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Just take about a 4" (100mm) piece of thin sheet of metal (in aluminum about 1/16" (1.5mm), put a 7/16" (11mm) hole in the middle and sandwich it between the top of the tripod head and the Sinar rail...

The surge marks are because you are dropping them in too fast, or aggressive developer.

Going up is less of a problem, any developer going through is partially depleted. Go up in about 5...

I had the same problem with No 5 shutter. There is an escapement lever, allowed to move only when the disk is set to B or T. The tab on the escapement was worn, sitting too low, so a thin washer...

I started with a Bogan (now Manfrotto) 3057, and a tri-tilt head with quick release. This was for my Sinar 4x5. I backpacked across the Sierra with that thing, 72# pack. Ouch. I saw the...

Trays are good for 1 - 5 sheets at a time. Tubes are 1 at a time. Tanks can do 13 at a time, and I preload the racks with hangers, so I can process 26 within an hour. I have been using 3.5 gallon...

What is the Large Format Photography Forum all about? - The purpose of the forum is to provide a place for discussion of topics of particular interest to large format photographers.

I completely...

I would like to have seen the train. Anyone know of an image available online?

Got it and paid. THANKS!!! Darr for another great exchange. You do a wonderful job getting all this stuff organized, packaging, and the little extra you enclosed. Thanks. I can't wait to do it...

Ditto. I'm guessing you are still out of commision.

Welcome. I like Vick referring to it as therepy. It has been for me.

Isn't Scheimflug (tilting the plane of focus) great!

I have a Sinar F, actually both a 4x5 and an 8x10, as well as some...

I also was impressed with the quality of work received. Outstanding photos! Thanks to all the group 4 photographers, and to Darr.

I'd say AMAZING! An inspiration to all of us. It's back to the early days of photography, when one had to make almost everything. Good job!

I studied photography under Art Sinabaugh, who in addition to being a LF guy (16x20) was earlier in his career a commercial photographer working with Leo Burnett here in Chicago. He did the original...

Well I finished mine today and they will go out tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, I was in Costa Rica photographing white tipped reef sharks about 50 miles off the coast. (Nikonos, my Sinar isn't...

Can we send you 10 prints, so you (Darr) can have one also?

Can we send two completely different images, 10 each, so we can be in a second group as well?

Sorry Brian

I forgot what your original letter was asking, ala "I'm curious", and "is this normal policy."

I got caught up in the moment, hearing only the subsequent fleabay and pay-it-all...

Dear Forum members.

Everyone seems to be mad at e-bay and paypal. I look at it as a cost of a service.

Now before I start let me say I don't have any connection with these companies other...

Hi Darr,

Just to confirm I want to participate again. I just noticed the posting today. I should have no trouble getting prints in on time.

Thanks again for hosting this. I really enjoyed...

This is kind of spooky. Just earlier today I was looking for a source for 11x14 film, and somehow came across the pages describing these classes, and planned to sign up for them. I hope to see you...

I just realized that the thread started 5 years ago. I guess the 2004 part didn't click in (too early in the morning for me to grasp every little detail, lol). I wonder how it turned out, as over...

Regarding the other holder, perhaps containing unexposed film...

While it might be fun to shoot the 100 year old film it may also be that the film has been exposed (maybe the photographer didn't...

While it may be jarring to your client it is wise not to attribute any of Madoff's bad characteristics to his one-time possessions, nor to your work and ethics.

You had no part in either his...

Well first we developed 36 sheets that were presumed OK, shot after I had run a fujiroid. Those were fine. Then we shortened the development of the ones shot way over, first (down from 8 mins) at...

Thanks to all for the various suggestions. I think I have enough to go on now and will start trying methods.

I'll attach samples late next week when I should have a good idea of what worked.
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Thanks. I'll try that method as well. With enough sheets shot incorrectly hopefully I can salvage something of this. The two women were beautiful and we had a great shoot at the beach, so if I can...

Thanks. Really, two hours! I guess without agitation the developer gets locally depleated. I'll give it a try. When this is all done I'll post the results of all the methods. It should be a...

Help!

I was doing a shoot this morning, nudes on the beach, with some lovely young models, and got about halfway through and decided then to do a couple of fuji-roids for their scrap book. It was...

Hello Darr,

Get well soon. My wife and I are also in our 50s, so we know what curves can be thrown our way. Take care of yourself. Rest and fluids are both good at any time. I hope you get...

I want to second (or third,or whatever) the appreciation for the prints in Group 6.

This is my first venture into the print exchange, I got in after the last minute as an alternate, and I...

I don't know if has ever happened on e-bay, but we do live a litigeous society. If you defame someone in a public forum, which e-bay's feedback system is, then you are at risk. I don't say it is...

As a buyer I'd contact the seller and ask (demand) a full refund, including round trip shipping. If you get any "jazz" then lodge a complaint through e-bay. If you paid through paypal they can...

I have one labeled Sterling Improved Wide Angle and on the other side 11x14. f16 to 64. I have been meaning to give it a try. Have you shot with it much?

I don't see where you specify a submission date, nor how many prints each photographer is to produce. Are they to be all the same image? Can one join multiple groups by submitting two complete sets...

Been shooting 4x5 for 25 years, 8x10 for 15 and 11x14 for 3. Mostly work with dancers from local modern companies. Published in the newspaper and trade rags. I've learned how to stop action on...

I have a day light tank for thelve sheets of film. It is hard plastic, the "agitank" made by Yankee. Sort of the same concept as a reel and drum. You load it dry (you can do it in a changing bag),...

I see all kind of lenses, and don't know what it means to be a Series IV or V or III, etc.

Is a Series IV the same in some characteristic across makers and formats?

As an example, I just bought...