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The only point I’m going to make here is that the MACO/Compard "Capri Sun" packs are fantastic. Easy to pour one-digit ml volumes out of, and you can squeeze them to evacuate all air easily. The...

Still related to this question, why flash does not register on x-ray film as much as the light meter would indicate (i.e., 1.5 stops less than metered).

Some said, it would be a spectral issue. I...

Bought a simple used studio flash. Thought a good test be to try to make a "decent regular portrait" of my neighbor.

http://i.imgur.com/CMObxQV.jpg

Symmar-S 300 on Foma 100 stand developed.

Wanted to use my crappy jury-rigged Angulon 65/6.8 for once. Color would’ve been nice.

http://i.imgur.com/V6ocdv6.jpg

Sure, Bob.

Eh, sure you can send it out, but the braking mechanism is really easy to adjust.

It’s an ex-centric "washer" that needs to be turned just so that enough brake force is applied.

Just pop off...

I think the stand development made the object stand out from the background here?

http://i.imgur.com/d4uHm2h.jpg

Bought a box of Fomapan 400 in 9x12 to be able to use my other half of holders...

I don’t think so, we tested Film A, Film B, Film A, Film B. We didn’t touch the flash in all this, we only changed shutter speed from 1/2 to 1/6 to unbalance the ratio between flash and hotlight.
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Or, could this be an effect of the double-sided emulsion?

I stripped the rear now and seems to look much more balanced:

http://i.imgur.com/rjzmZaQ.gif

Could the continuous light penetrate...

No, I think it’s pretty cold. 5600K. My tubes are also 5500K.

So, I got my first flash ever this week. It’s a studio flash that can put out f32 at 1 meter with a softbox attached.

I wanted to try it out and was pretty puzzled that my Sekonic readings for the...

I do exactly the same thing. It pretty important to get the short edge cut right. The film width is not so important but the length is. Just a millimeter off and the sheet’s edge will overlap the...

What kind of frustration? With a thread on the top it seems quite usable.
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If you look at the graphic it becomes clear.

http://www.elmar-baumann.de/fotografie/herleitungen/abbildungen/abbm_g.gif

B/G = b/g

due to geometry of the red triangles.


Now the ray...

You have this: http://www.weschoen.de/Bed.-Anl.%20Rechenscheibe.pdf

But there is also this: http://linhof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/depth-of-field-chart.pdf

On the second page there they...

What I don’t understand, why the need for a big bucket? When I used up my two boxes of Type55, I brought a small 100ml bottle of sodium metabisulfite and a small 4x5 tray. After the shot I would...

My method is a variation of Liquid Artist’s technique. I just glued some strips to the wall of my old Jobo 2000 tank. This works fine on all film but E6. For some reason I cannot get the...

Just the upper 1-2cm of glass close to the hinge. This section needs to be clear and is spared out by the plastic film holders or the Film Area Guide.

Could also be that you have dirt on the...

Is there anything on the glass in the location of the narrow calibration strip at the top of the scanner glass platen? Take a close look (maybe use a flashlight).

Interesting. Isn’t it pretty puzzling that this supposed "soft" film with it’s flat response curve looks so much more contrasty (and it’s lack of shadow detail) compared to the HP5 and Acros...

Just overlaid the few examples of the first batch negatives that are online with a scan of Foma 100, and the notch does not match. Dunno if that means anything.

Which other current brands have a...

But with Type55 it was different because their film had a special something to it.

Now in the knowledge that probably you will get something like Foma 100 in a fancy envelope at a big markup, it’s...

Right, I forgot the final option, which is "regular gamma compressed TIFF, but in a DNG wrapper", which is what you say you are using. I’m no sure what benefit this DNG wrapper gives, but from my...

Sure, it’s dull. But didn’t you say, that you wanted to leave the edits for later? It’s dull for me too, but I can apply a more accurate curve later, where the controls are not limited to two control...

About that site, I found that quite a few tips on that site are outdated or sometimes not entirely correct.

For example, this page explains how to single out the green channel, since that is...

The funny thing is, anything in the "Color" tab is disregarded entirely when you save as RAW. So it’s essentially cargo culting to fiddle with those settings and then to save as RAW. However, if you...

Just watched the video until he gets to the "Color" tab, and what he says there about "Curve low" and "Curve high" is utterly wrong. He says to set the control points on the curve both to 0.001 to...

I recently used a Nikon CoolScan 9000 in an art academy, which only had SilverFast on an OSX box. *That* was horrible regarding frames and batching. So much time wasted!

VueScan scanning long...

I use a cutting board with a rolling blade that I put some thick tape on for two dimensions.

Lengthwise the cut needs to be particularly exact, otherwise one sheet will overlap the stop under the...

Where my shutter mechanism was braking and making it slow was at the escapement module for slow speeds. It’s the module where my right thumb is in the first video. I took it out and dropped it into a...

Well, that was my "ultima ratio" only after a LOT of research and conversing with Leicaflex expert Doug Herr, taking out the self-timer to no avail, seeing that the bottom plate nut was stripped,...

I’ve had this question for a while, maybe it’s the time to ask finally. Why are the prints framed behind glass? Is it that they are too valuable to be exposed to visitors?

I used a bigger version of this Bosch thingie to make myself distance scales and to nail down the rangefinder on a Technika. It’s very nifty for stuff like that.

This kit for free

https://i.imgur.com/C4QSvl.jpg

The Leicaflex SL2 was jammed and deemed "unrepairable". I "fixed" it by banging it for 20 minutes with a big candle.

And a Linhof Master...

Do you still need help with this? I wasn’t here for a while.

When I disassembled my shutter I had bad problems opening it, because the "tubus" at the front was almost impossible to turn/screw....

When I did this, using the lubrication schedule from that manual, it was fine at first, but after some days the long speeds got too slow again. Had to do it again. Now the long speeds are off by...

My mother one time sewed a darkcloth for my father, but he was complaining about it fluttering in the wind.

I remembered that curtains used to have these cords with lead beads sewed into the hems....

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/13937577776_00980300d3_b.jpg

Linhof Super Technika V, Schneider SA 90mm, Fomapan 100, Rodinal 1+100 stand

My Laser pointer is deep red (650nm sounds right) and it works perfectly on my Technika V.

You can avoid this step by chosing this option "Automatically open all supported TIFF files"

http://i.imgur.com/08vDASA.jpg