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With the help of my super-strong neighbor, I got the printer is in its new home. One more question: does anyone know where/how I can get hold of a user manual for it? I have a rough sense of how...

Thank you Sandy and Frank for the quick and thorough replies.

Frank, your amazingly detailed instructions have convinced me not to try disassembling the thing. I'm sure I would only destroy it....

If you search in eBay for "rubylith" you will find it in various sizes and thicknesses. I bought some from an eBay seller a while back when I was making a darkbox for wet plate. The stuff seemed...

On Friday, I'm going to pick up an Amergraph V28-1200 printer that I won on the big auction site (for only $50). Judging by the dimensions I've found online, I am not worried about its fitting in my...

Adorama currently has a great deal on the Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mark II. I've been thinking about learning to make digital negatives for alt process prints, most likely van Dyke and cyanotype prints...

Ok, I know this is kind of a dumb question, but here goes: how are 50-sheet boxes of 4x5 film packed? I ask because I recently acquired a lot of film, which included some boxes (Kodak Portra and...

Thanks for the information. (I was also pleased to have my hunches confirmed -- the time spent on this site and others has paid off!) I was a bit surprised by the price on the recent auction --...

A friend last night showed me an old camera his father owned. The camera looked to be a 5x8 camera. I would guess it was a Rochester, but there were no identifying marks (just the number 479 on the...

Does anyone know whether or not the Improved Seneca 8x10s and 5x7s use the same rails? I have an 8x10 and I'm on the prowl for an extension rail (hard to find, I know), and I so I want to know how...

This is from my first roll using a Petzval lens, a 6" on a Graflex Super D. Not large format, I realize, but as I just scanned it yesterday, I'm pretty excited to show it around.

Two versions: ...

Let me know if you work out a deal with the seller, as I will then stop trying to figure out a time to drive back up there.....

Thanks for the input. As it turns out, my plans to have a look this weekend fell through. It's a bit of a schlepp from where I live (I'm in West Virginia, south of Pittsburgh), so I'll have to...

I just came across this ad, which is in my neck of the woods:

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pho/1692510287.html

I'm planning on stopping by to have a look this weekend, and I'm trying to...

I came across this news last week as well and I too am saddened/disappointed. Fortunately, I put in an order for two more cone assemblies for my Fotoman 612, which will pretty much complete my...

Perhaps there's an easy answer to my question, but I'm feeling a bit confused about the ultrawide LF offerings. My understanding going into doing some research was that there's a pretty tight...

Thanks for all the input so far!

A point of clarification may be helpful though with respect to Lens # 1: the non-XL Super Angulon 47mm has to be the f5.6 version, not the f8 model. (Bjorn...

Hi Everyone,

I'm considering going on the prowl for an ultrawide lens, but I'd like first to be appropriately armed with information. I've done some searching around at used lens venues (dealers,...

I've started using my Fotoman 612 camera quite a bit. I now have four different lenses for it and I'm wondering what's best in terms of hoods/shades. I know that view camera folks usually use...

Thanks everyone for the many replies. My sense from reading all of them is that I should leave the screws alone unless they REALLY need to come out, in which case I'm bringing in an expert. I've...

Sorry, one perhaps unnecessary clarification: when I say that the screws are stripped, I mean the heads, not the threads. Where I nice little "X" for a Phillips screwdriver once was, there is now a...

I am having the damnedest time getting started with my recently acquired Fotoman 612. I bought the Fotoman part several weeks back and only more recently picked up a lens (a Fuji 125mm W). Now, when...

Many thanks for the quick responses. It does indeed sound like the not-so-dreaded Schneideritis. Not only am I relieved, but I also picked up some new lingo!

After posting a WTB ad here a few weeks ago and getting lots of input from lots of nice people from this Forum, I managed to get hold of a Fujinon 125mm/5.6 W lens via the big auction site.

Well,...