Andrew: I'm curious what changes - if any - you're making to your HP5 working ISO or developing time when you run 1 + 1 + 50 this way?
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Andrew: I'm curious what changes - if any - you're making to your HP5 working ISO or developing time when you run 1 + 1 + 50 this way?
Thanks everyone. This is a great list. Yesterday I notched 6 holders which took a while. Fact is it was a waaaaay longer while than I expected. First I put the film holders on the camera and marked...
Actually, there's a decent youtube on notching film holders. The trick though I believe is to let the holder record the notches when you remove the darkslide with film in it actually in the camera....
Doremus:
Thanks! BTW, I followed to your site - FABULOUS shots. WoW.
That said, I wonder whether some day you might upload an iPhone shot of one of your film holders... if they're different in...
I know this is a stale thread, but I toyed with this with plastic film holders. Now with some wood Chamonix, I'm concerned with damaging them. Seems most folks are doing this on the end flap (is this...
Had just seen that shot on an HP5 thread... and it is absolutely stunning. Love it. Thanks!
C41 is easier than you think and saves a ton for color doing it yourself. I have a fridge full from some years back. But you're right that the prices are a bit daunting... likely because the relative...
wooserco: Thanks for close reading. I'm using the 2500 series of drums - both the 2 and the 5 series currently, but have wondered about the 3000 series and it's benefits. Yes, they don't fit my...
Would love the idea of a knock-off smaller 3000 series / style drum that would fit on the same machine. The 2509 reels even with the loader seem more reliable with 4 sheets… and plenty have confirmed...
Thank you again.
Another item in John Finch’s book that i guess slipped by me earlier is the idea that development for scanning (i.e. hybrid for ink printing) should be done from negatives under...
Thank you for the recommendations. I've tried 12 shots in the 2505 series - 2 2509 reels - and cut that rather quickly to 4 sheets per roll. I guess I'm getting more and more conservative in thinking...
I have apparently one of the small CPE 2+ units and mostly use the 2500 series drums. Have been revisiting a lot of the docs recently after a two-year digital interlude and coming back to film for...
Like David L, if I weren't "stuck" on D23, I might look at XTOL again. If that were to happen, I'd go for the ADOX product and support their commitment to film. Still don't know where Kodak and its...
Times are probably the only surprise? I've been surprised by this, too, when my notes proved inaccurate and I've developed color film as B&W. It works.
Here's a link to a broader view of this by...
Can understand that 8X10s require mo' heavier than 4X5.... so maybe a Reiss or Surveyor's type of tripod is required. However, thankfully with no more than a 4X5, I'm very happy with a RRS - but not...
Just saw this on Freestyle's website - Gibellini's new 3D printed 4X5... $599 - which looks to be strong competition for the Interepid / Chroma crowd....
LocalHero: Very active LF community in Brit-land. Check out Andrew Bartram (LFPPodcast), Steve of Chroma, the Intrepid and so many others. There are a bunch of dealers over there you might inquire...
FWIW, I've gone the other direction. I picked up an ArcaSwiss F Field 4X5 monorail as quicker to set up than a Chamonix 45F2. You have this precision thing covered in your 45S. Weight pick up in a...
Second Joshua's comments with exclamation points.
Used a Nikon LS8000 for years. Solid, SLOW, but won't work with sheet film. Ask me about the cost of keeping an old scanner running. I'd prefer...
Thinking about it. Not sure where to find a geared table. Geared with servo motors - that would be the holy grail. Otherwise if you put the table on a couple of sliders and gave it the equivalent of...
Seen some on eBay from Hong Kong. Haven't tried them. HAVE tried the Hong Kong procured ArcaSwiss lens boards and they work fine. So I'd be curious, but careful.
Rob: Thanks for all of that. Let me ask a follow up if I may. Are you using stitching to do panos (I think), or stitching to put together small sections of a DSLR scanned negative into one "scan" of...
Rob: Curious what "stitching software" you're using. I've never tried this, but sure sounds like a way to go - if there's a way to automate the process. I'm using a (now old) Nikon D750 with 24MP,...
If I may inquire as a inkprinter looking at contact prints, how many print larger than your camera neg using digital negatives these days? Seems like the low hanging fruit for folks like me who don't...
Sun works. Think I've also read about a simple overhead light working well. My first angle was trying to find a local darkroom via conversation with the "local artist in residence" LF photographer...
Tin Can: Absolut a Mundo. If you click through, they talk about heat buildup issues and using open aluminum frames to deal with that. Also mention that they're planning to offer units commercially......
As a dude who once wrote, drew and "produced" an animated short film as a teen, contact pins may seem unnecessary, but unless your art involves "fuzzy" as part of an "aura of immediacy" - and there...
martiansea: Thanks for the overview and advice. And the stenopeika... I'd just figured to focus on US made 'cause of shipping costs, but that looks to be an ergonomic unit as well with the access...
Tin Can: That's a honking big piece of hardware, but looks to be in great shape! (some on ebay need some major cleanup) Good find!
All: I'm seeing mostly woodframes. These are new made items I've...
Corran: I have to say, "Ditto to the acrylic", but there's also the rigidity issue it might have to solve. Where are you finding P99 Acrylic? Anywhere special?
John: Thanks! What size would you describe as "really large" ? And.... how common is it that folks inadvertently smash the glass? Fixable?
Am beginning to slowly think about adding alt processes with a contact print frame. S-l-o-w-l-y starting in this direction 'cause I've been a confirmed and happy inkjet printer. So this is a complete...
I guess I'm finnicky. I tried a bunch of those things, and didn't like them. The one that stuck... comes from:https://www.wandererphotogear.com/
I use one of their ultralights BECAUSE it folds up...
I tried PM years back and though it was "nice", I stuck with Capture One. That was back in my digital-only days. Today, I'm reconfiguring. Kind of a mind to simply use a directory tree of folders and...
Film: FP4 and HP5 (others in the fridge to try: Bergger Panchro, Shanghai, and Rollei InfraRed)
Developer: D23 (boxed in reserve: ID11 and Perceptol)
Stop: Water
Fixer: TF5
Thanks for these comments. I haven't been too worried about this, but figure there were some small changes I can and should make. I'm carrying 4 lenses now that I have a pack big enough, and the...
Question 1: How do you store your lenses? Do you adjust the aperture systematically open or closed? Do you close the preview? Do you keep yours on the lens board? Do you keep a cable release attached...
I think the toughest part of this is knowing how your eye will respond to the overlay.. and will it work for you, for me or whoever. I'd assume the rest of the process and mechanics are sound. It's...
My thanks to Geoff Bowker for his spreadsheet! Very nice even in an iPHONE app era. Copied and adjusted for my lenses and way of shooting (1/3 F-Stop adjustments).
Tend to agree with Joe O'Hara that the differences between negatives - no matter what they're developed in - tend to be quite small. Maybe not indistinguishable, but small enough that focusing on one...