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I used to rate Ektascan at ISO 200 and developed it in the automatics roller transport gear in the darkroom of the hospital I worked doing Nuclear Medicine imaging in the 1990s. That gear was...

"Standard" pronunciation of non-colloquial English words varies from Canada, USA, UK (and within the UK) Australia and New Zeland. Even the notation for defining a format differs; 4x5 in the USA...

No experience with this?

I will be testing at a sea shore lodcation in much the way recomended by Tin-Can. Don't think I can get ten steps on one plate though. I'll try 4 steps; ISOs 12, 25, 50 and 100. Have a spare dark...

I don't shoot in inclement weather much these days. I am now considering strong wind or a stiff breeze now as "inclement".

However, I do routinely use a BTZS hood on my 4x5.

The two options that come to mind are:

A split filter, which is a plus diopter cut in half.

The other involves tow separate shots on two sheets of film and some heroic work in Photoshop.
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Thank you T-C:

Ten stops on one exposure? If I could do that it would be great, b ut sounds complicated in terms of physically manipulating the slide and working out the exposure sequence. I...

There is developer information on the box. What I need is some idea of how sensitive (or insensitive) the plates are.

About to have an adventure in orthopedic surgery:

Having the left hip replaced in early May. Did the right hip in 2019 and needed the other one done then. Put that off till the next year . ....

I have gotten these dry plates by Kodak. They are vbintage 1990s, and I am guessing they had something to do wit6h masking for etching chips (?!).

Anybody here have any experience? I am going to...

Got two boxes of this film. . . .about 200 sheets of 8x10 in total.

This is a single side emulsion medical imaging film used in Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound to record from a CRT. In the past,...

Ok, and now a smart-@$$ suggestion made in fun . . .

Before doing what Bernice suggests (and she has a great idea). . . . .

Binge-watch one of the "Herders" TV shows one weekend.

THEN do...

Low-Tec and lots of moving parts:


Be leave it or not, my intro to LF came in the 1990s through high-tech diagnostic imaging with computer driven nuclear medicine cameras. Every day I would work...

Can't wait to see it with bellows and a lens!

I can't argue with any of your points regarding the durability and rigidity ertc of heavier cameras.

Yet at age 70 and with one hip replacement and the other scheduled for April, weight is a major...

It looks like something expensive might be inside.

I read the following after I wrote it and it sounds a bit condecending and premptory. What appears below is intended to be direct and voncise . . .and helpful. Again: Welcome to LF. Don't over...

Many years ago a workshop leader said something like . . ."The ground glass it truth." Meaning is i is not seen on th gg it will not be in the negative.

Along with doing much of the five steps in...

Having followed this along, I am less disturbed by how your project is moving on.

I do have an aversion to irrevocably altering these older cameras. Not to criticize your effort in this; My...

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I do not backpack anything anymore.

My 4x5 kit is packed to grab-and-go in a LowePro "Magnum 35" shoulder bag. An 8x10 Kodak 2D is stored at home in a mid 1980s vintage LowePro...

Years ago we planned a trip to the Grand Canyon. I didn't have a field or hiking kit then. It was all packed into a salesman's "Catalog Case" .

Went to Good will and got a tough looking day bag....

Yeah . . .I had always just thought it was to let the air out.

The Wista 45DX is pretty light. I have the Wista-made Zone VI version and its great as a light weight 4x5. Schneider 90mm /6.8 Angulon is nearly weightless. The 127mm lenses from the old Polaroid...

Thanks TC: No problems. . .good to hear. What about import duty and so on? Are there any additional expenses to be expected?

I am looking at vintage and antique lenses on e-Bay. Several have caught my attention but they are in the UK. What complications will come up in importing one of them into the USA?

Total...

JP . . .Nicely done!

Tin Can:

Tech today is indeed awesome. The Smarter Every Day channel on YouTube has some incredible super slo-mo. Schelren slow motion of super sonic shock waves and other things.

Another ...

Thanks for that Dan. You are right on every count there.

I have a new Packard Ideal on order with Jon there. It will be mounted behind a nice board with a nice little no-name Rectilinear on the...

My first thought was to take a mostly gutted pre-anniversary Speed and adapt what is left to clip onto the back of a camera like a GG back.

The next thought was to use the Speeed Grasphic's...

Over tyhe years, I have seen two accessory or add-on focal plane shutters designed for an 8x10 view cameras. These were roller blind type muchn like the later press cameras. I think Folmer and...

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I guess that is why 50 year old Grafmatics are still bought and sold on e-Bay.

There was a sort of pack film substitute that fit Polaroid holders (can't revall the name) . . .a set of...

Sure, I agree with that.

My 4x5 kit is packed to grab-and-go in a LowePro "Magnum 35" shoulder bag.. The lenses, on lens boards, are stored with a snap-on cap over a sky-lite filter along with an...

"Nother DIY : A closed cell foam yoga pad or sleeping mat can be cut up into convenient pieces and sleeved in sandwich bags to contain crumbs. /these make quick and cheap-ish temporary padded...

I have a Leatherman Wave model multitool in a belt pouch that has about whatever zi need to get some job done where ever I am. Not always the optimum tool, but it is there. Other multi work. Task...

Large North facing windows and skylights I would guess should provide the light. Might not want any sort of film or solar filter on the glass. /think too about the glass itself; I don't know if UV...

I too use a BTZS hood for 4x5, but a traditional (home made) dark cloth for 8x10.

Welcome to LF!

Lens Protection: Short term quick/cheap solutions till you get set up the way you want. Put the unmounted lens into a zip-loc bag and put that into a Crown Royal bag. Keep them...

Three-D printed . . .Great!

Now lets see someone do a Grafmatic re-boot in modern materials.

I took a Dag workshop back in the early 2Ks led by Jerry Spagnoli.. He was great and it was fun, but I couldn't really discern the feint color tint of a properly coated plate.

I have written this before but its still good.

In the 1990s I knew a collector who had two huge ULF studio cameras displayed in his collection. At the time I had access to large sheets of film...