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Good advice and links above. To add my two cents...I'm getting good results with Ilfosol 3 (1+9 dilution) processing individual sheets of 4x5 FP4 and HP5 in 5x7 Yankee agitrays using continuous...

I have hooks on the inside and outside of my darkroom(aka bathroom) door. Hanging heavy blankets from both works great. Cover your timer as mentioned above. Modern panchromatic films aren't...

I'm sure that with some ignorance and a bit of wishful thinking I can think some silly things. lol. By "will do" I take it that spending a bit more for the models with extra letters will just give...

Actually, I believe that color films do have silver halide grains that are removed and replaced by dye clouds in the bleach/fix. You can see the effects of grain structure with the grain magnifier...

Lots of good advice above. If you use two test strips and make one working print to get a satisfactory print, you've done a good job using materials with minimum waste. You can get good enough to...

I've been shooting a Crown Graphic Special and I'm ready to get my first view camera with full movements. Budget is extremely limited. I primarily do landscapes and close up indoor subjects. I can...

Getting "acceptable" results with color is easier because the careful burning and dodging and contrast masking required for contrast control require a serious commitment of time and materials to...

I love the Crown Graphic Special I've been using until I can get something with full movements. I didn't realize how badly I needed something with full movements until I got it. You have to change...

Thanks! Good to know that up front. I was actually asking to see if I could go ahead and get a camera and use the board and the lens from the Crown while I save up for glass. Looks like lens first...

I use a diy contact printer and light. I attached a sheet of normal 8x10 framing glass to foam core and then put a larger sheet on top with a tape hing. I use a couple of clamps to keep everything...

Use the color settings recommend my Ilford for your enlarger. I suspect you've actually been printing at around G3. VC papers have a low contrast emulsion sensitive to yellow and a high contrast...

Using a color head does make it easier to change. That's a great question which I hope you'll test for yourself and let me know your results. It depends on the tonality of the details you're trying...

If the split contrast concept is not yet within your grasp, just start with the 3.5 (I'd say 3 but your neg sounds like it's a little flat...as the commenter above was explaining, that can be...

Thanks for the quick feedback! Y'all are awesome. I'm sure I'll come up with more questions. I want to get opinions on the less expensive Cambo and Calumet cameras. I enjoy answering beginners...

I'm really focused on large format black and white film shots of landscapes and studio closeup work at this stage. I've gotten a lot of experience with medium format, especially Mamiya gear, but...

Are most 4x5 lens boards interchangeable?

I was bitten by the shutterbug in '89 when I watched my first paper pinhole neg image form in the developer tray. Personal pleasure is the primary reason my top two weapons of choice are an 8x10...

Good point. Film vs print scanning deserves it's own thread (if one or more doesn't already exist). Since recording the darkroom experience is the point, capturing the traditional manipulation and...

I got it wrong at first as well as the second image appears sharper and you have to look really close to pick up the grain. How each scan is sharpened and resolution is going to have the greatest...

I've been doing traditional photography since '89 but have only been scanning a few months. From what I've seen so far, if you are comfortable with post processing, sharpening (softly multiple times...