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<ol><li>1) Take packet in hand. <li>2) With side marked with rectangle and lens facing the lens, slide into holder, until you feel a click. This is the clip catching in the clamp.<li>3)...

Hi Chris:

You might also consider a Kodak Master. About a pound and a half heavier than the Wehman. A few hundred bucks cheaper. Plenty of movements and loaded with retro goodness. They have the...

If Ansel Adams Were Still Alive...

He'd be clawing furiosly at the lid of his coffin, trying to get out.

Now go out and make some photographs. Or stay home and play yer piano!

John:

Before weighing in, full disclosure: I'm the one selling the Discovery kit. That said, any of the cameras you and others mentioned might fit easily the bill, as well as some of the others...

Can anybody tell me whether Ilex Shutter sizes correspond in mounting diameter t o today's Copal sizes? For instance, will an Ilex #4 mount in, say, a Copal #X l ensboard, or does it require a custom...

Hey Charlie:

The 2509+2 reels+loading gizomo goes for $154 at B&H. Of course, chemistry's liable to jack the tab up over time.

>>I might consider Combiplan & dunking if I were buying new...

>>Aside from the fact that these tanks use a lot of chemistry, if agitated properly, they will work beautifully with inversion agitation<<

Ken, thanks.

Years ago I used a long Jobo tank and...

>>Find a Nikor stainless steel 4x5 tank<<

David:

Care to tell me why? And have you any experience with the Jobo?

Marshall

Apologies if this is a repost. My browser's barfing; my biscuits is burnin'; and Elvis is dead.

I'd like to use a Jobo 2509 as an inversion tank, for processing 4x5 sheets in P MK. Does anybody...

>>after a day under the groundglass<<

Uhhhh. That would be a day under the cloth. That's what happens when I write under the influence.

Paul:

The good Mr. V is right. When you look through an SLR's eyepiece, your brain attempts to make the scene appear three dimensional. Many times that only makes you think what you're seeing in...

>>Tessar formulas have great images at center, which deteriorate substantially at about 50% from the image circle

Julio:

Yeah, but doesn't this even out as one stops down? I gather getting ...

>> The image circle was specified as 325mm at f/22.<<

Is this a little small for 8x10, and does it increase at smaller apertures?

In the course of searching for a reasonably priced used lens for an 8x10, I came across a 305 6.3 Caltar-Ilex. Can Anybody tell me a little more about this mode ls pedigree, image circle and other...

>>Great! Now, what is the appropriate waiting time until we can begin to gripe about NPC not being available in Quickload?<<

Portra 160VC ;)

Looks like Fuji and Kodak have bumbled their way...

One word: WooHoooooooooooo! Or is that two words?

FUJIFILM INTRODUCES TWO NEW QUICKLOAD FILMS: FUJICOLOR NPS 160 AND FUJICOLOR NPL 160 PROFESSIONAL PHOTOPLUS EXPO EAST 2000, NEW YORK, NY,...

Well, what The Great Yellow Father giveth, it looks like he also taketh away. NO TMAX! I'm also floored to see the F-company and the P- company actually mentioned by name! And, really, an implied...

>>Marshall, it is because the largest market for LFphotography is commercial photographers and this is something they are requesting<<

No doubt, Ellis. But who says commercial photogs. feel the...

Great! And I was planning to take pictures with it on my next snipe hunt.

Seriously, why not NPS, or Portra NC? Why do they think sheet film users only want higher contrast/saturation?

Oops!

I meant to write Polaroid-compatible PACKETS, not holders. And no, I don't want to start a Slide-vs.-neg war, fun as that seems to be on Usenet.

Woooo!

I feel a little like a firebug with a new book of matches.

Have a cream soda, Simon! Easy Big Guy! I use Readyloads, too; am obsessive about technique, and don't find them to be THAT...

Ellis or Anyone?

Any word on NPS Quickload availability? I asked one of the film guys at B&H Frid ay. He looked it up on the computer and lo and behold, it came up as To Be Annou nced. That's one...

>>b&h is great for some things (filters,cases,some new cameras) but for anything important i recommend service before price.<<

Adam:

I agree. Thing is, I am, literally 150 yards away from B&H....

Raven:

Maybe a demo model was all they had, but have one they did last Friday when I was in there. I work just down the block, so I'll double-check, but I believe they also had a few in stock in...

Thanks for all the help. The only remaining concern seems to be parts and service. OTH, ain't a lot that breaks on a view camera. But it does raise the question: Just who is the "official" U.S. ...

Oh, hey! One other thing (Says Lt. Columbo). Any reason to buy it at B&H for $1325 and not Adorama for $1195? Badger?

Marshall

So the Discovery is distinguished from the F-Line by the carriers and standards, not the rail and bellows then? Do I infer correctly that one could later build a "hot-rodded" Discovery with, say,...

I'm looking to buy an Arca Swiss Discovery for field use, to replace a Gowland ( don't ask). Everything seemed to fall nicely to hand when I checked it out at B& H, but the sales guy couldn't tell me...