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    Olivier Meriel in Lenswork

    "Uses Kodak Ego and Dammitol for his prints."

    ;)
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    Olivier Meriel in Lenswork

    Herb,

    Gotta tell you something.


    http://largeformatphotography.info/lfforum/topic/500572.html

    Have a good day.
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    Ilford Products Price Increases

    Good to hear us in the US still supporting Ilford. I'd half thought that most US consumers would default and buy Arista/J&C/Forte products (if they can find them or know which ones are Ilford...
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    More on print quality, techniques and esthetics

    "In my opinion, if Meriel's work is the shape of photography to come, then I think I will bow out of the medium and pursue something else. "

    If someone does a doo in one corner of a paddy field,...
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    More on print quality, techniques and esthetics

    "Spoken like a true gentleman! At this point, I think I'll just consider Meriel's work as printed with a French accent..."

    You've heard of the 'Texas Leica'...this 'awww shucks' is the English...
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    More on print quality, techniques and esthetics

    "I hope this does not becoma a fad, just like the filed negative holder or the "distressed" negative did"

    Ansel Adams and the west coast school became a fad - look how long that fad has lasted. ...
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    Polaroid being acquired for $426MM

    "What does this mean for Type 55???"

    Ulike Kodak's snap decisions to bail its commitment out of the film industry. hopefully Petters won't create a sticky emulsion out of this takeover. I prefer...
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    End of Agfa Scala. Alternatives?

    Jan,

    One advantage of living in Europe is that if your lab terminates their franchise with the proprietary Scala process and Scala does continue, then Agfa will hopefully make arrangements to...
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    End of Agfa Scala. Alternatives?

    Jan,

    The information from you lab may be premature. It doesn't take much to start a concatenation of catastrophisation and I'm afraid your thread adds to it.

    The proprietary Agfa Scala process...
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    Ilford HYPAM.......still waiting.

    Ng -

    that's correct. Ilford Hypam and Rapid Fixer complement each other rather than replace one another. Rapid Fixer has become more difficult to source in England over the past few months...
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    Interesting comparison between 4x5 and digital

    Dan,

    Most of the users on this forum would agree with your findings a priori. Although the method is suspect, the intuition behind the comparison is heart-felt.

    Strikingly, the digital...
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    Film Availability

    Efke 70mm film??!! This will be absolutely amazing - dig out the old bulk film back and shoot enough frames to make the latest digicam look incontinent.

    Enough of the two-timing. Another loyal...
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    5x4 choosing a scanner

    The Epson F-3200 Film scanner is rumoured to be affordable. For your colour work, 48 bit should do it.

    www.epson.co.uk/products/scanner/F-3200.htm
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    news: Forte keeps on

    That's a breath of temporary relief.

    The French Bergger 200 film is rumoured to be made by Forte: is there any link between the two? It seems to do well in fitting in bertween HP5 and FP4+. For...
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    Why keep a 2x3 Crown Graphic?

    Gfen,

    Since you're in the market for a proper 4x5" handholdable camera, you might find some of the parts transferable....the mahoganite might make an interesting roll film container with a built...
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    Schneider Angulon 65mm f8 on 5"x4" anyone?

    It's a black Super Angulon f8 with an aperture threaded cable release - shutterless. These days I can't muster anything faster than 8 second exposures. It doesn't look multi-coated to me, but I...
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    Schneider Angulon 65mm f8 on 5"x4" anyone?

    I'm really stumped here.

    This shutterless lens uncoated Schneider Super Angulon 65mm f8 (filter thread 49mm) which I have is mounted in a recessed board and fits fine onto a Sinar monorail which I...
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    Fuji Acros Users Unite!

    Several of my associates and I also emailed Fuji UK - I think we're still in wishful-thinking mode. The Fuji Acros 5x4" market in the UK just isn't large enough to support the regular supply of 5x4"...
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    Ha ha haaa - Ilford heist

    This thread is amazingly awful.

    Since when did the LF forum become baywatch for boobied trapped auctions and the like?

    Half of the posts have unfairly slated a seller with 100% positive...
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    Traditional Darkroom

    I think the traditional darkroom aspect caught me most. This is my usual work flow, although I have absolutely no objectively about my own work and will ache for days bent double over a 20x20" tray...
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    New Website- How to Increase Traffic

    "I could see spikes in traffic that corresponded to specific posts."

