

Well, to quote Langston Hughes, "In dreams begin responsibilities".
I'm no scholar, and even Dr. Kingslake (who was there) wasn't at all comprehensive when he wrote his "History of Camera...

It was Doug Nishimura at the Image Permanence Institute (at RIT) who reported this. His tests showed that a print would have to be toned to completion for full archival permanence. Most of us don't...

(Grammar pedant alert) It would be very hard to do "surveillance" (e.g. watching someone, something or someplace) when you don't know what's there, or what or who might be present in that unknown...

Looks like the rear standard, or most of one, for a Sinar F-series camera.

Sorry Dann, I did some thinking and realized that it's been at least 25 years since I worked with those cameras. Have fun with yours!
BTW the last time I used a long-rail Calumet, I had a 19"...

CC-400 = 16" rail. Most common model.
CC-401 = 22" rail. Otherwise identical to CC-400.
CC-402 = wide-angle camera. Shorter rail, different front standard, bag bellows. Less common than the others....

I've used both Calumets extensively on the job. Dann Corbit, KEH sent you the correct camera, and it's a real workhorse- congratulations. The 22" rail is long enough for most any purpose.
The LF...