Carl,
My name is John Clark, and I live in North County (Oceanside), and have been doing large format black & white photography for about six years. I know of another photographer in Carlsbad...
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Carl,
My name is John Clark, and I live in North County (Oceanside), and have been doing large format black & white photography for about six years. I know of another photographer in Carlsbad...
Ghost images like this are almost always due to a pinhole somewhere in the camera -- so you have two images forming, one from the lens, and one from the inadvertant pinhole camera. I suspect that...
Joel, I develop 8x10s exactly the same way as 4x5s with one possible exception -- I usually develop just one negative at a time. I haven't gotten to the point where I can do more than one at a...
I have the Calumet shutter tester like Neil -- it's a great deal at about $75. Almost all large format shutters are somewhat inaccurate (but precise) at long and short speeds. I keep tables of ...
Another shop for 4x5 E-6 is North County Camera in Escondido. Have had many sheets done there.
I find that I use my Schneider 210 APO Symmar-S and 90mm Super Angulon, and my 14 inch (355mm) Red Dot Artar the most in the field for landscapes. The reputation the Red Dot Artars have for ...
Calumet also offers the service of determining your film speed for about $15 or $20, as I recall. Go to their site, and search for film speed test. I've used it several times.
When I am feeling like you are describing, I recall this quote, attributed to Robert Hughes: "The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a...
Both of those procedures are offered through Calumet's Service department. I was told to their contact Service M-F at 800-462-2550, ext 2258 for full details.
Al, If you aren't sure whether it's been modified, you might also want to have it calibrated -- in other words, Calumet ought to be able to tell you, and at the same time calibrate it. I have a ...