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  1. Re: Shooting multiple formats (4x5 & 8x10) - separate lens sets, or one for both?

    The -M version is the f/9 I spoke of. The -Q is an older optic I’m not familiar with. The -W is the f/5.6 yet that’s a much larger lens in a Copal 3. I think very highly of my Nikkor-W f/5.6 but...
  2. Re: Shooting multiple formats (4x5 & 8x10) - separate lens sets, or one for both?

    There aren't many lenses from a 4x5 kit that can do double duty on an 8x10, yet I would give a solid thumbs up to the Nikkor 300mm f/9. Nice reach on the 4x5, a more modest view on an 8x10. The...
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    Re: Any Schneider 210XL owners here?

    Updating this thread. I exposed several sheets of film with my lens to see if it needed shimming. I exposed numerous sheets with the rear element fully seated, then an equal number with it backed...
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    Re: Any Schneider 210XL owners here?

    Lachlan, the camera for now I'm evaluating the lens on is a metal monorail. I've watched the front standard as I insert the 210XL lens. As I let go of the lens and the weight transfers fully to the...
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    Re: Any Schneider 210XL owners here?

    Just for clarity I would like to say the lens is looking fine on the ground glass to the plain eye. From a normal distance it looks good. Just comparing it under high magnification I'm noticing...
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    Re: Any Schneider 210XL owners here?

    Thanks Corran and Kiwi. Perhaps I’m being a bit too expectant of the lens. The image of the XL does look good on the ground glass of my 8x10. By eye alone it looks just fine. I have to remember...
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    Any Schneider 210XL owners here?

    I just bought a like-new Schneider Super Symmar 210mm XL lens. The big giant one in the copal 3 shutter with the impossible front lens element that no glass filters exist for. My plans are to use...
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    Re: 4x5 Vacuum Film Holder "RW Institute"

    Me too. https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?100959-Vacuum-Film-Holders-Hole-Diameter-Vacuum-Pumps&p=999505&viewfull=1#post999505 These are just a bit nicer.
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    4x5 Vacuum Film Holder "RW Institute"

    I wonder if anyone here has ever seen one of these. It's a Fidelity film holder, but modified for vacuum by a company called the "RW Institute of Color and Photography". I have not been able to...
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    Re: Hoya Starscape Light-Pollution Camera Filter

    I have. TLDR; the effect of this filter is very mild. There is a minor improvement with it, but nothing at all of what's claimed cutting through the thick gray miasma of city light pollution...
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    Re: Adding Arca Swiss set frame 5x7" to 4x5"

    Fermat, Mario, I have a 5x7 Arca. If there’s something I help with, I’d be glad to do so on it. For what it’s worth I like the camera and format so much so that I bought a second Arca 5x7 camera to...
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    Re: AWB film holders?

    Alec, I sent you a PM with AWB's contact info.
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    Re: AWB film holders?

    Alan (AWB) is still in business. He no longer has a website, but just last month I bought a bunch of 8x10 and 5x7 film holders directly from him. Fantastic quality, beautifully made, but sure not...
  14. Re: Schneider Super-Symmar XL 110mm f5.6 v. Nikon Nikkor-SW 120mm f8

    For lighter lenses in the same focal length I propose the Schneider 120 Super Symmar HM or the Schenider 120 Apo Symmar “L”. I have both and can’t find fault with either.

    The “L” is tiny, and I...
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    Re: Photronix Delta III Densitometer Instructions

    No, sorry. We don't know each other. I was only remarking how long ago this thread was started and when I posted to it so long ago.
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    Re: Photronix Delta III Densitometer Instructions

    Kentrush, wow, that was twelve years ago! Blast from the past. Sorry, it's long gone to a new owner.
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    Re: Sleeves for 4 x 10 negatives.

    I had a 4x10 for awhile with the same problem for storing the negatives. I found some pages from Print File for panoramic prints; the pages were a bit overlong but I trimmed those to fit a normal...
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    Re: arca swiss F metric 5x7?

    The back is Keith's own metal 5x7 modified to fit the Arca cameras. He attaches an Arca dovetail to the bottom of the ground glass frame and the whole thing slips into the existing Arca 'function...
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    Re: arca swiss F metric 5x7?

