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    Re: Airports and Film: the good and the bad

    From the Ilford website (https://www.ilfordphoto.com/faqs/):

    ADVICE FOR AIRPORT X-RAY SCANNERS: FILM & PAPERS
    We are working with the DFT and Heathrow airport in the UK and will shortly be...
  2. Re: A Darkroom in the Sticks - Rural Environmental Technologies

    There's no need for complicated water treatment waste treatment systems, hiring waste disposal companies, killing off your septic tank, or losing sleep over related matters. Keep it simple and...
  3. Thread: Website Question

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    Re: Website Question

    Thank you for these answers. It did not occur to me that the home page visitors I mentioned might be bots: I was worried there might be something wrong with the design or presentation of my site. I...
  4. Thread: Website Question

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    Website Question

    I periodically check the statistics for traffic to my website and have noticed for some time now that a disturbing number of visitors to my website don't do beyond the first page, i.e., the viewer...
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    Re: Printing 8x10" negative

    The issue is not column height. As J. Layton points out, the controlling factor is the distance between the lens and the paper. My Super Chromega F stands ~ 9' tall, but when fitted with a 300mm...
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    Re: What kind of shutter is this?

    Because all my shutters are Copal shutters and because the shutter on this offering is not like any Compur shutter I've ever seen, I had no idea what I was looking at. Thank you all for the...
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    What kind of shutter is this?

    The listing says "Copal 3." I have never seen a Copal shutter of any size that looks like this ....
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/275380698371?hash=item401df7fd03:g:TCYAAOSwW~Zighi~

    Thanks,

    NER...
  8. Re: Just in case you, also, are looking for zip-lock bags large enough

    12 x 2.5-gallon bags for $5.29 at
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    Re: Kostiner Archival Washer question

    It's a straight PVC coupling with an outside diameter of 5/8 inch that fits snuggly into the washer without leaking. The rest is a 90-degree PVC elbow and other PVC couplings/adapters as needed to...
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    Re: Kostiner Archival Washer question

    Yes, that is how it works; except there's no reason to hold a hose against the bottom to fill it. You can attach a hose using a clamp and PVC fitting(s) as seen in the example below. The water...
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    Re: Kostiner Archival Washer question

    They serve to agitate the print, thereby facilitating removal of thiosulfate residues.

    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
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    Re: Kostiner Archival Washer question

    Buy a Ziss Air valve for $1.59 - https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/ziss-premium-air-valve?_pos=2&_sid=584ca9c83&_ss=r (or something similar) and cut the threaded shank down the middle about 3/4...
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    Re: Thoughts on composition in portraiture

    I agree with your observation on the way we entertain portraits. In response to your interesting question, I would like to suggest that the most important aspects of composition, namely balance and...
  14. Re: Effects of B&W Rinse Waters into Septic/Drainfield Systems?

    I certainly was not expecting that, Ben. Your kind remark made my day. Thank you.

    Norm

    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
  15. Re: Effects of B&W Rinse Waters into Septic/Drainfield Systems?

    Neil,

    You may find this article and others listed in the bibliography somewhat helpful: https://cinestillfilm.com/pages/photo-waste-management
    Based on ~ 30 years of work in the field of...
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    Re: Help identifying lens board

    This lens does not appear to be mounted in a shutter, and the board is not unlike one that might be fitted to an enlarger, e.g., a D2, so it may have been used for enlarging but that is hardly...
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    Re: post your Architecture photographs!

    Sprague Avenue - Spokane, WA 2021

    Deardorff V8 with 305mm Claron G + no. 15 filter
    FP4 in PMK on MG Classic with Ansco 103 + Se.

    http://www.normanrileyphotography.com/spokaneA.jpg

    211978
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    Re: Invisible Marks on Negatives

    Based on the uniformity of the pattern and my astonishing ignorance of photography, I suggest these might be markings imprinted by machinery (e.g., cylinders, casting wheels, rollers, etc.) used in...
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    Re: Development failure

    "Developing" by Jacobson & Jacobson (1972 Focal Press Limited) contains a handy section depicting common defects in negatives and explaining their causes. The image you posted corresponds to the...
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    Re: No notch Film identification

