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One additional note, on reflection, adn please forgive me if I'm telling you something you already know.

It gets harder to focus on the grain as you stop down, to 16 and smaller, especially if the...

I wouldn't give up quite so soon. I have a Microsight enlarging magnifier, which is 25x, and with fine grain film on a modest enlargement, zeroing can take patience. You haven't said what...

I'm planning a post or few for my blog, on the thrift store / yard sale approach to darkroom equipment for beginners who -- how well many of us remember it! -- are hard pressed for cash after buying...

Austin, your delightfully ironic eye plays again. I have to say, until I looked at the caption saying "mirror", my impression was that some photographer had inexplicably left a collapsible reflector...

Paul, this is lovely. I admit that I am partial to non-soft-focus images, though they have their charm and can sometimes, in my view, be very successful. For me this subject is better this way. The...

Notorius, well seen.

Very well done. I look forward to the next video. Thank you.

A neighbor whose appearance struck me and my wife as resembling a figure from a Leonardo painting kindly agreed to my request to make a portrait. She was very busy when the day arrived, so I worked...

Arresting image, awty/

I am wondering if someone can identify these notch codes 1933. I'm curious about the film speed (for an article I'm writing). I am not at liberty to share the contact sheet images, made in...

esearing, my current process is to second-fix prints and then move them directly to the selenium, per Doremus's procedure.

1. What is the effect on the higher tones from slight bleaching, i.e.,...

Others may join you -- dovetailed or not -- in screwing around with your window blockers. I have enough trouble measuring, let alone crafting something precise like that. Even if I had the tools, I'd...

Drew, I'd be interested to know a bit about how you achieve economy with the gold toner. I tried a bit many years ago but did not get the effect I was looking for and that was that. I don;t know if...

Lovely image, David.

Probably last year, I asked about glues that would stick to the slick plastic blackout sheeting (white on one side, black on the other) that I use to black out my windows. Various helpful answers...

Good to see you here, Joel. Have at it!

Ciao, frommm. Do you use a large format camera with those lenses? These days, there seems to be a craze for adapting lenses to cameras they had never seen. Or, seen for.

Esearing, thanks. The signal difference between ICUs and DIYs in this instance was price. I'm a miserable excuse for a builder, and you can just imagine how many nails bent or went in sideways, much...

An arresting portrait for sure. Well done.

Willwilson, your abstract is quite an attractive piece. Well seen.

esearing, thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, the only out-spelling of your acronym that comes to mind is Intensive Care Unit, and a padded one sounds like the fabled psychiatric type. While there are...

Hi, rename. You have arrived at a good destination. You'll find a wealth of assistance here, as well as inspiring work posted. Looking forward to seeing some of yours.

reddesert, yes; lenses will be wrapped; camera compartment padded or I'll wrap my cloth around it.

It is always wise to run your own tests with safelights. If everything is fine, great; it a hint of fogging occurs, adjustments need to be made. I say this because I also prefer amber yellow) light...

Much obliged, as always.

Yesterday, I finally found a budget-level, almost fully "clamshell"-design backpack for short 4x5 outings. It is a Targus model, about $35, at BestBuy, where I had gone to use a $25 gift certificate....

Thanks, friends. I have decided to use a pair of legacy shape" LED bulbs, partially bounced. It's for a work table area.

This is not quite darkroom; my darkroom and workroom are the same.

I have an available standard AC outlet and would like to hook up a strip like this

https://tinyurl.com/mrzsxua7

over a work...

Auditor, many of us are indeed in a similar boat on the income front. Short-dated film at such reductions as indicated above for the 4x5 offer a great bargain. It's not even out-dated yet, and if all...

Beautiful work, Gregg. Best wishes to you!

Hi,Two23. Setting up your own darkroom is exciting! congrats!

I am not familiar with the enlarger you have, and no one has mentioned it here, but some enlargers have adjustments to bring into...

In a word, no.

Marvelous, as usual, Tobias.

My view coheres with that of some others here. I am neither a Pre-Raphaelite desiring a return to the Middle Ages, nor an advocate of all the wonders of digital imaging. I realize that I can mistake...

Welcome. I'm afraid I can't help you with scanning, but others surely will. I remain in the dark, so to speak.

John, it looks like an ark. Well seen.

Tim, better lay off the wine, or check that the waiter doesn't slip a mickey into your drink. For some reason, you're telling it all backwards, or upside down, if you prefer. I have no doubt you know...

If no has said "welcome" yet, Welcome! You have lots of experience, so I look forward to seeing some of your work.
Best of luck with the 6x17 plan. The wide dimension is more than 3x beyond my...

Just a note from a happy Stearman 445 user: They make a 6-sheet model now, too.

What a remarkable scene!