A friend of my family was over at our house recently and he knew that I was into photography. He is a younger guy and has only done digital photography.
I showed him some of my large format 4x5...
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A friend of my family was over at our house recently and he knew that I was into photography. He is a younger guy and has only done digital photography.
I showed him some of my large format 4x5...
What is the best way to store my large format lenses to try and avoid undesirable issues over time?
My home has central heating and cooling, and we typically keep the temperature inside the house...
Really nice!! I will be trying this. I just ordered some Arista Lith Dev.
I saw that, but since it is 35mm and I do 8x10 contact printing only, I am not sure how I could use this. I don't have an enlarger. Am I overlooking something?
Thank you for the help. I will give this a try.
I will give the ebay search a try. Thanks for the idea.
Defocus what?
I am making 8x10 paper negs in the camera and then contact printing with a regular light above the workbench.
What are you referring to?
I assume you are referring to coating watercolor/art paper with a liquid emulsion? If not, let me know what you are thinking.
I am making 8x10 contact prints.
I don't have an inkjet printer or anything like that, but I have a friend who lives nearby that does. He makes digital negatives all the time and then comes to my...
The old ways are always so much more fun and interesting vs. doing this type of stuff on a computer...
Steve, your idea for making textured screens that are fogged with clear spots for "grain" patterns intrigues me. I am stumped on how to do this. Any ideas or pointers that I can try for this...
Paul, the coarse grain on a transparency is a great idea. I had not thought of that. Maybe I could get a friend of mine with an inkjet printer to print a couple on Pictorico transparency film and...
This is a really good idea. I did not think of that in this context. I have Lith printed before and I do recall some really awesome gritty type of look, so this very well may be a great path for...
Yep... I get it... that is why I am hoping someone here knows more than me... I was thinking possibly Rodinal, but I dont have any on hand to run a test. Let's see if others can come up with...
I am using silver gelatin fiber paper as negatives in my view camera and making contact prints.
It is going very well, but I want a developer to produce much more grain in the paper negative...
Excellent, thank you. Exactly what I needed to do the math. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the info. Very helpful.
Yes, hopefully, someone here will know how to calculate the effective aperture.
Thanks again.
I recently acquired a Verito F4 soft focus lens, and I just learned that you can remove the front element, and this makes the focal length a little longer. Will the aperture remain F4 with the front...
I have an early 1900's 5x7 camera, and I would like to find a barrel lens that would be considered a wide angle for 5x7 format, something in the 6 in to 7 in range would be good. I plan to use it...
I am headed in the same direction, so I don't care about the "technical" issues like diffraction. Contact prints in large or ultra large format are going to be incredible no matter what aperture you...
Indeed Drew. Prices have elevated to crazy land...
I wanted to confirm the apertures beyond f/64. Is this correct? f/64, f/90, f/128, f/180
That is really good to know. I didn't realize that. That makes it super easy then!
Unrelated question.
I read an article by Spencer Cox that his Fujinon C 600 is in a Copal 3 shutter and the aperture markers go to f/64, but he takes advantage of the fact that the shutter can...
Thank you for clearing that up. I appreciate it.
I am trying to determine if there are telephoto and standard long lens versions of the Fujinon-C 600mm f/11.5 lens?
Are all Fujinon-C 600mm f/11.5 lenses of the standard long lens design, or are...
Okay, I got to the bottom of the first issue. It appears that the seller had a typo, so that clears up the original question.
However, I seem to have learned there are telephoto and standard...
I am seeing the f/11.5 and the f/12.5 versions in copal 3 shutters.
I am starting to wonder if one version is a telephoto version, possibly?
It's likely just a shutter difference, I'll check that excellent Fuji resource link.
Hi Mark, yea, I don't think we know the full story yet. The link you shared doesn't work on my side?
No,...
Does anyone know the differences, if any, other than the aperture on Fuijon-C 600mm f/11.5 vs. f/12.5 lenses?
I have seen them for sale as f/11.5 and others as f12.5, and I would like to know the...
Hi, thank you for that excellent idea. I will investigate this.
Hi, I am researching options to use b/w filters (yellow, orange, red) on the Schneider 210XL F5.6 Super Symmar lens.
I have been searching for 135mm filters and am not coming up with anything.
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My plans for right now are to just print 8x10 for my personal enjoyment. I plan to put the prints in an archival binder and hopefully enjoy them for many years to come. I have a jobo and drums that...
Hey Drew, I just got the Heiland LED splitgrade system with the optional RGB color controller. I will be doing additive printing with this setup, which is new for me. I am excited to learn and make...
Thanks for sharing your article. My takeaway is that I will keep making RA4 prints from my color negatives and enjoy it while I can.
I would love to know more about this because my use case is 100% optical enlargements from my large format C-41 negatives.
Thanks Drew. I knew this would probably be a complex topic and possibly no clear guidance, but I have learned a lot so far. I appreciate the info and help.
This is very interesting. Thank you for sharing this.
It appears that washing and cool storage conditions with proper RH is museum/curator guidance, etc.
For ordinary people and...
Hi, you are absolutely correct.... I wasn't quite awake when I wrote my question apparently! Thank you.
Hi, I am hopeful the group here can help me identify some options for improving the archival attributes of RA-4 C-prints.
We have fiber paper and toners for black and white silver gelatin prints...