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Drew raises a question that's on my mind as well. I'm wondering if you're running into an inverse-square law issue with a combination of small negatives, lens choice, and distance from enlarger to...

Evening practice for winter baseball.
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Agree. My dad always talked about "the Westons" and I know that my grandparents had a print of this one framed, on the wall of their living room. I'm pretty sure it was also a signed print, but I...

On a somewhat adjacent topic: My grandfather's family knew Weston in the early part of his career, when he was scraping together a living making portraits and marriage photos. I have one signed print...

My dad spent the war in the UK as a photo tech for a USAAF reconnaissance squadron. He once told me that the photographers on base saved roll film backing paper, and then "rolled their own" from...

My great-grandmother, taken in the UK in the early part of the last century. 4x5

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Farther north. It's a tailing wheel near Jackson, off Hwy 49. We were on a tour of the Gold Rush country. I don't remember where the faded image was taken and my dad was not one to write notes on the...

Based on the Ektachrome slides I inherited, Kodak made a marked improvement in color stability between 1961 and mid-1962. These images were taken with the same camera and stored under the same...

"Basic exposure rule", as taught in film school back in the day:

For ISO 100: 100 foot-candles = 1/50 @ f2.8

We used incident meters, but sharktooth's recommendation of a gray card and...

Luminous Lint is another possibility: http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/home/

I have a Series D. Assuming I understood your question correctly: W = 6-5/16"; H = 6-7/8" for the metal assembly that's screwed to the back of the camera.

Curtis recommended 1/100 at F7 for daylight exposure with Super XX. If my math is correct, that's roughly minus 2 stops from "Sunny 16", so your estimate of 1-2/3's stop seems correct. I made a PDF...

If your usage plans are primarily outdoors, consider the Sekonic L398, successor to the Norwood Director (I have both, the Norwood from film school days in the 70s, and the Sekonic more recently...

Amongst my dad's things was a Kodacolor filter set. The camera was optimized for 16 fps, so 1/30th shutter speed with a max aperture of f1.9. The inclusion of the ND filter has always struck me as a...

One of the few things I remember from 1970s film school, largely because it was beaten into us, is "basic exposure rule":

ASA/ISO 100, 1/50th @ f2.8 = 100 fc

f2.8 > f45 is 8 stops, so you'll...

The Big Sur Blog is a good reference for Caltrans projects along Hwy 1, along the Monterey-to-Cambria section. http://thebigsurblog.com/

In addition to The Fishwife in Pacific Grove, a couple of...

One of the things I noticed in Nadezda Nikolova-Kratzer's profile on her website is that her images are photograms rather than photographs. That explains the tight registration on the image in Rob's...

Post-WW 2, Curtis recommended Super XX for their tri-color cameras and suggested a baseline daylight exposure of 1/100th @ f7. If my math is correct, that effectively rates the film at about ISO 40...

Manfrotto has a model with push-button latches on the legs. Extends to 61", weight at 6.5 lbs (less head). I have no personal experience with this model, but it might be worth a look.
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Freestyle indicates that it's out of stock until early May. Try contacting Pro Photo Connection in Irvine, CA. They stock quite a bit of film and may have some in the fridge.

(949) 250-7073
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My dad grew up in the Los Angeles area, not far from Curtis' Highland Park and later Griffith Park locations, and was enamored by their cameras. Over time, he built up a collection of tri-color...

One of the boxes my dad sent home at the end of the war included several 8x10 prints of what I interpret to be bomb damage assessment images, made in 1944 and early 1945. I suspect the original...

You're very likely correct on the film size used with the 125/2 Xenon. At the time I was researching it for sale, I knew that it didn't cover 4x5 or 5x5, but never did find a reference to 7 x 9 cm on...

My dad had a 7" Aero Ektar, a few K24 magazines, and a mirror attachment (45 degree, I think) amongst his things, but no camera. I made an attempt in locating a camera but had no luck, so sold the...

The National Weather Service just posted a hydrologic outlook, predicting flooding this year in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada from snowmelt.

RISK OF CALIFORNIA FLOODING DURING THE SNOWMELT...

My dad served in the Army Air Corps/Air Forces in WW2 as well, in a photo/darkroom unit attached to a B-17 reconnaissance squadron at RAF Alconbury. He never mentioned flying on a mission, but...

The Collings Foundation has posted their "Wings of Freedom" tour schedule, which starts up this month (weather permitting).
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Crown Point in the Columbia River Gorge, taken in the mid-90s. Fuji GS645S on Fujicolor. As I recall, it had been cloudy and drizzly all day, then late afternoon the clouds parted just long enough...

There's a reference to 8x12 on a site related to photography in Edinburgh, as an adjunct to 8x6 Cabinet Size images. I suspect the additional width would have been ideal for landscapes, and banquet...

Re: " I'm not quite sure about the format? Is ~7x9 a thing?" If memory serves, 18 x 24 cm (the metric equivalent) is an older European analog to 8x10. Foma still makes film available in that size.
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Thanks, all, for your advise and assistance with the Graflex. I rummaged around through our storage area and found a box with a half dozen slotted film holders, and a mint cut film/plate film...

I had good luck with a couple of orders from Art To Frame, an online vendor based in Brooklyn. The frames are fairly simple, but construction quality was very good and pricing was suitable for images...

Thanks, again. I erred in my earlier description. I took a closer look at the camera and it's a straight Series D, with 21cm Tessar and film pack adapter. My dad was good about saving receipts -...

Thanks! Appreciate the confirmation. What threw me is that I inherited my dad's 4x5 Super D and always thought that was "the one". I had the D out of its case recently and (finally) noticed that it's...

Hello - I could use a little help in identifying the Graflex in this photo. My dad's brother gave him the camera at the end of WW 2, as a "welcome home" gift. Based on the lens/lens cover...

I recall my dad using a dedicated contact printer for 4x5. Basically a box with white and safe lights at the bottom, frosted glass above, and a simple hinged pressure plate to hold the film and paper...

You're thinking of a side arm. They're not inexpensive but invaluable if you need to shoot flat copy on a regular basis. See https://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-131D-Tripods-heads-Degree/dp/B001FRO1VQ...

For occasional need, you might try scanning in two passes and stitching the images together with Lightroom Panorama mode. I have a Canon 8800, which nominally supports 120 but scans 2.75" wide...

Samy's has stores in the LA area as well https://www.samys.com/stores

Somewhat more broadly across Southern California:

Freestyle (film and supplies) https://www.freestylephoto.biz/

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Sadly, not a joke. I consider myself a slightly better than average photographer and know just enough about electronics to follow along when an EE's going over a schematic. Once I left the...