    Which direction were the spikes pointing? ; > )
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    New Website- How to Increase Traffic

    One way to increase traffic is to do what you've done and posted on this forum ;)

    It's a nice friendly URL, although I am not particularly discerning when it comes to websites. The only prob. I...
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    90mm lens accessories

    Using the same lens (although acquired from a more reputable source), I've not found the field of view particularly wide enough for my liking. The dampener really hit home when I found out how...
  24. Latest nightmares at the airport -- and a solution

    Photographers' film is not a high priority on airport security. The fascinating thing from guys down the local processing lab is that over the summer they found more rolls of film being fogged,...
  25. Anyone up for LF this Saturday? (Mt. Tamalpais Ca)

    I hope you have a great time up there. I've always wanted to go but never got out of the bay area when I last went to San Francisco.

    The mountains sound so romantic and idyllic so I hope you have...
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    New LF Black and White film - from Rollei?!

    I'm really pleased to hear that at long last a camera manufacturer has teamed up with a film manufacturer, although recently I switched to support Fuji film who have been doing this for a long time....
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    Platinum Printing

    ">In this case I think you need two special plug ins....."

    Initially I thought this was was tongue-in-cheek. I'd like a digital camera which can replace the burglar alarm too. Maybe tell me the...
  28. St.Therese sister a LF photographer? Who'd a thunk it?

    John,

    If my memory serves me correctly, the story of the saint's life was released back in the mid-70's - early 80's (that'll cover it). I remember the full-plate camera, however it paled in...
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    Cooke Process lens VB series

    Thanks Dan and Ernest.

    I don't know what half of the large format forum would do without your erudite access to vintage lens and camera obscura knowledge.

    Reading my own post again, I just...
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    Cooke Process lens VB series

    I found this process lens - a Taylor Hobson 1920's Anastigmat lens 18" f8 shutterless lens. It's also very heavy (feels like 800grams?) and will strain all the clips of a 5x4" monorail.

    Having...
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    Link for Ilford news (recent)

    It's hard not to feel quizzical as to why North Americans get befuddled about syntax and grammar.

    Bob: Ilford's previous supply to independent photographic retailers has always been headed for...
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    Link for Ilford news (recent)

    Oops.

    Sorry wrong link.

    Try:

    http://www.silverprint.co.uk/News204.html
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    Link for Ilford news (recent)

    Some of you might have already seen this:

    http://biz.yahoo.com/deal/040825/ilfordswapsblackandwhiteforred_2.html

    For anyone else waiting for Ilford supplies in the UK, after a week or two of...
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    My new very used Sinar F

    If the Sinar hand-holder popped up for auction, there probably wouldn't be a huge scramble for it. Tho' I'd certainly love to try it even if it isn't particularly practical as the Sinar needs a...
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    My new very used Sinar F

    "Why is it marked in degrees? "

    Keep guessing Mark.

    Alternatively,

    http://yandr.50megs.com/sinar/f/page1-2.htm

    Enjoy your new Sinar - my favourite monorail.
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    Rumors of Ilford dropping sheet film

    Understood Nick - thanks for clarifying.

    I think this is why I'm doing the crab-walk towards Fuji.....
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    Rumors of Ilford dropping sheet film

    Thanks Phillippe,

    I purposefully avoid translating "probably" as "very probably" because semantically, this is splitting hairs. Once something is probable, making it "very probable"; "most...
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    Rumors of Ilford dropping sheet film

    Bob,

    I wouldn't bother with Google translations, especially if they're as bad as Babelfish.

    "Ces films, FP4+ et HP5+, et la gamme Delta (100, 400 et 3200) seront toujours fabriqués, en 135 et...
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    Standard + Wide-angle for 5x4"

    Thanks for the reminder Dan. I'm not interested in which lens is best. I'd rather know the optical characteristics of a lens before I use it.

    I did ask - <please> don't respond to the latter...
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    Standard + Wide-angle for 5x4"

    It's very helpful to hear your views: I myself hold certain myths about 35mm glass. I use Carl Zeiss glass mostly and have always considered Nikon 35mm glass to be rather cool and lacking in...
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