My best pics are made in areas I visit over and over again. Everything changes! There are millions of variations!
Francesco (www.cicoli.com)
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My best pics are made in areas I visit over and over again. Everything changes! There are millions of variations!
Francesco (www.cicoli.com)
Will the 210 f10 Process Nikkor cover 11x14 stopped down?
Francesco (www.cicoli.com)
Great Basin Photographic. It seems like they are no more, or at least their site does not work. I got their 12x16 frame and it is functionally perfect and aesthetically beautifully. I think they...
My concession to modernity - stainless steel clips by Patterson. Very secure and allows extremely fine footprint so as not to touch the image area.
Francesco (www.cicoli.com)
Michael, Dan and George: thanks for the heads-up. Up until now I took it for granted that the pin-slot combo would always be reliable, having had no problems (YET). My Wisner 8x10 was purchased in...
As Frank has described that is the way I have done my site (www.cicoli.com). I concentrated on two things: 1. ease of navigation and 2. quality scans. I have had regular purchases since day 1 and...
I am no chemist (I trade options for a living) BUT my negatives developed in Pyrocat HD are the best I have ever done! Long Live Pyrocat! Oh and wear gloves...please!
Wisner 8x10 Expedition field camera was my first and still is my only camera. Briefly had a Master Technica 2000 but gave it up as it was gathering dust. Francesco (www.cicoli.com)
Sandy, the busiest time should be August - when all Italians are on holiday! Mid-July is the best time during the summer. The water should be just right for swimming in. However, it could be...
The villas of Lago di Garda - Mussolini's, Maria Callas', etc. It is a project of mine which I have yet to start (waiting for my 12x20 - AZO contact prints). My family (mother side) lives nearby. ...
210 Goerz Hypergon perhaps if it exists.
210 Computar Apo-Symmetrigon????????
The internet is the premiere place for information, articles, reviews, photos, etc. To compete for my hard earned dollars will necessitate something extra - whether that be better writing or better...
There are some really nice compositions there but either the scans or the actual prints have interferred with the sharpness that my monitor is able to provide. Quite fuzzy in some places.
Rory...
My name is Francesco Cicoli Abad, an Italian living in Stockholm, Sweden. I shoot only B&W 8x10. My work can be seen here www.cicoli.com.
I used to use TMAX 100 8x10 exclusively for many years and thought that it was the bees' knees. Until I found something cheaper and for my procedures superior in terms of building local contrast...
Hitler and Stalin were not governments - they were madmen. Are we excusing what is going on in the world right now by saying that it is just evening up the score with what was done in the past? ...
The only problem with TMAX 100 is that it is difficult to build overall contrast with it and any aspirations to enhance local contrast should be left behind. This lack of overall and local contrast...
I beg to differ. There are significant differences as well in sheet film-dev combos, probably even more so than roll film-dev combos. In addition, adjusting development procedures also affect...
From the very first reply it was already off topic.
It may be simplistic and it certainly is unfair to talk about profiling but it is a fact that the biggest killings of this century (so far) have been perpetrated by those types of individuals. There...
Unfortunately this is the world we live in. I for one feel that there is still room for more security - the consequences nowadays (e.g. WTC, Bali, Madrid, etc.) far outweigh any annoyance (myself...
Kreig, like you I am moving larger from 8x10 (12x20 in my case). TMY is not available in this size - replace with Classic 400 and partner that with Efke PL100 - Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, minimal or gentle...
Here is my recommendation: Dump TMAX 100. Keep TMAX 400 and partner that with Efke PL100. Both developed in Pyrocat HD. I cannot think of anything more economical, easy to use, more forgiving and...
Go for it! Get a new 8x10! Sell everything else and focus on this format! Buy some AZO Grade 2 and 3, Pyrocat HD and Efke PL100. If this does not inspire you to compose better while having fun I...
John, I have used the times posted plus 20 per cent with Classic 200. I have done so with around 100 sheets of it. If I find a negative I can part with of Classic 200 developed in this manner I...
Perhaps overdeveloping really means metering error. If you meter the scene the way you want detail to show then you will match that with the right development time. If the development time is wrong...
In my experience Classic 200/Fortepan 200/(Bergger 200?) do not respond well to N plus development (SBRs of 5 and 6), i.e. extended development only increases density (thus printing times) and after...
As Donald said, you will be very impressed with minimal agitation of sheet film using homemade tubes. Check out the articles in the AZO forum about it. It is well documented. In addition,...
John, these times are for Efke PL100 rated 100 developed in Pyrocat HD using BTZS style tubes, destined for AZO contact printing.
Gentle agitation, dilution 2:2:100 SBR 6 : 22 mins SBR 7 : 18 mins...
John, if you need starting times for SBRs 6 to 13, with Efke PL100 and Classic 200, developed in Pyrocat HD, using BTZS type tubes, and destined for AZO contact printing, I would be more than happy...
One of the nicest things about the Wisner Expedition 8x10 I own is that the bellows has 3 tabs on 3 different locations on top that connect to a pin on top of the front standard. This allows...
The book to purchase is Beyond the Zone System by Phil Davis (4th ed.). It will go through the whole process of the meaning and uses of CI (contrast index), SBR (subject brightness range) and DR...
I must have taken it for granted but Jorge makes a very good observation - using Pyrocat HD does almost eliminates the need to burn the sky in to get the clouds to come out. Funny that I forgot how...
I have never tried D76, Acufine, Xtol, and more. Because I have not tried them I cannot say anything bad or good about them. I just do not say anything at all in fact and I do not make fun of those...
As far as contact printing on silver chloride paper is concerned, my TMAX 100 negatives developed in TMAX RS 1:9 cannot hold a candle to my Efke PL100 negatives developed in Pyrocat HD 2:2:100 (I use...
Jerald, SBR = 5, Tmax 100, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100 and ONLY developed for 8 minutes. WOW!!!! I have never measured a scene less than SBR = 7 but even that needs a development time greater than 10 mins. ...
Efke PL100, Pyrocat HD, and AZO - easiest combination. And you do not even need a darkroom!
Andy, check the posts under the name "Francesco".
Andy, I regularly post at the APUG site. Got three right now in the critique gallery.