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I have been experimenting (and having a LOT of fun) with very short depth of field in pictures. I use tilts and swings to isolate a person's eyes and something in their hands in a...

Mark,

Pyro negatives scan very well because they are thinner than non pyro negatives. So you get more detail in both highs and lows in the scan.

I have been developing HP5 in PMK for years...

Don,

Hello, David Hall here from South Pasadena California.

I scan through a G4 to a 2000p and I use a Umax Powerlook III. It's a flatbed that can handle up to 8x10 inch negatives or ...

Joe,

TMX 100 in PMK pyro looks wonderful. It is sharp and the tonal range is great. The edge effects from pyro enhance the tight grain of the film.

I find I have to fix, do the...

I second the solid core wood door answer. I had a darkroom for a decade with just that...a wooden door across two metal file cabinets, and it was great. Extremely sturdy and bigger than most...

Harrison! Harrison! Harrison! They are worth the money. Light, durable, and somehow never seem to be dust magnets no matter where they are used.

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Patrtick,

Have you seen http://digitaltruth.com? It's the best and one of the most accurate "starting point" compendiums I have seen.

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I had the SAME questions a month ago and called Jeff at Badger Graphic, which has them in stock and he's knowledgeable.

I have an SW45 and the back fits perfectly. It makes the camera a little...

Peter,

If you are going to use the view camera, you might as well use it for its benefits, otherwise it really would just be overkill:

Use a short depth of field. Shoot at 5.6 or whatever your...

One other benefit of this list is to have us all contactable as a community if something does happen to this forum.

dgh

One other thing.

A ground glass protector costs thirty of fifty bucks, somewhere in that range. The alternative is a broken ground glass which leaves glass dust and sparkles in EVERY nook and...

Both Calumet and Canham offer ground plass protectors. The Calumet one is a little cheaper but the Canham one fits better, slides in and out a little easier, and just feels a little less flimsy.
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I was walking around drooling at B&H yesterday, and was looking at a used binocular viewer. I've neither used one nor seen one used.

How are they? How does using a viewer...

Bergger is grainier than both. Delta has the least grain, followed by TMX, then FP4, then HP5, then Bergger.

dgh

The non-foldable Ebony SW45. There is no rear tilt or swing but the thing is so small, light, rigid, user-friendly and reliable it more than makes up for the rear disadvantages.

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I have been a lifelong user of HP5 but have found myself being tempted by more a nd more films lately. Also, I find myself scanning more and more even though I' m a pretty dedicated...

You can get a thingamajig with two clips and a flexible arm for pennies at Staples. I think they're made to hold copy. You put one clip anywhere on the camera or tripod, and put a dark slide in the...

John,

I don't convert to grayscale. I scan as RGB transparancy, then invert, then desaturate. Somehow converting to grayscale made the dots worse more pronounced and left a cast in skin and ...

I did a terrible job of proofreading that response.

Calumet's prices are almost ALWAYS higher than the big stores. And it seems to have been this way for the ten years I have been shopping...

Matt,

You'll find that Calumet's prices are almost higher than just about any of the really big photo houses like B&H and Adorama. They seem to make up for it in service and knowledge when you ...

Try different kinds of paper. I have a 2000P and I have noticed that I get banding with flatter papers and no banding with glossier papers.

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Carl,

I live near Freestyle and go in all the time. There's a guy there named Richard who is a LF guy, VERY knowledgeable and helpful. If anyone could help you find eitther Arista or Ilford...

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I just started using an 8X10 camera and wonder about developing my own film. I have been using Jobo 2500 tanks for 4x5 sheets (which have been PERFECT, by the way) and Patterson...

Hey guys...

I just started using an 8X10 camera and wonder about developing my own film. I have been using Jobo 2500 tanks for 4x5 sheets (which have been PERFECT, by the way) and Patterson...

I am probably in the minority here as a large format portraitist, but I've got to tell you...there is NOTHING like looking into someone's eyes in a LF B&W photograph. They are always 3- D, and I...

I just saw this show. It's pretty interesting. The portraits are awesome, but the polaroid prints seem a little thin or washed out. Less technical quality that I expected. But the content is ...

4x5 and 6x7 work. Velvia for color. HP5+, Acros in XTOL or Pyro, then scanned.

I believe some photographs were publised in The New Yorker a week or two after September 11th.

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I posted here a couple of days ago asking about a Linhof Master Technika because I found a great deal on a new one.

I got it. I love it. Except I have never seen a ground glass...

I just saw a Linhof Technika for sale at what seems like a very good price. I had never seen one before but it seems to be very well built and sturdy.

I would love a word or two from any users...

Hey All,

I'm in a ponderous mood and was thinking back on my journey from that first Rico h SRT201 35mm camera to the Arca and Canham cameras I use today.

I'd love to hear how others have ended...

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Someone just gave me some Bergger film, swearing by it. I've never heard of it before. So I have two questions:

1) What are the pros and cons about this film, and how does it ...