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Welcome, Murgo. You'll find lots of useful information here to advance your exploration. There are probably many threads about the unique exposure and reciprocity characteristics of Fomapan.

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Tenba also produces a range of lens wraps in various sizes and colours.

I have the 180mm, which seems versatile and sharp with plenty of room for movements. Use it often.

Welcome aboard. You've probably noticed the wealth of useful information on the LF home page and previous discussion threads. There's a lot here to guide recent beginners like us. Enjoy!

John Blakemore’s “Black And White Photography Workshop” is very useful, broad along the same lines as Bruce Barnbaum, cited above. It has an especially good explanation of the zone system.

Welcome Jez. Good luck in your research and shopping. I'm new here too, but don't have any wet-plate experience to share. You're sure to find many people here who do.

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This is very nice as is. I wonder if the presence of a strong, direct light source in the frame might detract from the sense of mystery.

In the moment i thought it was cool not to...

+1. The movement of the sky and foliage gives the architecture an eerie feeling somehow. Very nice.

Great atmosphere in the undecorated house photo. Interested to know more detail on how you made it.

Welcome. I joined over the weekend and feel like I'm learning a lot from exploring old posts/photos. There's quite a lot of detailed info here. Enjoy.

The Fomapan data sheet seems to move in four big steps. I wonder if there should be a smoother curve, where a measured exposure of 30 seconds might require slightly more reciprocity compensation than...

Sticking with Sinar makes good sense. Thanks. It may take some patient shopping to find one, but I'm up for it. If anyone knows of one available in the UK, I'm interested.

Hi Penguinoid.

I noticed you joined shortly before me and wish you a great time here. I've lived in several parts of London over the years, now in a leafy part in the south. No shortage of...

Hello.

I'm a recent graduate to large format, still an ardent user of MF and 35mm. Based in London, I do a mixture of still life, landscape, cityscape and skyscape photos, always on the lookout...