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Also, check for the three center indents once you have your sheets loaded. If you can feel them, the sheets are far enough apart.

My camera passed the flashlight test. It will be interesting to see whether other types of development tanks fail to cure the problem. My bellows were newly installed in 2019, so I would be quite...

The depressing quest for a daylight processing solution for 5x7 continues.

I tried using this reel from 20th Century Camera:
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They're asking me to pay more for their increasingly unreliable products.

The list just keeps going with Kodak. Didn't they announce recently that they're raising their prices?

Yes, unfortunately the agitation technique doesn’t seem to affect outcome.


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Unfortunately, my original problem has recurred, even with the revised agitation technique. The sky seems to be a particularly problematic area. I've basically given up on the Stearman Press tray...

Is there a lever on the grip like the one pictured, and is it rotated counter-clockwise?

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I don't think he necessarily has to remove screws. Mine just slides off -- which is one of the reasons I don't like it!

You can get a Linhof heavy duty cable release from B&H. The tip will snap into the socket. Personally, I find these sockets more trouble than they are worth. You might want to consider removing it...

Curious to know how you close the camera without the cam. If I take my cam out, a spring pushes the socket that it fits into all the way to the left hand side, and I'm pretty sure that I couldn't...

I would, but none is available.

Just figured it out: There's a spring with a circular tab which when depressed enables you to move the rail backwards. Had no idea that you could do that!

How do you move the rail back to the standard when it's in the storage position? My Technika IV doesn't have an obvious way to do this.

When you say "lower the bottom plate", are you talking...

Not according to the guy who restored it, but...maybe!

I would describe the last batch of D-76 that I bought as "light cocoa" rather than light straw. ID-11 is a safe alternative. Can you describe the packaging? I'm curious.

Can anyone recommend a hood for this lens? The flare is sometimes quite prominent. Thank you.

See my response to Chuck Pere. Looking at an unprocessed sheet doesn't inspire confidence in the product that Kodak is putting out!

Thank you. I laboriously clone stamped out the specks. If no-one looks too hard, maybe I'll get away with it!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/35702178@N00/50727372308/

Freshly mixed Rodinal. I will look *very* carefully next time!

Good thinking! At your suggestion, I sacrificed a sheet for the cause of science. At first I didn't notice anything, but when looking carefully under direct light, specks of dirt (or something) are...

Now you've got me wondering...

I've had problems with Kodak lately: sheets of film without notches, brown D-76 and so on. There does seem to be some sort of a quality control issue over there. I...

I don't have a microscope, but I tried looking with the same 4X loupe I use when composing. It looks like there might be small chips in the emulsion, but I can't really tell.

I've seen small...

Here's a crop so that you can see in higher res:

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What causes these black spots? Look at the bottom of the image in particular. I'm noticing these when developing Tri-x in Rodinal.

They're visible throughout the image, but tend to appear...

Randy, that's awesome. It reminds me of the cloud pictures by Alfred Stieglitz.

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1964 Linhof Super Technika IV 5x7

Are there notches on the inside of one of the rails? The standard should snap into place when it hits the first one of them.

Edit: I didn't read your post carefully, so this question is...

The position of this thing sure seems dubious to me...

Must be for use with a real heavy lens extended *way* out.

Thanks, everyone. After a horrific experience with B's 5X7 reel, I decided to give the SP-810 another try. I developed two sheets in 1020ml of Rodinal (1:50) and used a semi-random agitating...

I guess that explains why the last two bags of D-76 I purchased were the color of Count Chocula breakfast cereal. Once Kodak gets this problem straightened out, maybe they can work on consistently...

Intriguing idea. In this case, the channels I'm referring to are on the emulsion side. "Channels" was probably not the best term. I should have said that the plastic hold-down tabs cause currents...

Gentle "panning for gold" agitation technique for the first thirty seconds and then for about ten seconds each minute. I believe that the total development time for the picture that I linked to was...

That's very cool. May I ask how long you exposed it and on what film?

Anyone else have this issue? If you look carefully, you will notice three overdeveloped vertical bands. I think that the plastic tabs on the lid of the tray cause channels to develop, leading to...

How many images have you lost due to this problem? Most people find that this tank leaks a little, but their negatives come out fine.

I have noticed that Kodak Professional Fixer has been back-ordered everywhere for the past month or so.

Took my Technika 5x7 out for a test shot this evening, and I accidentally pulled the quick socket off of the lens board. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to reassemble the quick socket. There...

Just a follow-up for anyone who may search this forum in future. I finally got a Gitzo 405R Super Studex with a No. 4 head. It's quite sturdy and easily supports the Technika 5x7. The head leaves...

I don't actually have a tripod for it yet. I bought the camera online.