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Welcome. I’m in Kentucky too and happy to help. I’m getting back into LF after some time off.

I did this and it is indeed very nice.

Great thread. In my non-LF work, I am learning to use a fisheye lens. I’ve realized the need to take it out and “fail.” It’s so different than what I’m used to that it will take a while to see how it...

Glad to hear this. I have seen negative Amazon reviews for this loupe but this is the first I've seen in this forum, which I trust more.

Glad he’s back. I think he had knee surgery. He’s amazingly willing to make adapters and drill boards.

Listening to jazz on the way to photograph seems to open my senses up. I don't know if it's cause or just correlation, but my best photography is when I see something that really catches my eye. To...

I picked one of these up recently. The part that attaches to the camera has three washers. Two are the same size and just about fit within the two rails on which it slides. Does anyone have a...

Thanks for all the ideas and commiserating. I’ve decided to have S.K. Grimes fabricate 58mm filter holders. I shoot mostly black and white so the filters are relatively inexpensive. I found a...

I don't have five, but want to give a shout out to Ralph Eugene Meatyard's photographs of Kentucky's Red River Gorge in The Unforeseen Wilderness. That small book really moved me and the photographs...

Thanks. I found the Cokin adapter on a vendor’s website. It’s a great solution for bigger lenses but is for larger diameter barrels than I have. The Toyo lens hood is appealing. I think Calumet made...

Greetings All,

I'm trying to figure out what to do about a hood and filters for my 4x5 Calumet CC-401 kit. I've spent some time on this forum and other sites learning about various Series filters,...

I recently worked with Bill to unstick the speed setting ring on a Rapax shutter and for some advice on a very old Autex shutter. He did a fantastic job, is a great communicator, and the cost was...

Are there any details about the schedule yet? If I were to fly in Friday morning, arriving in Springfield early afternoon, would I miss a whole lot? In terms of return trip planning, what's the...

David, Holding the film by the edge with the notch at the appropriate corner (see the website link above), guide the film under the two narrow and thin guides on either side of the holder. Those...

Chiming in with a little stream of consciousness, I take landscape photographs because doing so helps me see. My most pleasant photo experiences are when I see something that catches my eye and am...

Kevin It's a nice little lens. One came with a Burke & James 5x7/4x5 I bought used a few years ago. Mine has been sharp; my work is black and white. It won't cover 5x7, but it should do nicely...

You can also buy a self supporting bellows hood that attaches to the front of the Cokin P filter holder from a company in Great Britain, whose website is www.srbfilm.co.uk. I use that combination...

Greetings, I have a Wollensak convertible lens marked "Voltas Three Focus F8 8x10". It's m ounted in a Betax No. 4 shutter and is a good lens. The aperture scale says ind icates that it serves as a...

Hello, I used some black photographic tape (a heavy cloth tape I bought at my local purveyor of accessories) to tape the ends of some old 4x5 and 5x7 film holders. It worked great. Hope this helps...

Bill, You might try the photographic history listserve. I learned about it through the links section of the Royal Photographic Society's website, www.rps.org. FWIW, I am very interested in 19th...

Hello All, I'm getting ready to process (Tri-X at 320) using some deep tanks I purchased a while ago. I liked Xtol when I used it 1:1 in trays, but these tanks hold 15 li tres of liquid. I was...

Thanks to all for the ideas. I think the problem has solved itself. After reading all of the advice, I started fiddling with the shutter and after about 30 minutes of cocking and tripping it at...

Hello All, I have had a 4-1/4" Wollensak Raptar lens for about two years. I had a CLA when I bought the lens but after a lengthy period of inactivity (pregancies and babi es will do that to one's...

Hello All, I could use some help finding a filter holder and lens shade setup for my 5x7/4x 5 Burke & James field camera. I've priced Lindahl and Lee and they seem very ex pensive. For what it's...

I have an opportunity to buy three Kodak hard plastic non-daylight processing ta nks, seven 5x7 hangers, one 4x5 hanger, and four 8x10 hangers -- all used and in good condition -- for $75. I am...

Thanks for the good focusing advice. For your information, the old saying about looking for operator error rather than equipment error is true. I tested the l ens by making sure that the back, the...

Hey all, I shot with my new used field camera this weekend and as an experienced photogra pher friend of mine said, some funky things are going on with the focus. What s hould I do to verify that...

I have been reading about photography's history in the early 20th century and I must admit that Ansel Adams' role is still unclear to me. In some ways, he seem s like more of an environmentalist. A...

I use a 3047 head for an old Burke & James 5x7 field camera. At first, it was a little loose, but then I really worked on tightening the larger of the two knob s (for lack of a fancier term). Then...

Does anybody know the covering power of these lenses: 162mm Graflex Optar/Wollensak Raptar f/4.5 190mm Graflex Optar/Wollensak Raptar f/4.5 Thanks Jim Worthington