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    Re: D@ glass negative carrier

    Then you have to get rid of the WD-40 residue. I sometimes use Bestine rubber cement thinner. Nasty stuff. Wurth makes a solvent for cleaning up paint overstay, that may work too.
  2. Re: Walking around Midtown neighborhood, New-York City

    How refreshing to see excellent professional work on this site. Thank you from a former art director.
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    Re: Post Your Smaller Format Trees!

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    Re: Selling prints in the digital era

    I guess there were no camera stores in the area.
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    Re: Selling prints in the digital era

    There used to be at least one store on Hollywood Blvd that sold studio and actors' promo 8x10 glossies for a few bucks. Before digital. I can only imagine now.
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    Re: Selling prints in the digital era

    I talk with them all the time. The market is dead, they say. Seriously, I am at an age that I know a few artists who were not very successful (although they were quite talented) during their...
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    Re: Selling prints in the digital era

    It is not a hobby for me. Obsession, maybe. But I don't expect to make money. That is a full-time job.
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    Re: Selling prints in the digital era

    There are plenty of dead artists whose work doesn't sell.
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    Re: Selling prints in the digital era

    Environment is a factor for me. Some photos are better in books as part of a story or sequence. Part of my criteria when looking at photos is, "would I want that to hang on my wall, to pass by and...
  10. Thread: DIY photobook?

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    Re: DIY photobook?

    https://www.eliotdudik.com/
  11. Thread: Grain Focuser

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    Re: Grain Focuser

    I have the Peak Model I and a Microsight focuser. The Peak is indeed a fine instrument with the advantage of being able to be used on the edges of the image. But the Microsight does a fine job, it is...
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    Re: The digital era

    There is always a market if someone wants/likes the image and the price. Just don't expect to get rich or even make a living.
  13. Thread: Fstop timing

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    Re: Fstop timing

    A stop is a stop, no matter the lens. Just remember 3.5 is a half-stop faster than 4. But the ensuing stops are a full stop apart.
  14. Thread: Grain Focuser

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    Re: Grain Focuser

    The Peak and the Micromega are the same, just rebranded. The OP has stated the he thinks it is overkill. He can get by just fine with pretty much any of the less expensive ones.
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    Re: Fstop timing

    That is what test strips are for, usually made with a #2 filter. And if you make the leap to split-grade printing, you don't need to determine the grade, either.
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    Re: Fstop timing

    When would you need such an exposure time?
  17. Re: Your experience with "on demand" photo book printing services?

    Most commercial printing paper will yellow with age unless the book is kept in dim light.
  18. Thread: DIY photobook?

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    Re: DIY photobook?

    Maybe a little too far up the coast. Try https://www.sandiegobookarts.com
  19. Re: Digital Proof Sheets for 5x4 and medium format nagative film?

    I find that I can make adjustments in photoshop to compensate for various exposures.
  20. Thread: DIY photobook?

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    Re: DIY photobook?

    Find out if there is a book arts association or classes in your area. Making an artist book--which is essentially what you would be doing--would involve learning a few new skills and maybe having...
  21. Re: Your experience with "on demand" photo book printing services?

    My experience with Magcloud was they printed a small booklet (8x8, 20 pages if I recall) that came out fine. Then, with the same file plus some new ones, they printed the same booklet (now 40 pages)...
  22. Thread: Selecting Paper

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    Re: Selecting Paper

    Ilford Art is not technically warmtone, but the base paper is not bright white and if you selenium-tone the prints they will have a nice overall warmth and velvety blacks. The paper is watercolor...
  23. Re: Your experience with "on demand" photo book printing services?

    I have used Blurb and their subsidiary Magcloud for a couple of projects with mixed results. If your project is black and white it will be printed CMYK. That can be tricky--images can become tinted...
  24. Thread: Paper switching

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    Re: Paper switching

    Ilford MGRC for work prints, MGFB glossy for 98% of final prints, otherwise Ilford Art when called for.
  25. Re: Digital Proof Sheets for 5x4 and medium format nagative film?

    I use an epson v600 to scan the negs in a storage page. I have to do 3 scans per page the assemble them in photoshop, so it's not exactly the quickest or easiest way to go. I would think shooting the...
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    Re: Print-flattening board?

    I have used several methods. A heavy steel baking sheet like ones used for pizza (I put the prints face-down on a sheet of acrylic so the steel does not come into contact with the image). Or, simpler...
  27. Re: why they remove the price after an item is sold ?

    If the seller wishes to delete the asking price, that is his prerogative. There is no obligation to leave asking prices so someone else can later use the information for their own purposes. This...
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    Re: tripods and quality

    Depends on your definition of affordable.
  29. Thread: Ionizer

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    Ionizer

    I have seen some small, cheap ionizers lately and wonder if putting one or two in the darkroom might be a good idea to keep dust levels down. Do those things actually work well enough to bother with?...
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    Re: Traveling to Iceland, torn on 4x5 vs MF 6x6

    Just take a pair of Google Glasses.
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    Re: Traveling to Iceland, torn on 4x5 vs MF 6x6

    Orr this, a tripod hammock. Put some rocks in it.
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    BTW, it rains horizontally in Iceland, at least in the winter.
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    Re: Grain focuser for tired eyes?

    Eyeglasses?
  33. Thread: easels

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    Re: easels

    But why struggle with mediocre enlarging equipment to make a good print? A misaligned enlarger, a poor lens or an out-of-square easel just stands in the way. For me the making of a good print comes...
  34. Thread: The AI thread

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    Re: The AI thread

    it's an AI blowjob.
  35. Thread: The AI thread

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    Re: A.I. Is the Future of Photography. Does That Mean Photography Is Dead?

    Please do not misquote Magritte. His painting of a pipe is not a pipe.
  36. Thread: Paper safes

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    Re: Paper safes

    I would think you could make a light-tight box with a lid hinged halfway the fits in the drawer, maybe out of plastic/acrylic.
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    Re: Paper safes

    Some of the darkroom books had plans for a paper safe built in to a drawer. Caution: copyrighted material from The New darkroom Handbook, Focal Press 1998.

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  38. Thread: Paper safes

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    Re: Paper safes

    Curling has never presented any problem for me. In fact, it makes it easy to identify the emulsion side in the dark. My easel handles the curl without issues, and one the paper is wet, it is a moot...
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    Re: Paper safes

    Must be the climate. I have no problem at all with it, though I only put about 25-50 sheets in the paper safe at a time. Just as a matter of caution--in case the paper safe gets knocked off the shelf...
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    Re: Paper safes

    They are not delicate, probably 2.5mm sturdy plastic, would only break if something heavy fell on one or it was dropped on a corner. I suggested gaffer's tape to keep the lid from accidentally...
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