    None of the following will answer your question, but may provide clues that lead to an answer:

    https://s3.cad.rit.edu/ipi-assets/publications/negatives_poster_booklet.pdf...
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    Re: Paint for darkroom sink

    I have been using this same sink for about 15 years now (it replaced another, also of 3/4"plywood, coated with a 2-part epoxy resin from Tap Plastics). This newer sink has held up well exceptionally...
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    Re: New Ilford film came unsealed

    Your film is probably fine - the seal was most likely broken in the course of shipping and handling. While I have not yet encountered broken seals on boxes of film, I see the Ilford seal broken all...
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    Re: Paint for darkroom sink

    I'm very satisfied with mine. It's made of 3/4" plywood which I then had professionally coated with Reflex, a spray-on bedliner. Rhino and Line-X are similar products that will work well.
    ...
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    Re: Ilford MG filters... are there 2 different sets?

    To complicate matters, Ilford filters change color over time, and not in a uniform way (I have several sets of these filters acquired from different sources at different times ... no two sets are...
  25. Thread: Nudes tiny format

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    Re: Nudes tiny format

    Thank you, Jim. You're very kind.

    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
  26. Thread: Nudes tiny format

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    Re: Nudes tiny format

    Anne 1984. HIE135-36 in D76 1:1 on Ektalure G with either Dektol or Selectol (I don't remember which, but those were the only two paper developers I used in those days, so it had to be one or the...
  27. Thread: Post your signs

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    Re: Post your signs

    Jawbone Canyon Store Billboard
    (FP4 in PMK on MG Classic with Dektol.)

    What can I say? It's the Mojave Desert. It was a hot day.

    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
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    Re: Jasper National Park Fall 2020

    Be sure to see Peyto Lake if time permits.

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    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
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    Re: Travelers: New X-ray machines WILL ruin your film

    Thanks for the correction.

    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
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    Re: Travelers: New X-ray machines WILL ruin your film

    I did not come on here to argue with you or anyone else. I urge you to do whatever you want with your film. To be clear, I entered this thread only to call attention to TSA's recommendation that...
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    Re: Travelers: New X-ray machines WILL ruin your film

    No where does the link you provided say it's okay, i.e., safe, to put film in checked baggage - if it does then I have overlooked that information and ask you to point it out to me - you will have...
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    Re: Travelers: New X-ray machines WILL ruin your film

    "If true that is new information. Can you quote a source for that?"

    No he can't because it's not true. All reliable indications are that film transported in checked luggage will be adversely...
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    Re: Travelers: New X-ray machines WILL ruin your film

    When information about these new machines was first posted here over a month ago (https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?154859-Do-new-airport-carry-on-scanners-fog-film), I...
  34. Thread: Still Life 2019

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    Re: Still Life 2019

    Varied Thrush - 2019
    FP4 in PMK on Ilford MG Classic with Ansco 103.
    Shen Hao HZX with 180 mm Sironar-N @ 1:45 x 5 minutes.

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    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
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    Re: What did you compose at Waters Edge?

    Yaquina Bay Bridge - Newport, OR
    FP4 in PMK on Ilford MG Classic with Ansco 103

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    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
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    Re: Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

    Rock Church (Piazza Vittorio Veneto) - Matera, Italy 2019
    4x5 FP4 in PMK on Ilford MG Classic with Ansco 103.
    Shen Hao HZX & 90 mm Grandagon @ 1:45 x 5 minutes.

    197106

    N. Riley...
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    Re: The new Tri-X 8x10 film

    I see on closer reading that the 2007 and 2013 emulsions were said to be "exactly alike" after identical processing. In that case there may not have been further modifications after 2007, and I may...
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    Re: The new Tri-X 8x10 film

    You're correct. "In 2007, Tri-X was extensively re-engineered, receiving the new designation 400TX in place of TX or TX400, and became finer-grained. The amount of silver in the film stock was...
  39. Re: How to Develop Characteristic Curves in Large Format...Cheaply

    You can do it with a single sheet by using a zone board. Notes for zone board construction and use are given in "The Book of Pyro" by Gordon Hutchings. (EDIT: To be clear, you'll need to burn at...
  40. Re: Mat conservation for a vintage Laura Gilpin print ??

    Yes, you're right. Thank you.

    N. Riley
    http://normanrileyphotography.com
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