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Ektar 100 4x5, FUJINON Nikkor 450mm f9, into a V750. Original is AdobeRGB @ 16bit. Much nicer.

This is well done. I would be interested to see a lighting diagram.

MMMM.....tap and die....what causes the diffuse focusing effect? Lens or fog?

Yes, FLEUR.

A typo in the title that I couldn't figure out how to change. You got me. Argh..........

They stayed like that a day and a half, and while LIKELY edible, I didn't chance it.

THAT'S the gist right there.

well damn, even if you hate it, let me know why. I'm here to grow.

The technical execution (focus...lighting...) could have been better, but this is what I got. 4x5 ektar 100 in my living room and it smelled none too good. 36lbs of craw fish.101101

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This is a drill pipe elevator, it's what holds the drill string in suspension and lowers / raises it into / out of the hole. This particular one is rated at 250 tons. That's a good bit of...

Sitting here thinking of economical ways to increase the quality of my images. I'm running a V750 and fluid mount my 4x5s, and its acceptable. I get decent 30x30 prints out of them. Focus is strong...

Concise. Thankyou.

A Fujinon T 600mm has a flange focal distance of......not 600mm, right? The 'T' indicates a telephoto?

I quickly searched for the above info but figured you guys might have an answer. I saw...

alright so film is the way to go. damn i was all excited and delusionally optimistic.

Anyone know where I can buy CCD's at a reasonable price? Perhaps ones with instructions about how to wire 'em up? Voltages and etc.

I'm thinking there's a reason I don't see view cameras converted...

This shit sounds double plus baller. What it's an enlarger?

75858This is basically a big torque wrench for various diameters of drill pipe. We call it the Scorpion, but that's a brand name and kind of like calling tissue 'Kleenex'.

I'll be building some trays for developing C-41 4x5 negatives. I live in south Louisiana so machine shop fab work isn't too expensive. They'll be TIG welding 16 gauge 316 stainless for me. From what...

316 Stainless is the appropriate metal for making trays out of? Look for resistance to chemicals and no inadvertent reactions. I'm no chemist but I want to do this right.

Ordered one of them Gepe majiggers. Next step for shake minimization is a good, new Davis 'n Sanford tripod?

So I got me a 90mm super angulon on a copal 0, mounted to a Cambo recessed board. How exactly do I get a cable release up in that peice? Any specific suggestions? Or just a 'U' or 'L' shaped adapter?...

What is the order of C41 processing in trays? From what I can read, its:

Presoak
Dev
Blix
Water rinse
Stabilizer

Do I really put the film in a chemical stabilizer AFTER a water rinse, and...

Over the course of my off-and-on tenure here, I both seen alot of BS and read alot of legitimate solutions to problems. I'm using this forum as a way to navigate the LF world, and so far, every...

Thanks alot guys. Appreciate the technical reason for this being a bad idea and will be looking into a big tray with a submersible heater. Money money money. Photography is worse than a car.

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I need a dev time chart for Ilford ID-11 that goes down to around 45 degrees...or just a list of temp with percent deviation of standard developing at 68...

where can I buy CCD sensors in bulk?

I've got a 150mm lens of whatever make; I don't have time to take my rig apart and figure that out. It has a weird tube with a hole in it that I assume is for a cable release. But I bought a 40"...

The Epson V750 seems to have alot of buzz around it. There are detractors and naysayers and enthusiasts and sycophants. The ultimate question: is there a better flatbed scanner in the $800 price...

Yeah, 16x20 seems more feasible from the point of view of my inner accountant. I'm hunting down enlargers on ebay now.

Word, cutting that 96' roll of 50" paper is going to be gay.

I would like to purchase the Confusulon BS200 lens you offered here.

Thanks for this reply. Very informative but didn't read it with any sort of comprehension until today, for some reason. This has dispelled some confusion over here.

this is pretty much the info I was expecting to hear. good to clarify this. so basically I need a lens of supreme focal length. what's the deal with any ol' 300mm lens mounted in a lens board and...

Got my darkroom up and running, somewhat. I can tray process my negs, at least. But I need to enlarge these little dudes to poster size, somewhere around 40x50 if not bigger...

beyond buying this...

Do they make films or digital backs sensitive to gamma rays or microwaves or what have you? Just wondering. I'm aware that you would require special lenses and probably some sort of barrier around...

Thanks for the answers. Very informative. As for why I need to develop one piece at a time: economists would call it a scarcity of resources.

ARI:

Went fishing with the right bait, here. To wit: what did you build the tanks out of? I plan on getting a hanger in the mail and building a PVC fortress around it. Do they sell PVC in anything...

Does PVC cement react in any unpleasant ways with the various chemicals used to process B&W film? Or can I hack my way through some plastic and glue it back together with abandon, concerned only...

Yes, yes, a list exists elsewhere...but I appreciate the help. Time to go 'stimulate the economy'...

Just got my 4x5 in the mail today, lending an air of legitimacy to my hobby of light-thievery. I have a question regarding the lens board...

It is, to my measurement, 1.625", or 41.275mm in...

A roughly 4gb image size sounds pretty ill...and justifies purchasing a computer with a 64-bit chipset and 16gb of RAM. I would like my photographs to reveal, upon enlargement, the cellular...

I've shot B&W 35mm along time ago, and spent 4 years shooting on crappy-but-affordable APS-c sensors from any of the Big Three (nikon/canon/sony). Got incredibly frustrated with my inability to make...