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And what I always find interesting is you can never tell what size the print is by looking at it on the web. Could be 5”x7” or 5’x7’. Seeing the print in person, whatever the size determined by the...

Many thanks! I enjoyed your work as well.

“no computers or automation just traditional cabinet making” = the way it should be. Thanks for the link.

For 5x7 I can comfortably fit 6 in my bag. Usually for a day-long hike this is a good amount as I’m pickier about what I shoot with 5x7 than with 4x5. With 4x5, due to being able to process more...

I find in large format photography a search for perfection. To me, that’s the true beauty of a contact print. To be able to show that you pre-visualized, executed, and completed/produced, what was in...

I have to say, you know how to use the proper “it’s” and “there” so your English is better than most people I see online for whom English is their first language.

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This weekend, the wife and I went to Cumberland Island off the coast of GA and did some 5x7 photography. It’s amazing how many people want to talk to you about your “old looking” camera. I had indeed...

I don’t shoot large format just for the larger negative. Regardless of the “negatives” people typically note, if you shoot large format for the experience then take that. For me it’s become a...

I use a Stearman. It’ll do two 5x7’s at once.

Think Intrepid will ever make an enlarger kit for their 5x7? I’ve inquired a couple of times about it, the first time they said it wasn’t in the works. The second time they never responded. Might...

I tried it, didn’t like it. Had a color cast to the prints. Decided to try a few other labs to compare. Sent the same wet-scanned 4x5 negative post processed in LR. No instructions, just wanted to...

Thank you for the replies, much appreciated!

The test shots I’ve done definitely have a unique look to them. Wide open everything has a soft glow to it, over the entire scene. Once stopped down it looks a lot like other old lenses I have. I...

Thank you, that helps. Slow indeed! That means that, doing the math, at “152mm” wide open would be about f/8 and at “356mm” wide open would be about f/22. However, since I won’t be using it for...

Hello, hoping someone can help. I have an old brass lens from around 1895 and I have attached a pic of its description from an old catalog. My problem is that it uses 0-5, all spaced equally, as the...

Thank you for all the replies. Seems like it doesn’t even have to be something that you’ve used a long time. For me it seems the longer I use it the bigger the connection. Makes sense I guess...

I was wondering how many have experienced this or how many don’t believe it’s possible. I would think that the more time you spend with a tool, especially one used for creative expression, the more...

To see this world, and another. The camera and film see things we cannot at first. When you have made a photograph by capturing the light of the world onto film, then take that light and project it...

Tin Can, how do you like the RF? How do you fire the shutter handheld?

In regards to the left hand strap, the big issue on the D (and SP) are the micro swing knobs are in the way if you want to...

Hello. I have both a Wista 45DX and also a 45D. Both are great cameras and they both get a lot of use. There is a distance scale on the 45D set for a 135mm lens, which I have. How was this expected...

Good idea :)

Hello, after traveling recently I thought it would be nice to have a running log as to which airports anyone has had problems with regarding traveling with film, or which airports had no problems....

I know this is an old thread but I came across a manual and scanned it. Download link here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvig18c580qy36j/Gralab%20525.pdf?dl=0. It's free of course.

Thanks for all the replies everybody, very helpful.

Was the print scanned or photo taken with digital camera? It looks like my 850 pro came with a similar target along with some other software, just not sure how to use such things but looks...

Ok, thank you. It just seems a waste to put so much work into a portfolio full of prints with no way to show it unless someone is standing in front of them.

So, I love printing. I recently did a professional shoot for someone and trying to digitize a print so that it actually looked like the print became impossible. I ended up having to wet scan on my...

Made mine today... thanks again!

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Awesome, thanks everyone. New to large format and just built my first darkroom. I appreciate the help!

Hello, I own a 45MXII and was wondering what the optimal condenser height settings are for 35, 120, and 4x5 are, my enlarger doesn't have a gauge.