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The long-running project by Salgado, called 'Genesis', started being shot on film (mostly 120) and ended up with digital. For the digital images an imagesetter sheet-film-sized interneg was made for...

When the video finished, I immediately went back to the start and watched again. That person (and late husband), location, facilities and history are inspirational.

ETA: Thank you to Mirko and...

This place has a secondhand and special-offer section, though I think they moved it to their ebay store. They have the Nova-Darkroom products, in case you want new stuff too....

I'd look on the various optical (EdmundsOptics, ThorLabs etc.) or surplus sites (too many to name) then find all, or most, of the required lens elements there. Barrels are also available from the...

Middle of the night here so I won't make a link (or not without messing it up) but the curves on the datasheet show the EI, Gamma, density, temperature and time for a good selection of options. ...

I think Ethan was meaning that the rules applicable to your location may not be safe or complete, or may even be harmful overall, but that you must nevertheless follow them otherwise you will be...

It might only be paper-safe if the horse burns sodium, or could be modified to do so. Darkroom heating could also be solved in this way . . . Are these black, fire-breathing horses available...

I am curious to know why the instructions from the chemical and paper manufacturers are thought to be incorrect by the OP ?

EDIT: That reads to be a bit rude. What I mean is that you have chosen...

I'd be wondering if the lab developing the film had a little accident with a light-switch at some point . . . Or did you develop them?

I haven't used Kodak sheet film for over a decade, but IIRC...

Using a microprocessor to run a shutter-speed tester seems like massive overkill. My effort was made from a photo-transistor and a few parts to form a switch that goes on with light and off with no...

I have made project parts from 3mm and 5mm styrene sheets and it is very easy to cut by hand with a saw (fine full-size hacksaw or coarse jewellers saw, depending on the part) rather than a knife. ...

Not sure about labs (I live on the opposite side of the country) but please remember that Schiphol, the airport of Amsterdam, has new hand and hold baggage scanners that WILL fog film. You may or may...

Well, the horizontal enlarger and the tailboard camera are one and the same, or that's the plan anyway, with a different foamboard back. It will be a wall-projection arrangement, but simple to setup...

Perfect timing ! I have been looking at making an 8x10 tailboard camera (foamboard and birch-ply, nothing tricky) and the associated enlarger during the winter, and in your illustration we see the...

This is what I do, with the original tank for dev then kitchen plastic tubs for stop, fix and wash. Obviously this is in the dark. My sheet-film developing started with stainless hangers in baskets...

May I suggest that if the usable amount of fresh paper developer is insufficient, that one pours it out and develops a second time using a second volume of fresh paper-developer? The process is...

Aha, I missed that there are no huge heavy condenser lenses. Oops. I look forwards to seeing how it turns out :)

As well as the driving-leadscrews I assume that you have a head counterweight, maybe moving vertically somewhere at the back via wire-rope and a pulley ? And, indeed, a table counterweight too.

If the point of the request is to make a print with black borders, rather than to print the actual rebate and edge of the negative, then try the following:

1) decide whatever size enlargement you...

Apart from Minox, I have never tried a bakelite tank in any size or format, but most bakelite products I have seen tend to be quite 'chunky' as the plastic is relatively weak. That suggests that...

The OP mentioned using colour transparency film (why not colour neg?). How many years or months does he think this might be available for, together with the high-quality processing necessary for...

On the back of most view cameras there will be a ground-glass. You can see your sitter in that device and position them appropriately, if necessary mark the floor and tell them not to run away from...

In the photo shop in the town here, the film camera shelves had an Olympus Mju II for €225 !!!!!!! I have one which I bought in a junkshop a few years ago for €7,50.

Forget gold -- invest in...

IIRC the tanks which were IR-transparent were a few ranges of 1980s, cheap, blow-moulded, dyed plastic tanks. They are both no longer made and never very strong even when new, so are unlikely to be...

Presumably people want changing-tents to handle film whilst not near their darkroom. Also, it is likely that most (not all!) people will not be carrying the changing-bag while back-packing and in...

I always wondered about that. The cats of my acquaintance would have had a sense of humour failure before the third 'take'. Are there highly-trained stunt-cats available somewhere??!! Or possibly...

I was somewhere near there in 1985, cycling across Spain from the Picos d'Europa, Eastwards to Barcelona, then Northwards through France, back to England. I remember a misty morning, near the river,...

The HD polyethylene bottles used by most chemical-packagers have (or should have, possibly it depends on the brand) a blown liner that seals them, when it's necessary to reduce oxygen porosity. IIRC...

I read this thread and thought of a basic container that might serve as a camera-body. At work I had to sort out a way to move CVD and AlN wafers coated with light-sensitive material from one...

As the sinks are too small for the paper, I'd suggest finding one of the trays that get placed under washing-machines to catch leaks. They are usually over 60cm square. One quick surface rinse with...

Work has continued, it has actually even increased due to customers deciding that a shortened supply-chain is good at this time and ordering from a 'local' producer instead of the Far East. Of...

It seems that you don't know what contact-printing is? The light-source doesn't matter. Just use a desklamp with a low power bulb, and maybe a few layers of normal white paper as a way of getting...

Sounds like a job best approached with thick matboard, or perhaps 3mm black foamboard?

It's one of those occasions when the most accurate answer is the traditional 'it depends' . . . In this case it depends on all of the factors mentioned above, as well as some really weird ones such...

Making the board from 3mm birch ply, with a fretsawed-and-sanded hole would be quick and easy, and both stronger and more reliable than mattboard. If there aren't enough threads to get through 3mm of...

I must admit that I'd go for a simple tapered shape in 3mm birch ply before I'd look at 3D printing, unless you know someone who has already done the learning part of using the device, so that you...

If you have a litre or 1/2 litre bottle of concentrate that isn't being used up quickly, simply open it to begin with then top up a 1/2 litre bottle (if you start from 1 litre) to the brim, then a...

To get a clearer separation of skintones vs. scarring you could also add the complications of colour-filters. If the scarring is purple-ish on pale skin, try a yellow filter for example, or the...

As others have said, these days avoid Seagate. Look for WD or, if you can find them, Hitachi. Just remember that the failure rate for hard-drives is 100% -- it's only a matter of when.

A storage...

One could also use three, then it would always be stable during adjustments. Or use a baseboard with three wooden wedges underneath at the edges, moving them in and out to level the baseboard and...