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very nice! was the tree spinning?

This is so weird and awesome. I never would have imagined the paper itself would have a developing agent in it. Has anyone tried it with ilford papers? That's what I use, and I'm thinking I may have...

thanks for the advice guys. I went ahead with a return, and got my money back. However, the seller didn't want to deal with the hassle of getting it shipped across the atlantic again, so I still have...

Hey people,

I recently purchased this rodagon 300mm lens for my DeVere 5108 enlarger off eBay. It was advertised as "clean and clear" but has fungus all over it and some scratches. I of course...

If you have an iphone, you can use the color filters feature to set the iphone to only output red light. This is done by going into settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Color Filters. You...

I'm using a mixture of ferrous sulfate, acetic acid, and grain alcohol, in distilled water. I think its 100ml water, to 4g ferrous sulfate, 4ml grain alcohol, and 6ml acetic acid.

what developer are you using? my developer has a very low viscosity and never has any issues covering the whole plate.

iPhone can be set to only output red light, but would that be too much light for working with film?

Cool! I'll try to be there!

Here's a shot of the street in front of my house I captured a few days ago. Probably my best plate so far, as far as the technical aspects go, though the composition isn't my favorite.
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I don’t think you’ll need to worry about the relays in your timer. When I made my cable (though mine is a 5108, I think they are the same) I took apart the control box which comes with the enlarger,...

The DeVere timer plug isn’t actually proprietary, it’s a Bulgin PX0551 plug, which you should be able to get at one of the larger online electronics suppliers. I sourced one from mouser and made my...

It’s a 25 watt T8 appliance bulb with a BA15d base. Make sure to buy one with the right base, as most T8s have a screw base, but it needs the bayonet style base to fit into the DeVere.

Yup, I was able to grab one at the local hardware store. The 5108s method of using fiber optics to send the light to the panel seems a bit overly complicated to me, but it works well enough I guess.

Cool, all 4 lamps in the head turn on, it’s just the dial ones that don’t. Annoyingly, one of the 4 indicator LEDs must be bad, because although it doesn’t light up, I’ve verified that all the lamps...

I think I’ll order one, just to be on the safe side.

On another note, the manual indicates that the small switch on the front of the head is supposed to turn on lights behind the dials, but it...

Thanks! That’s what the one looks like. Looking inside the other, it seems it has been modified, I’m guessing for whatever voltage stabilizer the previous owner had. Do you use a voltage...

Ok, maybe another question. FedEx finally delivered the last two boxes of enlarger bits, and there were two power supplies. Both say de Vere 115v control on the front, but one has a...

If you want to DIY an enlarger, elgatosuizo posted a guide in this sub forum recently on how it can be done for ~$100. 4x5 enlargers aren’t super rare either though, so if you don’t want to do DIY...

how long do you let a plate sit before putting it in the silver? I haven't been very careful about that, so that could be my issue.

Awesome! Thank you so much for doing this!

How would I prevent it?

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I shot these two plates of some friends this afternoon. I'm finally getting consistent results with my plates, but these photos have small white streaks on them as you can see. There...

One more quick question, the 5108 arrived today, the the foam panels inside the head are loose, could anyone look inside theirs and show me how these pieces fit inside? it looks like they were just...

I’ve never gone beyond 8x10, so I have no clue as to the truthfulness of this, or how one would go about it, but I’ve heard that the Chinese made film Shanghai GP3 can also be purchased in ulf sizes....

I haven't gotten any books on the subject, but my friend who does wet plate gave me a photocopy of her "cookbook" she has compiled all the information she uses into. Are there any books you would...

said vapor distilled. In its current condition it's completely clear, so I put it back in the tank. I tried filtering it many times to clear, and got it to just a yellowish tinge of cloudiness, and...

It was at 1.03 (if I was reading the scale correctly) By the time I got the specific gravity to 1.074, which is what the friend who gave me the tank said to use, the cloudiness had completely...

could it have been caused by not having enough silver in the mixture? I filtered it several times, but that only reduced the cloudiness. As soon as I added more silver nitrate it cleared up...

I've filtered the bath several times since adding the water, but the color remains.

The distilled water I used was just from walmart, is it better to get it from a scientific supply store or...

Hey guys,

I just mixed my wet plate chemicals today, and I'm somewhat impatient to go try and take some photos.

I was given a silver tank by a fellow wet plate photographer, which was about...

After 30 days have past, you will simply see the buy/sell sub forums appear when you log in. If you're in New York, there should be a good deal of equipment available, though maybe less so now...

For pencil on the print (I'm wary to try anything that goes on the negatives, damaged prints can be re made, damaged negatives can't), do you just get a white pencil and go over the mark a few times?

Hey guys,

I’ve got a negative I shot recently that I’d really like to make some prints of. However, it got a single scratch on it while I was tray processing. When I made a contact print, the...

The Saunders enlargers are great, but as people have said, they can be hard to find and are also on the more expensive side. If you are fine using physical contrast filters, Beseler 45s are good...

I’ve never seen that lens before, and have no clue what that giant block of glass does, but my understanding of optics is that the curvature of the elements is very important for making the lens...

I think I probably agree, but the second one has some details like the signs on the hill behind the waterfall, which I think will be intriguing when I make some bigger enlargements of it.

I could get it and change the connectors, but if I’m already messing around with it, why not just get the 8 pin plug from Mouser and make the adapter myself?

I only see the one for RH Designs timers, not for standard US three prong timers, do they have that as well?

KHB didn’t list the 5108 carrier on their website, but I could call and ask I suppose. De Vere does make an adapter for normal timers, but it costs $175, and I can’t justify spending that on...