Looks like a good one for photographic use. Wish they had it in 8x10.
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Looks like a good one for photographic use. Wish they had it in 8x10.
One thing to consider is cost, beyond the cost of the camera. In general sheet film is going to be somewhat more expensive (that's assuming you'll make more exposures with the F2 per finished image,...
Nice! I was thinking of building a similar 8x10 before I decided to splurge on my Agfa-Ansco.
Can't help you with the vintage, but my very early no-front-focus no-front-tilt 8x10 Agfa-Ansco Universal View is stamped as 1454. My 1950s gray Ansco 5x7 is 715 (no mistake - just a three-digit...
+1 for the portrait version here as well.
Apparently the social distancing has brought still lives back into the vogue, at least per Aperture.
My Agfa Ansco cost me $200 on the bay. So far I've put in about 50 hours of work into restoring it, and probably will put in another 20-30 before I'm done. I've had to buy a new heat gun and finishes...
Not to worry. I've used two developers (Rodinal and more recently HC-110) almost exclusively for the last three decades. I'm no chemistry jumper. Still, thought I'd check the stuff out myself. I have...
I have close to 500 sheets of Kodak Polycontrast III RC that's got a use-by date of 2001. It's badly fogged, except at the very edges. Is there anything that would eliminate the fog, or at least...
Wow. Thanks everyone. This is great. I haven't done alternative printing since college (many moons ago), but having a versatile negative like that can't hurt, just in case the 19th century gods move...
I've been reading a lot of praise about pyro developers, particularly Pyrocat HD. I've also seen some really stunning images where it was used as a compensating developer with limited agitation to...
Now I didn't say that, did I? I live in Chicago, one of the most famously photographed cities in the country, if not the world. If I thought that, I'd never take my camera out, and somehow I still...
I'll freely admit I never saw it as a competition. Even if you do, I would think it's how you do things not where you do them that counts. But I guess everyone's got their own take on things.
Don't know if I'd necessarily want to live where lots of renowned photographers had already done their thing. Kind of like doing street photography in New York - it may be easier to get a "classic...
Just out of curiousity - what is?
Since many of these appear to be scans from negative, I'm not sure how much useful information you can get from them. Scanning directly from a negative can do things no traditional paper would be...
Thanks, Scott. Funny, you're already the second person to suggest a gunsmithing finish (the first was TruOil gun stock finish for the wood). I guess it makes sense - you want your guns to look good...
For what it's worth, the film holder has mostly held its shape overnight, which probably means it'll be OK for at least a while. I can always re-steam it if need be.
I tested this on an old, beat up, but mostly light-tight 8x10 holder today. Works like a charm - held the warped light trap over a pot of boiling water for about 10 minutes, clamped it up and after a...
I like traveling with others, but not when I want to take pictures. People have no patience for someone tinkering around with their camera. They may pretend to the first few times you stop, but the...
It wouldn't surprise me if these were custom-made lenses with no patent or brand name.
Convenience, that's all. But as I said, after my exchange with Peter I've decided to put that part of it on hold.
I PM'd Peter. He told me he rarely used the tilt adapter, as the landscapes he shot with the camera didn't really require more than the front shifts and rear tilts and swings it already had. In that...
Ok, thanks. Seems like a rigid version of a piece I'd seen elsewhere, with a pivot and a teensy little bellows. Something similar was apparently originally sold with the Kodak 2D. I think my design...
Love it!
Very, very nice.
Could you share any photos? I can't really picture what you're describing.
Absolutely - that's why I kind of gave up on retrofitting front swing capability, which I would use even less. I just thought it would be more convenient in the long run to do something like the...
Word of advice from the voice of experience: If you ever find yourself restoring a wooden camera that's been stored in damp conditions (you'll know by the smell if nothing else), don't expect simple...
I wouldn’t blame everyone if you thought the project has been abandoned, but it hasn’t. I have the individual parts reglued and refinished, and the brass parts cleaned up from years of built-up gunk...
My comment was based on what I could see on my screen, from a stitched negative scan. The contrast seems a bit flat on my side, with the shadow sides of the rocks somewhat below the straight line of...
Nice image. As to advice, it's hard to tell anything technical from a web-size scan. Just off hand, it seems like your contrast could use some work, as well as your development - I read the sky as...
Depends on what kind of landscape you want to photograph, I guess. If you're into the grand vistas of the Great Plains, you'd be wise to move there, or at least close by. If you want the Rockies,...
8x10. Wouldn't have much use for 18x24. Otherwise would have gone for the single sided mammography film.
Green is orthochromatic, blue is just blue-sensitive. That should make a huge difference in tonality. Anyway, just ordered some green Fujifilm from ZZ. Worst case scenario will have lots of practice...
Curious where everyone's getting their x-ray film? Also, besides the difference between the blue and green and single- and double-emulsion versions, there seems to be an astounding variety of special...
What's your source for aluminum trophy plates? The cheapest I've found them so far is $340 per 100 4x5s. I'm assuming the the 10-25 cent cost you quote above doesn't include the plate itself?
You can reversal process most gelatin emulsion black and white negative materials. It's somewhat more involved than regular processing, but can be done. Once you have a transparency, you can display...
From a slightly different bag:
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