    I've been after one too and they just can't be found. I contacted Rod, who said Keith Canham was making 5x7 conversion kits to fit Arca cameras. I've attached a few photos to show what Keith did...
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    Re: Discussion on Tripod Heads for 8x10

    Dikaiosune, having used lightweight carbon fiber tripods for decades I just went the other direction this year. This isn't something you'd want to haul on a bus, yet I'm trying out a Berlebach wood...
  21. Re: Has anyone designed and built their own camera bag?

    I would encourage you to do so! I've made two, and been really pleased with them. It was necessity as like you I just couldn't find anything that would fit my large format cameras. The first one I...
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    Re: A custom made bag example for arca swiss 8x10

    Elcan, I weighed mine just now and the Misura is 9 pounds exactly, or 4kg without a lens and lens board. (4,080 grams.)
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    Re: Photographing stars, 4x5

    Hypersensitized Tech Pan. It's normal Kodak 4x5 Technical Pan film, only made more sensitive to light. It requires equipment and a process however that I'd be surprised if anyone here wanted to...
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    Re: A custom made bag example for arca swiss 8x10

    I contacted mhayashi when he started this thread as I was really interested in getting one of these bags for my Arca Misura 8x10. He very kindly worked with Lamda and arranged for them to make one...
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    Re: My refrigerator with film

    I moved all my paper and film into a little mini refrigerator in my darkroom too. It is really nice not to have the household cramming leftovers on top of my Multigrade classic.
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    Re: Photographing stars, 4x5

    Actually, the built in polar scopes can work just fine. I've been using a not much more than a equatorial mount, its polar scope, a modest little guide scope and a reticle eyepiece to utilize my 4x5...
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    Re: Photographing stars, 4x5

    I've been doing this very thing for years and years. It has its challenges for sure, but it's so very satisfying when you see a 4x5 negative you made yourself just full of stars. But it does...
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    Re: Hyper-Sensitizing Slow Emulsions

    Drew, I currently use this exact technique for 4x5 Tech Pan that I take out to my camera to get wide field views of the night sky. A few points to consider--to hypersensitize the film (Tech Pan at...
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    Re: Help understanding Telephoto lenses

    Adam, regarding the image quality of telephoto lenses. I too have heard over and over they aren’t as good as regular optics. I currently own and use a Nikon 270mm f/6.3 telephoto, a Schneider 400mm...
  30. Re: Need help figuring out how to build a roller base for a Jobo 3005

    Thanks for the kind words Vaughn! DasBlute, yes, it's 80/20. The electronics are 12 volt off a wall adapter, and housed in a plastic box.
  31. Re: Need help figuring out how to build a roller base for a Jobo 3005

    VTB, I sent you a note.
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    Repairing Zone VI Enlarger

    I stupidly damaged the plastic tracks that allow the carriage of my Zone VI enlarger to raise and lower. Does anyone know if there are replacements somewhere for these? Calumet and Zone VI are...
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    Re: Large format Astrophotography

    A good quality 8x or 12x loupe/magnifier to focus on the stars on the ground glass just before exposure. A miles-distant radio tower or tree for infinity isn't quite the same, so you have to focus...
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    Re: Large format Astrophotography

    Corran, I have and use a 90mm f/5.6, 180mm f/5.6, 300mm f/5.6. Please be wary that lens samples vary a lot. It took me many years to find some examples buying, testing, trading to find some that...
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    Re: Large format Astrophotography

    These are some quickly made 8x10 prints from my darkroom. The film enlarges beautifully corner to corner sharp at 16x20.
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    Re: Large format Astrophotography

    I love using my 4x5 for astrophotography. Been at it for a couple decades now. I was just out last month with this getting some exposures made!
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    Re: How to maximize shelf life of Fuji E-6 kit?

    Thanks to the folks that replied. From the posts and some more reading it looks like the first developer, reversal bath and color developers are the ones that oxidize. The bleach and fixer...
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    How to maximize shelf life of Fuji E-6 kit?

    I've started developing my own E-6 films in my home darkroom for the first time in two decades. I'm using some three bath kits now, but I want to start using the Fuji-Hunt six step chemical kit. ...
  39. Re: Replacement bulbs for Zone VI 5x7 Type II VC enlarger

    Edward, a trap I have fallen into more than once with paper contrast isn't the enlarger, but the paper. Specifically the age of the paper. Before you tear your enlarger apart, have you checked how...
  40. Re: Special production run of extended lensboard similar to Beseler #8088

    Will do Steve. I can send you a few photos of the enlarger to check the fit beforehand and lenses to compare that way too.
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