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Doremus,

A odd combination of long term habit, mild OCD and I suppose masochism compels me to print film edge.
I will also impose my will on toilet paper orientation in the homes of others (it...

Circumstances have had a recent influence on equipment choice and preference. I was looking for a way to move up from 4x5 where I had settled because the 120 square format camera didn't suit how I...

Moved up from 4x5 to 5x7 in the last 18 mos. When my late teacher died, his daughter and my peers decided that, as the only one of us still shooting film, I would inherit HIS late teacher's Kodak 2D,...

"I developed two sheets in 1020ml of Rodinal (1:50)"

You can easily cut the amount of developer you used in half, Stearman recommends 500ml. I use Rodinal as well 500 ml to 10ml.

Glad it's...

I'm curious if the issue has been with both sheets or if it's been with the sheet near the fill/pour end or the "back" end and if that that's been consistent.
I never panned for gold but I would...

I've had good results w/ 5x7s. How are you agitating?
I agitate by tilting, alternating side-to-side and front-to-back and I'm barely lifting, less than an inch.
I'm guessing you might be a little...

"The more you know!"

Thanks, I got it now.

It seems to happen randomly, I try to comment on a post and get this. This was on a random For Sale post.
Yes, I'm a member. yes I'm logged in.209260

Not the first to say, won't be the last; contact printing 5x7 and up is a viable alternative to enlarging.

For me, contacts of 4x5s were just that much too small and an enlarger-equipped darkroom...

I freelanced several AMA road races (motorcycle) a year for American Road Racing Magazine in the '90s; didn't make a lot from it but I ride so I was in heaven.
I was working the Daytona 200, first...

I'm just wondering if a 43.5 fit is a happy co-incidence.

I love this lens, need to get it set up for ND and b&w contrast filters.
I.D. on my gauge tells me it's pretty damn close to 43.5mm. Can anyone confirm this, please?
I'd really rather not have to...

I have to agree with lassethomas; I tried to make sense of the audio-only and could not get nearly satisfactory results, even with shutters that were "quiet" enough to not introduce additional noise....

We used Pan-X and a process that included re-exposing the film and then redeveloping in a paper developer. I have the formulas somewhere...
I can highly recommend dr5, a lab now located in Iowa that...

I have 40 yr old B&W 35mm slides from a direct-positive process we used in school that I've thought about enlarging onto Ilford/Harman direct-positive paper but I'm currently only contact printing...

I bid on an "open box" Nanuk 935 for short money and got a non-OEM padded interior for it; it weighs 10lbs and fills my need for exact dimension for airline carry-on.
It holds 5x7 Kodak 2D, 3...

I owned a Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 in the mid-'70s. Poor grade steel meant most have returned to the elements from whence they came but there are survivors and restorations out there for $25K+.
I...

Yup, I'm with Two23. I've had times where I had to estimate just the spot where something was cropped out.
I kind of like the air of mystery and surprise.
Look at it this way, you're carrying...

Having used a TLR for many years as well as LF, I've grown accustomed to seeing at around waist height as well as at my normal 6'4" eye-level perspective.
Sadly, at 61 yrs of joint wear and body...

I have a variety of 5x7 holders and I've found the older wooden ones to be static-free, which is logical I suppose.

I've used laser vision but I get best results through sheer force of will.

My late teacher's daughter bequeathed me HIS late teacher's 5x7 2D a few months back, along with 3 lenses including a 36cm Nicola Perscheid.
It meets two important requirements; it holds a lens in...

Highly recommend NOT using Gorilla™ brand black tape. The adhesive would guaranteed peel off paint, and probably the door frame itself!

Seems to me the only potential effect on VC paper would be if the color was a variation of magenta.

Bingo. What combination of ND filters gives you approx 30secs?

Oh so true. I'm walling off a small corner of an oddly sized room in my house, 3 trays in a metal slop sink and wash them in the bathroom or kitchen.

Bullet safelight converted is an intriguing idea, thanks.

Thanks, all. An old 35mm enlarger is a possibility but space is a consideration. I've been thinking more along the lines of boxing in a low wattage bulb or LED or (..?) with a slot for 6x6 VC...

Primarily VC (especially while getting back up to speed, it's been awhile), graded on occasion. Planning on using 6"x 6" multigrade filters under a boxed-in light source.

I've lost access to, and room for, an enlarger to use as light source to contact print 5x7. More than willing to use Weston's 15w bare bulb but I figure there might be additional options after 70-80...

ALWAYS straight in!

Yes, you'd get a negative.

I'm only in the last few weeks converting from 4x5 to 5x7, expressly for contact printing DPP, as I have no way of setting up a full darkroom with enlarger.

I've...

Nice!
I think this site really needs a "LIKE" button.

That object that came around in the future right now is a Nicola Perscheid 36cm that is kindling Pictorialist sensibilities in my brain... where at 61 yrs there's only room for so much...

I am going test it out to see what it looks like but it won't be a keeper; I've bumped up from 4x5 to 5x7 and I'm not looking back...

So... not for an old f64-school guy?
Guess I'll hook up the man bun, brew up some Ethiopian coffee and find some digital sites to flog this puppy.

Took in 3- 5x7 lenses for CLA at my local (hour away) repair guy awhile back, he gave me a tote with 5 or 6 odd/old lenses, elements and shutters that I was digging around in today.
One lens is a...

I like that this thread has been revived.
New to this site but not to LF, bought a Crown Graphic in 1979 for $99 with a 127mm Ektar and a Voitlander Apo-Lanthar 15cm (and no, not a thief, just...